If you are wondering how Connect IQ works, read on for everything you need to know, plus we pick the best apps to try out. Skip to the the best Garmin Connect IQ apps. There are a lot of Garmin's sports watches, smartwatches, bike computers and dedicated GPS devices that are compatible with Connect IQ. The list of supported devices continues to grow as Garmin ushers out more new devices.
That support can vary device to device though. The Forerunner 45 for example is compatible with Connect IQ, but will only let you download watch faces. If you do own one of the supported devices, the idea is that the watch you bought to train for that marathon, triathlon or cycling race can now morph into something that does a whole lot more, such as track your golf score, give you the weather and even let you monitor your stocks and shares.
Most of the apps on Garmin Connect IQ are free. We are starting to see some paid apps appear, but on the whole the majority are up for grabs for nothing. Many of these apps have been made by Garmin themselves. The rest are from third party developers and other Garmin users. Apps in Garmin Connect IQ world are downloaded and stored on your watch in pretty much the same way as you would an app for your phone.
You can download as many apps as your device will store, but you can only run one at a time. You access apps on your Garmin as you would do the main sports. All the new third-party apps you've downloaded will sit in the main list of native sport options such as running, cycling, swimming or indoor running. But you can also expect to see apps related to the smart home, and the addition of music support on Garmin watches like the Forerunner Music and Fenix 6 Series means there are music apps to discover too.
Finally you can choose from a range of third-party watch face designs and layouts. These cover everything from turning your Garmin Forerunner screen into an old school big hand, little hand display to putting a skull and cross bones Jolly Roger on your Vivoactive 4. Many of the watch faces have been designed to work across different devices too, so upgrading your watch won't mean sacrificing your beloved custom screens.
Read this: Best Garmin watch faces to download. Widgets appear on the watch face when you're in power save mode and they work by piggy-backing your connected smartphone's data to display information from other services you might be using. Among the widgets available for download there are third party offerings from AccuWeather with its allergen monitor, as well as things like multi time zone display, step counter, sleep history and even Snake. Yes, even Snake. If you're familiar with Garmin you'll know what we mean by data fields.
If not these are basically the customisable sections you can display on the face of your Garmin. Whereas before you could only display the fields Garmin pre-selected, with Connect IQ you'll be able to add more options and tweak your device with a wider variety of stats.
With the arrival of Garmin's standalone Connect IQ app, it's definitely got a lot easier to get stuff on your device. First, you will need a Garmin Connect account, which you'll need to have if you use Garmin's Connect companion app. That's the app where you can view all of your exercise, health and fitness data.
Your connected device should appear in the top right corner of the app to indicate that the two are paired. Now you can scroll through the app store to find what you're looking for, hit download and it should sync over to your device.
Once that's sorted the download process is fairly simple. Head-to-head: Garmin Forerunner v Garmin Vivoactive 4. Hitting the Manage button takes you to another page where you can see what's already installed, check how much space you've got left on the device and manage all of your downloads onto and off the watch.
You can also navigate to the Garmin Connect IQ store from here to search for things you'd like to download from your phone or computer. Best Garmin Connect IQ apps to download The Garmin Connect IQ Store has come on leaps and bounds since we originally penned this list, and now there's a whole host of useful applets to try out.
We've rounded up our favourites below. Not all apps are compatible with all devices, but we've picked out some of the supported devices with the picks below. Garmin running and cycling apps Strava Routes We think it's a fair assumption to make that if you've got a Garmin, you're most probably logging your workouts in Strava as well.
If a friend or fellow Strava user happens to share a good running or cycling route, this app will let you transfer it over to your watch so you can follow the same route. It'll show you when you've veered off course as well, if you're worried about getting lost. A note though, Strava has now made this a feature you need to pay for if you want to make good use of it.
This is a really nice app for runners and walkers with tracking profiles that include stroller running, cross country and even pool running. It then offers you a rich array of data fields to glance over during your session and features like adding transitions for multiple leg activities and race estimations for any distance.
I was desperade tried several options and forums with no luck. Than i tried removing my Forerunner from device list and it Spotify finally appeared in app list so i was able to download it.
Hi all, i bought Fenix 5 plus yesterday and could not find spotify in connect iq store. I've got the same issue for the Forerunner Any solution so far? How did you remove your watch from the store and started searching afterwards? Thank you all!
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Once the signature is updated, that signature is stored locally on the device. Many of the Xert ConnectIQ can be customized to display the data you find most important. Value needs to be above your Threshold Power, ideally above your 20 minute power.
Time-to-Recovery Watts — the power the app will use to calculate the time needed for you to recover. Value must be below your Threshold Power. Note that many units have auto-lap enabled by default, which will reset the FTP if this setting is enabled. Reset to Defaults — can be used to reset the data field to the factory installed settings.
One way to force the data field to read the settings is to switch to another activity profile on the Garmin, update the settings with Garmin Express or Garmin Connect Mobile, then move back to the Activity Profile containing the apps. A device reboot should also do this. If neither of these work, try changing your Xert account password from XertOnline.
Clicking start has the apps query for their signature via Garmin Connect Mobile. This can take up to 5 minutes so you may need to be patient. Email address:. Previous Next. Signing into the Xert Data Fields Downloading the apps is only the first step in the process.
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