Tread®

Garmin

About this app

Roam the unknown with the Tread® app. It lets you track up to 20 friends on the map of your smartphone and Tread® powersport navigator by using the Group Ride Mobile feature and syncs waypoints, tracks, routes and collections across devices. Easily plan routes on your smartphone with the same maps, vehicle profiles and route preferences you have on your Tread device. Users can import and export GPX files and get access to smart notifications and live weather.

• Track up to 20 friends on the map of your smartphone and Tread® device by using the Group Ride Mobile feature
• Wirelessly sync waypoints, tracks, routes and collections across your compatible smartphone and Tread® powersport navigator
• Easily calculate faster time or adventurous routes on your smartphone with the same maps, vehicle profiles and route preferences you have on your Tread device
• Import and export GPX files to try out new routes or revisit favorite rides
• Keep your phone safely stowed away, and still get important messages and alerts via smart notifications on your Tread® device display when it’s paired with the Tread® app
• Use the app to access live weather updates, viewable on your Tread® navigator’s display

Ratings and reviews

Explore and this are similar, then I have earthmate for my InReach. Worst of all this isn't anything like Ultimate Campgrounds. They just bought the database and tossed the functionality. The beauty of UC was its filters. Unless I just haven't dug deep enough into Tread it appears that ability to filter campgrounds is gone. Garmin is missing the boat on this. Another example of a big company buying a successful small product and destroying it.

When rating, it's hard to draw lines between this app and the device it connects to, and your phone. Over all, creating routes is just ok. Their featured roads are good, but it is missing layers for motorcycle friendly roads (something like Butler Maps). They are a little slow to update maps, but most of the areas I ride are real so that's understandable. Syncing between app and device is great when it works. Group rides is useless for on road applications.

The app does not work on many charted roads and secondary highways and neither does the Sump Xt2. It's is also difficult to change destinations quickly so I use Google maps for in city destinations. The tread app and Zumo are disappointing and not good value considering the price. Not recommended.

What’s new

The Garmin Tread app is continually working to improve your experience when using the Garmin Tread. This version includes bug fixes to improve app and device functionality.