Garmin Connect™

Garmin

About this app

Garmin Connect™ is your one-stop source for health and fitness data. Whether you’re training for a race or tracking steps, it provides the information and inspiration you need to beat yesterday.

Once paired with a compatible(1) Garmin device, activity tracking is just the beginning of what Garmin Connect™ can do for you. You can create new workouts, build courses and even challenge your friends to compete, all within the app.

Garmin Connect™ is packed with useful features, including the ability to:

- View today’s health data in vivid detail on your personalized My Day page.
- Analyze your activities and their related statistics. (2)
- Create customized workouts and courses.
- Sync with other apps like MyFitnessPal and Strava.
- Review personal records for steps, distance and pace.
- Earn badges for accomplishments.
- See how you measure up to other Connect users with Insights.
- Get support for Garmin devices and their features.

Are you ready to join millions of users who walk, run, bike, hike and strive to beat yesterday? Learn more about Garmin devices and how they work with the Garmin Connect™ app at Garmin.com.

(1) See compatible devices at Garmin.com/BLE
(2) Activity tracking accuracy: Garmin.com/en-US/legal/atdisclaimer

Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Ratings and reviews

Great, except for 1 major issue. You can't compare time and distance at the same time. All the stats except for the basic "by 17:20 you had run 1.5 miles". It will show you a replay of the run but no time and distance associated with it. Since I do a lot of interval training, I want to compare segments of the run, not just by the mi or km. You'd also think the app would be able to figure out your mile speed from a run if switching from km since the entire run is tracked. Not the case.

So I'm a former Fitbit user and while I like the app, it does lack a few "user interface" things that I prefer on fitbit. Overall, it's much better and more accurate. So, fitbits user interface is extremely streamlined with the various different features it has, but it really lacks details because the Fitbit itself is a simple device. The Garmin app has a lot going on. Now that I've had it a week I think I prefer it, but I was pretty worried I wanted to go back to Fitbit when I started.

When creating a new Course under training and planning, there is no way in this app to turn off "Follow Popular Routes". On the desktop site I can switch from "Follow Popular Routes" to "Freehand", which allows me to add a new point where the map thinks there is an inaccessible path, but on this app I cannot do this. This issue needs to be fixed! Please add a way for users to enable "Freehand" when drawing a Course route!

What's new

This version of Garmin Connect has several bug fixes and performance improvements that make it even more useful for tracking your health, fitness and training.