It’s easy to change the default watch face on your Garmin watch to something more appealing and highly personalized. Whether you want more health stats on the screen, you prefer digital to analog watch faces, or you need a less cluttered display, there’s a watch face for you. Switching from the default Garmin watch face … Read more
Are you looking for an easy way to connect Garmin to Google Fit? Let me show you how to use Health Sync, Strava, and SyncMyTracks third-party apps to connect, sync, and read data from your Garmin Connect account in your Google Fit profile. I’m assuming you already have a Google Fit account and a Garmin … Read more
There are two ways to restart a Garmin watch. You can do a force restart if the smartwatch is unresponsive or use the power button to give the watch a fresh start in 10 to 30 seconds. Restarting your Gamin watch helps to fix software glitches, close conflicting apps, improve responsiveness, and enhance GPS accuracy. … Read more
Garmin watches are expensive because they’re truly functional. The latest smartwatches in the brand’s lineup feature solid design, smooth navigation, and powerful sensors. Advanced features such as solar energy charging, satellite imagery, and PacePro Coaching make Garmin watches some of the best sports watches in production to this day. Garmin’s focus on customization, superior functionality, … Read more
Garmin Connect app will ask you to configure core settings during the initial Garmin watch set up. The core settings include current time zone, date, and time. Because the companion app configures everything automatically based on your smartphone’s settings, you don’t have to go back to change the time later. However, you’ll have to make … Read more
There three ways to install the latest OS update to your Garmin watch. You can enable automatic updates, install the updates manually, or use Garmin Express. Updating your watch to the latest Garmin OS removes bugs, fixes common Garmin watch problems, adds new features, and improves your overall user experience. How long it takes … Read more
If your Garmin watch is not updating pace, distance, time, and calories burned in real time, it’s likely that the GPS is not working properly. The GPS problem may be because of a random bug, mobile network failure, or a lack of clear view of the sky. It’s also possible that GPS is not working … Read more
In this guide, I give you the steps to connect Garmin to MyFitnessPal if you don’t know how to do so already. Once you connect the two apps, you can set fitness and nutritional goals and monitor your calorie intake and outtake every day. How to Connect Garmin to MyFitnessPal You can use Garmin Connect … Read more
A syncing issue between Garmin and Strava can make you go nuts. Because after running, cycling, or hiking, I imagine you want nothing more than to see your progress and use your workout insights to train smarter. But that’s not possible if the two services can’t connect and share data. So why exactly is Garmin … Read more
Garmin smartwatches are all about optimized performance and long battery life. In theory, they’re supposed to be the more than perfect timepiece that monitor and deliver the best metrics as intended. In reality, they’re not immune to watch problems. The most common Garmin watch problems include failure to connect to GPS, turning off after a … Read more