Glances
Your watch comes preloaded with glances that provide quick information (Viewing the Glances and Widgets). Some glances require a Bluetooth® connection to a compatible phone.
Some glances are not visible by default. You can add them to the glance loop manually (Customizing the Glance Loop).
Name |
Description |
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ABC |
Displays combined altimeter, barometer, and compass information. |
Alternate time zones |
Displays the current time of day in additional time zones (Adding Alternate Time Zones). |
Altitude acclimation |
At altitudes above 800 m (2625 ft.), displays graphs showing altitude-corrected values for your average pulse oximeter reading, respiration rate, and resting heart rate for the last seven days. |
Altimeter |
Displays the approximate elevation based on pressure changes. |
Barometer |
Displays the environmental pressure data based on elevation. |
Body Battery™ |
With all-day wear, displays your current Body Battery level and a graph of your level for the last several hours (Body Battery). |
Calendar |
Displays upcoming meetings from your phone calendar. |
Calories |
Displays your calorie information for the current day. |
Compass |
Displays an electronic compass. |
Cycling Ability |
Displays your rider type, aerobic endurance, aerobic capacity, and anaerobic capacity (Viewing Cycling Ability). |
Endurance score |
Displays a score, graph, and a short message that describes your overall endurance based on all recorded activities (Endurance Score). |
Floors climbed |
Tracks your floors climbed and progress toward your goal. |
Garmin® coach |
Displays scheduled workouts when you select a Garmin coach adaptive training plan in your Garmin Connect™ account. The plan adjusts to your current level of fitness, coaching and schedule preferences, and race date. |
Golf |
Displays golf scores and statistics for your last round. |
Health Snapshot™ |
Starts a Health Snapshot session on your watch that records several key health metrics while you hold still for two minutes. It provides a glimpse of your overall cardiovascular status. The watch records metrics such as your average heart rate, stress level, and respiration rate. Displays summaries of your saved Health Snapshot sessions (Health Snapshot). |
Heart rate |
Displays your current heart rate in beats per minute (bpm) and a graph of your average resting heart rate (RHR). |
Hill score |
Displays a score, graph, contributing metrics, and a short message that describes your hill climbing performance based on your recorded running activities (Hill Score). |
History |
Displays your activity history and a graph of your recorded activities. |
HRV Status |
Displays your seven-day average of your overnight heart rate variability (Heart Rate Variability Status). |
Intensity minutes |
Tracks your time spent participating in moderate to vigorous activities, your weekly intensity minutes goal, and progress toward your goal. |
inReach® controls |
Allows you to send messages on your paired inReach device (Using the inReach Remote). |
Last activity |
Displays a brief summary of your last recorded activity. |
Last ride Last run Last swim |
Displays a brief summary of your last recorded activity and history of the specified sport. |
Lights |
Provides bike light controls when you have a Varia™ light paired with your Forerunner® watch. |
Music controls |
Provides music player controls for your phone or watch music. |
Naps |
Displays total nap time and Body Battery level gains. You can start the nap timer and set an alarm to wake you up (Customizing Sleep Mode). |
Notifications |
Alerts you to incoming calls, texts, social network updates, and more, based on your phone notification settings (Enabling Bluetooth Notifications). |
Performance |
Displays performance measurements that help you track and understand your training activities and race performances (Performance Measurements). |
Primary race |
Displays the race event you designate as the primary race in your Garmin Connect calendar (Race Calendar and Primary Race). |
Pulse oximeter |
Allows you to take a manual pulse oximeter reading (Getting Pulse Oximeter Readings). If you are too active for the watch to determine your pulse oximeter reading, the measurements are not recorded. |
Race calendar |
Displays your upcoming race events set in your Garmin Connect calendar (Race Calendar and Primary Race). |
RCT camera controls |
Allows you to manually take a photo and record a video clip (Using the Varia Camera Controls). |
Respiration |
Your current respiration rate in breaths per minute and seven-day average. You can do a breathing activity to help you relax. |
Sleep |
Displays total sleep time, a sleep score, and sleep stage information for the previous night. |
Steps |
Tracks your daily step count, step goal, and data for previous days. |
Stress |
Displays your current stress level and a graph of your stress level. You can do a breathing activity to help you relax. If you are too active for the watch to determine your stress level, stress measurements are not recorded (Using the Stress Level Glance). |
Sunrise and sunset |
Displays sunrise, sunset, and civil twilight times. |
Temperature |
Displays temperature data from the internal temperature sensor. |
Training readiness |
Displays a score and a short message that helps you determine how ready you are for training each day (Training Readiness). |
Training status |
Displays your current training status and training load, which shows you how your training affects your fitness level and performance (Training Status). |
VIRB® controls |
Provides camera controls when you have a VIRB device paired with your Forerunner watch (VIRB Remote). |
Weather |
Displays the current temperature and weather forecast. You can also view the current weather conditions on the map using several map overlays. |
Women's health |
Displays your current cycle or pregnancy tracking status. You can view and log your daily symptoms. |
- Viewing the Glances and Widgets
- Viewing the Controls Menu
- Customizing the Controls Menu
- Morning Report
- Viewing the Weather Glance
- Women's Health
- Opening the Music Controls