Playing Audio Prompts During an Activity

You can enable your Forerunner^® music watch to play motivational status announcements during a run or other activity. Audio prompts play on your connected Bluetooth^® headphones, if available. Otherwise, audio prompts play on your phone paired through the Garmin Connect™ app. During an audio prompt, the watch or phone lowers the volume of the primary audio to play the announcement.

NOTE: This feature is not available for all activities.

Hold UP.
Select Audio Prompts.
Select an option:

NOTE: Some alerts are available only for a Forerunner music watch.
- To hear a prompt for each lap, select Lap Alert.
- To customize prompts with your pace and speed information, select Pace/Speed Alert.
- To customize prompts with your heart rate information, select Heart Rate Alert.
- To customize prompts with power data, select Power Alert.
- To hear prompts when you start and stop the activity timer, including the Auto Pause^® feature, select Timer Events.
- To hear workout alerts play as an audio prompt, select Workout Alerts.
- To hear activity alerts play as an audio prompt, select Activity Alerts (Activity Alerts).
- To hear a sound play right before an audio alert or prompt, select Audio Tones.
- To change the language or the dialect of the voice prompts, select Dialect.
- To change the voice of the prompts to male or female, select Voice.

Forerunner® 255 Series

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