Turning Incident Detection On and Off
NOTE:
Your paired phone must be equipped with a data plan and be in an area of network coverage where data is available.
Before you can enable incident detection on your watch, you must set up emergency contacts in the
Garmin Connect™ app (Adding Emergency Contacts). Your emergency contacts must be able to receive emails or text messages (standard text messaging rates may apply).
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From the watch face, press
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Select
> 
> Incident Detection.
When an incident is detected by your vívosmart® 5 watch with GPS enabled, the Garmin Connect app can send an automated text message and email with your name and GPS location to your emergency contacts. You have 15 seconds to cancel.