Garmin Connect

You can connect with your friends on your Garmin Connect™ account. Your Garmin Connect account gives you the tools to track, analyze, share, and encourage each other. Record the events of your active lifestyle including runs, walks, rides, and more.

You can create your free Garmin Connect account when you pair your watch with your phone using the Garmin Connect app, or you can go to www.garminconnect.com.

Track your progress

You can track your daily steps, join a friendly competition with your connections, and meet your goals.

Store your activities

After you complete and save a timed activity with your watch, you can upload that activity to your Garmin Connect account and keep it as long as you want.

Analyze your data

You can view more detailed information about your activity, including time, distance, heart rate, calories burned, and customizable reports.


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Share your activities

You can connect with friends to follow each other's activities or share links to your activities.

Manage your settings

You can customize your watch and user settings on your Garmin Connect account.

Syncing Your Data with the Garmin Connect App

Your watch automatically syncs data with the Garmin Connect app each time you open the app. Your watch periodically syncs data with the Garmin Connect app automatically. You can also manually sync your data at any time.

  1. Bring the watch near your phone.
  2. Open the Garmin Connect app.
    TIP: The app can be open or running in the background.
  3. Hold to view the menu.
  4. Select Settings > System > Phone > Sync.
  5. Wait while your data syncs.
  6. View your current data in the Garmin Connect app.

Syncing Your Data with Your Computer

Before you can sync your data with the Garmin Connect application on your computer, you must install the Garmin Express™ application (Setting Up Garmin Express).

  1. Connect the watch to your computer using the USB cable.
  2. Open the Garmin Express application.

    The watch enters mass storage mode.

  3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
  4. View your data on your Garmin Connect account.

Setting Up Garmin Express

  1. Connect the device to your computer using a USB cable.
  2. Go to www.garmin.com/express.
  3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
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October 2024