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Bluetooth sensors: Allows you to connect Bluetooth
compatible sensors, such as a heart rate monitor.
Connect IQ: Allows you to extend your device features with new
watch faces, widgets, apps, and data fields.
Find my phone: Locates your lost smartphone that is paired
with your Forerunner device and currently within range.
Find my watch: Locates your lost Forerunner device that is
paired with your smartphone and currently within range.
GroupTrack: Allows you join a group using LiveTrack, so others
can view your position directly on screen and in real time.
LiveTrack: Allows friends and family to follow your races and
training activities in real time. You can invite followers using
email or social media, allowing them to view your live data on
a Garmin Connect tracking page.
Music controls: Allows you to control the music player on your
smartphone.
Phone notifications: Displays phone notifications and
messages on your Forerunner device.
Social media interactions: Allows you to post an update to
your favorite social media website when you upload an
activity to the Garmin Connect Mobile app.
Software updates: Allows you to update your device software.
Weather updates: Sends real-time weather conditions and
notifications to your device.
Workout and course downloads: Allows you to browse for
workouts and courses in the Garmin Connect Mobile app and
wirelessly send them to your device.
Updating the Software Using Garmin Connect Mobile
Before you can update your device software using the Garmin
Connect Mobile app, you must have a Garmin Connect account,
and you must pair the device with a compatible smartphone
(Pairing Your Smartphone with Your Device, page 1).
Synchronize your device with the Garmin Connect Mobile
app (Manually Syncing Data with Garmin Connect Mobile,
page 14).
When new software is available, the Garmin Connect Mobile
app automatically sends the update to your device.
Manually Syncing Data with Garmin Connect Mobile
1
Hold LIGHT to view the controls menu.
2
Select .
Locating a Lost Mobile Device
You can use this feature to help locate a lost mobile device that
is paired using Bluetooth wireless technology and currently
within range.
1
Hold LIGHT to view the controls menu.
2
Select .
The Forerunner device begins searching for your paired
mobile device. An audible alert sounds on your mobile
device, and the Bluetooth signal strength displays on the
Forerunner device screen. The Bluetooth signal strength
increases as you move closer to your mobile device.
3
Select BACK to stop searching.
Widgets
Your device comes preloaded with widgets that provide at-a-
glance information. Some widgets require a Bluetooth
connection to a compatible smartphone.
Some widgets are not visible by default. You can add them to
the widget loop manually.
Calendar: Displays upcoming meetings from your smartphone
calendar.
Calories: Displays your calorie information for the current day.
Compass: Displays an electronic compass.
Floors climbed: Tracks your floors climbed and progress
toward your goal.
Heart rate: Displays your current heart rate in beats per minute
(bpm) and a graph of your heart rate.
Intensity minutes: Tracks your time spent participating in
moderate to vigorous activities, your weekly intensity minutes
goal, and progress toward your goal.
Last activity: Displays a brief summary of your last recorded
activity, such as your last run, last ride, or last swim.
Last sport: Displays a brief summary of your last recorded
sport.
Music controls: Provides music player controls for your
smartphone.
Notifications: Alerts you to incoming calls, texts, social network
updates, and more, based on your smartphone notification
settings.
Performance: Displays your current training status, training
load, VO2 max. estimates, recovery time, FTP estimate,
lactate threshold, and predicted race times.
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.
VIRB controls: Provides camera controls when you have a
VIRB device paired with your Forerunner device.
Weather: Displays the current temperature and weather
forecast.
Viewing the Widgets
Your device comes preloaded with widgets that provide at-a-
glance information. Some widgets require a Bluetooth
connection to a compatible smartphone.
• From the time of day screen, select UP or DOWN.
Available widgets include heart rate and activity tracking. The
performance widget requires several activities with heart rate
and outdoor runs with GPS.
• Select START to view additional options and functions for a
widget.
Viewing the Weather Widget
Weather requires a Bluetooth connection to a compatible
smartphone.
1
From the watch face, select UP.
2
Select START to view hourly weather data.
3
Select DOWN to view daily weather data.
Joining a GroupTrack Session
Before you can join a GroupTrack session, you must have a
Garmin Connect account, a compatible smartphone, and the
Garmin Connect Mobile app.
These instructions are for joining a GroupTrack session with
Forerunner devices. If your connections have other compatible
devices, they can see you on the map. You are not able to view
other GroupTrack members on your device.
1
Go outside, and turn on the Forerunner device.
2
Pair your smartphone with the Forerunner device (Pairing
Your Smartphone with Your Device, page 1).
3
From the settings menu in the Garmin Connect Mobile app,
select LiveTrack > GroupTrack.
4
If you have more than one compatible device, select a device
for the GroupTrack session.
5
Select Visible to > All Connections.
6
Select Start LiveTrack.
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