Garmin’s Vivoactive 4 Series: Everything you need to know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/09/garmins-vivoactive-everything.htmlUpdate! My full long-term in-depth review of the Garmin Vivoactive 4/4S is over here, with tons of accuracy data and months of testing. … When you do that it’ll walk you through each step, with a timer around the outer edge of the step,…
Garmin ANT+ Foot Pods: Everything you ever wanted to know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/01/garmin-ant-foot-pods-everything-you.htmlA: No, none of the Garmin Edge cycling devices allow use of the foot pod, it’s considered a different ANT+ device profile and isn’t one you can pair to the Edge devices. … Heads up: This is an old version, Garmin has since released the Run Dynamics Footpod.
Hands-on: Garmin’s New Forerunner 30 Running GPS Watch
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/09/garmins-forerunner-running.htmlToday, Garmin announced the new Forerunner 30 GPS watch, which is currently slated only to be sold in Europe and takes the existing Forerunner 35 watch and ‘streamlines’ it (which is a fancy term for ‘remove features’). … The closest I can think of would be the Edge 200/500, but even that was dramatically different in terms of the user interface and features.
Garmin Enduro 3 In-Depth Review: The Cheaper/Better Fenix 8?
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/08/garmin-enduro-3-in-depth-review-vs-fenix8-solar.htmlFinally, note that Garmin sent over media loaner units to test out. … - Increased thickness of solar band around outside edge, changed to black
3 Ways to Automatically Copy Your Garmin Training Data to Other Fitness Sites
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/12/automatically-training-fitness.htmlWith the rise of connected devices that automatically upload your rides and runs upon completion to Garmin Connect, there’s been a corresponding rise in usage of 3rd party sites that synchronize that data to other training log platforms such as Strava and Training Peaks. … If you had for example paired your FR220/FR620 or Edge 510/810 to your phone and uploaded upon completion at a park somewhere, it’d potentially be there before you got home.
Garmin announces ability to develop apps on wearables, with Connect IQ
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/09/garmin-connect-apps.htmlFor example, Alphamantis and their aerodynamic capabilities could potentially create an app directly on a Garmin Edge to show current aerodynamic metrics. … Today, at the ANT+ Symposium in Kananaskis, Canada, Garmin has announced a sweeping change to how 3rd parties can interface with Garmin wearable devices a new platform called Connect IQ.
Garmin Shows Off New On-Device Sleep Tracking Widgets
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/06/garmin-tracking-widgets.htmlHowever, I used a new Garmin Fenix 6 sleep widget to demonstrate this, since frankly…it was pretty looking. … In any event – if you’re the type that wants to live on the edge, go forth and download the beta and give it a whirl.
Hands on with Garmin’s new Varia bike radar and smart light system
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/07/garmins-varia-lights.htmlThese two products connect to Garmin Edge cycling computers for additional functionality. … Today Garmin has introduced their Varia lineup of what they call ‘smart cycling devices’.
How To Use a Cycling Power Meter With a Garmin Vivoactive or Venu Watch
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/05/cycling-power-vivoactive.html- No training load/recovery support: In the incredibly quirky scenario where you have a newer Garmin Edge device but for some odd reason don’t want to record with that – it won’t contribute power data to that. … Officially, power meters are not supported on Garmin’s Venu & Vivoactive watch series.
Lots of Garmin Updates: FR620 gets cycling mode, AutoSync with MyFitnessPal, full Fenix lineup support for Android
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/06/autosync-myfitnesspal-support.htmlThis concept carries over from the Garmin Edge line where you can customize the display screens within each activity profile. … Over the past few days Garmin has released a flurry of updates for a bunch of very different fitness devices.
YouTube Music now on Garmin Watches: Quick How-To Guide
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/06/youtube-music-setup-garmin-watches.htmlGarmin has rolled out support for offline YouTube Music on their watches. … 1) Open the Garmin Connect IQ App, and ensure your watch is selected in the lower right corner (especially if you have another Garmin device, like an Edge cycling computer).
Garmin Launches Strava & Komoot Route Sync: Works on devices a decade old
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/05/garmin-launches-devices.htmlIt’s rare that we get new features from companies, let alone Garmin, that actually work on devices a decade old. … So for example, the Edge 500 (old school review alert!!!) or Edge 800 will work with this.
Garmin Live Event Sharing: Everything you ever wanted to know about it
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/05/garmin-sharing-everything.htmlOver the last month as part of Garmin’s new devices extravaganza, there was barely a mention of ‘live event sharing’ for certain devices. … See, on iOS, Apple doesn’t permit 3rd party apps (or even Apple apps to my knowledge) from accessing your text messages or sending text messages on your behalf.
Garmin releases Strava Live Segments for Running, Muscle Oxygen on devices, Photo Watch Faces
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/08/releases-segments-running.htmlLast weekend Garmin quietly rolled out a firmware update for the FR735XT which allowed folks to compete on Strava Segments using the same technology as was rolled out last summer to the Garmin Edge cycling computers. … Phew, all sorts of Garmin news over the last few days on numerous fronts, and this post seems the easiest way to bundle up three totally different things into one tidy little package.
Garmin Rolls Out Ability to Pause Training Status
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/08/garmin-ability-training.htmlHere’s an interesting one for you – Garmin has announced today the ability for you to ‘pause’ your training status on newer devices. … And when it does so, the option will magically become visible on your watch or Edge bike computer (assuming said device is in the magic list).
Sports Technology Buyers Guide: Winter 2020-2021
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/11/sports-technology-recommendations.htmlStill, there’s a reality when one company in the industry (Garmin) sells many millions more sport-focused devices than everyone but Apple, that there’s just going to be more categories that are in their favor. … In any case, one could try and write recommendations for every possible edge case, but realistically I think there’s probably already too many categories below as it is.
SportTracks adds Garmin Connect automatic sync
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/10/sporttracks-connect-automatic.htmlIt supports any Garmin device that uploads to Garmin Connect, so you can use a Garmin Forerunner watch, or a Garmin Edge device – or the Garmin Fenix lineup. … This past weekend SportTracks enabled support for automatic sync with Garmin Connect.
So you just got a Garmin Fitness watch? Start here: 2011 Edition
www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/12/so-you-just-got-garmin-fitness-watch.htmlLast year I put together a post published on Christmas morning for all of those that may have found a Garmin (or similar) fitness watch under the tree. … By default your Garmin Forerunner or Edge device comes with free access to Garmin Connect, as well as a bit of older software that you can load onto your PC or Mac called Garmin Training Center.
Garmin Launches ‘Connected GPS’ Functionality For Wearables Without GPS (Vivosmart 4 & Vivomove 3)
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/09/connected-functionality-wearables.htmlFor example – say your Garmin Edge device is running low on battery during the final few miles of a century ride, down to its last 1%, and you need a bit more time – how about handing off the completion of that GPS track to the phone? This way it all ends up on a single activity. … Last week Garmin ever so quietly added so-called ‘Connected GPS’ functionality to the Garmin Connect Mobile application, while concurrently releasing a firmware update for the Vivosmart 4 (which came a year ago), as well as incorporating it into the base Vivomove 3 announced last Thursday.
Fitness Related Analysis from the Garmin Q3 earnings call
www.dcrainmaker.com/2010/11/fitness-related-analysis-from-garmin-q3.htmlI spent a bit of time this evening listening to the Garmin 3rd quarter earnings call. … Of course, I’ve covered all of these products in these posts about the Edge 800 and the Forerunner 210/410.
Garmin announces automatic sync with Strava, MapMyFitness and Endomondo
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/08/automatic-mapmyfitness-endomondo.htmlToday, Strava along with MapMyFitness and Endomondo have announced automatic sync with Garmin Connect. … But that same sort of Bluetooth wireless connectivity works with other units like the cycling focused Edge 510/810/1000 and the running-focused Garmin FR220/FR620.
Bike Computers of the 2020 WorldTour Pro Peloton
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/01/computers-worldtour-peloton.htmlNever have I ever seen so many Garmin Edge units in one place, than is on show at the Tour Down Under this year. … That’s of course partly because Garmin in recent years has shifted away from being a major sponsor of a single team, to instead going for minor sponsorships of basically almost all the teams.
Garmin Connect IQ Summit–Day 1 Announcements
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/04/garmin-connect-announcements-day.htmlToday kicked off the annual Garmin Connect IQ Summit. … While hardware has occasionally been announced at the same time (such as last year with the Edge 520 Plus and Varia RTL510 radar), that isn’t the case for today.
Initial thoughts on Garmin VIRB sports camera with ANT+ connectivity
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/08/garmin-initial-thoughts.htmlIn short: If I can add the data field on the Garmin Edge 810, I want to be able to overlay that here. … On Tuesday Garmin announced their entry into the sports action camera market – a market currently dominated by GoPro, with a slew of other companies behind it (such as Contour and many others).
Garmin Fenix 7 & Epix Get 50 New Features in Beta Update
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/07/garmin-features-update.htmlGarmin is seemingly on a roll the past 7-10 days, with having released the much-anticipated firmware bringing all the new Fenix 7 Pro & Epix Pro features to the non-Pro editions, via a new public beta firmware update. … And here’s the video (chapters are shown along the bottom edge, too):
