Garmin Connect Mobile Android - Recent Threads

DND stopped working (around release 5.25), vivoactive3

6190486 — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:36:11 GMT

I have a dnd setting (sleeping time) from 10 pm to 7 am. It used to work correctly, I did not receive any notifications during the night. For some time now (I think since 5.25) it stopped working. Watch (vivoactive 3) never goes into DND mode and the notifications are sent 24/7. I'm already on 26.1 but no change, still no automatic DND mode during sleeping time.

Connect IQ doesnt work if you are offline for simply change option in watchface

Radek88 — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:08:47 GMT

It is not possible to change the fields in the watchface in Connect IQ if I am out of carrier signal. Connect IQ is unable to work offline if I need to change e.g. the time color, another datafield or anything. The watchfaces uploaded to the watch do not appear.

If I get out of the operator's signal, for example on the open sea, in the mountains or in places where there is no operator. Connect IQ is completely unusable even for elementary changes in the applications loaded into the watch.

I am adding a video of the error. I turn off wifi and carrier data and the error appears.

Issue recorded

Feature request - Widgets

2times4 — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:16:07 GMT

Hi,

I would be great to have widgets in the Android app to see some paramters like total time of the week, distance + elevation for running / cycling, actual load + chronical load, some general health stats, ...

Good example has the Suunto App.

Kind regards

Arno

Garmin ECG App is stuck and does not record

4367499 — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 16:13:00 GMT

I am having issues with the ECG App.

It is stuck on a screen that says
"Place your thumb and index finger on the metal ring around the watch face to start a recording." It never reaches recording state, it stays stuck on the screen asking me to place my fingers.

This did not happen on previous versions of the app. I am in the United States.

Does anybody know a potential solution? Please let me know if there's a better place to post this, I have tried reaching out to support.

Create default credit card option for Garmin Pay

9884479 — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 21:02:01 GMT

It would be very useful to create the possibility of assigning one credit card to be the default card on Garmin Pay and rearrange credit card sequence on Garmin pay

No incoming call notifications on Forerunner 570/255 since Garmin Connect 5.18 (Xiaomi 12 Pro, Android)

3706340 — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 15:52:34 GMT

Since a Garmin Connect Android update around version 5.18, my Garmin watches no longer receive incoming call notifications, and this is still broken on version 5.26.1. (so, for several months now)
Devices:
– Previously Forerunner 255, now Forerunner 570.
– Phone: Xiaomi 12 Pro (latest Android / MIUI).
– Garmin Connect Android: currently 5.26.1 (issue started around 5.18).
Symptoms:
– No incoming call alert on the watch at all (no vibration, no visual card).
– Other notifications can work, but calls never show.
– Same behavior on both FR255 and FR570 with this phone.
Things I’ve already done:
– Verified smart notifications + “Calls” are enabled on the watch and in Garmin Connect.
– Checked vibration/sound settings on the watch.
– Granted all Android permissions to Garmin Connect (notifications, phone, contacts, etc.).
– Confirmed no battery restrictions or DND on the phone.
– Removed and re‑paired the watch several times; also tried reinstalling Garmin Connect.
This looks like a regression in Garmin Connect for Android, not a user configuration mistake, and it has been ongoing for months. I am not willing to downgrade the app as a workaround; I want this fixed in a current release.
Please escalate this to the Garmin Connect Android team and link my case to any existing internal bug about “incoming call notifications not working on Android”. I can provide an Android bug report captured immediately after reproducing the issue if needed.
If anyone else has the same problem (no call alerts since a Connect update, across multiple watches), please reply with your phone, watch and Connect versions so Garmin can see it’s not an isolated case.

Garmin connect + redmiNote9 + VENU3: BT problem

5559188 — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 05:54:05 GMT

Good morning,

I have a problem bt connection: my VENU3 random connects/disconnects with the redmiNote9, by "Garmin connect" last build.

After a lot of tests I find that by "Garmin connect" 4.77.1 connection is very stable.

Is It possibile to fix It, and let me update "Garmin connect" to the last version?

Tnx

hrm 600 "Recording activity, swimming" internally

Crist8 — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:44:26 GMT

I've noticed that when I use the HRM600 without my phone, and I set it to record internally, the Garmin Connect app asks me what activity I'll be doing. There are several options, but swimming isn't listed. I bought it mainly for swimming. If I select another activity or cardio, it won't give me calorie and other information. Once the activity is saved, I'll have to go to edit and change it back to swimming, but I'm sure a lot of data will be lost from the recording. Do you plan to add swimming as an activity so I can record it without the watch or my phone?

Thanks

missing some data in connect after synchronizing two watches (Epix 2 and Vivoactive 3)

mikisb — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:09:18 GMT

Hey there,

as my Epix 2 gets darker and darker after less then 4 years 😒 and is completely unusable meanwhile as bike computer ourtoors, i started to revive my old Vivoactive 3 just for bicycle rides.Connecting it additionally to the first watch (Epix2) to connect (Android) was easy. After the ride, i first asynchronized the Viviactive, then the Epix, wich is my main watch for all day use.

After synchronizing, the bike tour appeared in connect, as the intensity minutes too, so the synchronisation seemed to work correctly 👍. But for "training load" (hope this is correct, in german it's "Trainingsbelastung"), i didn't do anything this day, so the activity wasn't included, even if it's present in other statistics.

Did i miss some settings to include the second watch in this statistics or is it a bug in connect?

(Connect on the Android phone or connect web on windows 11 show the same result).

Thanks and regards, Michael

Recovery heart rate gone from Garmin Connect

Morten — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:16:44 GMT

For some time now I don't see my recovery heart rate in android app and web as well.

It used to be that when I stopped an activity and measured "Recovery HR" on my watch I could later see the result in hear rate section of the Connect up.

This data no longer shows.

Feature request : QR code in Group ride

2514252 — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:30:15 GMT

Convincing people to use group ride is not easy - entering the code and clicking «I accept» seems too complicated for 90% of users.

Today I generated a QR code with a group ride link - everyone scanned and we had a massive adoption rate and everyone was happy about it.

Could you include a QR code directly in the app? so that people would just come to you, scan the link in QR

thanks and best regards

Garmin coach race prediction not updating

3368695 — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 06:52:37 GMT

Garmin coach stopped updating my projected race time a while ago, also happens on the connect web interface. It is updating the estimated times in the watch in running performance though.

Cant get into the app and make my watch work

1501539 — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:48:04 GMT

How to sign in to the app to make the watch work

index s2 deleted after update :(

supersonic12 — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 10:14:57 GMT

Hi,

when I updated my connect app on my android phone to version 5.26, my index s2 got deleted from the app. Can you fix this so all connected devices remain in the app during an update?

Thanks!
Nic

connect APP The sleep rhythm of the sleep coach is not displayed

阴阳先生 — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:42:10 GMT

connect APP The sleep rhythm of the sleep coach is not displayed

Nutrition entry tab loading gradually slower over ~5 months of daily logging — others seeing this?

8090100 — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:24:28 GMT

I've been using the Connect+ Nutrition feature with daily logging (multiple entries/day) since the January launch — so ~5 months now. The Nutrition tab has become noticeably slower to load over that period — not broken, just laggier than it was at the start.

Trying to narrow the cause before raising it as a bug:

Is anyone else seeing the Nutrition section specifically slow down as their logged history / custom-foods list grows?
Does it correlate with data volume (e.g. does a heavily-logged day load slower than a sparse one for you)?
Or is this more likely server-side load as the feature's userbase has grown since launch?

I'm on Android s26 ultra

Garmin Connect app wallet: critical issue with "add billing address"

6295473 — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:32:36 GMT

Fill out billing address. Tap "save" It processes for a moment, then throws me back to "add billing address".

Looked up this problem, tried various things, nothing worked. Just takes my billing address, then loops me back to adding it again. And again, and again, and again. Never progresses past that "add billing address" step. And thanks to this critical error, I cannot add my credit card to the wallet. And cannot buy a favored watch face.

Until this gets fixed.

Fenix 7x Solar Sapphire paired will NOT FIND the paired Android 16 phone. Turns phone sound volume off.

bnoonan — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:21:25 GMT

After pairing my Fenix 7x Sapphire Solar watch witS26 with my new Galaxy S26 Ultra, I checked th "find my phone" feature. I cannot hear an alarem. When I turn up the volume, it drops to zero unless I turn off the phone search. I CAN, however, find the same phone with my Fenix 5 watch. Cant think of anything else to do to make Fenix 7x work to find my phone.

Forerunner 35 - stopped counting intensity minutes?

3658883 — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:36:56 GMT

I've noticed today that for the last few days my forerunner 35 has not logged any intensity minutes. I've been doing 10k steps a day for last few weeks and it's been gradually adding my intensity minutes each week but it seems to have stopped and I'm not sure quite why.

I've done some reading and seen that it required heart rate to be in the right zones but from what I can see my heart rate has reached the zones for intensity?

I'm using a Galaxy S24 and it's all updated, if that makes any difference.

Bug: significant background power consumption on Android phone after 28.05 update on Forerunner 955

Aaron — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:50:02 GMT

Watch Model: Forerunner 955

Watch version: 28.05

Phone Model/OS: Oppo Reno13 5G / ColorOS 16.0.5 (Android 16)

Garmin Connect+ version: 5:25

Problem

Occasionally there is significant background battery drain on my phone caused by Garmin Connect+. I've observed this twice so far.

I believe it is triggered when an activity is started (such as a Run), however it doesn't occur consistently.

Below are some screenshots of the battery consumption. My run was from ~3:30-5:00. Battery drain continued after the run activity had been stopped.

Usage by Garmin Connect+ is significantly higher than my other applications. For comparison, I had Youtube Music in the background during the entire run, which was only 2.58% of battery consumption. In the 4:00-5:00 period, 189mAH were consumed in the background by Garmin Connect+.

Solution

Force stopping the app does not work (the app never stops). Clearing the cache also does not work.

To stop the background battery drain, Bluetooth needs to be turned off then on.

This is not ideal as by the time I notice the battery drain, it's already drained 20%+ of my battery.

HR at a glance bug

4411990 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:44:26 GMT

My wife takes off her expensive Primary Wearable watch and puts on her Vivosmart 5 when working in her garden. She says the mobile app (Android) "at a glance" does not show the HR unless she makes the VS5 the primary wearable, although the chart behind the "at a glance" shows continous HR.

Why would this be necessary?

Additional Garmin Nutrition features

3241774 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:41:21 GMT

I know I am not the first person to request this, but wanted to ask when we might be able to log food in Garmin Nutrition by grams rather than 100g increments. It isn't too much effort to 0.1 servings for 10g, but it seems ridiculous we can't just put in the weight in grams.

I would also like to be able to add food that the barcode scanner doesn't find to the database, like you can in Cronometer.

Have Garmin published a log of future planned changes? Will we ever see the Nutrition app improved?

I pay for Garmin Connect, but if Nutrition continues to not improve then I will switch back to Cronometer and cancel my subscription.

Bug: Garmin Connect never calls CompanionDeviceManager.notifyDeviceAppeared() — causes BLE bond loss on Android 16

5000600 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 03:20:18 GMT

Device: Garmin Fenix 6X Pro paired to Samsung Galaxy A15 5G (Android 16 / One UI 8)
Garmin Connect version: latest from Play Store

Issue:
Garmin Connect registers a CompanionDeviceManager (CDM) association with the
COMPANION_DEVICE_WATCH profile, but never calls
CompanionDeviceManager.notifyDeviceAppeared(associationId) after a BLE connection
is established.

On Android 13+ (API 33+), notifyDeviceAppeared() is required to signal to the
Android OS that the companion device is nearby. Without this call, Android's app
standby bucket exemption for the companion app degrades over time. On Android 16
with Samsung's aggressive background process management, this results in the
background BLE service being killed, after which Samsung's BT stack removes the
stale BLE bond entirely — requiring a full re-pair from scratch.

Root cause:
The method onDeviceConnected() in the device sync state machine (z12.C51109d0,
implementing the device connection interface) is completely empty. This is where
notifyDeviceAppeared() should be called.

Fix:
In the onDeviceConnected() callback, retrieve the CompanionDeviceManager system
service and call notifyDeviceAppeared() for each association returned by
getMyAssociations(). Guard with SDK_INT >= 33. Wrap in try/catch.

Impact:
Any user on Android 13+ with aggressive battery management (especially Samsung
One UI 7/8 or Android 16) will experience repeated unpairings. The CDM record
shows mLastTimeConnectedMs=None despite regular connections, confirming the call
is nev

My Venus sq is disconnecting from my phone over and over.

longstemmed — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 04:07:23 GMT

I tried the regular forgetting device on the watch and phone, restarting, and reconnecting, and that didn't work. I tried to connect by resetting the watch but keeping the data, and it nearly connected but couldn't finish the setup. I reset it and deleted the data, it connected, but then disconnected again immediately.

I saw advice in another section but the options don't exist on my android. (Samsung galaxy s21)

Thank you for your help!

Empty screen when viewing Breathwork / Relax and Focus Activity

tso123 — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:40:21 GMT

Hello,

I'm getting an empty screen when trying to open a Breathwork activity using the Android app:

The problem can be reproduced with a completed ~15min session and a quick 10sec activity for testing purposes. No issues with the web version.

Garmin Connect Version: 5.25
Android Version: 16
Device: Galaxy Fold 5

Not sure how long the issue exists since I haven't used the feature for quite some time. Other activities (even similar types like "meditation") work without problems.

Feel free to contact me if you need any additional details.