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Feature Request: Add “Calories” as an option for a challenge

Feature Request: Can you add “Calories” as an option for a challenge? The current options of Steps, Run, Bike, Swim aren’t inclusive of alternative activities like Yoga, Weightlifting, etc. A calorie challenge between friends would be more accurate of overall activity and create a fun way to stay accountable.

0 2271429 over 2 years ago

9639650 said:
Feature Request: Can you add “Calories” as an option for a challenge?

You can ask or suggest it here - Garmin Connect | Status. But I suspect, to avoid litigation, Garmin would want to stay away from encouraging such challenges. I know on the face of it it does sound fun, but people sometimes take things too far.

0 trux over 2 years ago in reply to 2271429

Calories already were available for Challenges a few years ago (the last one in my GC account is from January 2021), but were intentionally removed by Garmin. I guess because there are too big differences among devices, models, and a lot of users have their watches misconfigured, or using in a wrong way, which led to too great inequities, and far too many complaints and Support incidents for Garmin to handle. For these reasons, I do not really believe Garmin would bring the feature back again.