Garmin Connect Mobile Ideas and Suggestions

Have an idea that would improve the Garmin Connect Mobile application? We would love to hear from you! Please use the Garmin Connect Mobile Ideas and Suggestions thread to submit your ideas, suggestions, and recommendations related to the Garmin Connect Mobile app. Thank you very much!

  • Let’s earn badges for hiking! I’ve completed hikes of more than a marathon’s distance - there should be a badge for that, same as for running. 

  • Please add kayaking and snowshoeing activities to track

  • When I push the side button on my watch (Vivoactive 3) to start an activity and then select which one, my useless fat fingers often hit the wrong one. Could it possibly say which activity has been selected whilst 'wait for GPS' or at least when it says 'ready' it can say 'Ready for run'.  Otherwise I don't know I've hit the wrong one until it I start & then have to stop & start again. Ok in training, but not at a start of an event. thanks

  • I would like to have the possibility to make changes in Laps in Swimming. I´m using a Vivoavtive 4s and when you swim indoors and use the Lap/Rest and swim without using your arms in an excersize a lap is recognized as rest. I would like to have the possibiliyty to change that in Garmin Connect. Now I can change the number of lenghs in Garmin Connect but that affects the time/hundred meters. Possible to solve this?

  • I downhill mountain bike. The alpine skiing app would be perfect for this except for having to manually change it to a ride. Have you considered making an activity using alpine skiing as the basis and simply making it a biking activity (with maybe metrics from biking such as calories)?  Thanks!

  • Monitors menstrual cycle but no option to select if your are pregnant.  

  • I started using the Garmin coach and I had to skip the first two workouts.  I tried to move the workouts to the present day, but it would not let me because they were already scheduled and the day had passed.  I could only bump up a future workout.  The app should let you move a workout around, especially if you missed it.

     We have had rainy days for three days in a row here in Florida.  So I had to miss the first two workouts.  I would like it if the app would let me move the workouts to run on an off day to make it up. That way it would update future workouts and reschedule them automatically.

    Some questions I have are if the end date of August 8th should change?  I would think it should be pushed out if week 1 was missed.  Also will I be starting on week two next week when According to the app I have not done any week 1 workouts?

  • Can we make the workouts section more manageable please? For instance, by letting us sort the workouts alphabetically, or allow us to create folders so that we can separate strength workouts from cardio and other workouts etc. And lastly, it would be great if we could create custom exercises, even if that means we don’t have videos for the custom made exercises.

  • What to do if I can’t turn on my garmin forerunner 45 on by pressing the light button?

  • I would really love to see the app more usable offline/without an internet connection. 

    I use my watch out on hikes, and would love to be able to review all the stats from a hike, particularly back country on my phone application. But always ended up struggling to sync because of the lack of internet connection. 

    The watch should be able to just use Bluetooth to connect to my phone and transfer data that way. 

    Please make the app available offline/without internet connection for watch syncing!