Garmin Connect Mobile Ideas and Suggestions

More synchronization with Apple Health kit, both in from & out to: 

• weight (in)
•  vo2max (out)

I’m sure this is a lovely thread to ask users for feature suggestions, but to be honest it really is a waste of time given that each update breaks existing features and loses health and exercise data.

My suggestion to make Garmin Connect Mobile better is to make sure it works and to make sure updates work before releasing them. Much of the Garmin hardware is expensive and users deserve to be treated like valued customers rather than software guinea pigs.

I suggest that weekly automatic steps challenges increase individual scores with these awards : 

• WINNER of the challenge : +6 points
• 2nd of the challenge : +3 points
• 3rd of the challenge : +2 points
• other challengers over the steps goal : + 1 point

How do you think about it ?

Please make it work offline, at least have the latest workouts stored on the phone so that it is possible to view them when your connection is bad, such as when you are traveling. Even better would be if there was an option to store all workout data on the phone if I wish to do that.

Now that there is a lot talk about privacy, the cloud storage of all my workouts should be an optional, not a requirement. 

It would also be great to add the ability to set timed distance goals for walking/running.  An example would be setting a goal of walking 4miles in 1 hour which is currently not an option.  

The only duration options are:

• 7 days
• 30 days
• 1 month
• 1 year

Adding more granular duration options or a free-text field for duration would fix this.

The possibility to save the GPS device config

Color map from red to green for exemple, related speed or hr values.

Apple, Runtastic and many others do this

I don’t know how this is usefull but certainly awesome

Tracking Gear for Bikes enhancement. 

I track the number of miles on my individual bike components, chains, tires, derailleurs, etc. so I am more aware of wear and lifespan of them. 

It would be fantastic to be able to add these items as a sub-category of the bike. As is I have to add components as a separate gear items not tied to the bike. 

If I have multiple bikes, it’s difficult to know which components belong to which bike.

Having gear auto add to specific running or cycling types would be great. Many of us have different bikes for mountain biking, road biking, and multi sport (tri) biking. Similarly many people use different shoes for trail running and road running. It would be super helpful to have auto add gear for each of these subgroups.