Garmin Connect Mobile iOS - Recent Threads

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spruitp — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:59:05 GMT

My Forerunner drops its Bluetooth connection on my iPhone IOS27. My Edge Connects disconnects as well. After rebooting Watch and forced close app mostly reconnects but after a while connection gets dropped. Also in the IPhone settings there isn’t a Bluetooth connection. App is 5.30.1.1

Garmin Run Coach stuck on Benchmark Run — no workouts scheduled after completing benchmark on Forerunner 265

9495529 — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 07:32:31 GMT

I have a new Forerunner 265 and started a Garmin Run Coach 5K plan with a 20-minute goal. I completed the Benchmark Run on 12 October, and Garmin Connect shows the completed 5.05 km activity with a VO₂ max estimate of 43. However, the plan still schedules another Benchmark Run and shows “Workout – Stay tuned for details” for subsequent days. I have renamed the activity to “Benchmark Run,” synced the watch, and paused/resumed the plan, but the issue persists. Could you investigate whether the benchmark is linked to a stale plan or whether the Coach schedule needs to be refreshed on your side?

My Garmin fēnix 9 Pro (51 mm) is counting my steps twice. It seems to be doubling my step count, and I would like to know why this is happening. For context, I also have a Garmin CIRQA smart band and a Garmin HRM 600 heart rate monitor. Could any of these

6822212 — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:12:06 GMT

Garmin Connect iOS Design

J C M — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:02:03 GMT

It’s honestly so frustrating using Garmin Connect these days because the design and app feel completely stuck in the past. We’re on iOS 26 and iOS 27, yet the app isn't even optimised for modern software. It looks incredibly outdated and the performance is painfully slow. What makes it worse is the complete lack of local caching; every single time you open a menu, the app lags just trying to fetch your data from scratch instead of loading it instantly. You pay premium prices for their hardware, but the software experience makes it feel like an abandoned app from 15 years ago. The competition is moving FAST!

vivovit

kaliniti — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 14:32:36 GMT

Hallo, ich habe den Vivovit 1 und er hat bisher wunderbar die Schritte synchronisiert - Jetzt tut er es leider nicht mehr - er verbindet sich mit dem Handy oder auch mit dem iPad oder dem PC - zeigt überall an, dass er verbunden ist, aber die Schritte werden nicht aktualisiert Auch über Garmin Express wird angezeigt, dass der Vivovit auf dem aktuellen Stand ist. Was kann ich denn jetzt noch machen? Ich brauch nur den Schrittzähler...hat jemand eine Idee. Über Unterstützung freue ich mich sehr.

Neu eingerichtet habe ich das Gerät natürlich auch schon. LG Karin

[BUG] Sleep Coach not updated on home screen

8643112 — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 23:10:58 GMT

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When I look at my sleep coach, it says I need 8:30 hours of sleep tonight. I took a nap and it still says I need 8:30 hours of sleep on the home page. Clicking into it and I see that it’s suggesting only 7 hours now.

“Key Data” Health Status tile shows “No Health Status data” while Garmin Connect web shows “In range”

Michael0000 — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:01:24 GMT

The Health Status tile in the iOS App shows “No Health Status data”. In Garmin Connect on the web, the same tile shows my Health Status correctly as “In range”. The other tiles (sleep score, Body Battery, HRV status) display identical values on both platforms, so only the Health Status tile is affected.

“In range” is correct. All field are there mobile and web.

Reinstalling APP or Reboot of the Watch doesn't solve the problem. This has been going on for more than a month now.

Fenix 7s Solar FW 27.18
iOS Connect 5.30

Sleep stress score doesn’t match the graph resulting in lower sleep scores

8791093 — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:33:02 GMT

For the last month my sleep stress score doesn’t seem to match the graph. My stress during the night is always around 6-9 and the highest peaks are like 15. If I look at the stress score overal It matches the graph but when I look into my sleep it doesn’t.

This also seems to impact my sleep score in general. The Numbers that gave me 90+ scores everyday now give me 80-88 because of the stress problem heavily impacting it. What’s going on here?

All Activities Display Connect

1249826 — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:13:59 GMT

When listing All Activities the display only shows Activity Type and Date. How do I customise this display as I am sure it used to have the duration of my activity.

Thanks

Forerunner 265 will not pair with iPhone on iOS 26, Garmin Connect missing Bluetooth permission

8384036 — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 01:22:18 GMT

I’m having a persistent pairing issue with my Forerunner 265 and iPhone that I have not been able to resolve with the standard troubleshooting steps.

I’m currently on Garmin Connect version 5.30.0.11 and iOS 26. Garmin Connect does not appear at all under Settings > Privacy & Security > Bluetooth on the iPhone.

The watch itself can show as Connected in the iPhone Bluetooth settings, but Garmin Connect repeatedly fails during setup with “Pairing Failed.” I have also received the iOS error “Cannot Add Accessory.” At other points Garmin Connect has shown “No Accessory Found.”

I have already tried removing the watch from iPhone Bluetooth, removing and reinstalling Garmin Connect, restarting both the iPhone and watch, turning Bluetooth off and back on, putting the watch into Pair Phone mode, and confirming Screen Time / Content & Privacy Restrictions are off. I have also confirmed that Garmin Connect is fully updated.

The watch was working previously, and I am trying to avoid factory resetting it because I have seen other recent reports where a reset did not resolve the issue.

The part that seems most unusual is that Garmin Connect is completely missing from the iPhone Bluetooth permissions list, despite the app being installed and attempting to pair.

Has anyone from Garmin identified a fix for this, or can Garmin support collect diagnostics from my account/device? This appears similar to several recent iOS pairing and Bluetooth permission issues being reported with the Forerunner 265/265S.

Spotify, “content expired”

7732860 — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:05:35 GMT

Hi Garmin, it’s pretty pathetic there’s no notification for the Spotify app before “content expired: update your downloads to continue offline use”, and I can’t use my watch to listen to music before a run when I’m away from my house. Can we fix this? A simple notification “expiring in # days” would fix this issue. Please consider, thanks.

Training effect and intensity minutes gone completely

6928399 — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:00:06 GMT

So I had a 60 minutes run yesterday. It kind of record as intensity minutes, but did not upgrade the graph. It shoes up in garmin coach, as exercise load, in News Feed, but not in Training Load, see below. This morning it has not shown up either. As someone mentioned a time zone issue I set my date to tomorrow, but it also didn't fix this problem: Yesterday's run, and a short walk are just not connected to the intensity minutes graph, exercise load graph, vo2 max graph and the load anymore (but are listed in the Training effect section under exercise load with a load) and Garmin tells me to collect 14 days of data to get the info. While I've been exercising for months nearly daily.

Note, I still use the very old app as the tile app doesn't work with a visual impairment of mine. Press light - restart the watch didn't do anything, neither did changing the date on my phone. No iOS or any other updates installed yesterday.

Overnight average stress score wrong after changing sleep time

Martin Tichý — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:39:15 GMT

When you change sleep start/ wake time, average stress fails to update correctly.

I had about 6 hour overnight sleep scored 88 IIRC (certainly well above 75). Then I had a long nap in the afternoon of 3h 2m due to heavy training in the morning which overrode the overnight sleep.

I went into Connect and manually adjusted sleep time to original values (wake time was my alarm time and I roughly remembered start time/ checked stress history). Except now my score was just 70. Everything restored to excellent except duration (understandable) and stress. Connect claims my average stress was 30 when it was below 15 (and most of the time below 10). Stress graph was completely blue. I reset times back to nap using the exact times, score was 34 like before I made any adjustments, and stress was again 30. Yet graph was again all blue, staying below 15 (so, well below the 25 threshold).

I have no idea where the 30 comes from. And both time periods give the same average score which is unlikely. There must be a bug in the way it's calculated, at least when there are multiple sleep periods.

I only noticed this because as I was preparing my dinner hours after my nap, my watch warned me that my recovery was extended due to poor sleep. It completely killed my readiness score. Yet I feel excellent. Body battery went up by 27 points during the nap. And this is why I consider it a bug. I feel better than I felt in the morning, the sleep clearly helped me, yet the watch thinks the opposite. Because it forgot all about the overnight sleep. This is what you get for assuming that there is going to be only one sleep per calendar day.

If anything, my long afternoon nap should have been considered sleep for the next night. Not replace sleep from previous night. And then it would be replaced by proper overnight sleep (or not; I went to sleep in the afternoon before when I needed to stay up all night). If this nap has a negative consequence, it's going to be that I will find it harder to fall asleep/ go to bed later because I'm well rested.

Restoring sleep time also had no impact on recovery or readiness. But I guess that's a watch problem, not Connect problem. Since it's 965, I'm not even going to bother reporting it separately.

HIIT workout unable to change reps

3929381 — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:18:24 GMT

The HIIT workout set up in iOS no longer allows modification of the reps. If you change the count to reps it defaults to 10. You can go in and change the number, but no matter what you put upon going back to the set screen it’s always showing as 10 reps

Training Readiness widget not updating with CIRQA + FR970

7666666 — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:52:59 GMT

Hi,

I use a CIRQA as primary wearable and a Forerunner 970 as primary training device (Connect app on iPhone).

After a workout with the 970, the Training Readiness widget on the home screen keeps showing the morning value. Today it said 91, but if I open the detail page it shows 69, updated after the activity. Syncing the 970 again doesn't change it.

The widget only updates when the CIRQA syncs. I don't even have to wear it, just having it close to the phone is enough.

So it looks like the home widget only takes the value from the primary wearable and ignores the newer one from the watch.

Anyone else with the same issue?

Training effect not showing until the next day.

biggles1024 — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:41:36 GMT

Hi everyone,

I reported this bug at this time last year. Back then, it eventually cleared itself but I have no idea why.

The only thing that has changed for me each time this bug appears, is that the east coast of Australia either starts or stops Daylight Saving time.

I find it hard to believe that a simple change of time zone would trip up part of Garmin Connect Mobile.

To recap:

As an example, the Zwift ride I did yesterday, 5th October 2026 showed up everywhere in the ConnectMobile app except for the Performance -----> Training Effect page. It didn't become visible there until today, 6th October 2026.

Today's Zwift ride is also not showing on the Training Effect page and it won't do so until tomorrow.

Does anyone have any idea of what is happening and how to either prevent or fix it?

As this stage, an Apple Watch is looking more and more promising than upgrading this Fenix 6 Pro.

Here is the original thread.

Training effect not showing activity until the next day.

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Hello, I am doing the Oakley meta challenge for October. And So far I've logged a run and a workout equaling an hour. But it is not updating in the app. Am I missing something?

mxntmusic — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 01:11:55 GMT

The description for the challenge just states that i need to log 5 hours of outdoor activities. I would guess a run would be one of them but I am unsure. I will try again this thursday to see if it works but I though I'd reach out.

Cycling distance missing in Apple Health sync (iOS)

7604830 — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:42:26 GMT

Hi all,

I'm having an issue where cycling activities synced from Garmin Connect on iOS appear in Apple Health / Fitness without distance.

Whenever I record a ride with my Garmin Watch or Garmin Edge and it syncs through Garmin Connect, the workout shows up in Apple Fitness with duration, active and total calories, elevation gain and heart rate, but no distance. As a result, average speed is shown as 0.0 km/h.

The distance is tracked correctly and appears in Garmin Connect. It just isn't written to Apple Health.

This only affects cycling. Running activities sync to Apple Health with distance included. On Android, the same setup also syncs cycling distance with no problems, so the issue seems specific to cycling on iOS.

Example: an outdoor ride on 27 September, 11:06–12:56. In Apple Fitness it shows a duration of 1:50:13, 1,304 active kcal, 404 m elevation gain and an average heart rate of 150 bpm. Average speed is 0.0 km/h and there is no distance. Garmin Connect shows the same ride with the distance recorded.

I've attached screenshots from Apple Fitness (the workout from Garmin Connect, missing distance) and from Garmin Connect (the same ride with distance).

Thanks!

Rucking workout created in Garmin Connect cannot be sent to my watch Fenix8

3747087 — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:25:11 GMT

Hi all,

I created a structured workout with the activity type Rucking in Garmin Connect (web), but I cannot send it to my watch. The same workflow works for other activity types.

What I did:

Garmin Connect (web) → Training & Planning → Workouts → Create a Workout.
Selected activity type Rucking and built a structured workout (3 × 15 min walking at a target HR zone, plus a circuit, with Lap button as the end condition for some steps).
Saved it and scheduled it on the calendar.
Tried "Send to Device". The list of compatible devices is empty, and the workout never shows up on the watch, even after syncing in the Garmin Connect app and via Garmin Express.

What I expected: The workout syncs to the watch like Running, Cycling or Strength workouts, since the watch has a Rucking activity profile.

What actually happens: No compatible device is listed for Rucking workouts, so the workout stays only in Connect.

Details:

Watch: Fenix 8 FW Version: 23.3

Questions:

Are structured workouts for the Rucking activity type supported on any device at all?
Is this a known limitation or a bug? Is there a planned fix?
Is there any workaround that keeps targets and steps (e.g. another activity type that syncs, then renaming the activity after the session)?

Thanks!

Longest Dive shows –:– in Garmin Connect News Feed for Apnea activities

6720418 — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 14:25:22 GMT

Hi,

I’ve noticed an issue with Apnea activities in Garmin Connect.

Garmin Connect News Feed displays “–:–” for Longest Dive, even though the correct value is available in Garmin Dive.

For example, one of my sessions shows:
• Longest Dive: 2:07 in Garmin Dive
• Number of Dives: 13

However, the same activity in Garmin Connect News Feed shows:
• Longest Dive: –:–
• Number of Dives: 13

I checked Garmin Connect Web as well and the News Feed shows the same –:–, so this does not appear to be specific to the iOS app.

I have also noticed that Apnea activities from other users in my News Feed show –:– for Longest Dive as well, which suggests this may be a general Garmin Connect issue rather than an issue with my individual activity.

Device: Garmin Descent Mk3i
Software version: 27.19

The underlying dive data appears to be correct because Garmin Dive calculates and displays the Longest Dive correctly.

Could Garmin please investigate whether Longest Dive is being correctly passed to/displayed in Garmin Connect News Feed?

Thanks!

Connect app loading errors

4043474 — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:05:49 GMT

Over the past week or so, connect app has not been loading data correctly and/or showing a network connectivity error when trying to load individual data screens. the home page loads correctly for the most part. The coach plans and events pages seem to be the most affected and won’t update at all. I tried deleting and redownloading the app but the issues continued.

not sure if there was an update recently or the backend is having issues but the app is almost unusable currently

Upgraded iPhone and Cannot Pair Forerunner 245

6513166 — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:09:23 GMT

I upgraded my phone and restored from back-up. Cannot get my forerunner 245 to pair with the new iPhone 18 Pro.

I’ve tried all the solutions mentioned such as restarting both devices, unpairing in BT settings, attempt with/without pairing mode enabled on the watch, deleting the app - multiple times and still the same issue.

I have also tried removing the decide from Garmin connect, added / removed from Garmin Express (Mac), and eventually set up the watch as new. Nothing is working.

Very annoying; anyone able to resolve this?

Airpods disconnecting when garmin connect is enabled

7727874 — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:50:51 GMT

My airpods keeps disconnecting when garmin connect is enabled in bluetooth settings. I cant use both devices, this is annoying.

Forerunner 165

ios 27.0.1

Viviactive Music3 can't connect wifi or bluetooth?

bzdfamily — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:00:45 GMT

Hi,

Since two days ago I can no longer connect my watch to the Connect app neither by wifi nor by bluetooth? I have tried deleting the accessory and reinstalling it ut it just keeps searching and nothing connecting. For Wifi no network appears whereas before the network came up automatically with all other networks available.

Myfitnesspal history cannot be removed

3160728 — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:14:22 GMT

Ive connected myfitnesspal to garmin connect and removed the connection as it did not work properly. Now the kcal are stored but the nutritional value is not.