General questions concerning contacts and general use

Hi. I just got my account going. Currently on basic, but plan to upgrade to personal soon. I'm not understanding contacts. What I WANT to do is create a list of emails that my check in messages goes to. Is this contacts? If not, how do I create that list of emails? Are contacts separate from Emergency contacts?

I assume that without tracks turned on there's no way to look at the map and tell where I am? Or will this still work, only showing where I'm currently at?

Any help or advice most appreciated.

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twolpert over 1 year ago +3

Contacts are not the same as the recipient lists for check-in messages. The check-in message recipients are established at explore.garmin.com, on the messages tab. This is a list of SMS numbers and/or…
Former Member over 1 year ago in reply to twolpert +2

twolpert said:
IMO, the only way to guarantee that your location appears on the map is to track (send points via satellite). If you poke around the forums, you will find suggestions for how to show location…
Former Member over 1 year ago in reply to 8834665 +1

A message upload contains the location at the time of selecting send. Nothing more. It's just a marker.

The location itself is as precise and detailed as in tracking.

An SMS or email will have a link…

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0 twolpert over 1 year ago in reply to Volker

Probably correct. Personally, I stay as far away from the Messenger app as possible except with the Messenger device. But yes, if you sacrificed your number to the Messenger app, you will not SEE messages from iR devices in your standard SMS app. So you can't reply from there. You will need to use Messenger...