Question : What is the best way to enter an house (or whatever) address ?

The Sendpoints ConnectIQ app works really well on my F3HR (I haven't made the leap to the 5X yet). You pull up the site on your phone, enter an address, then it gives a short code you key in on the watch to download the waypoint coordinates. I'd assume once you have the saved location on the watch, the 5X will route to it using the maps.

This is the one huge area of opportunity/improvement for Garmin with the F5X.

It is great that we have a ConnectIQ app to do this, but man is that process clunky!

F5X is currently the only serious fitness device that has full mapping and associated navigation capabilities. That is a huge advantage! How the navigation side of the F5X lacks ANY integration with Garmin Connect or Garmin Connect Mobile is absolutely staggering and it is really something I hope Garmin will address.

The user experience should be:

1. Open Google Maps
2. Find location
3. Share location. Share destinations should include either Garmin Connect Mobile (to save the location in GCM for further editing & sync to the watch) OR your Garmin device directly

Alternative workflow would be to open maps from within GCM or GC and find/save/push locations from there.

Like I said - staggering this is not included & hopefully it gets addressed asap.

Agreed. Garmin wearables have been in an odd spot for a while now, with Basecamp currently being the only official way to load waypoints into the device. Hopefully we'll eventually see better course creation tools in Garmin Connect as well, particularly one that works on mobile.

This is the one huge area of opportunity/improvement for Garmin with the F5X.

It is great that we have a ConnectIQ app to do this, but man is that process clunky!

F5X is currently the only serious fitness device that has full mapping and associated navigation capabilities. That is a huge advantage! How the navigation side of the F5X lacks ANY integration with Garmin Connect or Garmin Connect Mobile is absolutely staggering and it is really something I hope Garmin will address.

The user experience should be:

1. Open Google Maps
2. Find location
3. Share location. Share destinations should include either Garmin Connect Mobile (to save the location in GCM for further editing & sync to the watch) OR your Garmin device directly

Alternative workflow would be to open maps from within GCM or GC and find/save/push locations from there.

Like I said - staggering this is not included & hopefully it gets addressed asap.

1) Long press 'light'.
2) Save location.
3) Long press '∆'
4) Navigate>Saved Locations>Select option to edit location.

If you need more info, to further edit, or to export - use Basecamp.

1) Long press 'light'.
2) Save location.
3) Long press '∆'
4) Navigate>Saved Locations>Select option to edit location.

If you need more info, to further edit, or to export - use Basecamp.

Yep, this works if you are physically standing at the location.

My use case is to be able to send a location I want to travel/run/bike to to my watch & have the watch navigate to that location.

IQ Map Receiver.
https://apps.garmin.com/en-EN/apps/20b4bbbb-6c3f-45bd-9eb5-dc81f6832965

Yep, this works if you are physically standing at the location.

My use case is to be able to send a location I want to travel/run/bike to to my watch & have the watch navigate to that location.

Or you could simply input the location using the crosshair on the map and 'navigate to'.

This solution works prefectly !

The only "weakness" of this solution is the necessecity to have an Internet access. Not so easy when you are not in your country.
Maybe one day Garmin will permit to translate an adress to GPS coord. thru GCM.

The Sendpoints ConnectIQ app works really well on my F3HR (I haven't made the leap to the 5X yet). You pull up the site on your phone, enter an address, then it gives a short code you key in on the watch to download the waypoint coordinates. I'd assume once you have the saved location on the watch, the 5X will route to it using the maps.