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Why no Connect IQ?

I'd sell my Vivoactive 3 in a heartbeat to buy the Instinct if it supported Connect IQ. Why in the world would they design a $300 watch that was incompatible with Connect IQ?

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dansebr over 5 years ago +3

I agree with RobMontgomery , moreover, the way I understand this watch is as a direct response to Casio G-Shocks, simple yet functional and roughed, something that wouldn't fail on you, the addition of…
tess over 4 years ago in reply to Zibri +3 suggested

Zibri said:
I just think that if garmin will allow some small apps on the Inctinct it will sell way better

To what end? If they add CIQ support, what's the next addition they'll need to make to make you…
aerojust over 5 years ago +2

Not having CIQ is a selling point for me. It is a gimmick that I only used to change watch faces (which slowed down the Fenix 5 and drained battery). Plus the screen on the instinct is by the far the best…

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0 Wizardling over 4 years ago in reply to Zibri

Do what you can :-) Anything is appreciated! Merry Christmas.

0 Zibri over 4 years ago in reply to Wizardling

hehehhe merry Christmas to you too

0 tess over 4 years ago in reply to Zibri

Zibri said:
lol I have the feeling only garmin employees are answering here.

Seriously? You're going with the "If you don't agree with me, you must me a Garmin employee" crap?

0 Zibri over 4 years ago in reply to tess

nope. It was sarcastic. Merry Christmas :)

0 Max Goldman over 4 years ago in reply to dansebr

I know I am replying to a Necro-thread, but I had to pipe in: This is the first watch I’ve purchased in 10 years; to replace a perfectly functioning G-Shock. This thing does everything I need, and a ton more than I want.

0 Ashish Acharya over 3 years ago

It would be good if Garmin atleast introduce some more watch faces through some kind of support to Connect IQ. Garmin Instinct buyers feel left out as it does not have this feature. Only 6 watch face sucks specially when we see available watch faces for most other models.

0 cre8tive_soul over 1 year ago in reply to Kristian

i have a question: i have the instinct tactical and when i try to use a watchface from connect iq.. eventhough my watch is in the compatible watch list for a certain watch face, when i go to download it says, I need to add my device to my account (witch i have done) so connect iq hasn't worked for me... then i tried using this site https://garmin.watchfacebuilder.com but when i go to download it, i go through all the steps.. connect it to my computer and i cant find the apps folder??

i need help please!!

0 seilogramp over 1 year ago in reply to cre8tive_soul

cre8tive_soul said:
i have the instinct tactical

CIQ is not available for the original Instinct or Instinct Solar, only Instinct 2

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cre8tive_soul said:
eventhough my watch is in the compatible watch list

Which CIQ app? Maybe the developer needs to delist the Instinct.

0 trux over 1 year ago in reply to seilogramp

seilogramp said:
Which CIQ app? Maybe the developer needs to delist the Instinct.

Instinct cannot be listed in the CIQ store at all. It is physically impossible - the option is not available to the developers, because Instinct does not have that technology. So either the user has Instinct 2, and posted in the wrong forum, or he indeed has the old Instinct, and in that case he just saw Instinct 2 at the app in the CIQ store, and thought it applies to all Instincts.

0 cre8tive_soul over 1 year ago in reply to trux

trux said:
he just saw Instinct 2 at the app in the CIQ store, and thought it applies to all Instincts.

my mistake yes that was the case.. so are there any other option for watchfaces, widgets, and apps outside of CIQ