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The Tide Widget Petition

Tides are available on old Casio Protrek/pathfinder/g-shocks for decades, why not on the high tech Instinct ?

If you think a true Outdoors Smartwatch deserves a way to follow tides.
If you surf with your Instinct
If you fish with your Instinct
If you use the Boat activity and knows where the MOB is hidden

Answer that thread to show to Garmin: we would love a tide widget and we say "please" ! :-)

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tess over 3 years ago in reply to 9955037 +4

9955037 said:
I'm a lifeguard and a frequent catamaran sailor and that widget would be very useful on my instinct

For what you do, there's no question the tide widget would be very useful to you. The…
gaijin over 3 years ago in reply to quethrosar +4

quethrosar said:
not end of story, that's a bad excuse and business model. They add widgets to instinct now and then. there's no reason they couldn't add tide and e-sports to instinct except for making…
AquaTed over 3 years ago +3 verified

I (sort of) followed the suggestion by Trux. I spent a few minutes typing tide times into the calender on my phone to cover the two weeks we would be at the coast. It's not a perfect solution, but it…

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0 HermoT over 4 years ago in reply to ignacioeml

You are welcome.
Unfortunately the Instinct is not a Connect IQ compatible device.

0 XMCE over 4 years ago

Yes please, show us how you care, Garmin!

0 9667278 over 4 years ago

Tide info would make this great little watch twice as useful for me, please Garmin!

0 9667278 over 4 years ago in reply to 9667278

And I suspect for at least half of other users come to think of it

0 damde over 4 years ago in reply to 9667278

Lets go Garmin! The users want it and you can make it happen. Give us the Tide widget so that the Instinct becomes a complete watch for the outdoorsmen

Please offer us some sort of respons regarding this topic. Thank you

0 Former Member over 4 years ago

This thread has been going on for 4 months now. Just because someone started a "petition" thread on the forum doesn't mean the more who reply that Garmin will respond. This is NOT an official channel to Garmin. If you want any chance at adding any additional features, use the link below. Think about it. What's more productive? Someone from Garmin coming across this thread and mentioning a lot of people really want a Tides widget, or a couple hundred people requesting a widget that goes directly to Garmin?

https://www.garmin.com/en-US/forms/ideas/

0 damde over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

Hey TMK17. The first thing I did was using that link and sending in a suggestion. I have done that three times, but there is no type of respons on those suggestions.

The only thing users who want this can do then, is to petition on forums. Some Garmin employes probably do check the forums from time to time, so it MIGHT help.

Chill out, have nice day

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to damde

Chill out? OK, lol. As you said an employee "probably" will check and it "might" help. Or, you can insure Garmin gets the request by using the link.

0 Volker over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

Has somebody already tried to copy the tides app from a Fenix 5x etc. into the app folder of the Instict?

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to Volker

Sideload? I don't know. I don't own an Instinct and was just posting what I believe is good advice. Anyway, I suspect it could work. I sideloaded Garmin Air on my 945 from my 935 and it worked fine. It has since been added to the IQ store. I currently have another widget sideloaded that also works. It should be pointed out in rare cases you can brick your watch doing this and void your warranty. The two I did only used data from my phone and didn't affect any watch settings, so I felt safe trying.