Voice turn-by-turn navigation (with Komoot)

I have an Edge 530 and if I launch a course from the Komoot app I get voice guided turn-by-turn directions (voice comes out the connected phone). I can't seem to be able to do this on my Epix gen 2 despite the fact it's a much more sophisticated device.

If I sync the course to Garmin Connect and then duplicate the course then the watch will give me turn-by-turn navigation, but only with beeps. I have seen refences to people saying it does work on a Fenix 6 on this forum but no details of how.

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5604154 over 3 years ago in reply to Etupes25 +2

Hi, yes I did see that post, and that's what's made me think it's possible as the last commenter in that thread said if you open Komoot on the phone you'll get voice.

Here's what I've discovered…

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0 Etupes25 over 3 years ago

Did you see this thread?

Do Komoot courses show turn-by-turn directions on F6? - fēnix 6 series - Wearables - Garmin Forums

it talks about getting TBT directions on Fenix 6 with Komoot when using the "navigation" app on the watch. I didn't try the various scenarios yet (activitiy follows course, activity follows map, navigation).

0 5604154 over 3 years ago in reply to Etupes25

Hi, yes I did see that post, and that's what's made me think it's possible as the last commenter in that thread said if you open Komoot on the phone you'll get voice.

Here's what I've discovered:-

1. If you create or "import" any route/course in Garmin Connect it strips out any TBT that are embedded in the file then adds its own, which do work but just a beep on the watch itself.

2. If you sync Komoot with GC it appears under Courses with a note saying "Source Komoot", these have NO TBT, just a next point of the destination.

3. If I find the route from the Komoot app on the watch and Navigate with it I get NO TBT, just the next point of the final destination.

Obviously I could also launch Komoot on the phone and independently ask it to navigate the same route to get voice TBT, but that's a bit lame when my Edge 530 can ask the phone to do voice.

According to Komoot NO Garmin devices can do voice navigation with Komoot https://support.komoot.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041768711-Komoot-features-available-on-the-Garmin-IQ-app#:~:text=komoot%20Tours%20start.-,Voice%20navigation%20on%20Garmin,in%20the%20process.%20Voice%20navigation%20is%20not%20possible%20on%20Garmin%20watches.,-Turn%2Dby%2Dturn but that's incorrect as it does work with my Edge 530. I'm beginning to thing it's just not possible to be honest.

I have tried changing the navigation settings on both Follow Course and Map with the same no voice directions.

0 Etupes25 over 3 years ago in reply to 5604154

Thank you for sharing your research! Very useful