Please share what apps you use on the FR945.
Thank you
Please share what apps you use on the FR945.
Thank you
The whole point of these devices is that you can customise them to your exact needs using CIQ. I have gone as far as learning how to program for CIQ so I can make my own apps to fulfil very specific needs. As many of them are not published a list is a bit pointless.
Third party apps and datafields might at time crash (the 945 has a faster processor than the 935 and that caused me a few issues with my own datafields) but that generally doesn't crash the whole watch and certainly doesn't do the watch any damage.
While you might have to be a bit careful with some CIQ apps, if you stick with apps with good ratings/reviews you should be fine. Starting a while back, Garmin itself has been been using CIQ to add functionality, with the music apps and RunPower data fields being the most visible. On the MARQ devices, some of the specialized functionality of the different models is also CIQ, with the "Driver" app for the MARQ Driver as an example.
I did find one app that caused the watch to crash (Battery Widget which I ran on my 935 without issue) , removing it and restarting the watch solved the issues it was causing. Big fan of Garmin opening up the ecosystem which breeds innovation - all good for users of the products. As this is brand new hardware I would expect to find some more issues as apps are added to it, but the developers are usually pretty quick to release updates when they get notified of bugs.
Garmin Explore looks like it will be fantastic for finding routes to run/explore as I travel. But it so far won't pair with my 945. Similar problem I had with apps on my previous three Garmin watches that use apps. Miss my old 305, last Garmin that did everything without complaint. Exploring Suunto, maybe time to end my long loyalty to Garmin, I can still return my 945.
FR945 has not been added yet to Garmin Explore supported devices list.
https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=o2VcUgraJX4twZzO1ME7z9&tab=topics
Hope it will be soon.
+1 for this. On my 935 I saw far too many problems (random crashes) with even the most basic, highly-rated CIQ apps.
The only one I'll use again (once 945 support is added) is Barcode Wallet - no stability issues there.
Installed the Running Power and Combo Running Power and one page for the Combo Running Power. Just to get the stats :D Even they are pretty pointless.
Contacted the makes of Barcode Wallet to do a build with 945 supported :) https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/494d7840-d4c5-4410-88b8-5d5a7624ced9
If you need to show some barcodes somewhere, it's pretty handy.
But otherwise, is there any good ones? :D