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How to access widgets during an activity?

References:

https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhel p/forerunner945/EN-US/GUID-9122383D-6612-460E-BFD0-D2A43BAA979C.html

https://forums.garmin.com/sports-fitness/running-multisport/f/forerunner-935/139659/stupid-question-how-to-access-widgets-during-activities

How can I access the music player once I've already started an activity? For example, if I'm doing a triathlon, I don't wear my headphones during the swim, but by the time I reach T1 I don't know how to get back to the widgets to turn my music on.

The above links talk about setting a hotkey, but what should I program the hotkey to *do*? None of the options look relevant.

(Thanks in advance!)

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0 Dr Phil over 5 years ago

Try pressing and holding bottom left when you're in the activity. I think it's programmed.

0 mcalista over 5 years ago

Setting a hotkey to Watch Face will get you to the widget loop in general (which is often useful), and if the music controls are part of the widget loop you can get to it from there.

But setting an additional Hotkey specifically to Music Controls is a faster way of doing it. I regularly access my music controls in this way - I use holding the lap key for this.

0 LiamBradley over 5 years ago

Y'all are right -- a long press of the DOWN button took me right there! Thanks for the pointer!

(It's humbling to find out your watch is smarter than you are! ;-)

0 Dr Phil over 5 years ago in reply to mcalista

I could not see the option to see access to Music Controls as a Hot Key on the 945. I did discover that pressing bottom left would get you there as it appeared to be pre-programmed. There was no option that I saw to set bottom left (aka Down) as a hot key.

0 Dr Phil over 5 years ago in reply to LiamBradley

I did not know that option existed either! Found it by accident lol!