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Smart Features
Bluetooth Connected Features
The Forerunner device has several Bluetooth connected features for your compatible smartphone using the
Garmin Connect app.
Activity uploads: Automatically sends your activity to the Garmin Connect app as soon as you finish recording
the activity.
Audio prompts: Allows the Garmin Connect app to play status announcements, such as mile splits and other
data, on your smartphone during a run or other activity.
Bluetooth sensors: Allows you to connect Bluetooth compatible sensors, such as a heart rate monitor.
Connect IQ: Allows you to extend your device features with new watch faces, widgets, apps, and data fields.
Find my phone: Locates your lost smartphone that is paired with your Forerunner device and currently within
range.
Find my watch: Locates your lost Forerunner device that is paired with your smartphone and currently within
range.
Phone notifications: Displays phone notifications and messages on your Forerunner device.
Safety and tracking features: Allows you to send messages and alerts to friends and family, as well as request
assistance from emergency contacts set up in the Garmin Connect app. For more information, go to (Safety
and Tracking Features, page 29).
Social media interactions: Allows you to post an update to your favorite social media website when you upload
an activity to the Garmin Connect app.
Software updates: Allows you to update your device software.
Weather updates: Sends real-time weather conditions and notifications to your device.
Workout and course downloads: Allows you to browse for workouts and courses in the Garmin Connect app
and wirelessly send them to your device.
Workout downloads: Allows you to browse for workouts in the Garmin Connect app and wirelessly send them
to your device.
Updating the Software Using the Garmin Connect App
Before you can update your device software using the Garmin Connect app, you must have a Garmin Connect
account, and you must pair the device with a compatible smartphone (Pairing Your Smartphone with Your
Device, page 3).
Sync your device with the Garmin Connect app (Manually Syncing Data with Garmin Connect, page 26).
When new software is available, the Garmin Connect app automatically sends the update to your device.
Manually Syncing Data with Garmin Connect
1 Hold LIGHT to view the controls menu.
2 Select .
Locating a Lost Mobile Device
You can use this feature to help locate a lost mobile device that is paired using Bluetooth wireless technology
and currently within range.
1 Hold LIGHT to view the controls menu.
2 Select .
The Forerunner device begins searching for your paired mobile device. An audible alert sounds on your
mobile device, and the Bluetooth signal strength displays on the Forerunner device screen. The Bluetooth
signal strength increases as you move closer to your mobile device.
3 Select BACK to stop searching.
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