Track your progress: You can track your daily steps, join
a friendly competition with your connections, and
meet your goals.
Share your activities: You can connect with friends to
follow each other's activities or post links to your
activities on your favorite social networking sites.
Manage your settings: You can customize your device
and user settings on your Garmin Connect account.
Access the Connect IQ store: You can download apps,
watch faces, data fields, and widgets.
Updating the Software Using Garmin Connect
Mobile
Before you can update your device software using the
Garmin Connect Mobile app, you must have a Garmin
Connect account, and you must pair the device with a
compatible smartphone
Your Device, page 6)
.
1 Synchronize your device with the Garmin Connect
Mobile app
(Manually Syncing Data with Garmin
Connect Mobile, page 28)
When new software is available, the Garmin Connect
Mobile app automatically sends the update to your
device.
2 Follow the on-screen instructions.
Updating the Software Using Garmin Express
Before you can update your device software, you
must have a Garmin Connect account, and you must
download and install the Garmin Express application.
1 Connect the device to your computer using the USB
cable.
When new software is available, Garmin Express
sends it to your device.
2 Disconnect the device from your computer.
Your device alerts you to update the software.
3 Select an option.
Using Garmin Connect on Your Computer
If you have not paired your fēnix device with your
smartphone, you can upload all of your activity data to
your Garmin Connect account using your computer.
1 Connect the device to your computer using the USB
cable.
2 Go to www.garminconnect.com/start.
3 Follow the on-screen instructions.
Manually Syncing Data with Garmin Connect
Mobile
1 Hold LIGHT to view the controls menu.
2 Select
.
Starting a GroupTrack Session
Before you can start a GroupTrack session, you
must have a Garmin Connect account, a compatible
28
(Pairing Your Smartphone with
.
smartphone, and the Garmin Connect Mobile app.
These instructions are for starting a GroupTrack session
with fēnix 5X devices. If your connections have other
compatible devices, you can see them on the map. The
other devices may not be able to display GroupTrack
riders on the map.
1 Go outside, and turn on the fēnix 5X device.
2 Pair your smartphone with the fēnix 5X device
(Pairing Your Smartphone with Your Device, page
6)
.
3 On the fēnix 5X device, hold MENU, and select
Settings > GroupTrack > Show on Map to enable
viewing connections on the map screen.
4 In the Garmin Connect Mobile app, from the settings
menu, select LiveTrack > GroupTrack.
5 If you have more than one compatible device, select
a device for the GroupTrack session.
6 Select Visible to > All Connections.
7 Select Start LiveTrack.
8 On the fēnix 5X device, start an activity.
9 Scroll to the map to view your connections.
TIP: From the map, you can hold MENU and select
Nearby Connections to view distance, direction, and
pace or speed information for other connections in
the GroupTrack session.
Tips for GroupTrack Sessions
The GroupTrack feature allows you to keep track of
other connections in your group using LiveTrack directly
on the screen. All members of the group must be your
connections in your Garmin Connect account.
• Pair your fēnix 5X device with your smartphone
using Bluetooth technology.
• In the Garmin Connect Mobile app, from the settings
menu, select Connections to update the list of
connections for your GroupTrack session.
• Make sure all of your connections pair to their
smartphones and start a LiveTrack session in the
Garmin Connect Mobile app.
• Make sure all your connections are in range (16 km
or 10 mi.).
• During a GroupTrack session, scroll to the map to
view your connections.
Wi-Fi
Connected Features
®
Some fēnix 5X models have Wi-Fi connected features.
The Garmin Connect Mobile app is not required for you
to use Wi-Fi connectivity.
Activity uploads to your Garmin Connect account:
Automatically sends your activity to your Garmin
Connect account as soon as you finish recording the
activity.
Workouts and training plans: Allows you to browse for
and select workouts and training plans on the Garmin
Connect site. The next time your device has a Wi-Fi
FĒNIX
5X
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