Garmin watches¶

The following list includes all implemented features for Garmin watches. The actual supported features can vary for each device.

Experimental

Support for these devices is recent, and still experimental. This page is also still a work in progress and not complete.

List of Garmin watches supported by Gadgetbridge:

Implemented features¶

These features are supported by Gadgetbridge and apply to all Garmin watch models included in this page. Note that actual available features per device depends on the device capabilities.

List of features supported by Gadgetbridge

Set time
Device info (firmware, model)
Device state (battery, sleep, wearing)
Calendar sync
Notifications, calls
Canned messages for calls and notifications
Contacts
Send GPS during workouts
AGPS upload
Activity sync
Realtime Settings
Weather

Activity Sync¶

The following fit file types are fetched from the watch and saved in the phone's internal storage:

Activity (workouts)
Monitor (daily activity)
- Steps
- Heart rate
- SpO2
- Stress
- Body energy (no UI - issue #3943)
Metrics (not parsed)
Changelog (not parsed)
HRV values and summary (nightly - pull request #3953)
Sleep times and sleep stages on devices that provide them - see known issues below

Known issues¶

Open issues

Do not forget to check any other open issues in the project repository.

Weather does not work on some devices
Activity sync sometimes gets stuck (eg. Fenix 7S)
Sleep stages are only supported on devices that are able to display them without a phone connection - issue #4048

Missing features¶

User information
Settings on older watches
Alarms
Hydration reminder
App management

There are more missing features that are not listed here.

AGPS updates¶

Watches fetch AGPS updates periodically, by sending HTTP requests directly. Gadgetbridge intercepts these requests and sends a file from the local phone storage. These can be configured from the "Location" page in the device preferences.