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Garmin watch app

Reading and device support updates for Connect IQ.

Version history

  • Added Enduro 4 support.
  • Optimized network relay transfer data structures to reduce memory use and memory-related crashes on some watch models.

1.1.9

Connect IQ Store
  • Instinct 3 Solar gains two reading priorities: More text allows partial clipping to fit more text; Clear display avoids the upper-right circular window as much as possible.
  • Keep your reading position when switching between the two priorities on Instinct 3 Solar.
  • Improved the monochrome app icon on Instinct 3 Solar and removed small dark speckles caused by scaling.

1.1.6

Connect IQ Store
  • Fixed a sync-start compatibility issue on Venu Sq Music with older firmware.
  • Supported Edge devices gain landscape reading with left and right rotation.
  • Improved word wrapping and removed automatically inserted hyphens.
  • Reading position restores more reliably after changing orientation or font size.
  • Fixed reading progress when returning to a chapter's last page.

Earlier versions

  • Added Edge 530/540/550, 830/840/850, 1030/1030 Plus, 1040/1050, Explore 2 and MTB, including applicable Solar models and Edge 1030 Bontrager.
  • Adapted the reader layout and launcher icons for Edge rectangular displays.
  • Added Back and Menu controls on supported devices for returning and opening reading settings.
  • Added network sync so the watch can download chapters selected on the phone.
  • Improved sync completion confirmation and recovery after an interrupted download.
  • Synced chapters are automatically locked on the phone, with clearer storage-related messages.
  • Added quick chapter jump from the Reading Menu.
  • Improved transfer reliability, retries and interruption recovery.
  • Improved support for chapter ranges selected in the phone app.
  • Improved reading progress accuracy and the transfer screen.

1.0.13

Connect IQ Store
  • Added note reading and task lists with checkable items.
  • Added WristNotes integration for opening notes from the widget or activity list.
  • Notes use clearer library labels and a single-chapter reading flow without unnecessary chapter-end prompts.
  • Improved keep-alive during transfers on supported watches.
  • Refined WristTale and WristNotes names, app configuration, permissions and device resources for clearer separation and better compatibility.
  • Added support for Enduro 3.

1.0.12

Connect IQ Store
  • Added auto-paging with quick menu access and adjustable intervals.
  • Added light and dark reading backgrounds.
  • Added Book Info, read-chapter cleanup and saved in-chapter reading positions.
  • Improved library and reader menus, Chinese and English pagination, and long chapter titles.
  • Auto-page progress appears above the page number on standard devices and inside the upper-right window ring on Instinct 3 Solar 45mm.
  • Added all languages supported by Garmin.
  • Improved the layout for Instinct 3 Solar 45mm.
  • Added support for Instinct 3 Solar 45mm.
  • Added Storage Stats and a built-in tutorial with a setup-guide QR code.
  • Improved pagination, chapter navigation, transfer screens and layouts across supported screen shapes.
  • Fixed stability issues that could cause crashes.