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Android App Permissions for the Garmin Connect App

The Garmin Connect™ app for Android™ needs specific phone permissions in order to maximize the features of your Garmin® device. In an effort to provide better transparency for these permission requests, we have detailed the purpose for each below. 

Google will control the way permissions are named. The way they are named does not necessarily reflect the way the Garmin Connect app uses them.

Nearby Devices

  • Necessary to pair and sync your device with Garmin Connect

Calendar

  • Allows smart notifications to send calendar event notifications to the Garmin device.

Call Log

  • Lets you view new voicemail notifications on your device.

Camera

  • Allows the "Find My Phone" feature on compatible watches to use the LED flash as an alert.

  • Used if you select "Take Photo" or "Camera" when adding a photo to an activity or changing the picture on your Garmin Connect profile.

Contacts

  • Allows you to send LiveTrack software invitations and Incident Detection messages to phone contacts.

  • Allows the app to interact with third-party accounts/apps.

Files & Media

  • Provides the app with the storage space it needs for certain feature. Some apps features may not function without this permission.

Device ID & Call Information 

  • Used for smart notifications to verify if the user has accepted or denied a call before sending the notification.

  • Used by the "Find My Phone" feature to ensure the alert is sent to the correct phone.

Location

  • Required for device pairing (Android requirement to access the hardware identifiers of nearby external devices via Bluetooth® scans).

  • Used to search for nearby Segments and Golf Courses.

  • Used to pull local weather information.

  • Allows your location to be displayed on Course and Segment maps.

Phone Calls

  • Allows smart notifications to send phone call notifications to the Garmin device.

  • Allows the user to directly dial Golf Courses from within course information screens.

  • Used for smart notifications to verify if the user has accepted or denied a call before sending the notification.

  • Used by the "Find My Phone" feature to ensure the alert is sent to the correct phone.

Storage

  • Allows the app to create a temporary file on the phone during the syncing process, containing the data received from the Garmin device, before uploading data to the Garmin Connect website.

  • Allows access to photos when adding a photo to an activity or changing the picture on your Garmin Connect profile.

SMS Messages

  • Allows smart notifications to send SMS notifications to the Garmin device.

Alarms & Reminders

  • Allows you to set alarms and reminders in the app.

"OTHER" App Permissions

Access Bluetooth Settings

  • Used to verify if the Garmin device is connected.

Control Vibration

  • Used for "Find My Phone" feature.

Download Files Without Notification

  • Used to allow background downloads for device software updates.

Draw Over Other Apps

  • Allows smart notifications to be sent to the Garmin device when third-party apps are open and Garmin Connect app is running in the background.

Full Network Access

  • Provides the Garmin Connect app with internet access.

Google Play License Check

  • Used to ensure that the user has the most up to date Google Maps and other Google Framework services used within the app, to prevent crashes occurring for users with outdated services.

Prevent Phone From Sleeping

  • Used during Bluetooth pairing to prevent a phone entering Sleep Mode from disabling Bluetooth and causing the pairing to fail.

Read Google Service Configuration

  • Required for the Garmin Connect app to use Google Services Framework, used throughout the Garmin Connect app.

Receive Data From Internet

  • Used to access the internet to provide account/software notifications.

Run at Startup

  • Allows a device with smart notifications to reconnect and receive notifications after a phone restart, without requiring the app to be manually opened.

Send Sticky Broadcast

  • Allows the user to add smart notifications from third-party apps (i.e. Facebook notifications).

View Network Connections

  • Used to verify internet connections.

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