The Jet Lag Adviser is a feature supported by select Garmin watches to provide guidance for reducing jet lag before, during, and after your trips. Use the Garmin Connect™ app or watch widget glance for recommendations on when to seek or avoid light, when to sleep, and when to be active to help your body adjust to a new time zone from your trip. See below for how to view the Jet Lag Adviser.
For more detailed information, see our Health Science article Jet Lag Adviser.
Compatible watch - search “Using the Jet Lag Adviser” in your owner's manual to see if your watch is compatible.
Set up a trip in Garmin Connect prior to leaving for the airport.
Travel 3 or more time zones. Depending on your activity levels, limited pre-trip guidance may be available on shorter trips with less than 3 time zones.
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To use the Jet Lag Adviser, you will need to add destination details for your trip into your Garmin Connect app. Add your trip details prior to an upcoming trip and Jet Lag Adviser will provide pre-trip recommendations, if applicable.
Open the Garmin Connect app.
Select More (bottom right).
Select Training & Planning.
Select Jet Lag Adviser.
Select Add Trip Details.
Add destination details.
Select Add Another Destination if necessary.
Select Next.
Add return details or select This is a one-way trip.
Select Finish.
The trip will now appear as an event in your Garmin Connect calendar. Adding layovers is not necessary. If your travel plans change you can edit or delete a trip.
To edit an existing trip follow the steps below:
Open the Garmin Connect app.
Select More (bottom right).
Select Training & Planning.
Select Jet Lag Adviser.
Select the trip you wish to edit.
Tap the 3 dots in the upper right.
Select Edit Trip.
Edit any destination details.
Select Next.
Edit any return details or select This is a one-way trip.
Select Save.
To delete an existing trip follow the steps below:
Open the Garmin Connect app.
Select More (bottom right).
Select Training & Planning.
Select Jet Lag Adviser.
Select the trip you wish to delete.
Tap the 3 dots in the upper right.
Select Delete Trip.
You can also add, edit, or delete trips from Garmin Connect on the web. When you update through the web, changes will be sent to your watch the next time the watch syncs.
From a web browser sign into your Garmin Connect account.
Select Training & Planning from the sidebar.
Select Jet Lag Adviser.
Select an option:
Add a Trip: allows you to enter the information for a new trip.
: allows you to edit information for an upcoming trip.
: gives options to view an upcoming trip on your Garmin Connect calendar including all days you will receive guidance, or delete an upcoming trip.
After you have landed and synced with the Garmin Connect app, open the Jet Lag Adviser in the Garmin Connect app or on the watch to see details from your trip. You can see information such as what time it feels like to your body, and guidance on how to acclimate to your destination's time zone and mitigate jet lag symptoms. See the example below on how to view the Jet Lag Adviser.
For information on how to add the Jet Lag widget glance, refer to Customizing the Glance Loop in your owner's manual.
You can customize what notifications for guidance you get from the watch from the Jet Lag Adviser widget on your watch.
Open the Jet Lag Adviser widget.
Scroll to the Guidance Screen.
Press START/STOP to open Menu.
Select Settings.
In JL Adviser Notifications scroll down to enable or disable suggested guidance prompts.
By default, all options are enabled except for Melatonin Recommendations. If you toggle Status off, you will receive no guidance notifications at all, while toggling specific topics on or off will enable or disable notifications for those topics. You can learn more about the different guidance options by selecting Learn More instead of Settings in step 4.