You can share your Garmin Connect™ account with another user using the Garmin Connect app. Sharing an account allows friends or family members to have full, read only, access to parts of your Garmin Connect account. To share your account, you will need to first add another Garmin Connect user as a Connection.
For more information about adding Connections in Garmin Connect see FAQ: Add and Remove Connections in Garmin Connect
To learn more about sharing your Garmin Connect account, choose a topic below.
To enable read only access to another Garmin Connect user:
Open the Garmin Connect app.
Select More (bottom right).
Select Settings.
Select Profile & Privacy.
Select Authorized Viewers.
Select Add Authorized Viewer.
Follow onscreen prompts to search and add Connections or send a request to a current Connection.
Open the Garmin Connect app.
Select More (bottom right).
Select Settings.
Select Profile & Privacy.
Select Authorized Viewers.
Select the authorized viewer you would like to remove access from.
Select Revoke Access.
From pop up window, select Revoke Access.
The following data is shared with authorized viewers of your Garmin Connect account:
Activity and wellness data
User profile information
Training and planning data
Reports
Not all parts of an account are visible to an authorized viewer. Social related features that display another user’s account are not visible to authorized viewers. Additional information not visible includes:
Newsfeed
Diving
Groups
Challenges
Connections
Golf Leaderboard and Scorecards
Segments
Courses
Badges
Quickdraw
If you have been sent, and accepted, an account sharing request you can view the account by doing the following:
Open the Garmin Connect app.
Select More (bottom right).
Select Settings.
Select Profile & Privacy.
Select Authorized Viewers.
Choose the account you would like to view.
Select View Account.
Acknowledge redirect pop up window by selecting Continue.
You will be redirected to a web view of the chosen account.
You can establish a maximum of 20 account sharing connections with other Garmin Connect users.
For authorized users using an Android phone, you will need to make sure your phone's default browser matches the Garmin Connect apps selected browser. For details on how to do this see below:
Open your Android Settings app.
From the search bar at the top, search "Default".
Select Default Apps.
Set Browser App to match your Default App for opening links from the Garmin Connect app.
Press and hold the icon for your preferred browser app (the one set as your default).
Select Info.
Select Open by Default.
Select Clear Current Default Preferences.
NOTE: Phone settings may vary between Android models. For details, refer to your phone's manufacturer.