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Installing and Pairing the Tread App

The Tread App is a free smartphone application allowing you to connect the device and a compatible smartphone or tablet to add additional live features to your Garmin device through your phone's existing mobile data plan, such as weather, traffic, and more.   

See Tread App Compatibility and Availability to check device and smartphone compatibility.

Contact your mobile service provider for more information about your service plan’s data and roaming rates.


Instructions for Tread Devices

To Install and Setup the Tread App:

  1. Open the Tread App on your phone and set your phone to Find Me/Discoverable mode

  • Refer to the owner's manual for your phone if you are not sure how to set it to Find Me/Discoverable mode

   2. Touch Settings (gear wheel icon) on the Garmin device

   3. Touch Wireless Networks

   4. Touch Bluetooth and ensure it is enabled

   5. Touch Pair a Device in the Tread App

   6. If Bluetooth is disabled on your phone, you will be prompted to enable it. 

   7. Touch Continue

   8. Select Set Notification Permissions or Skip for Now

   9. Select Enable Garmin Explore or Maybe Later

 10. The Tread App will begin searching for the device

 11. Touch Pair on the Garmin device. 

 12. Touch Pair on the phone, if prompted

 13. Enter the passkey listed on your Tread if prompted by your phone

 14. Touch Sign In. Touch Create Account if you don't have an account.

 15. Enter your email and password and touch Next

The Tread App will automatically communicate with the device when the device and phone are powered on and in range of each other.


Instructions for zūmo XT2

To Install and Setup the Tread App:

  1. Open the Tread App on your phone and set your phone to Find Me/Discoverable mode

  • Refer to the owner's manual for your phone if you are not sure how to set it to Find Me/Discoverable mode

   2. Touch Settings (gear wheel icon) on the Garmin device

   3. Touch Phone

  • Touch yes to enable Bluetooth, if the Bluetooth is disabled first.

   4. Touch Add a Phone

   5. Using your phone, scan the QR code to download and install the Tread app

  •   You can use the camera app on most phones to scan the QR code.

   6. The Tread App will begin searching for the device

   7. Touch Yes on the Garmin device

   8. Touch Pair on the phone, if prompted

   9. Enter the passkey listed on your zūmo XT2 if prompted by your phone

  10. Touch Continue

  11. Touch Sign In. Touch Create Account if you don't have an account.

  12. Select Set Notification Permissions or Skip for Now

  13. Select Enable Garmin Explore or Maybe Later

  14. Enter your email and password and touch Next

The Tread App will automatically communicate with the device when the device and phone are powered on and in range of each other.


See Troubleshooting a Bluetooth or Tread App Issue with a Compatible Device if you encounter issues with the Tread App.