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Find My Phone During a GPS Activity

During any GPS activity with your compatible Garmin® watch , an enhanced Find My Phone tool automatically monitors whether your phone is connected and stores the location should your phone get disconnected or lost. This feature can notify you that your phone is no longer detected, and help you easily navigate back to where it was last connected to your watch.

How It Works

While recording a GPS activity the watch will alert you if you have been disconnected from your phone for a period of time if the following requirements have been met.

  • Your phone must have been connected through the Garmin Connect™ app at the beginning of the activity.

  • The activity timer must have been running for at least 2 minutes.

  • You must be at least 100 meters away from your start point. 

These requirements prevent an alert from coming up if you were to leave your phone at the start of your activity. 

NOTE: For iOS users, if the Garmin Connect app has been fully closed, the Find My Phone feature will not work, as it requires that the Garmin Connect app be open or running in the background. For details, see Some Garmin Connect App Features Are Not Working On My iOS Device.

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To dismiss this screen, press the Red icon in shape of an X icon. To navigate to your phone, follow the steps in the Navigating to Your Phone section below.


Compatible Watches

The below products are supported with the latest software.

  • D2™ Mach 1 | D2™ Mach 1 Pro

  • Enduro™ 2

  • Enduro™ 3

  • epix™ (Gen 2) - Standard Edition | epix™ (Gen 2) - Sapphire Edition | epix™ (Gen 2) - Porsche Edition

  • epix™ Pro (Gen 2) - Standard Edition | epix™ Pro (Gen 2) - Sapphire Edition

  • fēnix® 7 - Standard Edition | fēnix® 7 - Solar Edition | fēnix® 7 - Sapphire Solar Edition

  • fēnix® 7S - Standard Edition | fēnix® 7S - Solar Edition | fēnix® 7S - Sapphire Solar Edition

  • fēnix® 7X - Solar Edition | fēnix® 7X - Sapphire Solar Edition

  • fēnix® 7 Pro - Solar Edition | fēnix® 7 Pro - Sapphire Solar Edition

  • fēnix® 7S Pro - Solar Edition | fēnix® 7S Pro - Sapphire Solar Edition

  • fēnix® 7X Pro - Solar Edition | fēnix® 7X Pro - Sapphire Solar Edition

  • fēnix® 8 - AMOLED Edition | fēnix® 8 - Solar Edition

  • fēnix® E

  • Forerunner® 165 | Forerunner® 165 Music

  • Forerunner® 255 | Forerunner® 255S | Forerunner® 255 Music | Forerunner® 255S Music

  • Forerunner® 265 | Forerunner® 265S

  • Forerunner® 570

  • Forerunner® 955 | Forerunner® 955 Solar

  • Forerunner® 965

  • Forerunner® 970

  • MARQ® Adventurer (Gen 2) | MARQ® Athlete (Gen 2) | MARQ® Aviator (Gen 2) | MARQ® Captain (Gen 2) | MARQ® Golfer (Gen 2)

  • MARQ® Athlete (Gen 2) - Carbon Edition | MARQ® Athlete (Gen 2) - Performance Edition | MARQ® Commander (Gen 2) - Carbon Edition | MARQ® Golfer (Gen 2) - Carbon Edition

  • quatix® 7 - Standard Edition | quatix® 7 - Sapphire Edition | quatix® 7X - Solar Edition | quatix® 7 Pro

  • tactix® 7 - AMOLED Edition | tactix® 7 - Standard Edition | tactix® 7 - Pro Edition | tactix® 7 - Pro Ballistics Edition

  • tactix® 8 - AMOLED | tactix® 8 - Solar

  • Venu® X1


Navigating to Your Phone

After receiving the "Phone connection lost" alert:

  1. Press UP/MENU (middle-left button) to select the Green icon in shape of checkmark icon.

    • Press START/STOP (upper-right button) and select Back to Activity to exit Find My Phone and go back to your activity screens at any point.

  2. Use the map screen to view your current location, the last known GPS location of your phone, and your current distance from the phone location.

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  3. Press DOWN (lower-left button) to scroll to the Straight Path PinPointer screen.

  4. The arrow will point in the direction of the last known GPS location of the phone. 

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  5. Press DOWN (lower-left button) to scroll to the proximity screen.

    NOTE: The Find My Phone proximity indicator will only appear when your watch has reconnected to your phone.

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    When you are within Bluetooth range and able to reconnect to your phone, this will trigger a Find My Phone alert on the phone.

  6. Press BACK (lower-right button) to end Find My Phone alert, or open the Garmin Connect app on your phone.

  7. Press UP/MENU (middle-left button) to select the Green icon in shape of checkmark icon to finish Find My Phone and go back to your activity screens.

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For more information on how the proximity Find My Phone feature works, see Using the Find My Phone Feature on a Garmin Watch.


Enabling or Disabling Find My Phone Alerts

Find My Phone alerts are enabled by default, but you can customize whether you want to receive them through the watch settings.

  1. Access your Settings menu.
    • Fenix or Forerunner models: Hold UP/MENU (middle left button) > Scroll to or select Settings.
    • Venu X1: Press the top right button > Select Settings.
  2. Select either:

    • Notifications & Alerts > System Alerts.

    • Connectivity > Phone.

  3. Scroll to Find My Phone Alerts.

  4. Press START/STOP (upper-right button) to toggle the alerts Off or On.

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