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Garmin Explore App Overview
The Garmin Explore™ app is an Android and iOS mobile application that works in conjunction with a compatible Garmin device or a mobile device, and the Garmin Explore™ website.
The Garmin Explore app can be downloaded free from the app store on a mobile device. For more details on mobile device compatibility, see - Garmin Explore App Bluetooth Minimum Device Requirements.
Features of the Garmin Explore App
What the Garmin Explore app can do is based on having a compatible Garmin device, or no device.
Access online device support
Create and edit Contacts
Create and edit waypoints and courses/routes
Download maps
Use MapShare™ tracking
Use LiveTrack™ tracking
Organize data into Collections
Request inReach weather forecasts
Review recorded tracks & activities
Send and receive messages
Sync data to and from the Garmin Explore website
Sync items like Check-ins ( formerly known as Presets), Quick Texts, Contacts, etc. from the Garmin Explore website to a device
Track sharing
Trigger an SOS
Access online device support
Create and edit waypoints and courses/routes
Download maps
Use MapShare™ for saved activities (Only updated, completed activities are synced with an active data connection)
Organize data into Collections
Receive weather forecasts on compatible handheld devices (only with an active data connection)1
Review recorded tracks and/or activities
Sync data to the Garmin Explore website
Use the phone's GPS for track recording
NOTE: The Overlander® GPS navigator is not compatible with courses. If courses are created from the Garmin Explore app or website and added to a collection, the Overlander® navigator will fail to sync any data until the course is deleted from the Garmin Explore account.
1 For more details, see Active Weather Feature on Outdoor Handhelds or Viewing Weather Forecasts on the eTrex SE or eTrex Solar .
Create and edit waypoints and courses/routes
Download maps
Organize data into Collections
Sync data to the Garmin Explore website
Use the phone's GPS to show your current location on the map