Map, Track, Sync and Share Your Trek From Anywhere
For adventure seekers, explorers and outdoor enthusiasts, the Garmin Explore ecosystem offers a complete mobile navigation solution that — when paired with a compatible Garmin device¹ — lets you map, track and navigate your trek from anywhere with unlimited cloud storage.
Garmin Explore provides basic trip planning or viewing of maps you’ve preloaded on your device. Or you can use the mobile app to pair your smart device via BLUETOOTH®² technology with a compatible Garmin GPS device, so you can do and see even more.
Access Online Connectivity
Garmin Explore provides free online access to a wide range of additional capabilities. For example, you can download detailed topographic maps, color aerial imagery and other navigation aids directly to your mobile device. The maps and navigation data loaded onto your device can be used anywhere, anytime — even when you’re out beyond the reach of cellphone towers or internet connections.
Manage Your Collections, Tracks and Routes
Review and edit your waypoints, tracks, routes and activities in your library. Add them to a collection to keep all the recorded data from a certain trip together in one place. For example, if you’re taking a long trip, you can plan different waypoints, tracks and routes for each day of the trip and combine them into one collection.
Your Mobile Cloud Connection
The Garmin Explore app will send and store the waypoints, planned routes, GPS tracks and Garmin activities you've recorded in the cloud, allowing you to access and use that data on the Garmin Explore web site to plan or review your adventures. You can also sync your cloud-stored data with a compatible Garmin device. A Garmin account is needed to store your data in the cloud. Your activities (e.g., runs, walks, hikes, etc.) include data such as distance, pace, activity time, location, etc. that were recorded by your device.
More Off-grid Capability with inReach® Technology
Use Garmin Explore with your inReach enabled devices, such as the GPSMAP® 66i navigator and satellite communicator, to turn your mobile device into a true off-the-grid satellite companion. In an emergency, you can trigger an interactive SOS to the GEOS 24/7 emergency response team. Two-way messaging and LiveTrack location tracking via the 100% global Iridium® satellite network let you stay in contact globally. The Garmin Explore app allows you to access your phone’s contact list for easier messaging and sharing when connected.
What You Get with Garmin Explore
• Unlimited map downloads; access topographic maps, USGS quad sheets and more
• Aerial imagery
• Waypoints, tracking and route navigation
• High-detail GPS trip logging and location sharing
• Unlimited cloud storage of routes, waypoints, tracks, and activities
• Online trip planning
1. https://explore.garmin.com/appcompatibility
2. The Bluetooth word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Garmin is under license.
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Horrible mapping - 2k watch won’t sync
Still no fix. Will NOT sync. Joke of a company. Pay $2K for a watch and find out that none of the services actually work. GET METRIC. For real, not just in data points, but in the topo maps. Seriously if someone was trying to make a bad app they couldn’t do this bad. This app and the iPhone one do NOT sync with your expensive watch. You’re stuck, on the side of a mountain because Garmin don’t care about improvement. Syncing doesn’t work anymore. Shows it’s connected. Won’t sync any information. Why don’t you fix this horrible app?
A++++
Suits my needs perfectly, love it
Good way to stay safe
Small convent remote message system
Contacts
Is there a way to edit contacts in the app? I can’t work out how to edit a contact.
Excellent for the Instinct
Garmin Explore has been brilliant since I first bought my Instinct 3 years ago. I use it for all my navigation needs and the app seems to have had several updates which have made it incrementally better over time.
Terrible
This app is terrible. You can’t even do software updates.
Display always on?
The app is okay but we need a feature that allows the display to be always on
Horrendous
Considering how much they charge per month this app is the most underwhelming piece of software out there. Clunky, bug riddled and not even slightly intuitive. Want to follow the same dirt road you just traveled down? Nope, you can with those app. Your map is just covered in colours lines that you can’t easily remove.
Automatically plan a route? Not a chance.
Save your money
Easy to use maps
The only issue I have is I cannot find the legend for the map symbols lines etc.
Easy to use
Easy to use software. Covers all my navigation needs without any fuss. App doesn’t always synch perfectly with website. If it did, I’d rate it five stars.
