Varia™

Very basic functionality. Be great if it didn’t rotate 180’ when I lift my bike up by the handlebars.

I love this app and my Varia since I got post move to Washington state. It picks up cars very well and allows me to ride more freely. However when it comes to accessing videos it leaves much to be desired 1- forces you to download videos on your cellular network which could be subject to a lawsuit since I can be charged more money due to bandwidth and the connection is much slower. My house is in a bad AT&T cell service and cannot stream or download data well when I’m off WiFi and connected to the Varia 2- allow for desktop connectivity for better viewing and manipulation of Harmon Varia stored data. Why don’t you provide more transparent and lean access to this cloud of data? It shouldn’t only be stored on tbe device. Anyways thank you garmin for creating a device that makes me feel a lot safer but please please improve the UI and connectivity so I can access and download all videos more easily if needed Thank you Abe

The only feature I’m missing is having the notification of a car be a vibration on my Apple Watch instead of a beep. There are a couple situations I’ve been where I just can’t hear the beeps - the watch would be such an easy fix.

I bought a couple of Garmin Varia units for my and my wife’s bike and have been happy with the accuracy of it and the sound alerts are nice (though I can’t make use of that in combination with the direct-connect capability of the Sena Pi headsets my wife and I use). But recently I decided it would be cool to use an older iPad mini I had lying around to mount to my handlebar and use the Varia app simultaneously with Google Maps, but no luck, because the Varia app doesn’t support split view. Come on! Garmin, please fix this ASAP.

Recently paired with my new RTL 515. I use Varia app on an old phone which I have converted to a bike computer. I use Varia because it does not use GPS and hence consumes less battery. Mostly use it with phone screen off. Compared to Ride With GPS the alert sounds for Varia need improvement, the car coming sound versus the clear sound are not intuitive. Please give option to use Ride with GPS app alert sound. Also, it seems Ride with GPS alerts when a car is farther out than the Varia app.

Just want to know what light mode the stupid smart light is set to. I can’t visually see the difference, nowhere in any of the numerous Garmin apps and settings does it indicate the current light mode.

Terrible connection issues. There has to be a better way to view footage. Takes hours to comb through footage and that’s only when it’s connected. Good luck 👎🏻

My rides take on some well traveled roads and the Varia consistently alerts me to approaching traffic. Love it.

It would be really nice if this app could show speed distance, etc. It’s pretty obvious that Garmin is trying to push me to buy a separate cycling computer, but a lot of people want to ride with their phones for connectivity… until then 3 stars. Great hardware, mediocre app.

I have multiple bikes with different Varia radars in them. The App does not allow you to connect to other Varias without unpairing the one you aren’t connected to first. Garmin should refactor the code to handle multiple paired Varias, that would up the app to 5 stars in my opinion. It is a pretty annoying flaw to have to remove a Varia and go into pairing mode every time I ride a different bike with someone else’s Varia. Make it like multiple bluetooth headphones paired to your phone and only connect to the powered device, or use NFC to connect to the active device.