The Top 5 Garmin Apps to Install First
Music without your phone, hydration tracking, an arcade break, live rain radar, and a fully customisable watchface — these are the five Garmin apps to install first.
Day 112: The Top 5 Garmin Apps to Install First
A new Garmin is already powerful out of the box, but these five apps make it far more useful every day. From phone-free music to a watchface that pulls your most useful data together, here are the Top 5.
1. Music Streaming
Deezer, YouTube Music, Spotify, or Amazon Music — store your playlists on-device and leave your phone at home on runs.
2. Hydration PRO
Log a drink with one button press and track your daily water goal from your wrist. One of the simplest ways to build a better hydration habit.
Download on Garmin →3. AstroBlast
A fun arcade game for a bored moment — rotate your ship and clear the asteroids before they clear you. I still haven't beaten the global high score.
Download on Garmin →4. Rain
Get a notification on your wrist minutes before rain hits your exact location, based on live radar. It is the kind of useful alert you miss the moment it is not there.
Download on Garmin →5. Goals Pro
A watchface that shows everything at a glance — including the Rain forecast graph and your Hydration PRO progress as compatible gauges — so the other apps on this list surface right on your watch face.
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Watchfaces worth installing
Watchface
Cockpit
Everything you need to track your day on one clean, cleverly laid-out watchface, with colours you change right on the watch and a second time zone.
Watchface
Goals Pro
The most popular Garmin watchface, upgraded: the same goal rings with full control over colours, fonts, analog or digital time, and long-press shortcuts.
Watchface
Titan
A premium, data-dense watchface built for athletes who want maximum information at a glance.