When paired with a compatible Garmin Varia device¹, the Varia app has the tools you need to ride with confidence. Using the Varia app, you can: • Be alerted right on your phone when approaching vehicles are within 140 meters behind your bicycle. • View color-coded alerts based on surrounding traffic: Green means you’re all clear, yellow means a vehicle is approaching, and red means a vehicle is coming at you quickly and you should take caution. • Receive tone and vibration alerts for approaching vehicles even when you’re not looking at your phone. With a compatible Garmin Varia Rearview Radar Camera, you can: • Set the camera in the best position for capturing videos and photos. • Record videos or take photos while riding with a simple button press on your phone. • Automatically record videos of incidents and save the video footage with the Incident Recording feature. By adding the Varia eRTL615 Rearview Radar Tail Light, you can: • Configure and edit light mode configurations for your tail light. Easy to Use Pairing your Garmin Varia device with the app is quick and easy. Once you set it up, the Varia app will automatically recognize your device. Even if you already have a Varia device paired with a compatible Garmin device or head unit, the Varia app provides additional awareness and peace of mind while riding. ¹ Compatible devices are the Varia RVR315 Rearview Radar, Varia RTL515 Radar Tail Light, Varia RCT715 Rearview Radar Camera and Varia eRTL615 Rearview Radar Tail Light.
Just above awful
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 👎🏻
United StatesBusy streets
My rides take on some well traveled roads and the Varia consistently alerts me to approaching traffic. Love it.
United StatesPlease show rider Speed/Distance stats
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.
United StatesIf you have multiple Varia you are out of luck!
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.
United Statesbest rear light ever
99.5% accurate 👍🏼👍🏼
United StatesCamera radar
Love the automatic on and off feature. A little quirky but works close to 100% of the time. The “take a clip” and “photo” feature is awesome. The Varia app software is steadily improving which is good to see. I’d say the unit & software is a 4.75 at this point. Garmin support is a big 10+. So overall I give it a 5+ rating.
United StatesScreen burn in
The app is phenomenal it works as it is supposed to. I used it for one day on my phone and I know I have an image burned into my screen.
United States
This version of the app has added an “Alerts over Other Media” setting to Sounds & Alerts. This setting plays your Varia alerts at a louder volume than other media, such as music. This version of the app features bug fixes and performance improvements to help you ride confidently with Varia.
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