Never lose touch with friends and family. Enjoy the security and connectivity of global messaging with the Garmin Messenger™ app. Pair with your compatible inReach® satellite communicator for fast, easy direct messaging and interactive SOS that’s not limited to cellphone coverage areas (active satellite subscription required). The app supports group messaging as well as direct communication with individuals. Automatic switching between Internet, cellular and satellite networks gives you the best connectivity and efficiency for all your messaging. When you have connectivity, the app will work seamlessly even if your inReach device is turned off. Invite your friends and family to download the app to stay connected and keep the conversation going on and off the trail. Note: Some jurisdictions regulate or prohibit the use of satellite communication devices. It is the responsibility of the user to know and follow all applicable laws in the jurisdictions where the device is intended to be used. See compatible devices here: garmin.com/p/893837#devices
Setup Is Impossible
I recently purchased an inReach MINI 2 at REI and attempted to set up Garmin’s Messenger app which is required for the inReach. For some unknown reason, I have been blocked by Cloudflare, the company responsible for Garmin’s online security. There is no way to reach out to Cloudflare for assistance to correct the problem. Judging from other reviews, I am not alone in my frustration. Sorry, Garmin. Your $400 inReach device will be returned to REI tomorrow. This is the least user-friendly device I have purchased in a very long time.
United StatesExtremely difficult to use
Like so much software these days, Garmin’s suite of software for its satellite comm devices is overly complex. Garmin should be thinking about two things, and greatly simplify the interfaces: 1. Almost all users are casual users. We access the software once every few months, to set it up for a trip. 2. Occasionally the software will be used during a trip. Users are distracted, anxious, under pressure; have no access to a laptop or desktop system; and may have power or communication issues. Please think a little more seriously about how this stuff looks to someone who is packing for a trip or has already started the trip.
United StatesVery poor
It says to use messenger to activate inReach mini , yet no link to activate.
United StatesLaughable - returning gear.
In these days of tech, smart everything, and phones bordering supercomputers, Garmin, your messenger platform is an utter joke and justifying more and more why I should return the watch for a refund. You expect payment to send and receive text from a paired phone using my phone’s data plan? What?!? There are only a couple more expensive watches your company sells than what I purchased and you want more to use MY services through this thing. That’s unsat. Your products are great in theory but don’t support themselves through user functionality without dipping further into customer’s wallets. Sad. You can do better than expected customers to nod off your monetary requirements for nonsensical garbage. There are tons of sheeple (not misspelled) out there, but I’m not one. Having experienced firsthand the exploitation, you can have your gear back. Again, sad. Let’s consider all reductions in almost all capacities concerning using your gear over cheaper and muuuuuuuuch more user friendly alternatives, and perhaps you’ll chuckle too. Everything about my Garmin experience has been met with, signup and pay us more for this, that, and all the in-betweens because we don’t want to include it in our state of the art wares. I went along with paying for more updated maps, but stop here. The apps aren’t great at all. My old $100 flip phone has better, more concise, and clearer access to maps than this watch even after paying for a subscription for upgraded access. On the topic of watches, who sells a product they reads a comparison of with solar and without on the box, but then later teaches through the owner’s manual the solar isn’t functional in the way the product is sold, whaaaaat? For any future customer, I wasn’t being rhetorical. It’s Garmin. I suppose I should have downloaded the book before purchasing your product, but I doubt that would have been accessible. You can have your watch back, and I’ll purchase something everything this one is and more for less. Congrats on the non-refundable $49.99 subscription fee for what should be included with your watch. What a joke.
United StatesWill not pair with inreach
I’ve followed instructions to a tee in every possible interpretation and while my iPhone can pair with the inreach, the app never sees the inreach.
United StatesUseless!
I used to send InReach starting and safely stopping messages to my people. But now they have to download test I another messenger app, this d time from Garmin. Why should they? It used to work just fine with whatever messaging apps they have on their phone. Garmin basically bricked my $600 InReach device.
United StatesDumbest App Ever
Two separate apps to do what Earthmate alone used to do.
United States
Fixed a crash.
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