Roam the unknown with the Tread® app. It lets you track up to 20 friends on the map of your smartphone and Tread® powersport navigator by using the Group Ride Mobile feature and syncs waypoints, tracks, routes and collections across devices. Easily plan routes on your smartphone with the same maps, vehicle profiles and route preferences you have on your Tread device. Users can import and export GPX files and get access to smart notifications and live weather. • Track up to 20 friends on the map of your smartphone and Tread® device by using the Group Ride Mobile1 feature • Wirelessly sync waypoints, tracks, routes and collections across your compatible smartphone and Tread® powersport navigator • Easily calculate faster time or adventurous routes on your smartphone with the same maps, vehicle profiles and route preferences you have on your Tread device • Import and export GPX files to try out new routes or revisit favorite rides • Keep your phone safely stowed away, and still get important messages and alerts via smart notifications2 on your Tread® device display when it’s paired with the Tread® app • Use the app to access live weather updates, viewable on your Tread® navigator’s display
Crashing
App regularly ( almost always) crashes when using. Also, for people with bad eyesight, please have an option to make text larger
So Far..So Good
But all these Apps want you to rate them before you have any real experience, with them…so be careful of the 5 star I gave, as while I’ve done “home testing”, I’ve not done the real world trail testing, yet. Garmin was “hot to trot” for a review so I gave one, but I’m not going to lie for them.
Useless in Central America
No roads shown in Central America apart from some when very much zoomed out, rendering the app useless for route planning in the region.
Searching returns no results
I’m entering specific places to search and no results are returned. Useless. Update: I use a password vault so my passwords are huge. Installed on an iPad and was going to log in, but paste of password is not supported. Not okay!!
Route planning from iPhone is terrible!
I should be able to add a waypoint by address or from my existing waypoints. Navigation by pointing on a map on a tiny screen is ludicrous! Look at how Apple Maps or Google Maps work. I should be able to search by address or existing waypoint. The Tread Overland does seem to have a better UI, but its route calculation is abysmally slow.
Does not transfer to XT2 correctly
Not only myself but a number of others on Facebook have noticed that routes are corrupted when uploaded to the XT2. They come out as empty and can not be seen on the map. Big problem as this is the only easy way to load gpx files to the device.
Limits on map details
Some map details, such as popular paths, are not completely shown. There is a square region of my city that has the popular paths but outside this region the purple lines stop This also makes it not possible to fully plan your route a long distance route.
The Garmin Tread app is continually working to improve your experience when using the Garmin Tread. This version includes bug fixes to improve app and device functionality.
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