Weather forecast & Google Calendar Settings: Open Garmin mobile Connect app and browse:
Compatibility: only powerful watches like Garmin Forerunner 245~945, fēnix 5-6, Venu, vívoactive 3-4
Google Calendar
5-60 min to update
Strong flavor limitations
Battery consumption
The watch can access the internet only once in 5 mins.
It takes 5 mins to load calendar events after you log-in.
Then events are updated hourly to save battery life or after any interaction like a notification or display of a widget, activity or menu. That way a manual refresh can be triggered as well.
The calendar updates first, followed by a weather forecast in 5 mins.
Battery consumption
Strong flavor limitations
Battery consumption
In default settings, battery consumption is better than with original Garmin watch faces (according to our measurements).
If you experienced a battery drain: didn't you coincidentally turn any sensor on (like a wrist heart-rate monitor)?
Strong flavor limitations
Strong flavor limitations
Strong flavor limitations
Strong dial flavor has a limited support of calendar events. It displays the events, but it is not rendered beautifully.
It also won't fit multiple metrics at the same time.
Multiple calendars
Reporting problems & Known bug
Strong flavor limitations
When no calendar is set, the watch loads your primary calendar.
You can add more calendars by pasting calendar IDs from Google Calendar settings to watch settings: "Calendars to show".
The list of calendars must be separated by a space or comma.
Calendar colors
Reporting problems & Known bug
Reporting problems & Known bug
First calendar has the same color as the watch. Second has a different color. The third is grayish. Then it repeats.
Reporting problems & Known bug
Reporting problems & Known bug
Reporting problems & Known bug
The calendar might fail to load on some devices due to a Garmin bug.
If you encounter it, please vote up here for Garmin to fix it soonish rather than laterish.
Weather forecast
How the forecast updates
Inaccurate forecast? Check location!
Forecast does not update?
The temperature shown is the current temperature at your location, together with a maximum or minimum temperature forecast for next 16 h.
The current temperature can get outdated when there is no connection.
Weather forecast is being updated hourly. If you use calendar as well, it updates 5 mins after the calendar.
Forecast does not update?
Inaccurate forecast? Check location!
Forecast does not update?
The forecast might fail to load in next occasions:
Connection: Occasionally, Garmin Bluetooth connection to your phone might drop without a notice.
Check the watch is connected e. g. by changing a color of the watch in Garmin Mobile Connect.
Calendar: failing to load will prevent weather to load as well. If you have a calendar on, can you turn it off to check if it is not the culprit?
Inaccurate forecast? Check location!
Inaccurate forecast? Check location!
Inaccurate forecast? Check location!
If your last activity ended in a different location than you are now, acquire a GPS signal by any activity outdoors to update your forecast to your location.
Only newer watches like fēnix 6, Venu, vívoactive 3 or Forerunner 245 update their position from phone.
Check if Garmin's weather widget forecast isn't wrong as well.
Please consider voting up for Garmin to fix the related bug.
You can choose an accurate weather forecast Yr.no or Clear Outside. Yr.no is best in Europe. Try (more pessimistic) Clear Outside in other regions or if not satisfied.
Designed & created in Europe