Vertical Segment

1.1

Theme

Default: Original. MIP watches show adapted colors.

Theme

1.2

Custom Colors

Uses your own background, text and accent colors. Default: Off.

Enter the colors in the Connect IQ app. Picking a theme on the watch turns this off.

1.3

Detail Brightness

Top-field icons and units and the Bottom label. Options: Dimmed (AMOLED default), Full (MIP default).

1.4

Mid-row Font

Font of the middle row and Top Center. Options: Default, System (the watch's font).

1.5

Show Units

Unit symbols after values. Default: On.

1.6

Bezel Seconds

Lights one bezel segment for the current second. Default: On.

Hidden while Bezel Progress is Seconds.

1.7

Dim Side Information

Side indicators at half brightness, except Moon Phase. Default: Off.

1.8

Always-On Seconds

MIP only. Keeps bezel seconds moving in low power. Default: On.

1.9

Alternative Progress Bar

AMOLED only. Alternative bezel segment style. Default: Off.

2.1

Main Time Format and Data Time Format

For the large clock and for time fields. Options: 9:05 (default), 09:05, Military (2105, no colon).

2.2

Date Format

Options: 5.7., 05.07., 5/7, 05/07, 7/5, 07/05, 5 JUL, JUL 5 (default), WED 5, 5 WED, JUL 5 WED (Bottom only), WED 5 JUL (Bottom only).

Elsewhere, the Bottom-only formats show as month-day or day-month.

2.3

AM/PM in Data Fields

Adds AM/PM to time fields on a 12-hour watch. Default: Off.

2.4

Main Clock Colon

Options: Blinking (default), Always On, Always Off.

2.5

Seconds Field Format

Options: 36, :36 (default).

2.6

Alt Time Zone 1 and 2

UTC−12:00 to UTC+14:00 in 30-minute steps. Default: UTC.

Shown by the Alt Time Zone fields. Daylight saving time is not applied.

3.1

Data positions

Top Center, Top Left, Top Right, Mid Left, Mid Center, Mid Right, Bottom. Each can also be None.

Defaults, in that order: Barometric Trend, Weather, Battery, Heart Rate, Date, Calories, Altitude.

Top Left and Top Right omit Month, Date, Day, Calendar, Moon Phase, Training Status, Temp. min/max and Last Round. Bottom omits the last five of those.

3.2

Show Trend Value

Adds the pressure change to the Top Center trend symbol. Default: Off.

Each half covers 3 hours, older first: down is a drop over 2 hPa, up a rise over 2 hPa. Parts without enough history are dimmed.

3.3

Bezel Progress

Fills the 60-segment bezel. Default: Steps. Hidden turns it off.

3.4

Left Upper, Left Lower, Right Upper, Right Lower

Options: None (default), Seconds, AM/PM, Connection, Notifications, Alarms, Moon Phase.

Notifications and Alarms appear only when present. Connection shows LTE, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, dimmed when disconnected. Seconds is hidden in AOD.

3.5

Connection Only When Disconnected

Shows Connection only when disconnected. Default: Off.

3.6

Touch launch

Press and hold a field to open a Garmin glance. Default: On.

Launch Complication in each field sets the target. Auto (default) opens the glance matching the field; you can also pick any glance or installed complication.

Not available on watches without touch, such as Instinct 3 AMOLED.

4.1

Available metrics

* = also available in Bezel Progress.

Activity: Steps*, Steps To Goal*, Step Goal Progress*, Calories*, Active Calories*, Active Cal. %*, Distance*, Floors ascended*, Floors descended*, Meters Climbed*, Meters Descended*, Active Day*, Active Week*, Move Bar*.

Health: Heart Rate, Resting HR, Body Battery*, Stress*, Pulse Ox*, Respiration, Sleep Score*.

Time: Month, Date, Day, Week Number, Year, Calendar, Time, Seconds*, Alt Time Zone 1, Alt Time Zone 2, Sunrise / Sunset, Dawn / Dusk, Remaining Sun / Dark, Moon Phase.

Training: Recovery Time, VO2 Max (Run), VO2 Max (Bike), Training Status, Week Run Dist*, Week Bike Dist*, Week Run Time*, Week Bike Time*, Last Round (golf).

Weather: Weather, Feels Like, Temp. min/max, Precip Chance (Garmin)*, Humidity*, Wind, UV (Garmin), Pressure, Ground Pressure (OWM), Barometric Trend (Garmin), Cloud Cover*, Rain (1h) (OWM), Wind Gust (OWM), Visibility, Dew Point (Garmin).

System: Battery*, Battery Days, Notifications, Alarm Count, Altitude, Solar Input*.

4.2

Good to know

(OWM) metrics need OpenWeatherMap.

Week Run Time and Week Bike Time total saved runs or rides from the last 7 days.

5.1

AOD Layout

Options: Minimal (time), Reduced (time and date), Full (default).

Full keeps all data fields and side indicators except Seconds. The bezel is never shown in AOD.

5.2

AOD Ghosts

Faint unlit segments behind digits in AOD. Default: Off.

5.3

AOD Brightness

Options: Very Low, Low, Medium (default), High, Very High.

5.4

Pixel Shift

Moves the AOD image slightly every minute to protect the screen. Default: On.

6.1

AOD Night Dimming

AMOLED only. Sets AOD to Very Low at night. Options: Profile Sleep / Wake, Profile Sleep / Wake -2h, Sunrise / Sunset (default), Never.

Profile options use the sleep times in your Garmin user profile.

6.2

Low Battery Trigger

Options: Off, 5% (default), 10%, 15%, 20%.

At or below it, AMOLED sets AOD to Very Low without ghosts; MIP stops low-power seconds.

7.1

Source

Garmin (default) or OWM (OpenWeatherMap). The OWM API key is set in the Connect IQ app.

7.2

OWM status

Last OWM update, or why it failed.

7.3

Refresh data and Clear OWM cache

Refresh data reloads values. Clear OWM cache deletes stored OWM weather.

8.1

Goal values

Shown read-only; change them in the Connect IQ app.

Defaults: calories 1500, active calories 300, distance 5 km, active day 20 min, floors down 5, meters up and down 50, weekly run 15 km, weekly bike 50 km, weekly run time 120 min, weekly bike time 180 min.

9.1

System

Refresh data reloads values. Version shows the installed version.

9.2

User Guide

Shows a QR code for this guide.

9.3

Reset Defaults

Confirm reset restores the defaults listed here. Your OWM API key and picked complications are kept.

10.1

Why does a field show --?

The watch has no value for it yet, or it needs OpenWeatherMap.

10.2

Why is the trend symbol dimmed?

It needs about 6 hours of pressure history, which can reset after a watch restart.

10.3

Why does pressing a field do nothing?

Touch launch is off, or the watch has no touchscreen.

10.4

Why is AOD so dim?

AOD Night Dimming or Low Battery Trigger has set it to Very Low.

1.1

Theme

Default: Original. MIP watches show adapted colors.

Theme

1.2

Use Custom Background, Text and Accent

Each replaces one theme color with the value in Background, Text or Accent RRGGBB (six hex digits, e.g. F4915A).

MIP watches use the nearest supported color.

1.3

Detail Brightness

Top-field icons and units and the Bottom label. Options: Dimmed (AMOLED default), Full (MIP default).

1.4

Mid-row Font

Font of the middle row and Top Center. Options: Default, System (the watch's font).

1.5

Show Units

Unit symbols after values. Default: On.

1.6

Bezel Seconds

Lights one bezel segment for the current second. Default: On.

Hidden while Bezel Progress is Seconds.

1.7

Dim Side Information

Side indicators at half brightness, except Moon Phase. Default: Off.

2.1

Main Time Format and Data Time Format

For the large clock and for time fields. Options: 9:05 (default), 09:05, Military (2105, no colon).

2.2

Date Format

Options: 5.7., 05.07., 5/7, 05/07, 7/5, 07/05, 5 JUL, JUL 5 (default), WED 5, 5 WED, JUL 5 WED (Bottom only), WED 5 JUL (Bottom only).

Elsewhere, the Bottom-only formats show as month-day or day-month.

2.3

AM/PM in Data Fields

Adds AM/PM to time fields on a 12-hour watch. Default: Off.

2.4

Main Clock Colon

Options: Blinking (default), Always On, Always Off.

2.5

Seconds Field Format

Options: 36, :36 (default).

2.6

Alt Time Zone 1 and 2

UTC−12:00 to UTC+14:00 in 30-minute steps. Default: UTC.

Shown by the Alt Time Zone fields. Daylight saving time is not applied.

3.1

Data positions

Top Center, Top Left, Top Right, Mid Left, Mid Center, Mid Right, Bottom. Each can also be None.

Defaults, in that order: Barometric Trend, Weather, Battery, Heart Rate, Date, Calories, Altitude.

Top Left and Top Right omit Month, Date, Day, Calendar, Moon Phase, Training Status, Temp. min/max and Last Round. Bottom omits the last five of those.

3.2

Show Trend Value

Adds the pressure change to the Top Center trend symbol. Default: Off.

Each half covers 3 hours, older first: down is a drop over 2 hPa, up a rise over 2 hPa. Parts without enough history are dimmed.

3.3

Bezel Progress

Fills the 60-segment bezel. Default: Steps. Hidden turns it off.

4.1

Left Upper, Left Lower, Right Upper, Right Lower

Options: None (default), Seconds, AM/PM, Connection, Notifications, Alarms, Moon Phase.

Notifications and Alarms appear only when present. Connection shows LTE, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, dimmed when disconnected. Seconds is hidden in AOD.

4.2

Connection Only When Disconnected

Shows Connection only when disconnected. Default: Off.

5.1

Available metrics

* = also available in Bezel Progress.

Activity: Steps*, Steps To Goal*, Step Goal Progress*, Calories*, Active Calories*, Active Cal. %*, Distance*, Floors ascended*, Floors descended*, Meters Climbed*, Meters Descended*, Active Day*, Active Week*, Move Bar*.

Health: Heart Rate, Resting HR, Body Battery*, Stress*, Pulse Ox*, Respiration, Sleep Score*.

Time: Month, Date, Day, Week Number, Year, Calendar, Time, Seconds*, Alt Time Zone 1, Alt Time Zone 2, Sunrise / Sunset, Dawn / Dusk, Remaining Sun / Dark, Moon Phase.

Training: Recovery Time, VO2 Max (Run), VO2 Max (Bike), Training Status, Week Run Dist*, Week Bike Dist*, Week Run Time*, Week Bike Time*, Last Round (golf).

Weather: Weather, Feels Like, Temp. min/max, Precip Chance (Garmin)*, Humidity*, Wind, UV (Garmin), Pressure, Ground Pressure (OWM), Barometric Trend (Garmin), Cloud Cover*, Rain (1h) (OWM), Wind Gust (OWM), Visibility, Dew Point (Garmin).

System: Battery*, Battery Days, Notifications, Alarm Count, Altitude, Solar Input*.

5.2

Good to know

(OWM) metrics need OpenWeatherMap.

Week Run Time and Week Bike Time total saved runs or rides from the last 7 days.

6.1

Low Battery Trigger

Options: Off, 5% (default), 10%, 15%, 20%.

At or below it, AMOLED sets AOD to Very Low without ghosts; MIP stops low-power seconds.

7.1

Weather Source

Garmin Weather (default) or OpenWeatherMap.

7.2

OWM API Key

Your OpenWeatherMap API key, needed only for OpenWeatherMap.

7.3

OWM Refresh

Options: 15 min, 30 min (default), 60 min.

8.1

Goal values

Targets for goal-based metrics such as Bezel Progress.

Defaults: calories 1500, active calories 300, distance 5 km, active day 20 min, floors down 5, meters up and down 50, weekly run 15 km, weekly bike 50 km, weekly run time 120 min, weekly bike time 180 min.

9.1

Alternative Progress Bar

AMOLED only. Alternative bezel segment style. Default: Off.

9.2

AOD Layout

Options: Minimal (time), Reduced (time and date), Full (default).

Full keeps all data fields and side indicators except Seconds. The bezel is never shown in AOD.

9.3

AOD Ghosts

Faint unlit segments behind digits in AOD. Default: Off.

9.4

AOD Brightness

Options: Very Low, Low, Medium (default), High, Very High.

9.5

Pixel Shift

Moves the AOD image slightly every minute to protect the screen. Default: On.

9.6

AOD Night Dimming

AMOLED only. Sets AOD to Very Low at night. Options: Profile Sleep / Wake, Profile Sleep / Wake -2h, Sunrise / Sunset (default), Never.

Profile options use the sleep times in your Garmin user profile.

10.1

Always-On Seconds

MIP only. Keeps bezel seconds moving in low power. Default: On.

11.1

Version

Installed version. Reset Defaults is in the watch menu.

12.1

Why does a field show --?

The watch has no value for it yet, or it needs OpenWeatherMap.

12.2

Why is the trend symbol dimmed?

It needs about 6 hours of pressure history, which can reset after a watch restart.

12.3

Why does pressing a field do nothing?

Touch launch is off, or the watch has no touchscreen.

12.4

Why is AOD so dim?

AOD Night Dimming or Low Battery Trigger has set it to Very Low.