Four retro-futuristic themes with five center graphs and two graph styles.
Supported devices58
Approach® S70 42mmAMOLED · 390 × 390
Approach® S70 47mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
D2™ Air X15AMOLED · 454 × 454
D2™ Mach 1AMOLED · 416 × 416
D2™ Mach 1 ProAMOLED · 454 × 454
D2™ Mach 2AMOLED · 454 × 454
D2™ Mach 2 ProAMOLED · 454 × 454
Descent™ Mk3 43mmAMOLED · 390 × 390Descent™ Mk3i 43mmAMOLED · 390 × 390
Descent™ Mk3i 51mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
epix™ (Gen 2)AMOLED · 416 × 416
epix™ Pro (Gen 2) 42mmAMOLED · 390 × 390
epix™ Pro (Gen 2) 47mmAMOLED · 416 × 416epix™ Pro (Gen 2) 51mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
fēnix® 8 43mmAMOLED · 416 × 416
fēnix® 8 47mmAMOLED · 454 × 454fēnix® 8 51mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
fēnix® 8 Pro 47mmAMOLED · 454 × 454fēnix® 8 Pro 51mmAMOLED · 454 × 454fēnix® 8 Pro MicroLEDAMOLED · 454 × 454
fēnix® 9 43mmAMOLED · 416 × 416
fēnix® 9 47mmAMOLED · 454 × 454fēnix® 9 51mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
fēnix® 9 Pro 43mmAMOLED · 416 × 416
fēnix® 9 Pro 47mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
fēnix® 9 Pro 51mmAMOLED · 466 × 466
fēnix® EAMOLED · 416 × 416
Forerunner® 170AMOLED · 390 × 390
Forerunner® 170 MusicAMOLED · 390 × 390
Forerunner® 265AMOLED · 416 × 416
Forerunner® 570 42mmAMOLED · 390 × 390
Forerunner® 570 47mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
Forerunner® 965AMOLED · 454 × 454
Forerunner® 970AMOLED · 454 × 454
Instinct® 3 AMOLED 45mmAMOLED · 390 × 390
Instinct® 3 AMOLED 50mmAMOLED · 416 × 416
MARQ® (Gen 2) AdventurerAMOLED · 390 × 390MARQ® (Gen 2) AthleteAMOLED · 390 × 390
MARQ® (Gen 2) AviatorAMOLED · 390 × 390MARQ® (Gen 2) CaptainAMOLED · 390 × 390MARQ® (Gen 2) Carbon EditionAMOLED · 390 × 390MARQ® (Gen 2) Commander – Carbon EditionAMOLED · 390 × 390MARQ® (Gen 2) GolferAMOLED · 390 × 390quatix® 7 ProAMOLED · 416 × 416quatix® 7 SapphireAMOLED · 416 × 416quatix® 8 47mmAMOLED · 454 × 454quatix® 8 51mmAMOLED · 454 × 454quatix® 8 Pro 47mmAMOLED · 454 × 454quatix® 8 Pro 51mmAMOLED · 454 × 454tactix® 7 – AMOLED EditionAMOLED · 454 × 454tactix® 8 47mmAMOLED · 454 × 454tactix® 8 51mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
Venu® 3AMOLED · 454 × 454
Venu® 3SAMOLED · 390 × 390
Venu® 4 41mmAMOLED · 390 × 390Venu® 4 45mmAMOLED · 454 × 454
Venu® X1AMOLED · 448 × 486
vívoactive® 6AMOLED · 390 × 39064 data types across ten independently configurable dashboard positions.
AMOLED Always-On display, touch shortcuts, weather providers, battery saver, and custom goals.
On the wrist
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User guide
Appearance
1.1
Theme
Default: Gunmetal Orange.
Gunmetal Orange1 / 4
Default.
1.2
Center Graph
History plotted in the center. Default: Heart Rate.
Steps always covers 7 days. The graph is hidden in Always-On mode.
Off1 / 6
1.3
Graph Style
Applies to Stress, Heart Rate and Elevation. Default: Range Columns.
Range Columns1 / 2
Default.
1.4
Graph Touch Action
Pressing the graph. Options: Open Glance (default), Next graph type, Next time range.
Needs Touch launch on. Not available on Instinct 3 AMOLED.
1.5
Body Battery, Stress, Heart Rate and Elevation Range
Time span of each graph: 1h, 2h, 4h, 8h, 12h or 24h.
Defaults: Body Battery 24h, Stress 8h, Heart Rate 1h, Elevation 8h.
Data Fields
2.1
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 Instinct 3 AMOLED.
2.2
Field positions
Top Left, Top Center, Top Right, Left Progress, Right Progress, Middle 1, Middle 2, Bottom Left, Bottom Right, Bottom Center.
Defaults, in that order: Day, Date, Time, Battery, Steps, Heart Rate, Calories, Weather, Sunrise / Sunset, Seconds.
Left and Right Progress draw a bar and offer only metrics with a goal or range.
Activity1 / 4
Metric reference
3.1
Available metrics
* = also available in Left and Right 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*.
Date & 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*.
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*.
Activity1 / 6
3.2
Good to know
(OWM) metrics need OpenWeatherMap; Precip Chance, UV and Dew Point need Garmin weather.
Week Run Time and Week Bike Time total saved runs or rides from the last 7 days. Progress shows decimal hours: 1.4h is about 1h 24m.
Date & Time
4.1
Time format
For time values in data fields. Default: 9:05.
9:051 / 3
Default.
4.2
Date format
Default: JUL 5.
5.7.1 / 10
4.3
Show AM/PM
Adds AM/PM to time fields on a 12-hour watch. Default: Off.
4.4
Analog seconds
Default: On.
On1 / 2
Default.
4.5
Minute Hand Movement
Smooth glides with the seconds; Exact minute jumps once a minute. Default: Smooth.
Smooth (includes seconds)1 / 2
Default.
4.6
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.
Display
Always-On (AOD) settings.
5.1
AOD Brightness
Default: Medium.
AOD is monochrome and hides the center graph, second hand and Seconds fields.
Very Low1 / 5
5.2
Pixel Shift
Moves the AOD image slightly every minute to protect the screen. Default: On.
5.3
AOD Night Dimming
Sets AOD to Very Low at night. Options: Profile Sleep/Wake, Profile Sleep/Wake - 2 hours, Sunrise/Sunset (default), Off.
Profile options use the sleep times in your Garmin user profile.
Battery Saver
Applies when the battery is at or below the trigger.
6.1
Battery Saver Trigger
Options: Off, 5%, 10% (default), 15%, 20%.
6.2
AOD Look with Low Battery
The awake display uses the monochrome AOD style but keeps the graph and seconds. Default: Off.
6.3
AOD Look Brightness
Brightness of that style. Default: Medium.
Drops to Very Low during AOD Night Dimming.
6.4
Minimal AOD Below Trigger
Sets AOD to Very Low. Default: On.
Weather
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.
Custom goals
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.
System, User Guide and Reset
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 to Defaults
Confirm Reset restores the defaults listed here. Your OWM API key is kept.
FAQ
10.1
Why does a field show --?
The watch has no value for it yet, or it needs the other weather source.
10.2
Why does pressing a field do nothing?
Touch launch is off, or the watch has no touchscreen.
10.3
Why is AOD so dim?
AOD Night Dimming or Minimal AOD Below Trigger has set it to Very Low.
Appearance
1.1
Theme
Default: Gunmetal Orange.
Gunmetal Orange1 / 4
Default.
1.2
Center Graph
History plotted in the center. Default: Heart Rate.
Steps always covers 7 days. The graph is hidden in Always-On mode.
Off1 / 6
1.3
Graph Style
Applies to Stress, Heart Rate and Elevation. Default: Range Columns.
Range Columns1 / 2
Default.
1.4
Graph Touch Action
Pressing the graph. Options: Open Glance (default), Next graph type, Next time range.
Needs Touch launch on. Not available on Instinct 3 AMOLED.
1.5
Body Battery, Stress, Heart Rate and Elevation Range
Time span of each graph: 1h, 2h, 4h, 8h, 12h or 24h.
Defaults: Body Battery 24h, Stress 8h, Heart Rate 1h, Elevation 8h.
Data Fields
2.1
Field positions
Top Left, Top Center, Top Right, Left Progress, Right Progress, Middle 1, Middle 2, Bottom Left, Bottom Right, Bottom Center.
Defaults, in that order: Day, Date, Time, Battery, Steps, Heart Rate, Calories, Weather, Sunrise / Sunset, Seconds.
Left and Right Progress draw a bar and offer only metrics with a goal or range.
Activity1 / 4
2.2
Touch launch
Press and hold a field to open a Garmin glance. Default: On.
The ten entries below it set each field's target; Auto (default) matches the field. External - set on watch uses a complication picked in the watch menu.
Not available on Instinct 3 AMOLED.
Metric reference
3.1
Available metrics
* = also available in Left and Right 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*.
Date & 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*.
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*.
Activity1 / 6
3.2
Good to know
(OWM) metrics need OpenWeatherMap; Precip Chance, UV and Dew Point need Garmin weather.
Week Run Time and Week Bike Time total saved runs or rides from the last 7 days. Progress shows decimal hours: 1.4h is about 1h 24m.
Date & Time
4.1
Time format
For time values in data fields. Default: 9:05.
9:051 / 3
Default.
4.2
Date format
Default: JUL 5.
5.7.1 / 10
4.3
Show AM/PM
Adds AM/PM to time fields on a 12-hour watch. Default: Off.
4.4
Analog seconds
Default: On.
On1 / 2
Default.
4.5
Minute Hand Movement
Smooth glides with the seconds; Exact minute jumps once a minute. Default: Smooth.
Smooth (includes seconds)1 / 2
Default.
4.6
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.
Display
Always-On (AOD) settings.
5.1
AOD Brightness
Default: Medium.
AOD is monochrome and hides the center graph, second hand and Seconds fields.
Very Low1 / 5
5.2
Pixel Shift
Moves the AOD image slightly every minute to protect the screen. Default: On.
5.3
AOD Night Dimming
Sets AOD to Very Low at night. Options: Profile Sleep/Wake, Profile Sleep/Wake - 2 hours, Sunrise/Sunset (default), Off.
Profile options use the sleep times in your Garmin user profile.
Battery Saver
Applies when the battery is at or below the trigger.
6.1
Battery Saver Trigger
Options: Off, 5%, 10% (default), 15%, 20%.
6.2
AOD Look with Low Battery
The awake display uses the monochrome AOD style but keeps the graph and seconds. Default: Off.
6.3
AOD Look Brightness
Brightness of that style. Default: Medium.
Drops to Very Low during AOD Night Dimming.
6.4
Minimal AOD Below Trigger
Sets AOD to Very Low. Default: On.
Weather
7.1
Weather Source
Garmin (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.
Custom goals
8.1
Goal values
Targets for the progress positions.
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.
About
9.1
Version
Installed version. Reset to Defaults is in the watch menu.
FAQ
10.1
Why does a field show --?
The watch has no value for it yet, or it needs the other weather source.
10.2
Why does pressing a field do nothing?
Touch launch is off, or the watch has no touchscreen.
10.3
Why is AOD so dim?
AOD Night Dimming or Minimal AOD Below Trigger has set it to Very Low.
Configure Volta from Garmin Connect IQ or directly on a compatible watch. The watch menu provides fast access to appearance, fields, date and time, display, battery, weather, goals, system actions, and reset.