Elevate your health and fitness goals with Garmin Connect+
Rhea-AI Summary
Garmin (NYSE: GRMN) has unveiled Garmin Connect+, a premium subscription service for its smartphone app offering enhanced features and personalized insights. The new service, launching March 27, 2025, introduces AI-powered Active Intelligence for personalized suggestions, an advanced performance dashboard, and expanded LiveTrack capabilities.
The premium plan, priced at $6.99/month or $69.99/year with a 30-day free trial, includes exclusive features such as expert training guidance through Garmin Run Coach and Cycling Coach, real-time workout tracking, and social features with unique profile frames and badge challenges. Notably, all existing Garmin Connect features and data will remain free for users.
The service enhances user experience with customizable performance tracking, AI-powered insights (currently in beta), and improved social connectivity features, including activity notifications for friends and family through LiveTrack profiles.
Positive
- New revenue stream through subscription model ($6.99/month or $69.99/year)
- Expansion of service offerings while maintaining existing free features
- Strategic implementation of AI technology for personalized services
- Enhanced user engagement through social features and challenges
Negative
- AI feature launched in beta, indicating potential early-stage limitations
- Subscription model may face resistance from users accustomed to free services
News Market Reaction – GRMN
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Access premium features and more personalized insights in the Garmin Connect app
"Customers worldwide love using Garmin Connect to track, analyze and share their health and fitness activities. We are excited to provide even more personalized data and enriched features with the addition of Garmin Connect+. You can now learn even more about yourself, take on new challenges, train confidently and stay even more connected."
–Susan Lyman, Garmin Vice President of Consumer Sales and Marketing
The following features (which vary by device) are available now with a Garmin Connect+ plan:
Active Intelligence, powered by AI
Receive personalized insights and suggestions throughout the day based on health and activity data, powered by AI. As customers use Garmin Connect+ more, the insights will become more tailored to them and their goals. The AI providing these insights and suggestions was built to help keep users' data secure and is currently releasing in beta.
Performance dashboard
Compare fitness and health data in customizable graphs and charts over different periods of time to get a more comprehensive view of training progress.
Live activity
Start an indoor workout activity on a smartwatch and use a compatible smartphone to see real-time heart rate and pace data, workout videos, reps and more in the Garmin Connect app.
Training guidance
While following a Garmin Run Coach or Garmin Cycling Coach training plan on a compatible smartwatch or cycling computer, receive additional exclusive expert guidance from Garmin coaches – including educational content and videos – for peak performance.
Expanded LiveTrack features
Whether training or racing, user-selected family and friends can be notified via text when an activity is started. Users can also create a personalized LiveTrack profile page to share with their followers1.
Social features
Add unique frames to your Garmin Connect app profile and access exclusive badge challenges – like a Running Climbs challenge to record 500 meters of total ascent during a month of running activities, or a Power Cycling challenge to record at least four hours of cycling activities in power zone 3 during a month.
These premium features are available now with Garmin Connect+. Customers can try Garmin Connect+ for free for 30 days, then choose between a monthly (
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1 When paired with your compatible smartphone; for safety and tracking feature requirements and limitations, see Garmin.com/safety.
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