What features can I access on my iPhone when paired with the Fenix 8?

Fenix 8 is compatible with iPhone. The smartwatch uses Garmin Connect app to interact with the iPhone.

Once the iPhone is paired with your Fenix 8 smartwatch, there are multiple features that can be accessed through the Fenix 8 on an iPhone. Some of the more significant features are discussed below. Do bear in mind that all these features rely on the Garmin Connect app for two-way communication between the Fenix 8 and paired iPhone.

Fenix 8 paired with an iPhone offers a seamless experience with a wide range of features for fitness tracking, navigation, health monitoring, and connectivity.

You may get the following features to work between a Fenix 8 and the paired iPhone.

1. Smartphone Notifications

  • Call Alerts: You can receive notifications of incoming calls and reject calls directly from your Fenix 8.
  • Text Messages: View and respond to texts with preset replies (if iOS permits).
  • App Notifications: Receive alerts from your apps (email, social media, calendar events, etc.) on the smartwatch.

2. Garmin Connect App Integration

You can Sync Workouts, share Activity Tracking and Historical data of various activities and health metrics to the Garmin Connect app.

3. Music Control

The Fenix 8 can be used to manage music on the paired iPhone. You can use the watch for Music Playback. You can control music and podcasts playing on your iPhone directly from the watch.

4. Garmin Pay

Fenix 8 is compatible with the Garmin Pay app. It enables contactless payments through the smartwatch.

Use the Garmin Pay app to make contactless payments via your iPhone-linked card accounts, without needing to carry your phone or wallet during workouts.

5. Safety Features

Fenix 8 supports incident detection. In the event a hard fall is detected by the watch, it can send an automatic message with your real-time location to the designated emergency contacts stored in your iPhone.

6. Weather Sync

You can get real-time weather forecasts synced from iPhone to the Fenix 8 smartwatch.

7. Find My Phone / Find My Watch

Find My Phone feature can trigger an alert from your Fenix 8 to locate your iPhone. On a similar note, the Find My Watch feature allow to use your iPhone in finding a misplaced Fenix 8 smartwatch.

Overall, the Fenix 8 paired with an iPhone offers a seamless experience with a wide range of features for fitness tracking, navigation, health monitoring, and connectivity. Some iPhone limitations, like responding to messages, may exist due to Appleā€™s restrictions, but most key features are fully functional.