Can you use the watch to track your run without taking your iphone with you? I would like to leave my phone at home.
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No. The watch is basically a Bluetooth connected display of selected information of your iPhone screen. Without a Bluetooth connected iPhone nearby, the watch will only display the time.
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Not with the echo...... It is a Bluetooth tool for your phone. You need the phone to work.
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I'm not sure what video you are referring to, but: you need a smart phone in order to use the watch. Without a smart phone it won't do anything except for tell you what time it is. Setting the watch up wasn't super easy, but they have a website and they give you the step by step. In retrospect I would have just bought a heart rate belt that I could have linked with my iPhone - saved the money. As the watch can not run independently with the heart rate monitoring belt without a smart phone.
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Sorry, NO, the GPS cannot be used without the phone within Bluetooth distance. (I thought the question in my email was asking me if I could answer the question, not what the answer to the question was!) If you plan to go running with this watch then you will need to keep your phone with you as well.
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Hey Silvia... you will also need to download one of the many free Apps to be able to see and track your HR, the one from Wahoo is pretty good but also the one from Endomondo, and don't forget to turn on the Bluetooth on your IPhone and moisten a little bit the pads on your monitor, it work great.
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Yes, I use it myself to track my soccer performance. Even better if you combine it with the heart tracking and the gps watch.
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I don't think so. I have a Garmin watch that tracks miles when I run. I bought this as a heart rate monitor. It works pretty good but you do have to hold your finger over the face of the watch for approx 5 seconds.
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You can not, the watch is just an extension of the phone screen. It will allow you to receive a message without taking out your phone and disrupting activities.
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You can use it without a smartphone, you can sync it to your computer. Without it the only problem is after 12:00am it goes to the next day so you won't be able to see your steps for the past day, it will say 0 steps
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yes you can but i recommend you to turn off the GPS. If you want to track how long have you run, I recommend you to get the foot pod, I just got one and it is awesome, it tells you what is the frequency of your steps and even it can measure the distance that you have run without the GPS. I hope my answer helped you.
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Yes, Grammy, Macs work fine with a free download of a very nice app called Argus. This tracks most things either due to the watch being on you or other information you give it. Print out the manual and read it carefully to get the best benefit. My wife and I like them better than some other similar efforts, because you've got the current time on you always, and you can see how much you slept last night, distance in miles (or km) traveled today, calories you have burned today, and your total number of steps. All this info is daily shared with Argus on your computer, Ipad, or Iphone, via bluetooth syncing. Playing tennis a lot this summer, I could start the Argus "tennis tracker," keep it in my pocket for three hours, and see just how far I'd traveled and calories burned. It can all be quickly charted. I know of no other device which gives you so much immediate feedback. Good luck in all your movement -- use it or lose it! Do not take it into the water or shower with you, because it's water protection is scant at best, as I saw when I changed my battery this month after having it for 9 months. Enjoy, Kevin Wulff, Cincinnati.
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I'm not sure yet. I can tell you that if you hold ur I phone on the same hand as the watch it'll throw it off. Also I jog next to my wife while she is wearing hers it also throws it off. Hope this helps on ur decision.
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I am afraid than only iphone is supported. You can plan a trace in your mobile and send to garmin via bluetooth or oposite direction. I also have android and I have not connected my garmin yet. I usually pre-plan a trace in Garmin Basecamp on my PC which is more comfortable with begger screen. But I agree that Fenix should be able at least send data to GarminConnect or Strava also on android mobiles othervise bluetooth is useless. But the watches definetelly payd off if you wear them during your adventures.
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i needed my computer to charge it. is anyone else having an issue with there watch not tracking miles? the speedometer works but not the miles.... very important for running.
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I may not know how to use mine, so that could explain an ignorant answer. In any case, it has a limited value. I can't use it to find my phone because I get repeated annoying alarms when it I have my phone and because it stops tracking things when it wants to - and without my phone (which I am looking for), I can't turn it back on. I use it to find just a couple things that I often misplace and aren't always too close to set off repeated alarms.
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Yes. You can use the watch with or without GPS active. Keeps elapsed time and laps. Top, right button starts and stops timer. Bottom, right button starts a new lap. There are much cheaper options if that is the primary function you want though.
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Since I VERY rarely run inside, I've never bothered to use the footpod. For outside running, I've found that the watch alone is pretty accurate though.
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This watch has no cycling mode, so while you can theoretically bike with it, there's a lot of draw-backs. For example, if you set the pace alerts for a pace appropriate to cycling, then those same alerts will likely be useless while you are running. You have to manually change those alert ranges for running. Similarly, if you go for a ride, the watch will starting telling you that you've set all sorts of personal records (2-minute fast mile!, longest run ever!, etc). I biked with this watch only a few times before deciding I wanted a dedicated bike computer.