Alert Sound Needs Improvement
Recently paired with my new RTL 515. I use Varia app on an old phone which I have converted to a bike computer. I use Varia because it does not use GPS and hence consumes less battery. Mostly use it with phone screen off.
Compared to Ride With GPS the alert sounds for Varia need improvement, the car coming sound versus the clear sound are not intuitive. Please give option to use Ride with GPS app alert sound. Also, it seems Ride with GPS alerts when a car is farther out than the Varia app.
Compared to Ride With GPS the alert sounds for Varia need improvement, the car coming sound versus the clear sound are not intuitive. Please give option to use Ride with GPS app alert sound. Also, it seems Ride with GPS alerts when a car is farther out than the Varia app.
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BASIC
Really doesn’t do much, nobody is using this app whilst riding. Buggy and useless
No gallery access
Whilst I can view live feed access to the gallery via Varia private wifi simply does not work on the latest version of the app. It used to but so slowly it was unusable Garmin this app as you already know is not fit for purpose!
Please show rider Speed/Distance stats
It would be really nice if this app could show speed distance, etc. It’s pretty obvious that Garmin is trying to push me to buy a separate cycling computer, but a lot of people want to ride with their phones for connectivity… until then 3 stars. Great hardware, mediocre app.
Amazing
Ride quality and peace of mind much improved. Thank you Garmin!
Doesn't work with light off
If you're running low on power and want to just use the radar function of your Varia light, the app disconnects from the Bluetooth pairing and is useless. It really should connect to the radar network not the light network. Would be a good app if that was fixed
Camera radar
Love the automatic on and off feature. A little quirky but works close to 100% of the time. The “take a clip” and “photo” feature is awesome. The Varia app software is steadily improving which is good to see. I’d say the unit & software is a 4.75 at this point. Garmin support is a big 10+. So overall I give it a 5+ rating.
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Good app
App is very good for detecting vehicles, but the alerts could use improvement. Phone vibration alerts aren’t useful when the phone is mounted to my bike. Even the sound alert doesn’t work great in louder areas or in higher winds. It would be better if my watch vibrated or if the sound alert would go through earbuds to better hear it.
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Great app
Can I split the screen with my health app like I can with my Samsung ?
Needs more work
Got it to connect to my RCT715, eventually
Light / radar is great, works very well with Edge 1030 head unit.
Camera functionality is poor, at best:
1) the recordings are in 30 second chinks whatever setting I choose in the app (5 minutes is my selection)
2) 100’s of segments via the app is then tedious - they mostly sync quickly to the phone but not always. As an idea Garmin, why not add an auto-play (inc scroll) feature to the app as an option, so you can play the videos as if they were one continuous segment and the app simply tells you which segment you are in once you find what you want
3) Especially when the navigation buttons are inverted and pressing the right (forwards) button takes you to the previous segment - pretty basic stuff Garmin…
A companion front camera would be great
Light / radar is great, works very well with Edge 1030 head unit.
Camera functionality is poor, at best:
1) the recordings are in 30 second chinks whatever setting I choose in the app (5 minutes is my selection)
2) 100’s of segments via the app is then tedious - they mostly sync quickly to the phone but not always. As an idea Garmin, why not add an auto-play (inc scroll) feature to the app as an option, so you can play the videos as if they were one continuous segment and the app simply tells you which segment you are in once you find what you want
3) Especially when the navigation buttons are inverted and pressing the right (forwards) button takes you to the previous segment - pretty basic stuff Garmin…
A companion front camera would be great
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