Connect IQ™ Store

A good idea badly executed While it functions adequately there are some issues that prevent it from being a great solution for finding watch faces and/or apps for your Garmin watch. Connectivity is bad for me when running from the regular Connect app. There is no way to filter predict actual usability for lower budget models for faces or cost. A lack of tags also means you search for random words within the description, which can result in a lot of bloat and missing out on useful faces or apps

The availability of apps is growing, which is definitely a plus. What the store lacks is user friendliness. It's somewhat cumbersome to search for apps for a specific device or even from a specific developer. Moreover, I quite dislike the fact that there is no search option to only look for free apps, or apps up to a certain price point. In general, I guess what it comes down to is navigation through the app. This most definitely needs some touching up!

I tried changing the background picture on my watch face, but found that the "done" button was completely covered by a persistent notification bar at the top of the screen, asking me to turn on notifications for the app. I found no other way to bypass this, than to grant the permission and remove it again afterwards. I've experienced no other problems with the app, but for someone like me, prompting for permissions like this is unacceptable, even if it was unintentionally designed to do so.