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You’re Invited to Test the NEW Gaia GPS Apple Watch App

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Chris Hillbee
  • Community moderator

Hello all,

The new and improved, stand-alone, Gaia GPS Apple Watch app is now available for Beta Testing. This totally revamped watch app has been in the works for many months and we are eager to get it into your hands --- er, wrists.

If you’re interested in joining the beta test group, please follow this link from your iOS device to get started: https://testflight.apple.com/join/ssEufmcy

Here’s what to look forward to:

The Watch app is designed to work independently from the iOS app. You no longer need to be running the Gaia GPS app on your phone to use Gaia GPS on your Watch. Features include:

  • Record tracks on Watch
  • Mark waypoints on Watch
  • Turn by Turn navigation on pre-planned routes with offline maps on Watch.
  • Health Kit integration

Note:

Routes must be sent to the Watch before use. To send a route to your watch:

  • In the iOS app, open the route in the Saved tab
  • tap the “...” button in the upper right
  • select “Send to Watch”

Any feedback can be submitted directly through TestFlight and will go straight to the developers working on the project.

If you have any issues installing the beta, you can find more thorough instructions in the Help Center.

Thanks in advance for all your help!

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  • Official comment
    Chris Hillbee
    • Community moderator

    With the release of 2020.13, the Watch app is out of beta and into the live version.

    This post is closed for comment. If you're having issues with the Watch app please contact Support.

  • nwAdamR

    I get the following message:
    Gaia GPS requires access to your location for route navigation and track recording. Please open Settings to make sure “Always” and “Precise Location” are enabled.

    Those settings are enabled.

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  • Ryan McElroy

    @nwAdamR, thanks for testing the beta Watch app. 

    Please send feedback like this directly to the Watch team with these steps: 

    1. Snap a screenshot in the beta version of the app.
    2. Tap Done.
    3. Then use the "Share Beta Feedback ..." option.

    If you have any further questions, please contact Support here.

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  • unglaciated

    I have trouble sending routes to the Apple watch. AW displays 'receiving routes' and a percentage of the route that has been sent... But the route never appears. Why is there no map without loading a route?

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  • spower975

    Same here, phone app says it was sent to watch but the watch says "receiving route" and gets to 94% then resets. 

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