Garmin Explore is a mobile navigation solution that allows adventure seekers, explorers, and outdoor enthusiasts to map, track, and navigate their trek from anywhere with unlimited cloud storage. The ecosystem offers basic trip planning or viewing of maps preloaded on the device. The mobile app can be paired with a compatible Garmin GPS device via Bluetooth technology, providing access to additional capabilities such as downloading detailed topographic maps, color aerial imagery, and other navigation aids directly to the mobile device. The maps and navigation data loaded onto the device can be used anywhere, anytime, even when out beyond the reach of cellphone towers or internet connections.

Garmin Explore provides free online access to a wide range of additional capabilities. Users can review and edit their waypoints, tracks, routes, and activities in their library. They can add them to a collection to keep all the recorded data from a certain trip together in one place. The app will send and store the waypoints, planned routes, GPS tracks, and Garmin activities recorded in the cloud, allowing users to access and use that data on the Garmin Explore website to plan or review their adventures. They can also sync their cloud-stored data with a compatible Garmin device. A Garmin account is needed to store data in the cloud. Activities include data such as distance, pace, activity time, location, etc. that were recorded by the device.

Garmin Explore can be used with inReach enabled devices, such as the GPSMAP 66i navigator and satellite communicator, to turn the mobile device into a true off-the-grid satellite companion. In an emergency, users can trigger an interactive SOS to the GEOS 24/7 emergency response team. Two-way messaging and LiveTrack location tracking via the 100% global Iridium satellite network let users stay in contact globally. The Garmin Explore app allows users to access their phone’s contact list for easier messaging and sharing when connected.

Overall, Garmin Explore is a comprehensive mobile navigation solution that offers a range of features for adventure seekers, explorers, and outdoor enthusiasts. It provides access to detailed topographic maps, color aerial imagery, and other navigation aids directly to the mobile device. Users can review and edit their waypoints, tracks, routes, and activities in their library and store them in the cloud for easy access. The app can be used with inReach enabled devices to turn the mobile device into a true off-the-grid satellite companion, providing two-way messaging and LiveTrack location tracking via the 100% global Iridium satellite network.