Garmin Watches get a great free music upgrade

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By Carrie Marshall

published 14 June 2024

in News

Quick Summary

Garmin now offers a native YouTube Music app across multiple smartwatches.

It can be downloaded from the Connect IQ Store now, with a wider rollout set to follow soon.

Garmin users just got a great music upgrade: the YouTube Music app is now available in the Connect IQ Store for compatible smartwatches.

That means you can add YouTube Music playlists and podcasts to your watch and stream them to your running headphones as you work out or just commute to work.

The app is free to download, and its companion phone app is available for iOS and Android. However, the Garmin app only currently works with a selection of Garmin watches, as some models don't connect to the Connect IQ Store. You can find a list of compatible devices below.

The good news is that if your Garmin product isn't listed, Garmin promises that more will be supported soon. And it looks like it'll be worth waiting for: so far, it's proving popular and garnering positive reviews.

It looks very similar to the Wear OS version of the app and expands Garmin users' musical choices: apps for Amazon Music, Deezer and Spotify are already available.

What Garmin devices can run the YouTube Music app?

According to Garmin, the full list of devices that can currently run the YouTube Music app is:

D2 Mach 1 Pro
Enduro 2
Enduro 2
Epix (Gen 2)
Epix (Gen 2), Quatix 7 – Sapphire Edition
Epix Pro (42mm)
Epix Pro (42mm)
Epix Pro (47mm)
Epix Pro (47mm), Quatix 7 Pro
Epix Pro (51mm)
Epix Pro (51mm)
Fēnix 7
Fēnix 7, Quatix 7
Fēnix 7 Pro
Fēnix 7 Pro, Fēnix® 7 Pro – Solar Edition
Fēnix 7 Pro – Sapphire Solar Edition
Forerunner 255 Music
Forerunner 255 Music
Forerunner 255S Music
Forerunner 255S Music
Forerunner 265
Forerunner 265
Forerunner 265S
Forerunner 265S
Forerunner 955
Forerunner 955, Forerunner® 955 Solar
Forerunner 965
Forerunner 965
Mercedes-Benz Venu 2
Mercedes-Benz Venu 2
Mercedes-Benz Venu 2S
Mercedes-Benz Venu 2S
Venu 2
Venu 2
Venu 2 Plus
Venu 2 Plus
Venu 2S
Venu 2S
Venu 3
Venu 3
Venu 3S
Venu 3S

More models will be added soon.

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Writer, musician and broadcaster Carrie Marshall has been covering technology since 1998 and is particularly interested in how tech can help us live our best lives. Her CV is a who’s who of magazines, newspapers, websites and radio programmes ranging from T3, Techradar and MacFormat to the BBC, Sunday Post and People’s Friend. Carrie has written more than a dozen books, ghost-wrote two more and co-wrote seven more books and a Radio 2 documentary series; her memoir, Carrie Kills A Man, was shortlisted for the British Book Awards. When she’s not scribbling, Carrie is the singer in Glaswegian rock band Unquiet Mind (unquietmindmusic).