ⓘ Garmin
Garmin is expanding the functionality of several smart devices. Specifically, users can now add their equipment and record and view their usage time. This may help prevent accidents or at least reduce costs.
Silvio Werner (translated by Jacob Fisher), Published 🇩🇪
Garmin offers not only various smartwatches but also cycling computers. These Edge cycling computers support features such as navigation and can be used for real-time training management. Garmin is now rolling out a new feature to these cycling computers (Edge devices available here at Amazon), namely gear tracking, which tracks the distance, hours and days of use of your gear, such as running shoes, bikes and individual components. Gear usage is automatically logged during activities, with alerts when items approach the end of their lifespan, helping users stay ahead of injuries and costly repairs.
In the best-case scenario, this can even decrease the risk accidents if tires or drivetrain components are replaced or serviced at regular intervals, thus reducing the likelihood of component failure due to material fatigue. There is also a cost factor that can have a significant impact, particularly on the drivetrain: a stretched chain damages the cassette. On high-end derailleurs in particular, cassettes are considerably more expensive than a chain. With cheaper drivetrains, however, it can be acceptable to ride the entire drivetrain until it wears out.
The components can be simply added to Garmin Connect. Maintenance and replacement intervals can also be set there. According to user reports, the feature is already working, though one user has complained about the communication and lack of instructions.
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Editor of the original article: Silvio Werner – Senior Tech Writer – 17419 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2017
I have been active as a journalist for over 10 years, most of it in the field of technology. I worked for Tom’s Hardware and ComputerBase, among others, and have been working for Notebookcheck since 2017. My current focus is particularly on mini PCs and single-board computers such as the Raspberry Pi – so in other words, compact systems with a lot of potential. In addition, I have a soft spot for all kinds of wearables, especially smartwatches. My main profession is as a laboratory engineer, which is why neither scientific contexts nor the interpretation of complex measurements are foreign to me.
Translator: Jacob Fisher – Translator – 2871 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2022
Growing up in regional Australia, I first became acquainted with computers in my early teens after a broken leg from a football (soccer) match temporarily condemned me to a predominately indoor lifestyle. Soon afterwards I was building my own systems. Now I live in Germany, having moved here in 2014, where I study philosophy and anthropology. I am particularly fascinated by how computer technology has fundamentally and dramatically reshaped human culture, and how it continues to do so.
Silvio Werner, 2026-06- 9 (Update: 2026-06- 9)
