4.15.1
2026-08-28
Explore trails with new 3D Maps.
Plan your courses and preview elevation changes in 3D.
Review your activities with immersive 3D views.
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
4.15
2026-08-20
Explore trails with new 3D Maps.
Plan your courses and preview elevation changes in 3D.
Review your activities with immersive 3D views.
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
4.14.1
2026-06-02
Various bug fixes and improvements
4.14
2026-05-05
Various bug fixes and improvements
4.13
2026-04-01
Various bug fixes and improvements
4.12
2026-02-25
Find and explore Garmin Trails by name or by area such as city names, mountain peaks, national parks or lakes
Record your reviews while offline after finishing the trail and Explore will upload it for you when it finds a connection
Added a My Reviews section where you can go back and find all the reviews you have submitted and modify them if desired
4.11
2026-02-04
Various bug fixes and improvements
4.10.2
2025-12-19
Various bug fixes and improvements
4.10.1
2025-11-27
Various bug fixes and improvements
4.9
2025-10-29
Manage your profile details: name, location and photo
Various bug fixes and improvements
4.8
2025-09-30
Download an offline map of Garmin Trails and head out to the back country where you can transfer a trail from Explore to your navigation device
Get online and share your experience in a trail review
We have improved the clarity between trail systems drawing and Garmin Trails drawing. Garmin Trails now render as dashed lines.
Share links to trails that can launch the Explore app bringing hikers directly to the shared trail
4.7.1
2025-09-03
• Various bug fixes and improvements
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• Our new map engine is here, bringing you advanced features and capabilities.
• Access streaming maps if you have an internet connection.
• Download offline maps for specific areas so you can access them when you are off-grid.
• Perform searches for locations, points of interest and other data both while online or offline.
• Plan and customize your outdoor adventures with our improved Course Creator.
• Library page (now called Saved) has been redesigned to simplify the review and edit of waypoints, courses, activities and collections.
• Check the new onboarding flows with improvements to sign in and device pairing flows.
4.7
2025-08-07
• Streamlined GPX import process for a smoother experience
• Easily switch map themes using the activity selector
• Quickly remove items with swipe-to-delete functionality
• Various bug fixes and improvements
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• Our new map engine is here, bringing you advanced features and capabilities.
• Access streaming maps if you have an internet connection.
• Download offline maps for specific areas so you can access them when you are off-grid.
• Perform searches for locations, points of interest and other data both while online or offline.
• Plan and customize your outdoor adventures with our improved Course Creator.
• Library page (now called Saved) has been redesigned to simplify the review and edit of waypoints, courses, activities and collections.
• Check the new onboarding flows with improvements to sign in and device pairing flows.
4.6.2
2025-07-02
• Refreshed icons and visual styles for Waypoints
• New hiking-themed Topo map
• Fixed an issue with user's preferred units not being reflected on the map
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• Our new map engine is here, bringing you advanced features and capabilities.
• Access streaming maps if you have an internet connection.
• Download offline maps for specific areas so you can access them when you are off-grid.
• Perform searches for locations, points of interest and other data both while online or offline.
• Plan and customize your outdoor adventures with our improved Course Creator.
• Library page (now called Saved) has been redesigned to simplify the review and edit of waypoints, courses, activities and collections.
• Check the new onboarding flows with improvements to sign in and device pairing flows.
4.6.1
2025-06-18
• Refreshed icons and visual styles for Waypoints
• New hiking-themed Topo map
• Fixed an issue with user's preferred units not being reflected on the map
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• Our new map engine is here, bringing you advanced features and capabilities.
• Access streaming maps if you have an internet connection.
• Download offline maps for specific areas so you can access them when you are off-grid.
• Perform searches for locations, points of interest and other data both while online or offline.
• Plan and customize your outdoor adventures with our improved Course Creator.
• Library page (now called Saved) has been redesigned to simplify the review and edit of waypoints, courses, activities and collections.
• Check the new onboarding flows with improvements to sign in and device pairing flows.
4.6
2025-06-10
• Refreshed icons and visual styles for Waypoints
• New hiking-themed map
• Various bug fixes and improvements
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• Our new map engine is here, bringing you advanced features and capabilities.
• Access streaming maps if you have an internet connection.
• Download offline maps for specific areas so you can access them when you are off-grid.
• Perform searches for locations, points of interest and other data both while online or offline.
• Plan and customize your outdoor adventures with our improved Course Creator.
• Library page (now called Saved) has been redesigned to simplify the review and edit of waypoints, courses, activities and collections.
• Check the new onboarding flows with improvements to sign in and device pairing flows.
4.5.1
2025-05-25
• Garmin Trails - New Map Layer Available!
• View and explore Garmin Trails by panning the map
• Configure filters in the Garmin Trails Map Layer to limit results displayed on the map
• View Trail Details and Trail Reviews
• Save Garmin Trails to your library and sync it to your device
• Add Garmin Trails as customizable courses to your collections
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• Our new map engine is here, bringing you advanced features and capabilities.
• Access streaming maps if you have an internet connection.
• Download offline maps for specific areas so you can access them when you are off-grid.
• Perform searches for locations, points of interest and other data both while online or offline.
• Plan and customize your outdoor adventures with our improved Course Creator.
• Library page (now called Saved) has been redesigned to simplify the review and edit of waypoints, courses, activities and collections.
• Check the new onboarding flows with improvements to sign in and device pairing flows.
4.4
2025-05-07
• Map data error reporting is now available in Map Layers screen
• Various bug fixes and improvements
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• Our new map engine is here, bringing you advanced features and capabilities.
• Access streaming maps if you have an internet connection.
• Download offline maps for specific areas so you can access them when you are off-grid.
• Perform searches for locations, points of interest and other data both while online or offline.
• Plan and customize your outdoor adventures with our improved Course Creator.
• Library page (now called Saved) has been redesigned to simplify the review and edit of waypoints, courses, activities and collections.
• Check the new onboarding flows with improvements to sign in and device pairing flows.
4.3.1
2025-04-01
• Multiple selection for collections management
• Improved download mechanism for offline maps
• Course points no longer snap to nearby map items when ‘Direct Routing’ is enabled
• Various bug fixes and improvements
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• Our new map engine is here, bringing you advanced features and capabilities.
• Access streaming maps if you have an internet connection.
• Download offline maps for specific areas so you can access them when you are off-grid.
• Perform searches for locations, points of interest and other data both while online or offline.
• Plan and customize your outdoor adventures with our improved Course Creator.
• Library page (now called Saved) has been redesigned to simplify the review and edit of waypoints, courses, activities and collections.
• Check the new onboarding flows with improvements to sign in and device pairing flows.
4.2.1
2025-03-04
• You can now create circular courses!
• Introduced playback button in collections
• Added outage banners to notify about connection issues
• Various bug fixes and improvements
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• Our new map engine is here, bringing you advanced features and capabilities.
• Access streaming maps if you have an internet connection.
• Download offline maps for specific areas so you can access them when you are off-grid.
• Perform searches for locations, points of interest and other data both while online or offline.
• Plan and customize your outdoor adventures with our improved Course Creator.
• Library page (now called Saved) has been redesigned to simplify the review and edit of waypoints, courses, activities and collections.
• Check the new onboarding flows with improvements to sign in and device pairing flows.
4.1
2024-12-11
• Added ability to do online search for addresses
• You can now create a Course directly from the details pages of map points (POIs, Waypoints)
• Saved items are now visible when creating new offline maps
• Various bug fixes and improvements
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• Our new map engine is here, bringing you advanced features and capabilities.
• Access streaming maps if you have an internet connection.
• Download offline maps for specific areas so you can access them when you are off-grid.
• Perform searches for locations, points of interest and other data both while online or offline.
• Plan and customize your outdoor adventures with our improved Course Creator.
• Library page (now called Saved) has been redesigned to simplify the review and edit of waypoints, courses, activities and collections.
• Check the new onboarding flows with improvements to sign in and device pairing flows.
4.0.4
2024-11-07
• Satellite and USGS layers are now available for streaming and while downloading an offline map.
• Fixed iPad crash when exporting GPX files
• Fixed map layers selection issue
• Fixed issue with batch selection on Unorganized Items
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• Our new map engine is here, bringing you advanced features and capabilities.
• Access streaming maps if you have an internet connection.
• Download offline maps for specific areas so you can access them when you are off-grid.
• Perform searches for locations, points of interest and other data both while online or offline.
• Plan and customize your outdoor adventures with our improved Course Creator.
• Library page (now called Saved) has been redesigned to simplify the review and edit of waypoints, courses, activities and collections.
• Check the new onboarding flows with improvements to sign in and device pairing flows.
3.13.2
2024-08-29
Bug fixes and improvements
3.13.1
2024-08-05
Bug fixes and improvements
3.12.1
2024-06-18
Various Bug Fixes and Improvements
3.12
2024-05-24
Various Bug Fixes and Improvements
3.11
2024-03-21
Bug fixes and improvements
3.8.2
2023-11-17
Bug fixes and improvements
3.8.1
2023-07-24
Fixed issue with users being logged out while offline.
3.8
2023-05-24
Bug fixes and improvements
3.7.1
2023-02-20
Bug fixes
3.5
2022-08-30
You can now change settings for your device directly from the app. Look for Device Settings in Device Information page to see if your device supports this feature.
Bug fixes and improvements
3.4.2
2022-07-05
Bug fixes and improvements.
3.4.1
2022-07-01
Bug fixes and improvements.
3.4
2022-06-29
New! Search items from your Library by name.
Bug fixes and improvements.
3.3.1
2022-05-03
Stability improvements
3.3
2022-04-26
Allow user to switch which navigation fields are displayed on the navigation card.
Bug fixes and improvements.
3.2
2022-03-29
Streamlined starting navigation on a device from within the app.
Bug fixes and improvements.
3.1
2022-01-26
Improved device onboarding:
You can now see all your Garmin devices in a single place. Just tap a device to setup Explore sync.
3.0
2021-12-14
Create courses for your next outdoor adventure by snapping to trails and roads.
Sync courses to and from compatible Garmin devices.
Replaced OSM with Garmin’s TopoActive maps.
Bug fixes.
2.20.1
2021-06-07
Various bug fixes
2.16
2020-12-15
Various bug fixes
2.15
2020-11-24
Various bug fixes
2.14
2020-09-29
Support Smart notifications on compatible connected Garmin Devices.
Receive Active Weather on compatible connected Garmin Devices.
Added support for Romanian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Latvian and Ukrainian.
Various bug fixes.
2.13
2020-08-25
Various bug fixes
2.9
2020-04-28
• GPX import
• Activity and Collection playback
2.8
2020-03-23
inReach LiveTrack has been renamed to Tracking to avoid confusion.
2.7
2020-02-24
Minor bug fixes.
2.6
2020-01-23
• Improved warning when deleting from the Library
• Added information about available software updates for paired devices
• Minor bug fixes
2.5
2019-11-18
• Dark mode improvements
• Fixed a bug that caused some inReach messages read in the app to not be marked as read on the paired device
• inReach message location toggle behaves better when the app doesn't have location permission
• inReach weather forecast locations picked from the map can now be named
• Fixed a bug that prevented some current activities from being picked on the map
• Added a per device setting to disable current activity sync
2.4.1
2019-11-06
Fixed a crash when attempting to retry a failed inReach weather forecast request.
2.4
2019-10-31
• Added support for inReach weather when a compatible device is paired
• Added support for iOS 13, including dark mode
2.3.2
2019-09-16
Localization improvements.
2.3.1
2019-08-29
• Localization improvements
• Fixed crash when attempting to add an address to a read only inReach contact
• Fixed crash on early versions of iOS 11 when an inReach capable device is paired
2.3
2019-08-22
• New navigation bar style
• Several improvements to inReach contacts
2.2
2019-08-02
• Added Explore contacts
• Show inReach messages and LiveTrack points on the map
• Improved design of the Account tab
2.1.3
2019-07-19
• The inReach message details page will now show the correct location on the mini-map.
• Updated localizations.
2.1.2
2019-07-12
The app was initiating device sync a little too often.
2.1.1
2019-06-25
Fixed a rare crashing when sending an inReach message.
2.1
2019-06-19
• Added support for users in China
• Fixed some minor inReach messaging bugs
• Fixed a crash when adding a waypoint from a map feature
2.0
2019-06-05
Added support for the GPSMAP 66i. Fixed a few bugs too.
1.7.1
2019-02-25
Fixed a sync bug.
1.7
2019-02-20
The Devices tab shows devices now. Everything else has been moved to the new Account tab.
1.6
2019-02-05
• Improved map performance
• Fixed some sign in bugs
• Fixed a bug that caused the map to temporarily show an old version of a route after the route was edited
1.5.1
2019-01-11
Added support for fénix 5 series devices.
Activities can now be added to Collections.
1.5
2018-12-14
• Improved map settings
• Improved GPSMAP 66 pairing
• Fixed coordinate editing in non-WGS84 datums
1.4
2018-12-03
• Added map to collection view
• Added help to map downloads
• Added MapShare link to account details
• Improved active collection picker
1.3
2018-11-13
• View unorganized library data
• Device sync improvements
• Assorted minor bug fixes
1.2
2018-10-30
• Show supported devices during sign in
• Added detailed sync status
• Improved support for UPS coordinates
• Improved Devices tab
1.1
2018-10-23
- Improved appearance of tracks, routes, and activities on the map
- Improved map filter controls
- Improved support for iPhone X
- Improved elevation profiles