| Category | Maps & Navigation |
| Developer | Garmin |
| Version | 4.14.1 |
| Content Rating | Everyone |
| Price | Free |
| Min Android | 9 |
| Updated | May 27, 2026 |
PAIR, SYNC AND SHARE
With Garmin Explore, you can pair your smartphone or tablet1 with your compatible Garmin device2 to sync and share data for off-grid adventures. Use downloadable maps for navigation anywhere.
• Garmin Explore needs SMS permission to allow you to receive and send SMS text messages from your Garmin devices. We also need call log permission to display incoming calls on your devices.
• Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
OFF-GRID NAVIGATION
When paired with your compatible Garmin device2, the Garmin Explore app lets you use your mobile device for outdoor navigation, trip planning, mapping, and more — with or without Wi-Fi® connectivity or cellular service.
SEARCH TOOL
Easily locate geographic points — such as trailheads or mountain summits — associated with your adventure.
STREAMING MAPS
For pre-trip planning, you can use the Garmin Explore app to stream maps when you’re within cellular or Wi-Fi range — saving valuable time as well as storage space on your mobile device. Download maps for offline use when venturing outside cellular range.
EASY TRIP PLANNING
Plan your next trip by downloading maps and creating courses. Specify your start and finish points, and automatically create a course you can sync with your compatible Garmin device2.
ACTIVITY LIBRARY
Under the Saved tab, review and edit your organized data, including your saved waypoints, tracks, courses, and activities. See map thumbnails to easily recognize your trips.
SAVED COLLECTIONS
The collections list allows you to quickly find all data related to any trip — making it easy to sort and locate the course or location you’re looking for.
CLOUD STORAGE
The waypoints, courses, and activities you’ve created will automatically sync to your Garmin Explore web account when you’re within cellular or Wi-Fi range, preserving your activity data with cloud storage. A Garmin account is required for storing your data in the cloud.
LIVETRACK™
With the use of the LiveTrack™ feature, loved ones can follow your location in real time3 and see data such as distance, time and elevation.
best experience with the app. It's Maps a more up to date as compared to other Map containing applications.
no boating options for using with a canoe or kayak with fenix8 routes are only land based. thinking of going away from garmin - products are too restrictive.
This app is an abomination.
very precise
The different map layers frequently become de-synced or even reversed when panning around (streets and highways show upside down while the base map moves independently). I hate how it constantly tries to download offline maps without asking, just because I zoomed in on an area.
Easy to use, tough to find distances on. Really dumb design to offer offline maps, but have an online login. I was on a canoe trip with no service using my inreach for communication and this for maps, then it randomly logged out and I was unable to log. back in until after the trip.
Moved previously free offline maps function behind a paywall. I already gave you quite a lot of money for a watch with said functions.
it works great.
pure awesomeness
No option to edit tracks after created by movement. Gps glitches and when the gps is left on at camp, creates some unnecessary lines which I would like to remove. Now I have to use another app just for this reasom.
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