Garmin Explore™ v4.10.1
Garmin
About this app
Developer Description
A complete mobile trip planning solution for compatible Garmin devices
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.
What You Get with Garmin Explore
• Unlimited map downloads; access topographic maps, USGS quad sheets, and more
• Aerial imagery
• Waypoints, tracking and route navigation
• High-detail GPS trip logging and location sharing
• Unlimited cloud storage of routes, waypoints, tracks, and activities
• Online trip planning
1 See compatible devices at Garmin.com/BLE
2 See a full list of compatible devices at explore.garmin.com/appcompatibility
3 When used with your compatible smartphone, the Garmin Explore® app and when used with your compatible inReach-enabled Garmin device.
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What's New
Version Information
- Version
- 4.10.1
- Downloads
- 1M+
- Updated on
- Dec 3, 2025
- Released
- Oct 11, 2018
- Requires
- Android 9
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Garmin Explore™ - Google Play Rankings
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#144 in Top Free Maps And Navigation in United States
#91 in Top Free Maps And Navigation in Poland
#112 in Top Free Maps And Navigation in Canada
#115 in Top Free Maps And Navigation in United Kingdom
Garmin Explore™ users say on Google Play
R S
Wish I knew about this app earlier! It's easier to use than the Connect web app for creating hiking Courses and there's so much data included without a subscription needed. Definitely essential to maximizing your Garmin watch!
Sylvain Grossmann
Great maps and app too. Unfortunately offline maps do not show anymore. I do not like the new map theme (I prefer to select map layers). No subscription please.
Domingo Ruiz
As an interface between your phone and GPS device to navigate, it is okay. That is the good stuff. The bad stuff is that it cannot calculate arrival time accurately. The last two times I have used this app to navigate it had me arriving in the past. Meaning it had me arriving an hour behind the current time while estimating I had about 2 hours left of walking. Thankfully, I am not dependent on that information. It shouldn't be difficult to fix this.
Martin K
It's crazy that a company specializing in navigation has such miserable map app. Slow, laggy, crashing. No control over the map downloads, the app downloads maps updates at will, nothing in the settings to stop it. The ordering of the inReach messages is totally random, makes it hard to find messages when it mixes recent messages with messages from years ago.
Vlad Strelko
This app has become very slow and is constantly crashing after the last update. I am unable to resolve these issues even after reinstalling it.
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