Spot Finder
· v1.0.1
About
Spot Finder is your ultimate offline location saver and smart radar compass navigator for Garmin smartwatches. Save your car, hotel, campsite, bike, trailhead, or custom spots with one press and navigate back effortlessly with real-time distance and direction guidance.
Follow for new releases and updates:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/garmin.land
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HOW IT WORKS (DUAL-MODE POSITIONING)
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Spot Finder combines high-precision GPS positioning with instant cached location fallback:
1. Instant Location Cache:
When opening the app or saving a spot, Spot Finder immediately retrieves your last known high-accuracy position from Garmin OS. You never have to wait cold in a parking lot or underground garage.
2. Real-Time Multi-GNSS Lock:
Continuous satellite tracking locks on your exact coordinates (under 3m accuracy) and records real-time elevation.
3. 100% Autonomous and Offline:
No phone connection, cellular data, or internet required during saving or navigation. Everything runs entirely on your watch hardware.
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KEY FEATURES
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- Smart Radar Compass: Sleek circular radar with North indicator, dynamic direction arrow, distance meter, and target blip pointing directly to your saved spots.
- Parking Meter Countdown Timer: Built-in parking expiration timer with intuitive alerts so you never get a parking ticket.
- 8 Location Categories: Custom vector icons for Car, Hotel, Campsite, Bike, Trailhead Flag, Food, Star Favorite, and Custom Pin.
- 60 FPS Ultra-Smooth Scrolling: High-performance list feed optimized for touch and physical buttons.
- Intelligent Battery Protection: Automatic zero-power sensor and GPS shutdown upon exiting.
- Native Glance Widget: Monitor your saved locations and active parking timers at a glance from your Garmin widget loop.
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HOW TO USE SPOT FINDER
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1. SAVE A LOCATION:
- Open Spot Finder and tap "+ Add Spot" (or press START).
- Select your spot type (e.g. Car, Hotel, Trailhead).
- Spot Finder captures your GPS location instantly.
- For Car/Bike, easily set a parking timer duration (e.g. 30m, 1h, 2h).
2. NAVIGATE BACK:
- Select any saved spot from your list.
- Tap "START NAVIGATION" to open the live radar compass.
- Follow the green guidance arrow and distance countdown straight to your spot.
3. GLANCE LOOP:
- Add Spot Finder to your watch Glance list to check your parking countdown or saved spot count without opening the full app.
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Follow for new releases and updates:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/garmin.land
What's new
Follow for new releases and updates:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/garmin.land
v1.0.1:
- Added multi-language support (English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese).
- Added direct Last Known Location refresh action in the spots list.
- Improved circular safe-area insets and typography readability across AMOLED and MIP displays.
- Touch screen tap transition improvements.
v1.0.0:
- Initial official production release of Spot Finder.
- Save and navigate to any location 100% offline with smart radar compass.
- Dual GPS acquisition with instant cached location fallback.
- Parking meter expiration timer with countdown alerts.
- Glance widget support on Garmin glance loop.
- 8 customizable location categories with custom vector icons.