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Phone and watch

Glance, don’t dig

The point is not a second screen. It is not having to take a phone out of a zipped pocket with gloves on, at the top of a run, in the wind.

FriSki does the thinking on your phone, which stays where it is. The lock screen and the watch carry what you would otherwise stop and dig for: which way to go and how far, where the group is, and a way to answer without typing.

None of it asks you to look for long. A turn and a distance can be read in the time it takes to ride a lift past a pylon.

See the earlier light design, captured on a Galaxy S21 The earlier light design of the Android notification, captured on a Galaxy S21 before the card went dark: turn right in 158 metres onto La Louve, meet at Tête de Balme, Maya 200 metres away, with its Friends, Repeat and Stop buttons. Demo values.

Android beta

The ski day notification

Drawn from the app’s notification layout with demo values: the new dark card, the same on Android and iPhone. The earlier light design was captured on a Galaxy S21; the dark one has not been captured on a phone yet.

What you see

  • The next turn, how far it is and the run name
  • The meeting point, your distance and an ETA when a route measured one
  • Your nearest friend and how many of the group are on the mountain
  • How old your position is, so an old fix never looks live

What you can do

  • Say again and Who’s where answer out loud without opening the app
  • Stop opens FriSki and ends navigation. If you were heading to the meeting point, it ends that point for the whole group

The card is a silent notification. It shows on the lock screen only if your lock screen settings show silent notifications and their content.

Navigating
Group
Meetup with a time
Arrived
No signal: paused, no buttons

Coming in the iPhone beta

Live Activity and Dynamic Island

Drawn from the app’s Live Activity code with demo values: the same dark card as Android. It has not run on an iPhone yet: the first iPhone beta build is its first test.

What you see

  • One ski day card that switches between your group, a meetup, navigation and arrival
  • The next turn and distance in the Dynamic Island, with more when you press it
  • PAUSED and “No signal for 3 min” when your position is old

What you can do

  • Stop, Say again and I’m here open FriSki to act. Stop works as on Android
  • Tap the card to jump to the group map

Needs iOS 16.2 or later. The Dynamic Island needs an iPhone that has one.

  • Garmin navigation: turn left in 180 metres, via Chamois, 4 minutes, 1 of 4 there, a red run; the ring shows progress and friends as dots.
    The next turnfēnix 8 · AMOLED
  • Garmin watch face: group Powder Day, 450 metres to Le Chalet, 1 of 4 there.
    Between runs
  • Garmin quick messages for the group: I’m here, On my way and Wait for me, START to send.
    A quick message
  • Garmin navigation to Panorama Hut: 480 metres, 4 minutes, 1 of 4 there.
    To the meeting point
  • Garmin navigation, second page: 4 minutes at current pace, 1 of 4 there.
    How long
  • Garmin navigation with a GPS WEAK label: the distance to Le Refuge is dimmed instead of shown as live.
    Weak GPS
  • Garmin quick message marked FAILED, with START to retry. Nothing is shown as sent until the phone confirms it.
    When sending fails
  • Garmin watch face with a NOT LINKED label: Open FriSki on phone.
    No phone
  • The same navigation screen on an Enduro 3, a memory-in-pixel display: turn left in 180 metres, via Chamois, red run.
    The next turnEnduro 3 · MIP
  • Garmin watch face on an Enduro 3: group Powder Day, 450 metres to Le Chalet, 1 of 4 there.
    Between runsEnduro 3 · MIP

Real runs of the FriSki watch app in Garmin’s Connect IQ simulator, with demo data. Not photos of a watch, and not yet verified with a phone on the mountain.

Early preview for beta testers Garmin

Garmin watch app

Captured from the watch app running in Garmin’s simulator, with demo data. Not yet verified on a watch.

What you see

  • One ring for progress, direction and where your friends are
  • The next turn and its distance, then how many of the group are there
  • Messages from the group as they arrive

What you can do

  • Pick who, then a quick message
  • Need help sends only after you hold START for two seconds
  • Different buzzes for turn ahead, turn now and arrival

Needs your phone nearby with FriSki and Garmin Connect. No maps or GPS on the watch. Not yet tested with an iPhone. Testers install it from a file we send; it is not in the Connect IQ Store yet.

12 supported Garmin models

Epix Pro (Gen 2) 47 mm · Venu 3 · fenix 7 · fenix 7S · fenix 8 47 mm · fenix 8 Solar 51 mm · fenix 5 Plus · Forerunner 970 · Venu X1 · Instinct 3 AMOLED 50 mm · vívoactive 6 · Enduro 3

These are the models the watch app is built for. None has been tested with a phone on the mountain yet.

In development Apple Watch

Apple Watch app

Drawn from the watchOS app’s code with demo values. Not in a beta build yet.

What you see

  • Where you are heading, how far and how long
  • The next cue when there is a route
  • Your group, the meeting point and the latest message

What you can do

  • Quick messages to the whole group or one friend
  • Need help sends only after a two-second hold
  • Stop navigation from the wrist

Needs your iPhone nearby. No maps or GPS on the watch.

What it does not do

The features this rides on · Questions before you install · Join the beta waitlist

Ski with your friends, not after them

Not in the App Store or Google Play yet. The free beta is for Android and iPhone: join the waitlist and we’ll email you an invite.

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