Turning Incident Detection On and Off
1 From the watch face, hold .
2 Select Settings > Safety & Tracking > Incident Detection.
3 Select an activity.
NOTE: Incident detection is available only for certain outdoor activities.
When an incident is detected by your vívoactive 5 watch and your phone is connected, the Garmin Connect
app can send an automated text message and email with your name and GPS location (if available) to your
emergency contacts. A message appears on your watch and paired phone indicating your contacts will be
informed after 15 seconds have elapsed. If assistance is not needed, you can cancel the automated emergency
message.
Requesting Assistance
CAUTION
Assistance is a supplemental feature and should not be relied upon as a primary method to obtain emergency
assistance. The Garmin Connect app does not contact emergency services on your behalf.
NOTICE
Before you can request assistance, you must set up emergency contacts in the Garmin Connect app (
). Your paired phone must be equipped with a data plan and be in an area of
network coverage where data is available. Your emergency contacts must be able to receive emails or text
messages (standard text messaging rates may apply).
1 Hold .
2 When you feel three vibrations, release the button to activate the assistance feature.
The countdown screen appears.
3 If necessary, select an option before the countdown is complete:
• To send a customized message with your request, select .
• To cancel the message, select .
Turning On LiveTrack
Before you can start your first LiveTrack session, you must set up contacts in the Garmin Connect app (
).
1 Hold .
2 Select Settings > Safety & Tracking > LiveTrack.
3 Select Auto Start > On to start a LiveTrack session each time you start an outdoor activity.
Adding Contacts
1 From the Garmin Connect app, select
or
.
2 Select Contacts.
3 Follow the on-screen instructions.
After you add contacts, you must sync your data to apply the changes to your vívoactive 5 watch (
).
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Safety and Tracking Features
