How do I connect my Garmin watch to Propulsion?

Garmin is a direct Propulsion integration. No intermediary app needed: your data flows from Garmin Connect straight into Propulsion.

Three minutes, once.

Connecting

1. Open activity tracking

In the Propulsion app, tap your avatar at the top left, then Settings (the gear at the top right), then the Activity tracking tab.

2. Authorize

Tap Connect next to Garmin. You'll be sent to Garmin Connect: sign in, leave every permission turned on, then accept.

3. Wait for the first import

Your last 30 days of activity are imported automatically. It takes a few minutes.

Connect only one source at a time: if another source was already connected (including Google Fit or the pedometer), disconnect it first.

What gets shared

Propulsion receives your daily steps, active minutes, recorded activities and heart rate. Sleep and Body Battery stay in Garmin Connect.

Activities usually appear within 30 minutes of finishing a workout.

For now, your data syncs when you open Propulsion. Open the app at least once a day, and before a challenge ends, so all your activity counts.

Compatible devices

Any Garmin that syncs with Garmin Connect: Forerunner, Fenix, Venu, Vívoactive, Vivofit, Epix, Instinct, and others. It works on iPhone and Android alike.

Check permissions

Garmin lets you choose which data Propulsion can receive. A permission that is turned off shows no error message: the data simply never arrives.

1. Open the Garmin Connect app.
2. Tap More (☰), then Settings.
3. Tap Connected Apps, then Propulsion.
4. Turn on every permission, especially activities and daily health stats (steps, active minutes).
5. Sync your watch in Garmin Connect, then open Propulsion.

Your changes apply at the next sync, with no need to reconnect Garmin.

Propulsion isn't in the list? The connection is no longer active. Reconnect Garmin in Propulsion (Activity tracking) and leave every permission turned on on Garmin's screen.

For other possible causes, see My device is connected but I don't see any data: what should I do?.

If nothing shows up

First, make sure your watch has synced with Garmin Connect: open the Garmin Connect app and check that your workout is there. If it isn't in Garmin Connect, it can't reach Propulsion.

Next, check the permissions: More → Settings → Connected Apps → Propulsion (see above).

Still nothing after 30 minutes, even after reopening Propulsion? Disconnect and reconnect the integration in Propulsion.