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Garmin smartwatches: compatibility with smartphones

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23.1.2026 | 1 MIN

Are you planning to buy a Garmin smartwatch? Then this overview of incompatible phones may be useful—so you don’t run into unpleasant surprises later.

Operating system compatibility

As for the operating system, the minimum requirements are as follows:

Android:

  • Android version 9.0 or later
  • Bluetooth version 4.0 or higher
  • the phone must support Google Play by default
  • not an Android (Go edition) phone

iOS (Apple):

  • iOS version 16.0 or later

Compatibility with specific smartphones

Phones that have not been officially tested:

  • older Huawei phones
  • Lenovo S960 VIBEX
  • Meizu mx4
  • Samsung J3 Model J320FN

If you have an older Huawei phone and can’t pair your smartwatch with it, try this guide.

Compatibility with voice assistants and calling features

If you’ve chosen a Garmin smartwatch that supports calling and voice assistants, you may encounter issues with the following phones.

The following phone models running Android 10 may experience issues:

  • Google Pixel 1
  • Honor 8/Lite/Pro/X
  • Honor 9/Lite/i
  • Honor 10/GT/Lite/X
  • Honor 20/Lite/Pro
  • Honor 30/i/Lite/Pro/S
  • Honor Magic 2
  • Honor Play 3/e
  • Honor Play 4/Pro/T
  • Honor View 10/20/30/Pro
  • Huawei Enjoy 9/S/e
  • Huawei Enjoy 10/S/Plus
  • Huawei Enjoy 20/S/Plus/Pro/SE
  • Huawei Maimang 7/8
  • Huawei Mate X/Xs/X2/RS
  • Huawei Mate 10/Pro/Lite/RS
  • Huawei Mate 20/Pro/Lite/X/RS
  • Huawei Mate 30/X/Pro/E/RS
  • Huawei Mate 40/Pro/RS/E
  • Huawei Nova 3/e/i, 4/e
  • Huawei Nova 5/5i/T/Pro
  • Huawei Nova 6/SE
  • Huawei Nova 7/SE/Pro
  • Huawei Nova 8/SE/Pro
  • Huawei P20/Pro/Lite
  • Huawei P30/Pro/Lite
  • Huawei P40/Pro/Lite
  • Huawei P Smart 2019/Smart+/Smart Z
  • Huawei Y9 Prime
  • LG G7+ ThinQ
  • Oppo R15
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 9T

These phone models running Android 12:

  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro+
  • Xiaomi 11T

These phone models running Android 6:

  • Samsung Galaxy J1/J2/J3/J4/J5

If your device isn’t listed above, check its settings to see whether a software update is available.

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