Pairing Additional Bluetooth Devices; Smart Notifications; Receiving Notifications; Receiving Notifications While Viewing The Map - Garmin TREAD Owner's Manual

Pairing Additional Bluetooth Devices

1 Place your headset or phone and your Bluetooth device within 33 ft. (10 m) of each other.
2 On your device, enable Bluetooth wireless technology.
3 On your headset or phone, enable Bluetooth wireless technology and ensure it is visible to other Bluetooth
devices.
4 On your device, select
A list of nearby Bluetooth devices appears.
5 Select your headset or phone from the list.
6 If necessary, select Pair.

Smart Notifications

While your device is connected to the Tread app, you can view notifications from your smartphone on your
Tread device, such as text messages, incoming calls, and calendar appointments.

Receiving Notifications

Do not read or interact with notifications while driving, because doing so can cause distraction that could lead
to an accident resulting in serious personal injury or death.
Before you can use this feature, your device must be connected to a supported phone running the Tread app
(Pairing with Your Smartphone,
From most pages, a popup appears when the device receives a notification from your smartphone. If the device
is moving, you must verify you are a passenger and not the driver before you can view notifications.
NOTE: If you are viewing the map, notifications appear in a map tool.
• To ignore a notification, select OK.
The popup closes, but the notification remains active on your phone.
• To view a notification, select View.
• To listen to the notification, select View > Play.
The device reads the notification using text-to-speech technology. This feature is not available for all
languages.
• To perform additional actions, such as dismissing the notification from your phone, select View, and select
an option.
NOTE: Additional actions are available for only some notification types and must be supported by the app
generating the notification.

Receiving Notifications while Viewing the Map

Do not read or interact with notifications while driving, because doing so can cause distraction that could lead
to an accident resulting in serious personal injury or death.
Before you can use this feature, your device must be connected to a supported phone running the Tread app
(Pairing with Your Smartphone,
When you are viewing the map, new notifications appear in a map tool at the edge of the screen. If the device is
moving, you must verify you are a passenger and not the driver before you can view notifications.
• To ignore a notification, select
The popup closes, but the notification remains active on your phone.
• To view a notification, select the notification text.
• To listen to the notification, select Play Message.
The device reads the notification using text-to-speech technology. This feature is not available for all
languages.
Live Services, Traffic, and Smartphone Features
> Wireless Networks > Bluetooth > Pair new device.
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