Garmin Instinct - Alerts (Tone vs. Vibrate)

How to control whether you are getting a Beep or Vibrate on Alerts with your Garmin Instinct.

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[spencehewitt]

Thank you so much! My daughter (who is not old enough to read) was playing with my watch and it started beeping on notifications... was driving me crazy trying to find it.

[hamzaharis]

Just bought 1 & been watching your videos a lot. Thanks brother for your effort

[JessieAZ]

Thank you!!! I hadn’t had any luck figuring out how to turn off the alert tones until I watched this! Thanks so much! ❤️

[bialy_szum]

That does not work for notifications from your phone, apparently those are not considered as alerts, i don't see a way to it turn off

[onlyhuman]

Thanks very much! You are a good teacher. Your videos are super helpful😊

[razvanv]

phone notifications vibrate even though my vibration is off. Is there any fix?

[naturallymessy]

Try changing your setting through the mobile app. I was able to turn on/off beep and vibration through the app.

[shannonwomaje]

Garmin must know how horribly quiet the alarm sound is. How are you going to hear that in the outdoors with wind, birds and other sounds? Who designed this to be so bad?

[josephelliott]

Hi ! After turning off vibrations and sound notifications. I still get vibrations 🤷🏻‍♂️ I've even tried turning them off of the app and it still doesn't work. I want to "see" the notification but I don't want to feel the vibration.

[lisadargensio]

HI, how can add Tennis, soccer, paddle, any other activities to the activities settings? its very limited with the 45s? I mean very limited, I do workouts at the gym, I Ski all winters, i want all my slopes to be calculated like in Strava, play tennis, spikeball, Pickelball? how Can I do that? if not I need another watch for sure? Apple watch is better or which Garmin would - and I went on and deactivated the vibrations, yet it still vibrates its so annoying, this watch is not user friendly I find...

[roschi]

Hi, I set the vibration and sound alarm on during my interval training. So my watch is giving me a signal when my interval change from running to walking and vice versa. Unfortunately the sound alarm is not loud enough, I can hardly hear it, and often I continue running when I should take a walking pause. It is a bit annoying. Is there an option to increase the volume on the sound alerts or alarm, to hear it better? 🙏🏼

I have a Garmin Forerunner 245

[pratimroy]

Your video was quite helpful. Is there a way to control the intensity of the vibrations ? It is a little too much for me

[emilybacon]

I saw Key Vibe.. plse can u explain what that means or what it does?

[kharabsheh]

Can you specify the difference between 2 options on the connect app ( when u click on the watch logo or icon ) : sounds and alerts; alert vibration and another option if you click smart notifications; general use ; alert : tones or vibration or tones and vibration.
The question is what’s the difference between these 2 vibrations ?

[alfredfenech]

Does the instinct countdown timer have warning sound signals in the last seconds before reaching zero ? Can you set it to do so ?

[anthonylopes]

Both of mine are off but I still get vibrations for text messages ?

[billscully]

I had the instinct, now 2x. Out of the blue, it won't vibrate or tone for notifications, I checked all settings

[Cruciblecoach]

Wondering if it has airplane mode, Google Calendar syncing, and a way to get vibration patterns for alarms

[maumaumaulaulau]

Hi, is there a way to turn off vibrations for starting/pausing activities? I still want vibrations for alerts and alarms, etc. but I don't need it for pressing keys. Thanks

[molecbr]

Can I make the watch vibrate more than twice when me phone is