Garmin will go far deeper than ever, deeply integrating with KOMOOT
via @JohnW, thank you
The state of sports and fitness ROUTING is a little stale right now; nothing really exciting or useful has happened since routes could be planned based on heatmap popularity.
We all know how to share routes with friends via Strava, Ride with GPS or our other favourite platforms. But that’s about to change. One of my Garmin sources has said that the company and Komoot have hooked up to give us a new way to discover routes, which will go live as soon as this month.
The Current Komoot Hook-Up
Komoot is a popular European route discovery, creation and sharing platform with the usual kinds of links to Garmin Connect and your devices. You know, you download the CIQ app or link the ecosystems together, and if the wind is blowing in the right direction, your newly created route magically appears on your device for you to tap and follow.
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the New Garmin Komoot Linkup
Garmin and Komoot are about to link more deeply and share more information about your abilities. With this extra insight, you will get curated routes better suited to your fitness level, favourite activity types, and surface preferences.
Q: What’s new here?
A: The standout difference is that the routes you see and create can now be more personalised. If you are fitter, you will get harder routes.
Q: Will this forever transform the mapping, routing, and navigation landscape and cause a paradigm shift in customer expectations?
A: Errr. No. But it is a neat idea!
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Other new additions with Komoot
The source also suggested that the Komoot-Garmin integration might be permanently baked into the Connect ecosystem. You no longer have to download the CIQ app to get the synchronisation and preferences to work.
Other new abilities enable you to augment your Komoot route with images and notes, perhaps even creating route highlights within the Garmin environment. The intention here is to have a route with deeper information suitable to tempt friends on a trip with you or for an event organiser to highlight richer experiences on the day of the event through the route.
The Bending Spoons Connection
Komoot was acquired earlier this year by an organisation called Bending Spoons. That company appeared to have a chequered pattern of acquisitions that reduced costs and milked what was left for the shareholders. Thus, there were obvious concerns when they bought Komoot and immediately laid off staff.
The nature of this story seems to imply that Bending Spoons has bigger plans in mind for Komoot. At least partially, they are trying to reinvigorate the routing experience. They have also invested time and effort working with Garmin to give what will hopefully be a more tailored routing experience.
Last Updated on 30 January 2026 by the5krunner
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