Garmin auto-Lifestyle Logging starts appearing for users
Garmin is laying the groundwork for two new features in its Connect app. One is a reporting tool called Rundown, the other brings automatic tracking to Lifestyle logging. In fact, the auto-logging has already started appearing for some users.
Both of these get a mention in version 5.19 of the Garmin Connect app – in the app’s internal code strings. We found these through a teardown of the APK file, which often reveals what Garmin is testing or preparing behind the scenes. While the company hasn’t made anything official, the level of detail suggests both features are in development and may launch very soon.
Rundown will summarise your activity and health data
Let’s start with Rundown. This looks like a personalised summary tool.
It includes references to “Preparing your Rundown” and “Your Garmin Connect Rundown is ready to view.” There’s also an option to share it and links to your profile, which suggests this could be something you generate or receive on a regular basis. The code even mentions a thank you message for testers, hinting that internal or limited beta access may already be underway.
Now it is worth noting that the web dashboard of Garmin Connect allows for reviewing of long-term data. It lives in the Reports section of the website and offers a yearly breakdown of metrics like steps, sleep, heart rate and activity. It’s buried in the desktop interface and takes a bit of clicking around to find. You can filter it by activity type, export the data and even compare years side by side.
Rundown seems to take a different approach. It looks like a curated summary that’s prepared for you, delivered in-app, and optionally designed for sharing. Instead of building your own charts, this might serve up the highlights automatically.
Auto-logging is coming to Lifestyle Logging
The other feature expands Lifestyle Logging, which is already live but in a manual form – meaning you have to tag all the entries yourself. Garmin is now preparing to auto-fill some of those entries. New strings reference “Enable Auto-Logging” and explain that certain behaviours, like exercise, can be logged automatically based on Garmin device data or other inputs in Connect.
That could be a useful upgrade. Instead of relying on memory to track things like mood, stress or other daily patterns, Garmin might start detecting and suggesting some of them. This would make the feature feel more interactive and less of a journaling tool. You might still need to confirm or adjust the entries, but it lowers the barrier to using it regularly.
In fact, as shown in the screenshot below – for some users the feature is already live.
Release timing is still unclear
Garmin tends to build backend support well before flipping the switch on new features. It could be weeks before these debut for all users. Or it could arrive in the next update. The fact that Lifestyle auto-logging is already starting to appear indicates the launch is not far away.
The company looks like it’s trying to make all that tracking feel a bit more human. Less spreadsheets, more “here’s how your week actually went.” If they pull it off, it could be the kind of thing you glance at on a Sunday night and think, yeah, that tracks. Or maybe it gives you a nudge to get out the door.
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