Variaā„¢

4.1
750 reviews
50K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

When paired with a compatible Garmin Varia deviceĀ¹, the Varia app has the tools you need to ride with confidence. Using the Varia app, you can:

- Be alerted right on your phone when approaching vehicles are within 140 meters behind your bicycle.
- View color-coded alerts based on surrounding traffic: Green means youā€™re all clear, yellow means a vehicle is approaching, and red means a vehicle is coming at you quickly and you should take caution.
- Receive tone and vibration alerts for approaching vehicles even when youā€™re not looking at your phone.

With a compatible Garmin Varia Rearview Radar Camera, you can also:

- Set the camera in the best position for capturing videos and photos.
- Record videos or take photos while riding with a simple button press on your phone.
- Automatically record videos of incidents and save the video footage with the Incident Recording feature.

By adding the Varia eRTL615 Rearview Radar Tail Light, you can:
- Configure and edit light mode configurations for your tail light.

Easy to Use
Pairing your Garmin Varia device with the app is quick and easy. Once you set it up, the Varia app will automatically recognize your device.

Even if you already have a Varia device paired with a compatible Garmin device or head unit, the Varia app provides additional awareness and peace of mind while riding.

Ā¹ Compatible devices are the Varia RVR315 Rearview Radar, Varia RTL515 Radar Tail Light, Varia RCT715 Rearview Radar Camera and Varia eRTL615 Rearview Radar Tail Light.
Updated on
Mar 20, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
App activity and App info and performance
Data is encrypted in transit
Data canā€™t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.1
738 reviews
Adrian Snell
May 7, 2022
This app needs a background sync option like Gamin's Explore and Connect apps to force it to stay awake when navigating to other apps on your phone. Without it, after a short while Android kills it as a background app when doing other things with other apps. I then have to reopen the app and wait for Bluetooth to connect again. Hearing the warning sounds while doing something else on your phone is still very useful.
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Daniel Shepsis
June 1, 2023
Good display and audio tones to indicate when stuff is coming up behind you. When I'm just using the radar, the app will still ask for location info, but you can just decline and it will still work normally. I wish there was an option to disable the location message but it's just a mild annoyance.
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John Fox
May 31, 2021
It's great that there's an app that connects to the radars but there are two important ways that it falls short. 1) It won't connect to the RTL515 if the light is turned off (even if the unit is on). This is very annoying because there are lots of times I don't want the light on, but I do want the radar. I returned the RTL515 and got the RVR315 instead. 2) The sound is tied to the media volume. I often listen to music when I bike but I just use one earbud and keep the volume low so that I can be aware of what's going on around me. This means the apps alerts are also very low volume and I often miss them. They should include an option to link the sound to either media volume, or alert volume. I would choose alerts so that it's just as loud as when I get a text.
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What's new

This version of the app has added an ā€œAlerts over Other Mediaā€ setting to Sounds & Alerts. This setting plays your Varia alerts at a louder volume than other media, such as music.

This version of the app features bug fixes and performance improvements to help you ride confidently with Varia.