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Vimo Swim
Free Connect IQ app for Vimo Swim

Your tempo, on your wrist

Vimo Swim for Garmin puts your tempo trainer under your Fenix buttons. Pair once, then start, stop and fine-tune the beep in 0.05 s steps — mid-swim, without touching the device or your phone.

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In development. The Vimo Swim Connect IQ app is being prepared for the Garmin store — the download goes live the moment it's published.
Prefer your phone? Vimo Connect for iOS handles pairing, firmware updates and device management.
Vimo Swim app on a Garmin Fenix 8 showing the Select your Vimo Swim pairing screen with signal strength

Your trainer, under your buttons

Everything you need mid-swim — pairing, playback and tempo — handled from the watch, built for wet fingers and pool walls.
Pair once, then forget
Pick your Vimo Swim from a signal-strength-sorted list on first launch and confirm — from then on the watch reconnects to that unit silently, every session.
Start & stop from the wrist
One press of SELECT starts or stops the trainer, confirmed with a vibration — no reaching for the device between sets.
Precise tempo control
UP and DOWN adjust the beep interval in 0.05 s steps, with hold-to-repeat for big jumps. The dial shows seconds and strokes per minute.
Live state sync
The trainer reports its real state back to the watch, so the screen always matches what you hear in the water.
Automatic reconnect
Walked out of range? The app recovers the link with smart backoff and clear on-screen hints for every situation.
You stay in control
Disconnect, reconnect or forget the device from the menu whenever you want — a manual disconnect never rescans behind your back.
No phone needed
The watch talks to your Vimo Swim directly over Bluetooth Low Energy. Leave your phone in the locker — and when you exit the app, the trainer keeps playing.
Built for Fenix
A responsive interface for every Fenix 7 and Fenix 8 screen, with a crisp vector tempo font on AMOLED and a tempo arc around the bezel.
Launch

Open the app and go

The app boots straight into your last session — Vimo logo, a quick "Starting…", and it's already looking for your trainer.

Vimo Swim Garmin app splash screen with Vimo logo and Starting message on a Fenix 8
Connect

Connected before you push off

After the one-time pairing, the watch finds your remembered Vimo Swim and connects silently — by the time you're at the wall, it's ready.

Vimo Swim Garmin app connecting screen with Vimo logo and progress spinner on a Fenix 8
Recovery

Clear hints, never a dead end

Searching, reconnecting, timeouts — every state gets a plain-language hint on screen, like "Make sure the trainer is on", so you always know what to do next.

Vimo Swim Garmin app searching screen with spinner and hint to make sure the trainer is on
Errors

When something's off, it tells you what to fix

Bluetooth disabled? Pairing failed? The app names the problem and the fix — "Enable Bluetooth in watch settings" — instead of leaving you staring at a spinner.

Vimo Swim Garmin app error screen showing Bluetooth is off with instructions to enable it

Five buttons, zero menus to hunt through

Physical buttons only — no touchscreen taps with wet hands. Every action is one press away.

SELECT — Start or stop the trainer, confirmed with a vibration.
UP — Slow the tempo — add 0.05 s to the beep interval.
DOWN — Speed the tempo up — subtract 0.05 s. Hold to auto-repeat.
UP (hold) — Open the menu: disconnect, connect, program, forget device.
BACK — Exit the app — your Vimo Swim keeps playing on its own.

Pair once, swim forever

First pairing is deliberate — after that, the watch finds your Vimo Swim on its own.

1

Install

Get Vimo Swim free from the Garmin Connect IQ Store.

2

Pair once

Pick your Vimo Swim from the list and confirm — the watch remembers it.

3

Swim

Start, stop and adjust tempo from the wrist, mid-set.

4

Repeat

Next session the watch reconnects silently. Just open the app and go.

Made for Garmin Fenix

Supports every screen size in the Fenix 7 and Fenix 8 families, from 240 px MIP to 454 px AMOLED.

Fenix 7 Series

  • Fenix 7S
  • Fenix 7
  • Fenix 7X
  • Fenix 7 Pro

Fenix 8 Series

  • Fenix 8 43 mm
  • Fenix 8 47 mm
  • Fenix 8 47 mm Pro
  • Fenix 8 Solar 47 / 51 mm

More Garmin models are on the roadmap — support grows with demand.

Learn from our stories

Practical guides, field tests, and the ideas behind Vimo Swim.
Story

Recording Vimo tempo in Garmin FIT

How Vimo tempo becomes first-class training data in Garmin Connect.

Story

Vimo Swim joins the ANT+ ecosystem

Why interoperable sports technology matters for swimmers.

Story

Stitching a split Garmin activity

A hands-on look inside Garmin FIT files and their data.

In development. The app is being prepared for the Garmin Connect IQ Store — the download button will activate as soon as it's published.

Get Vimo Swim for Garmin

Free on the Connect IQ Store. Pair once with your Vimo Swim and keep your tempo — and your hands — in the water.
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