
These changes won’t be available on the devices in the market as of today, September 24th, but rather on new devices going forward that will have the hardware and codebase to support such app development.

This will ultimately allow 3rd party developers to write applications that run directly on the company’s devices such as enabling companies like Strava to create apps on future Garmin watches that could in real-time pull from cloud services to create notifications, send data, or receive data.

Today, at the ANT+ Symposium in Kananaskis, Canada, Garmin has announced a sweeping change to how 3rd parties can interface with Garmin wearable devices a new platform called Connect IQ.
