The Short Version
Garmin Connect's Android app is adding a follower system and new privacy controls to its social features in 2026.
Garmin Connect is adding a follower system and new privacy controls to its Android app, turning a workout-logging tool into something closer to a social network. Strava built an entire company on exactly this idea, so Garmin is arriving late to a party that already has a host. Whether users actually want their running cadence to have followers is a question Garmin is now forcing them to answer.