Garmin has announced a collaboration with the community-driven navigation app Waze to deliver real-time alerts to drivers about nearby cyclists.

The integration allows drivers on the Waze app to view live, moving icons indicating nearby cyclists using compatible Garmin Edge® bike computers or Garmin smartwatches. Cyclists can opt in via Garmin Connect to share their LiveTrack location with Waze drivers when they start an outdoor cycling activity.

For cycling retailers, distributors, and industry stakeholders, this partnership elevates rider safety from an individual accessory feature to an integrated, cross-platform traffic awareness system.

Susan Lyman, Garmin Vice President of Consumer Sales and Marketing, said:

“Garmin is well-known in the cycling industry for its safety-focused products and features, and we are excited to work with Waze to bring this unique feature to cyclists and drivers alike. By increasing awareness between cyclists and motorists, this new tool is designed to foster a safer riding environment for Garmin customers by giving drivers valuable real-time visibility to their whereabouts, helping to create a more connected experience for everyone on the road.”

Key Details:

  • The Feature: Live Cycling Alerts in the Waze app powered by Garmin LiveTrack™. Waze shows Live Cycling Alerts when a Garmin cyclist is nearby as an active moving icon on the road.
  • Compatible Hardware: Garmin Edge® bike computers and Garmin smartwatches.
  • Software Requirements: Garmin Connect™ app on a compatible smartphone with user opt-in.
  • Data & Privacy: Session-based, temporary location sharing. No personal rider information is shared or displayed on Waze.
  • Commercial Availability: Available immediately for Garmin users enabling LiveTrack for outdoor cycling

Why This Matters for the Cycling Trade

Rider safety remains a primary purchase driver across road, gravel, and urban cycling categories. By extending Garmin LiveTrack™ functionality directly onto driver dashboards via Waze, Garmin provides bike shops and retailers with a compelling selling point to upsell customers from basic cycle computers to connected Garmin Edge units and smartwatches.

Privacy-Conscious Integration Boosts Consumer Adoption

Location sharing is strictly temporary, opt-in, and session-based. Retail sales staff can assure privacy-sensitive customers that personal identifiers, names, and contact details are never broadcast to Waze users; only active, anonymous moving icons appear on driver maps.

LiveTrack has traditionally served as a peer-to-peer tracking tool for friends and family. Elevating LiveTrack into an active motorist-facing safety utility may enhance brand loyalty across the entire Garmin hardware ecosystem.

Gai Berkovich, VP and GM of Waze, said:

“Safety is a top priority for Waze, and we’re excited to collaborate with Garmin to help keep cyclists safer on the road. By bringing Live Cycling Alerts to Waze, we’re giving drivers a helpful heads-up so they can slow down, stay aware and safely share the road.”