Varia™

3.4
1.04K reviews
100K+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

When paired with a compatible Garmin Varia radar device¹, 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 you’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 you’re not looking at your phone.

With a compatible Garmin Varia Radar Camera Tail Light or Garmin Varia Vue Camera Headlight, you can:
• Set the camera in the best position for capturing videos and photos.
• Record videos or take photos and save them 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.

With a Varia Vue Camera Headlight, you can:
• Configure light mode configurations for your headlight.
• Add an optional Vault subscription, which automatically backs up your Varia Vue videos and provides easy access in the Varia app for searching, filtering and sharing.

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

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

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.

¹ Compatible devices are the Varia RVR315 Rearview Radar, Varia RTL515 Radar Tail Light, Varia RCT715 Radar Camera Tail Light, Varia eRTL615 Radar Tail Light for eBikes and Varia Vue Camera Headlight.
Updated on
Apr 23, 2025

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 can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.3
1.02K reviews
Wynajembu Sa
July 19, 2025
A dramatically poor application – much like Garmin's overall approach to customers. When sent to the background, it gets killed. Doesn’t allow screen sharing with another app, there’s no option for displaying a pop-up over another application. You can only keep it on top, and even then, the configuration options are laughable at best. It feels like a deliberately shady policy – but personally, I’d rather use third-party apps that support the radar than give Garmin another cent.
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Bill Goericke
July 16, 2025
The app works great with the Varia light. I would like to have an option to "select all" videos and delete them quickly rather than go through each individual video and delete them one by one.
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Jan
June 1, 2025
What a joke of an app. No landscape mode, only basic settings as well as functionality. Can't even upgrade radar firmware via app. And what's worst, it loses Bluetooth connection every now and then.
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What’s new

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