Garmin Watch App

Running mEMA surveys on a Garmin watch

Overview — mEMA on a Garmin Watch
The mEMA watch app puts surveys on a participant’s Garmin watch. The assessment happens on the wrist — a quiet buzz, a glance, a few taps, and it is done, w...
Thu, Sep 3, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Requirements and turning the watch app on
Turn it on for your study In your study configuration, enable Garmin watch app (surveys on the watch). Until this is on, the watch features stay hidden in...
Thu, Sep 3, 2026 at 12:26 PM
What makes a survey work on the watch
You do not build a special kind of survey for the watch. You build a survey, and if it fits within the boundaries on this page, it becomes available on the ...
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Assigning and scheduling surveys to the watch
You assign a watch survey exactly as you assign any other survey. The schedule you set is the schedule the watch follows — it keeps its own copy and runs it...
Thu, Sep 3, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Setting up a participant's watch
This is the part you or a research assistant will do with the participant, usually at enrolment. Allow about fifteen minutes the first time. The watch and p...
Thu, Sep 3, 2026 at 3:37 PM
What the participant sees on the watch
You will be asked what the experience is like, so here it is end to end. Nothing here needs configuring — it is simply how the app behaves. The home scree...
Thu, Sep 3, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Where watch responses go
Into your usual reports and exports, in the usual format, under the usual analytics codes. There is no separate watch export, no extra step, and nothing new...
Thu, Sep 3, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Troubleshooting the watch app
Work down the checks under each symptom. If they do not resolve it, send us the details listed at the end of this page rather than digging further — we can ...
Thu, Sep 3, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Handout — your mEMA watch
A page to hand over at enrolment. Adapt the wording to your study. Your mEMA watch Your watch will ask you a few short questions during the day. Wear it...
Thu, Sep 3, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Watch app quick reference
Supported watches Venu 3 · Venu Sq 2 · Vivoactive 4 · Vivoactive 5. Participant phone: Android or iPhone. Needed on the phone mEMA (server code + mobi...
Thu, Sep 3, 2026 at 12:26 PM