Garmin Helm™

If you are Android owner,you now can download Garmin Helm™ for free from Google Play. The application is supporting English language. It weighs in at only 10MB to download. The new Garmin Helm™ app version 1.2 has been updated on 2014-06-30. For ensuring consistency with the device you should take into account the following app compatibility information: 4.0.3 and up
Bottom Line: For more information about Garmin Helm™ check developer Garmin`s website : http://www.garmin.com/apps

Garmin replaced a full featured 5 app with this No one needs the social networking aspect of this app Why can t we just connect to our chartplotters with 2 button presses and have them display fullscreen Now there s significant setup involved for each unit and worst of all they do not show in full screen but rather in some janky windowed mode and for what reason         Jeremy Waugh

Works with GPSMAP 741 to display but not control With my older tablet it goes full screen when you rotate the tablet With my newer phone it doesn t which makes it less useful because it s tiny             Dave Brezina

Useless won t connect to device     A Google user

Searches but but never finds GpsPlotter     T Roy

Good one                     MOHAMED DEGHIDI

Doesn t work for echomap 50s and 52dv Tried on samsung tab s2 iphone 7 and air 2     Eugene Starostin

The app is searching for devices all the time and can t discover my Garmin 50dv at all     Bay Gudjan

Just constantly searches for network even when connected Why does iphone always get the support and most android versions are crap     Doesnt work Matt Sharples

Xs Xsv series works great Chart Planning and Autopilot Sonar Radar FusionLink Video etc All OK it s just a matter of a wireless signal quality Connect an MFD to a network gateway 1 coverage speed will increase 2 you won t lose Internet connection                     Game changer out of the box Alexander sn0w

Doesn t work Screen shows network unavailable even when connected to garmin plotter     ash dee

Come on Why can t you do this     Still no Record function for the Android version Larry Noway

Bad software     Doesn t work Captain Wilson

Just searches for network endlessly     jared mitchell

Not working     Bad Rupan Tass

Great app works well                     Chris Neville Chris Neville

I want to go back to before the update that made all my devices useless I also want to shut off auto update for this app at least untill you get it fixed Before that update I thought the 741xs was the cats meow if you asked me now im considering other option s So where do I find the updates from before it quit making me happy or useless Before youd have got 5 stars     How can I go back to before it quit working John Thompson

Latest firmware on a 721xs version 6 30 Tested Garmin Helm on a OnePlus One phone and a Galaxy Tab S2 Unusable on both Just a small static display on the OnePlus One and a grayish rectangle on the Tab S2 also static It seems to work just fine on my iPad     Bengt Nelson

I installed this waste of time on 3 different devices all of which are up to date It doesn t do anything at all except show a small unreadable image of the Garmin display The tech support is completely useless they ask if you have up to date software then nothing a week later the same question from some other douchebag COMPLETELY USELESS DON T EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO USE IT     DOES NOT WORK Joe zek

After buying the Garmin 741xs because this allowed me to control it from the cockpit with either a tablet or phone the app broke and has not worked in months With the first app update the tablet stopped working and with the last update I can no longer control it with my phone and only get a small display of the 741xs that only uses a quarter of the screen and cannot be controlled from the phone Please fix the android app             Craig Cholvin

Just sits there and displays checking network when its already connected     Doesny work Gordon Filion

Worked at fist on my galaxy S5 now it only shows up at 1 4 size on the phone and is locked Will not work on my Samsung Galaxy tablet Very disappointed     Brian Brabeau

Worked ok last year now it is useless no control only view No longer full screen Samsung Galaxy S5     James Migliozzi

Stopped working overnight on 2 tabs Not impressed     John Carruthers

Does not work at all Same as all recent reviews A waste     Garmin Helm Joey SAFDEYE

Running Android 5 0 this app works well There is only a small delay on wifi It took less than 2 minutes to setup It s like having a second screen Connected Fusion Stereo to Garmin NMEA and now don t need fusion remote                     GPSMAP 1020sx and Samsung S5 Andrew Davey

Very limited in the instruments that it interfaces with I have a new Echmap 50dv and it would seem that the WiFi function is pretty useless It doesn t work with Helm nor will my Android phone talk to it Garmin offer up BlueChart Mobile as a panacea but that only seems to be available for Apple products I kinda wish I knew about this prior to purchase         A Google user

This application performed wonderfully on my Nexus 5 however it crashes upon launch on my Nexus 7 Several varying attempts with WiFi and connection timing didn t change the result Id like to see this fixed as a tablet is optimal for screen replication         Works but doesn t Jeremy P

Was having issues with the app It was stuck on searching networks for devices yet I was connected to the network the device generates I thought to try updating the firmware on my father s GPSMAPS 547xs by downloading the latest updates from Garmin to a microSD cards and popping it in the unit Once the firmware installed the app instantly recognized the unit Works awesomely                     Update Firmware App Does Work Jacob Nightingale

This is exactly what I want for my boat wont work with my droid turbo Connects to the device recent firmware from garmin on 50dv but just sits and spins Same on my LG G Pad Cmon please fix     Won t work BUT I WANT IT Phil Pappano

This app doesn t work with a Garmin ecomap 50s I think it s kind of crappy that Garmin advertises that you can use the Wi Fi with an android phone but it doesn t work you have to use an iPhone My unit is brand new and I updated it with the latest software before trying this     Waste of time Rob Lahr

Very disappointed The IPhone version allows you to record what you see on the screen to the phone The Android version does not Why is the Android version crippled That s the main reason I wanted the App     Larry Dunn

What a waist of my time Did not work hope they are reading these reviews News flash there is a huge android market out here     JUNK Mike wilson

App works great if you re having trouble linking to your unit make sure your unit has the proper software update free from Garmins website and wifi turned on                     Brandon Shifflett

Finally Garmin realized there is something called android out there but then they screwed it up App gets stuck searching for devices on the gps721 wifi network and will never find the device Uninstalled     Won t connect to gps721 Jory Gibson

Does not work tried every thing Connects to WiFi and does nothing gets hung up in locating devices     Note 4 547xs Nicholas Herff

It works as it s supposed to I use it to plot a course while my father is driving the boat I m out of his way he s out of mine                     Works Great E Anderson

I did have to update my chartplotter firmware and then turn on the built in Wi Fi on my plotter and attach my phone to that                     Works great with my 741xs Scott Brunk

Keeps telling me it s looking for devices even though it s connected to my Galaxy S6 Apparently it doesn t work with the echoMAP 50S     Won t connect A Google user

This app did not work on my Samsung S5 I installed it but could not open it Did not work at all For the Androids Navionics is king Sorry Garmin but is how it is     Big disappointment Oscar Mercado