Web installer
Install maps on your Garmin
Free maps for Garmin watches that support maps, sent from your browser. No app to install.
Plug in your Garmin
- Use a USB data cable, not a charge-only cable
- Unlock your watch
- Quit Garmin Express and the Terento app
In the browser’s list, choose the entry with “Garmin” in its name.
The list may stay empty for a minute or two while your watch gets ready. Leave it open until the Garmin entry appears.
Give USB access
Paste this command into Terminal. It changes your system’s USB permissions for this watch and asks for your administrator password once.
- Unplug the watch and plug it back in
Don’t see your Garmin?
- At first the list may be empty. Keep it open.
- After a minute or two an entry with “Garmin” in its name appears.
- Choose that entry and press Connect.
Connected
Your Garmin
Ready for maps
An earlier change did not finish
Install maps
Choose maps to install on your Garmin.
Ready to install
Review your selection before installing.
Selected maps
Installing maps
Keep your Garmin connected and this tab open until it is complete.
Selected maps
Installation progress
Maps installed
Installation complete.
Manage maps
Maps on your Garmin.
Have questions?
FAQ
Which browsers and computers work?
Chrome, Edge, Opera and Brave on a Mac or a Linux computer. Safari and Firefox can’t connect to USB devices. Windows, phones and tablets aren’t supported.
Do I need to install anything?
No. On Linux, give the browser USB access to your watch once. If Garmin Express or the Terento app is open, quit it before you connect the watch.
Which Garmin watches work?
Garmin watches that support maps. Terento checks your model before it writes anything to the watch.
Are the maps free?
Yes. The maps are based on OpenStreetMap and come from community map providers. Terento is free and open source.
What happens to the maps already on my watch?
They stay on your watch. Terento adds the new maps and keeps 1 GB free on the watch. When you update a map, Terento removes its older version only after the new one is checked.
Is there an app as well?
On a Mac with Apple Silicon, the free Terento app for Mac installs the same maps.