Using Strava Routes with Polar devices
Strava Routes are available for all route-compatible Polar devices. Note that you need to have a Strava subscription to use the Strava Routes on your Polar device. With the subscription, you get access to Strava Route Planner. You can, for example, use route suggestions, create a new route, or even take a friend's uploaded ride and turn that into a route. Once you have connected your Flow account with Strava, the routes you have starred in Strava will be synced to your favorites in Flow, and you can sync them to your watch.
You can connect your Flow account with Strava in the Polar Flow app or web service. After connecting the accounts, the routes you've starred in Strava will be synced to your favorites in Flow.
Make sure that you have the latest version of Polar Flow app on your phone (6.20.0 or newer for iOS and Android, 7.20.0 or newer for Huawei).
In the Polar Flow app, go to the main menu and choose General Settings > Connect > Strava > Connect. Alternatively, choose Favorites from the main menu, and tap the Connect button.
In the Polar Flow web service, go to Settings > Partners > Strava > Connect. Alternatively, go to Favorites by clicking the Favorites icon on top of the page, and click the Connect button.
If you have already connected your Flow account with Strava, the Connect button in the Flow app and web service will say Reconnect. Reconnecting is necessary to enable route sync. Tap the button to disconnect your current connection and then connect the service again.
Note that to enable the Strava route sync, you need to give Polar Flow permission to View your private non-activity data such as segments and routes.
You can choose the routes you want to have on your watch in the Polar Flow app or web service. Your watch can have a maximum of 100 favorites at a time.
In the Flow app, go to Devices menu and onto the device page. Scroll down the page and tap Add/remove to see your current favorites on the watch.
You can reorder the routes on the watch by tapping and holding (iOS) / (Android) on the right and dragging the routes where you want them.
To add or remove a route, tap Add/remove again to access all your favorites.
You can sort the favorites by Name, Modified and Type.
To remove a route from the watch, turn the switch to left. To add a route, turn the switch to right.
Sync your watch with the app to save the changes.
In the Flow web service, click the Favorites icon on the menu bar on top of the page to enter your Favorites page.
Choose the routes by clicking the selection boxes on the left of the routes list to move them to the sync list for your watch on the right. If you have created and starred new routes in Strava, you can update them to the routes list by clicking the Refresh button.
You can change the order of the routes on the watch by dragging and dropping them. You can remove individual routes by clicking X or all routes at once by clicking CLEAR. Note that they remain available in your favorites even if you remove them from your watch.
Sync your watch to save your changes to it. Grit X2 Pro/Vantage M3/Vantage V3: Note that you must sync the routes to your watch using the Polar Flow app. Routes cannot be synced to your watch using the Polar FlowSync software on your computer.
Grit X / Grit X Pro / Grit X2 Pro / Pacer Pro / Vantage M3 / Vantage V / Vantage V2 / Vantage 3:
In pre-training mode, press the LIGHT button or tap to enter the quick menu.
Choose Routes from the list and pick the Strava route you want to follow.
Strava routes are displayed in the Routes list with the Strava icon in Grit X2 Pro, Vantage M3 and Vantage V3. In other products, the default route icon is shown next to the route name.
Choose where you want to start the route: Start point, Mid-route, End point to reverse direction or Mid-route to reverse direction.
Choose the sport profile you want to use and start your session.
Your watch will guide you to the route. Route start found is displayed when you reach it, and then you're ready to go.
For instructions on starting a session with route guidance on V650, see the V650 User Manual.
- Grit X
- Grit X Pro
- Grit X2 Pro
- Pacer Pro
- Vantage M3
- Vantage V
- Vantage V2
- Vantage V3
- V650
- V800