mstyer wrote:
How is live tracking better than Find My Friends?
(Trying to convince myself I would be fine with the 910 and not the flashy new 920)
If you just want someone to know WHERE you are, FMF is fine.
Garmin Livetrack is nice though because it emails out a link to everyone you choose on your list. Anyone who has the link can see you with just an internet browser, even a mobile internet browser, and it can autoshare to Facebook or whatever if you select that option. Once someone clicks, they see where you started, the route you have taken so far, heart rate, speed, power, cadence, etc on a graph. It's pretty cool for anyone who cares about all that extra data. One of my favorite things is that it doesn't show large gaps if you stop and are having a bad day, the graph just continues when you start again. As an anecdote, my girlfriend watches me ride via my 810 and one time I got into a bad wreck. She knew immediately and called me because she saw my speed drop from like 25mph to 0 in just a second and my line went way off the road into the dirt during that time. Pretty cool.
Although prohibited currently during races, if the rules ever change (or you accidentally left your phone on your bike or something......), anyone with the link could see exactly how you're doing during an Ironman, know if you're sticking to your power/HR goals, and your family/friends could come see meet you on the course to cheer you on (not that I have any experience using it in this manner.....).