Nearby aircraft, nearest first, so you know where to look.
Someone calls traffic, and you have no idea where to look. GlideWatch draws the aircraft around you as one picture — each at its own bearing and range, heading-up, so straight ahead is the top of the screen.
Gliders, tow planes and powered traffic arrive from the Open Glider Network and ADS-B in one feed, with duplicate reports of the same aircraft collapsed into a single mark. Each is named where it can be: a registration, and a glider's competition number where published, rather than a bare hex id. It follows the nearest target by itself; UP and DOWN browse the rest, START locks onto one. Colour is vertical separation and nothing else — red within 100 m of your height, amber within 300 m, green beyond, and both thresholds are yours to set. Each label rolls through height difference, climb, registration and range, and it buzzes the moment new traffic appears, so you look up without watching the watch.
PureTrack is an optional source if you hold PureTrack Pro; the default feed is free and always there to switch back to. Traffic streams live through your phone whichever source you pick, so GlideWatch needs Garmin Connect and an internet connection for the whole flight — unlike the other apps in the suite it is not an offline tool. A traffic-awareness aid, not a collision-avoidance system: coverage is incomplete, positions can be delayed, and many aircraft do not transmit at all. Never rely on it for separation — keep a visual lookout and follow see-and-avoid. Install it free from the Connect IQ Store and fly it for 14 days before you decide; buying ties the licence to your watch in one online step. No account, no subscription.
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