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Choose local photos
Original photos, album order, and edit state stay on your phone.
Garmin watch photo album
WristAlbum
Keep your favorite photos on your Garmin watch, ready to glance at anytime without taking out your phone.
Download WristAlbum
Phone to watch
Photo sync from phone to Garmin watch
WristAlbum safely publishes your selected crops and lets your Garmin watch download the current album. Originals and editing state remain on your phone.
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Crop for the watch display
The crop frame follows the connected watch screen size and shape so previews stay close to the final display.
03
Publish only exports
Only compressed watch-sized images are uploaded, with limits on file size, format, and album count.
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Watch receives the sync list
Your phone sends the current album download list to the Garmin watch, which downloads and caches the images.
Local-first
Only watch-ready crops go to the cloud
WristAlbum keeps cloud state intentionally thin: publish records, quota counters, cropped images, and the watch sync list. Original photos, album selections, order, and edits remain in the mobile app.
This avoids requiring an account at launch and keeps the security boundary focused on the local install identity, album access credentials, upload limits, and image-size checks.
Implementation model
Built with room for Garmin sync constraints
No account required
The current version does not require creating an account. Sync requests are protected by the local app install identity.
Cloud delivery
The cloud stores only published watch-sized images and the current sync list needed by your phone and watch.
Watch-ready images
The watch downloads prepared images to reduce storage and display issues during sync.