Karoo Group Ride Extension

Group ride for Karoo is ready! Who wants to test?

Create an account on the website (you manage your groups through the web - on the Karoo itself it wouldn't be comfortable), install the app on the Karoo and pair it to your account - and you're ready to go!

Main functionalities:

- see others from your group directly on your Karoo in the map view

- if something happens (e.g. you get a flat tire) you can press SOS button in the app and others will see SOS icon on the map with your location to help you

- for the teams - coach can have a view of all the riders in the group on the web - also in map view. He can see the parameters of the riders (speed, power, HR, cadence, distance). He also sees SOS sign if something happens.

- refresh rate can be set by the user (2/5/10/20/30/60 seconds) - I didn't test the battery drain in detail yet, but even with 2s refresh rate enabled it didn't go down faster than usually.

Tomasz Wołczyk

July 28, 2026 10:49

Question about karoo 2 unit - how realised is connection, via gsm data or something other?

Piotr

July 28, 2026 10:51

Two ways:

- GSM if you've got a SIM card inside your Karoo 2

- Wifi (e.g. from Phone's hotspot)

With Karoo 3 it might be also from tethered phone (via bluetooth) and Companion App.

Tom Perotti

July 29, 2026 14:12

Love the idea, but unless there's also an extension available for Garmin and Karoo users, it will be hard to actually use. Every group ride I do has a mix of all three.

July 29, 2026 20:23

I think you meant Garmin and Wahoo. Of course, it would be great to have all three in one system. Unfortunately only Karoo has an open eco-system for such functionalities. Garmin has its own group track, but you can't integrate with it. Wahoo doesn't have such a function at all and you can't create it.

So better this than nothing - you can at least have a group ride with some of your friends from the group.

Karoo Group Ride Extension

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