Description
AirDust: your personal Air Quality, UV & Pollen tracker — live data on your wrist.
The FREE version reads live air quality from the community-run Sensor.Community network — real sensors that hobbyists host on their balconies and gardens, searched within about 2 km of your location. No account, no sign-up.
FREE — FOREVER
• Live PM2.5, PM10 & Air Quality Index (AQI) from nearby Sensor.Community sensors
• Nearby sensor lookup (~2 km search)
• Fast quick-glance view
• AQI Legend & About screens
• Official EPA-2024 air-quality scale
PRO — OPTIONAL €5 ONE-TIME (covers backend & data costs, keeps the free tier alive)
Everything in Free, PLUS it works ANYWHERE — even where no community sensor is nearby — because Pro uses our backend, which layers several sources:
• Air quality: Sensor.Community first, then OpenAQ reference stations (within 25 km), then a Google modeled estimate as a last resort. The number shown is the outlier-filtered AVERAGE of all live sensors within your radius — not a single station.
• Pollen forecasts — Tree, Grass, Weed (Google Pollen, 5-day)
• UV Index, peak time & 3-day forecast
• Temperature & humidity — from nearby sensors, or weather providers where none report
• Hourly air & weather forecast (up to 6h)
• Historical trend charts
• Altitude advisory — warns when your elevation differs from the sensors feeding your reading
• Custom Pollen/UV alerts with thresholds
• PM-vs-limit reference screen
Free and Pro use the SAME EPA-2024 scoring — Pro just reaches more data sources.
THE MENU (press MENU)
• Location — your spot or a Saved Location
• Sensor List — nearby sensors
• Legend / About / Exit
Pro adds: History, Pollen & UV Alerts, PM Limits, Alert Toggles, and App Mode (run the widget as Pro or Free without removing your key).
SEEING "NO SENSORS NEARBY"? (Free)
Free needs a real community sensor within ~2 km, and coverage varies a lot — some areas simply have none. A Saved Location only helps if there ARE sensors near those exact coordinates; pointing it at an empty area still shows nothing. To try:
• On the watch: MENU → Location → Saved Location 1
• In Garmin Connect: AirDust → Settings → Locations → "Saved Location 1:" → enter coordinates as 42.123456,23.123456
• See where sensors actually exist at maps.sensor.community
If your area has no community sensors at all, Pro is the way to get a reading anywhere.
UPGRADE TO PRO
Visit https://airdust.safescanapp.app on your phone or computer, pay €5 (secure, one-time), get your code instantly, and paste it into AirDust Settings in the Garmin Connect app.
YOUR PRO KEY IS SAFE
Your key is tied to your watch, not the install. If you reinstall or update AirDust, Pro comes back automatically once your watch syncs with your phone — nothing to re-buy or re-enter. (A key works on one watch at a time.)
UPDATES & SETTINGS (a Garmin quirk)
Garmin doesn't always download the newest version or your settings automatically. If AirDust looks outdated or a setting won't apply:
• Garmin Connect (phone) → Connect IQ Store → My Apps → AirDust → Update (or reinstall — your Pro key is safe)
• Keep your watch connected & synced over Bluetooth
• After updating, re-open AirDust Settings and Save again
• Desktop: Garmin Express → device → Connect IQ Apps → Update
Your version shows on the About screen.
Data: Sensor.Community (ODbL), OpenAQ contributors (commercial-use only), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), Google, WeatherAPI.com.
What is new
AirDust has been rebuilt from the ground up.
• Faster, more reliable readings via a new dedicated air-quality backend
• New glance view and a cleaner, redesigned interface
• Much wider device support
• The core PM2.5 / PM10 / AQI display stays free for everyone
New optional Pro upgrade adds pollen forecasts, UV index, temperature & humidity, history charts, AQI scales, themes, and alerts — buying it helps cover running costs and keep AirDust free.
What's new in 5.6.135
FOR EVERYONE
- Stability and memory improvements, including on smaller watches.
- Long saved-location names are now shortened on round watches so they fit the screen.
FOR PRO
Lightning
- New Lightning card in the card carousel. When a recent lightning strike is found near you, it shows how far away it is, in which direction, and how long ago. Locations are approximate.
- When the storm's movement is known, the card also shows its speed and whether it is Approaching, Moving away or Passing.
- To check right now, open the menu and choose Check lightning. You can check once every 5 minutes.
- Lightning alerts, off by default: your watch buzzes when a strike is closer than a distance you choose. Turn them on in Garmin Connect (Pollen, UV and Lightning Alarms) or on the watch under Menu, Alert Toggles, Lightning. Alert Range can be 5, 10, 15, 25 or 50 km, and the default is 15 km. Alerts are checked while the widget is open.
Sun and UV
- The Sun and UV screen (Menu, Sun and UV) is rewritten. It shows clear UV advice and the current UV with its age. On solar watches it also shows the live solar charging signal. It does not measure how much sun you have had.
- New Skin Type setting: Fair, Medium (default) or Dark, in Garmin Connect (Pollen, UV and Lightning Alarms, Skin Type). On solar watches, Fair makes the Sun and UV advice one step stricter when the UV index is 3 to 7.
- The UV card now says where its number comes from and how old it is. It uses Garmin Weather's current UV when that reading is less than 1 hour old.
Air, pollen and sensors
- The Air card names a thunderstorm when a fresh weather report says one is happening or possible.
- Pollen and UV alerts no longer fire on old readings. This fixes false alerts at night.
- The Pro sensor list and the summary now show the same data.
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Supported language (1)
Compatible devices (142)
Approach® S50
Approach® S70 (42mm)
Approach® S70 (47mm)
D2™ Air X10
D2™ Air X15
D2™ Charlie
D2™ Delta
D2™ Delta PX
D2™ Delta PX
D2™ Delta S
D2™ Mach 1
D2™ Mach 1 Pro
D2™ Mach 2
Descent™ G2
Descent™ Mk1
Descent™ Mk1
Descent™ MK2
Descent™ MK2
Descent™ Mk2S
Descent™ Mk2S
Descent™ MK3 - 43mm
Descent™ MK3i - 51mm
Edge® 830
Edge® 830
Edge® Explore
Edge® Explore 2
Enduro™ 2
Enduro™ 3
epix™ (Gen 2)
epix™ (Gen 2)
epix™ Pro (42mm)
epix™ Pro (47mm)
epix™ Pro (51mm)
fēnix® 5 Plus
fēnix® 5 Plus
fēnix® 5S Plus
fēnix® 5S Plus
fēnix® 5X
fēnix® 5X
fēnix® 5X Plus
fēnix® 5X Plus
fēnix® 6 Pro
fēnix® 6 Pro
fēnix® 6 Pro Dual Power
fēnix® 6 Pro Solar
fēnix® 6S Pro
fēnix® 6S Pro
fēnix® 6S Pro Dual Power
fēnix® 6S Pro Solar
fēnix® 6X Pro
fēnix® 6X Pro
fēnix® 7
fēnix® 7
fēnix® 7 Pro
fēnix® 7 Pro – Solar Edition (No Wi-Fi®)
fēnix® 7S
fēnix® 7S
fēnix® 7S Pro
fēnix® 7X
fēnix® 7X
fēnix® 7X Pro
fēnix® 7X Pro No Wi-Fi
fēnix® 8 AMOLED (43mm)
fēnix® 8 AMOLED (47mm/51mm)
fēnix® 8 Pro
fēnix® 8 Solar (47mm)
fēnix® 8 Solar (51mm)
fēnix® E
ForeAthlete 245 Music
ForeAthlete 645 Music
ForeAthlete 745
Forerunner® 165
Forerunner® 165 Music
Forerunner® 245 Music
Forerunner® 245 Music
Forerunner® 255
Forerunner® 255 Music
Forerunner® 255S
Forerunner® 255S Music
Forerunner® 265
Forerunner® 265S
Forerunner® 570 - 42mm
Forerunner® 570 - 47mm
Forerunner® 645 Music
Forerunner® 745
Forerunner® 945
Forerunner® 945
Forerunner® 945 LTE
Forerunner® 955 Dual Power
Forerunner® 965
Forerunner® 970
Instinct® 3 – 45 mm, AMOLED
Instinct® 3 – 45 mm, Solar
Instinct® 3 – 50 mm, AMOLED
Instinct® 3 – 50 mm, Solar
Instinct® E – 40 mm
Instinct® E – 45 mm
MARQ® (Gen 2)
MARQ® Commander (Gen 2) – Carbon Edition
MARQ™ Athlete
MARQ™ Athlete
MARQ™ Aviator
MARQ™ Aviator
MARQ™ Captain
MARQ™ Captain
MARQ™ Commander
MARQ™ Commander
MARQ™ Driver
MARQ™ Driver
MARQ™ Expedition
MARQ™ Expedition
Mercedes-Benz Venu® 2
Mercedes-Benz Venu® 2
Mercedes-Benz Venu® 2S
Mercedes-Benz Venu® 2S
quatix® 6
quatix® 6X
tactix® 7
tactix® 7 – AMOLED Edition
tactix® 8 – 47 mm, AMOLED
tactix® 8 – 51 mm, Solar
Venu®
Venu®
Venu® 2
Venu® 2
Venu® 2 Plus
Venu® 2 Plus
Venu® 2S
Venu® 2S
Venu® 3
Venu® 3S
Venu® 4 – 41 mm
Venu® 4 – 45 mm
vívoactive® 3 Music
vívoactive® 3 Music
vívoactive® 3 Music
vívoactive® 4
vívoactive® 4
vívoactive® 4S
vívoactive® 4S
vívoactive® 5
vívoactive® 6