Your Karoo is packed with features to make every ride better than the last. We’ve handpicked some of our most popular tech topics to help you fully set up, understand, and enjoy everything Karoo has to offer. Let’s take a deeper dive on ways you can customize and get the most out of your Karoo.
SMARTPHONE NOTIFICATIONS | AUDIO ALERTS | CLIMBER | RADAR INTEGRATION | EXTENSIONS LIBRARY
We’ve all benefitted from seeing a mid-ride text saying, “You got this!” or “Keep pushing.” And sometimes you just need to see what’s rolling into your work inbox during an extended lunch ride. Thankfully you can customize your preferred notification type in each ride or bike profile on your Karoo, so you never miss an important notification (and can turn off the ones you’d rather miss). The following notification types are available on your Karoo:
Whether you want to hear every single alert or nothing at all, Karoo allows you to customize your audio experience. Audio alerts are available for the following:
Tech Tip: You can quickly toggle Audio Alerts ON or OFF from the Control Center. Swipe your screen down, or press both top buttons, to open the Control Center and press the bell icon to manually switch sound on or off mid-ride.
Karoo is equipped to help you pace yourself up climbs with the CLIMBER feature. When CLIMBER is turned on, you’ll see helpful climb details pop up on your screen like elevation profile, grade, and distance to the top. Each climb segment is color-coded to its average gradient: The brighter the color, the steeper the gradient. Swipe up on the CLIMBER pop-up to see complete climb details in full-screen. CLIMBER is completely configurable, from selecting the data fields you want to display to setting the kinds of climbs you would like Karoo to detect.
Tech Tip: Climbs must be more than 400 meters in length with a grade of 3% or more to be recognized by Karoo. You can select between "All Climbs", "Medium and Large Climbs," and "Large Climbs Only" when deciding which level of climb you want to see pop up on your screen
Karoo is compatible with most ANT+ rearview radar devices so you can monitor the traffic around you while riding. Simply pair your radar device to your Karoo as an ANT+ sensor to get started. Once connected, Karoo will work together with your radar device to alert you of approaching traffic while riding. You can mute and unmute the radar indicator to have control over on-screen visuals for detected vehicles.
Tech Tip: If your radar device has a built-in taillight, the device will pair as a single sensor. You’ll be able to configure your light’s default mode via your Karoo by clicking into the sensor and selecting “Auto Control” to view any supported light modes.
Interested in running a third-party app on your Karoo? Visit our Extensions Library to view available apps, like Epic Ride Weather or myWindsock. You can sideload all kinds of apps, but keep in mind that using these requires more power from your Karoo and can impact your device’s battery life.
Tech Tip: You can also sideload Android apps via the Hammerhead Companion app by using an APK file or a URL linked to an APK file. At this time, we have only verified that GitHub URLs work for sideloading.