Flappy Bird on a Garmin? This $2 app is pure chaos in the best way

Much to my colleague’s amusement, I am notorious for my lack of knowledge when it comes to all things gaming. If you excuse the dance mat phase on my younger brother’s PlayStation in my teenage years, I can hand on heart say, I’ve never so much as picked up a controller, let alone attempted to play any kind of game.

That is, until I was browsing the popular Garmin apps on the ConnectIQ store, and saw the $2 Flappy Bird game. Intrigued, I pressed download, and within minutes, I was hooked on this utterly pointless but fun game. After a few days, I’m still no better and still have an embarrassingly low high score, but if you’re the kind of person who enjoys playing games on your phone, this is a cheap and cheerful download worth making.

If you haven’t played, it’s pretty simple — you press up and down to get the bird to fly between green poles. If you hit a pole, you’re out. I used the game on my Garmin Venu 4, which has an AMOLED touchscreen, but if you’re on a different model, you can use the buttons on your Garmin watch itself.