Originally Posted by John_V

You are correct about the Mini displaying some notifications, it's the email notifications that I was thinking about. Either way, you can still use any good phone cycling app and keep the phone in your backpack during the ride. The only thing you have to do that you would not do with the companion app is to start and stop the ride on the phone app. Other than that, there is no difference. And if you are having connection issues between the Mini and the companion app, you can use the third party app as a backup until you correct the problem.