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Premium GPS running/triathlon smartwatch with music |
Premium multisport GPS watch with wrist-based heart rate and Pulse Ox |
Premium solar-powered multisport GPS watch with pace guidance, wrist-based heart rate, Pulse Ox and more |
Premium solar-powered multisport GPS watch with pace guidance, wrist-based heart rate, Pulse Ox, routable maps, music and more |
General
| Lens material | Corning® Gorilla® Glass DX | Corning® Gorilla® Glass DX | Power Glass™ | Power Glass™ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bezel material | fibre-reinforced polymer | Stainless steel | Stainless steel | Stainless steel or Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) coated titanium |
| Case material | Fibre-reinforced polymer with metal rear cover | Fibre-reinforced polymer with metal rear cover | Fibre-reinforced polymer with metal rear cover | |
| QuickFit™ watch band compatible | Yes (22 mm) | Included (22 mm) | 22 mm band included | 22 mm band included |
| Strap material | silicone | Silicone | Silicone | Silicone or titanium |
| Physical size |
47 x 47 x 13.7 mm Fits wrists with a circumference of 130-220 mm |
47 x 47 x 14.70 mm Fits wrists with the following circumference: |
47 x 47 x 15.1 mm Fits wrists with the following circumference: |
47 x 47 x 15.1 mm Fits wrists with the following circumference: |
| Colour display | ||||
| Display Size | 1.2" (30.4 mm) diameter | 1.30" ( 33.02 mm) diameter | 1.3 inches, 33.02 mm diameter | 1.3 inches, 33.02 mm diameter |
| Display Resolution | 240 x 240 pixels | 260 x 260 pixels | 260 x 260 pixels | 260 x 260 pixels |
| Display Type | sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) | Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) | Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) | Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) |
| Weight | 50 g | Steel: 80 g (case only: 57 g) | 85 g (case only: 62 g) |
Steel: 85 g (case only: 62 g) |
| Water rating | 5 ATM | 10 ATM | 10 ATM | 10 ATM |
| Battery life |
Smartwatch mode: up to 2 weeks GPS mode with music: up to 10 hours GPS mode without music: Up to 36 hours |
Smartwatch: up to 14 days GPS: up to 36 hours Max battery GPS mode: up to 72 hours Expedition GPS mode: up to 28 days Battery saver watch mode: up to 48 days |
Smartwatch: Up to 14 days plus 2 days* * Solar charging, assuming all-day wear with 3 hours per day outside in 50,000 lux conditions |
Smartwatch: Up to 14 days/16 days with solar* * Solar charging, assuming all-day wear with 3 hours per day outside in 50,000 lux conditions |
| Memory/history | 200 hours of activity data | 64 MB | 64 MB | 32 GB |
Clock features
| Time/date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPS time sync | ||||
| Automatic daylight saving time | ||||
| Alarm clock | ||||
| Timer | ||||
| Stopwatch | ||||
| Sunrise/sunset times |
Health monitoring
| Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second) | ||||
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| Daily Resting Heart Rate | ||||
| Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts | Yes (high and low) | Yes (high and low) | Yes (high and low) | |
| Respiration rate (24x7) | ||||
| Pulse Ox blood oxygen saturation | Yes (spot-check, and optional all-day acclimation and in sleep) | |||
| Fitness age | Yes (in app) | Yes (in app) | Yes (in app) | Yes (in app) |
| Body Battery™ energy monitor | ||||
| All-day stress tracking | ||||
| Relaxation breathing timer | ||||
| Sleep | Yes (Advanced) | Yes (Advanced) | Yes (Advanced) | |
| Sleep score and insights | ||||
| Hydration | Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) | Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) | Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) | Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
| Women's health | Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) | Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) | Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) | Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
Sensors
| GPS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLONASS | ||||
| Galileo | ||||
| Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor | ||||
| Barometric altimeter | ||||
| Compass | ||||
| Gyroscope | ||||
| Accelerometer | ||||
| Thermometer | ||||
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor | Yes (with Acclimation) | Yes (with Acclimation) | Yes (with Acclimation) |
Daily smart features
| Connectivity | Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® | Bluetooth®, ANT+® | Bluetooth® Smart, ANT+® | Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) | ||||
| Smart Notifications | ||||
| Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) | ||||
| Calendar | ||||
| Weather | ||||
| Battery Saver - customisable low power watch | ||||
| Controls smartphone music | ||||
| Plays and controls watch music | ||||
| Music storage | Up to 1,000 songs | Up to 2,000 songs | ||
| Find my phone | ||||
| Find my watch | ||||
| VIRB® camera remote | ||||
| Smartphone compatibility | iPhone®, Android™ | iPhone®, Android™ | iPhone®, Android™ | iPhone®, Android™ |
| Pairs with Garmin Golf app | ||||
| Compatible with Garmin Connect™ Mobile | ||||
| Garmin Pay™ |
Safety and tracking features
| LiveTrack | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group LiveTrack | ||||
| Live Event Sharing | Android™ Only | |||
| Incident Detection during select activities | ||||
| Incident detection alert on phone for wearables | ||||
| Assistance |
Tactical features
| Dual grid coordinates |
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Activity tracking features
| Step counter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) | ||||
| Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) | ||||
| Calories burned | ||||
| Floors climbed | ||||
| Distance travelled | ||||
| Intensity minutes | ||||
| TrueUp™ | ||||
| Move IQ™ | ||||
| Garmin Connect™ Challenges app | Yes (optional Connect IQ app) | Yes (optional Connect IQ app) | Yes (optional Connect IQ app) |
Fitness equipment/gym
| Automatic rep counting | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardio workouts | ||||
| Available gym activity profiles | Strength, cardio and elliptical training, stair stepping, indoor rowing and yoga | Strength, cardio and elliptical training, stair stepping, floor climbing, indoor rowing, pilates and yoga | Strength, cardio and elliptical training, stair stepping, floor climbing, indoor rowing, Pilates and yoga | Strength, cardio and elliptical training, stair stepping, floor climbing, indoor rowing, Pilates and yoga |
| Strength workouts | ||||
| Yoga workouts | ||||
| Pilates workouts | ||||
| On-screen workout animations |
Training, planning and analysis features
| HR zones | ||||
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| HR alerts | ||||
| HR calories | ||||
| % HR max | ||||
| % HRR | ||||
| Recovery time | ||||
| Auto max HR | ||||
| HRV status | ||||
| HRV stress test (measures your heart rate variability while standing still, for 3 minutes, to provide you with an estimated stress level; the scale of this is 1 to 100; low scores indicate lower stress levels) | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+™ to paired devices) | Yes (using ANT+ or BLE) | |||
| Respiration rate (during exercise) | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) | |
| GPS speed and distance | ||||
| Customisable screen(s) | ||||
| Customisable activity profiles | ||||
| Auto Pause® | ||||
| Interval training | ||||
| Advanced workouts | ||||
| Downloadable training plans | ||||
| Power Modes - customisable in-activity battery settings | ||||
| HRM running pace and distance | ||||
| Auto Lap® | ||||
| Manual lap | ||||
| Configurable lap alerts | ||||
| Heat and altitude acclimation | ||||
| VO2 Max (Run) | ||||
| Training status (lets you see if you’re training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend) | Improved | Improved | ||
| Training load (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated EPOC) | ||||
| Training load focus | ||||
| Training effect (aerobic) | ||||
| Training effect (anaerobic) | ||||
| Primary benefit (Training Effect labels) | ||||
| Improved recovery time | ||||
| Daily suggested workouts | ||||
| Customisable alerts | ||||
| Audio prompts | ||||
| Finish time | ||||
| Virtual partner | ||||
| Race an activity | ||||
| Auto multisport activities | ||||
| Multi-sport | ||||
| Course guidance | ||||
| Garmin Live Segments | ||||
| Strava Live Segments | ||||
| Round-trip course creator (running/cycling) | ||||
| Trendline™ popularity routing | ||||
| Touch and/or button lock | ||||
| Hot keys | ||||
| Auto scroll | ||||
| Activity history on watch | ||||
| Physio TrueUp |
Running features
| Available run profiles | Running, indoor track running, treadmill running, trail running | Running, treadmill running, trail running | Running, treadmill running, indoor track running, trail running, virtual running | Running, treadmill running, indoor track running, trail running, virtual running |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPS-based distance, time and pace | ||||
| Running dynamics | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Vertical oscillation and ratio | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Ground contact time and balance | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Stride length (real time) | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) | ||||
| Performance condition | ||||
| Lactate threshold | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| PacePro™ Pacing Strategies | Yes (with preloaded course) | Yes (with preloaded course) | ||
| Run workouts | ||||
| Trail run auto climb | ||||
| Race predictor | ||||
| Foot pod capable | ||||
| Run/Walk/Stand detection |
Golfing features
| Preloaded with 42,000 courses worldwide | No (downloadable from phone) | No (downloadable from phone) | ||
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| Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green) | ||||
| Yardage to layups/doglegs | ||||
| Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Digital scorecard | ||||
| Custom targets | ||||
| Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) | ||||
| Garmin AutoShot™ | ||||
| Full vector map | ||||
| Auto CourseView updates | ||||
| Green View with manual pin position | ||||
| Hazards and course targets | ||||
| PinPointer | ||||
| PlaysLike distance | ||||
| Handicap scoring | ||||
| TruSwing™ compatible | ||||
| Round timer/odometer | ||||
| Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory) |
Outdoor recreation
| Available outdoor recreation profiles | Hiking, climbing, skiing, snowboarding, XC skiing, stand-up paddleboarding, rowing, kayaking | Trail running, running, hiking, climbing, mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding, XC skiing, stand-up paddleboarding, rowing, kayaking, Jumpmaster, tactical | Hiking, indoor and outdoor climbing, bouldering, surfing, mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding, XC skiing, stand up paddleboarding, rowing, kayaking, Jumpmaster, tactical | Hiking, indoor and outdoor climbing, bouldering, surfing, mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding, XC skiing, stand up paddleboarding, rowing, kayaking, Jumpmaster, tactical |
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| Point-to-point navigation | ||||
| Breadcrumb trail in real time | ||||
| Back to start | ||||
| TracBack® | ||||
| UltraTrac mode | ||||
| Around Me mode | ||||
| Reference point | ||||
| Elevation profile | ||||
| Distance to destination | ||||
| Barometric trend indicator with storm alert | ||||
| ClimbPro™ ascent planner | Yes (with preloaded course) | Yes (with preloaded course) | ||
| Vertical speed | ||||
| Total ascent/descent | ||||
| Future elevation plot | Yes (with preloaded course) | Yes (with preloaded course) | ||
| PRELOADED TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS | ||||
| Preloaded road and trail maps | ||||
| Preloaded ski resort maps | ||||
| Downloadable cartography support | ||||
| GPS coordinates | ||||
| Sight 'N Go | ||||
| Area calculation | Yes (via Connect IQ™) | Yes (via Connect IQ™) | Yes (via Connect IQ™) | Yes (via Connect IQ™) |
| Hunt/fish calendar | Yes (via Connect IQ™) | Yes (via Connect IQ™) | Yes (via Connect IQ™) | Yes (via Connect IQ™) |
| Projected waypoint | ||||
| Sun and moon information | Yes (via Connect IQ™) | Yes (via Connect IQ™) | Yes (via Connect IQ™) | Yes (via Connect IQ™) |
| XERO™ Locations | ||||
| Expedition GPS Activity | ||||
| Tides | Yes (via Connect IQ™) | Yes (via Connect IQ™) | Yes (via Connect IQ™) |
Cycling features
| Garmin cycle map (routable cycling-specific street map) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Available cycling profiles | Biking, indoor biking, mountain biking | Biking, indoor biking, mountain biking, triathlon | Biking, indoor biking, mountain biking, triathlon | Biking, indoor biking, mountain biking, triathlon |
| Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) | ||||
| Courses | ||||
| MTB Grit & Flow | ||||
| Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) | ||||
| Race an activity | ||||
| FTP (Functional threshold power) | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Compatible with Vector™ and Rally™ (power meters) | ||||
| Power meter compatible | ||||
| Advanced cycling dynamics | ||||
| Compatible with Varia Vision™ (head-mounted display) | ||||
| Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar) | ||||
| Compatible with Varia™ lights | ||||
| Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor) |
Swimming features
| Available swim profiles | Pool swimming, open water swimming | Pool swimming, open water swimming, swimming/running | Pool swimming, open water swimming, swimming/running | Pool swimming, open water swimming, swimming/running |
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| Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | ||||
| Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | ||||
| Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only) | ||||
| Drill logging (pool swim only) | ||||
| Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) | ||||
| "Repeat on" rest timer (pool swim only) | ||||
| Auto rest (pool swim only) | ||||
| Time and distance alerts | ||||
| Pacing alerts (pool swim only) | ||||
| Countdown start | ||||
| Pool swim workouts | ||||
| Critical swim speed | ||||
| Underwater wrist-based heart rate | ||||
| Heart rate from external HRM (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) | Yes (with HRM-Tri, HRM-Swim, HRM-Pro or HRM-Pro Plus) | Yes (with HRM-Tri, HRM-Swim, HRM-Pro or HRM-Pro Plus) | Yes (with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-Swim™) | Yes (with HRM-Tri, HRM-Swim, HRM-Pro or HRM-Pro Plus) |
Kid activity tracking features
| Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app | Yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app) | Yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app) | Yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app) |
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