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GPS smartwatch with built-in sports apps and wrist-based heart rate

You're a serious triathlete. You want advanced running dynamics at a lower cost. This GPS running watch will show you the way.

Advanced GPS multisport watch

General

Lens Material

chemically strengthened glass

chemically strengthened glass

chemically strengthened glass

Case material polymer
Strap material

silicone

silicone

TPU

Physical size

30.2 x 57.0 x 13.5 mm
Regular: 137-195 mm circumference
X-large: 161-225 mm circumference

44.5 x 44.5 x 11.9 mm

45 x 55 x 12.7 mm

Touchscreen
Color display
Display Size 0.8" x 1.13" (20.7 x 28.6 mm) 1.23" (31.1 mm) diameter 1.1" x 0.8" (29.0 x 21.0 mm)
Display Resolution 205 x 148 pixels 215 x 180 pixels 205 x 148 pixels
Display Type sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Weight

Regular: 47.6 g
X-large: 48.2 g

40.2 g

61 g

Water rating 5 ATM 5 ATM 5 ATM
Battery life GPS mode: Up to 13 hours
Smartwatch mode: Up to 8 days
Smartwatch Mode: Up to 11 days
GPS mode: Up to 14 hours
UltraTrac™ mode: Up to 24 hours without wrist heart rate
GPS mode: Up to 24 hours
UltraTrac™ mode: Up to 40 hours
Memory/History 7 timed activities, 14 days of activity tracking data 80 hours of activity data 32 MB

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)
Daily resting heart rate
Sleep yes (advanced)
Hydration yes (in Garmin Connect™)
Women's health yes (in Garmin Connect™)

Sensors

GPS
GLONASS
Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor
Barometric altimeter
Compass
Accelerometer
Thermometer
Ambient light sensor

Daily Smart Features

Connectivity Bluetooth® Smart and ANT+®
Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps)
Smart Notifications
Calendar
Weather
Controls smartphone music
Find My Phone
Find My Watch
VIRB® Remote
Smartphone compatibility iPhone®, Android™ iPhone®, Android™ iPhone®, Android™
Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile

Safety and Tracking Features

LiveTrack

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 traveled
Intensity minutes
TrueUp™
Move IQ™
Garmin Connect™ Challenges app yes (optional Connect IQ app)

Training, Planning and Analysis Features

HR zones yes (with compatible accessory)
HR alerts yes (with compatible accessory)
HR calories yes (with compatible accessory)
% HR max yes (with compatible accessory)
% HRR yes (with compatible accessory)
Recovery time yes (with compatible accessory)
Auto max HR yes (with compatible accessory)
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)
HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+® to paired devices)
GPS speed and distance
Customizable data pages
Customizable activity profiles
Auto Pause®
Interval training
Advanced workouts
Downloadable training plans
Auto Lap®
Manual lap
Configurable lap alerts
VO2 Max (Run)
Training effect
Custom alerts
Audio prompts
Finish time
Virtual Partner
Race an Activity
Auto multisport activities
Manual multisport activities
Course guidance
Garmin Live Segments
Strava Live Segments yes (Live Segments Only)
Touch and/or button lock
Auto scroll
Activity history on watch

Running Features

Available run profiles

Running, Indoor Running

yes

yes

GPS-based distance, time and pace
Running dynamics yes (with compatible accessory) yes (with compatible accessory)
Vertical oscillation and ratio yes (with compatible accessory) yes (but not ratio)
Ground contact time and balance yes (with compatible accessory) yes (but not balance)
Stride length (real time) yes (with compatible accessory)
Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
Performance condition
Lactate threshold yes (with compatible accessory)
Run workouts
Race predictor
Foot pod capable

Golfing Features

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) manual
Digital scorecard
Round timer/odometer

Outdoor Recreation

Available outdoor recreation profiles

Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing

yes

Point-to-point navigation
Bread crumb trail in real time
Back to start
UltraTrac mode
Distance to destination
Total ascent/descent
GPS coordinates yes (at least for Where Am I)

Cycling Features

Available cycling profiles

Biking, Indoor Biking

yes

yes

Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
Courses
Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor)
Race an activity
FTP (Functional Threshold Power) 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

Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming

Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming

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)
Countdown start (pool swim only)
Pool swim workouts
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™ and HRM-Swim™) yes (with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-Swim™)

Kid Activity Tracking Features

Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app yes (optional Connect IQ app)