It does however track/determine VO2Max, which is a nice surprise for a unit of this price point.įor the optical HR sensor on the back, it’s the same 2017 edition of the Garmin Elevate sensor you see on the FR935 and Fenix 5, among other watches:
Note there is no GPS in it, and it can’t leverage your phone for GPS either. Battery-life wise, the unit claims 5 days in smartwatch mode, and two weeks in non-smartwatch time-only mode. When it comes to the band, the stock/default is a silicone material, though they use standard quick release watch bands – so any 22mm band should do just fine.Ĭharging-wise, they skipped the semi-universal (2017 anyway) charging cable that’s on the Fenix 5/FR935/Vivoactive 3/Vivosport and went with the same connector used on the Forerunner 735XT, Forerunner 35, and a few other watches I can’t think of at the moment. The split second the display turns off – the hands go back to their position. That way it doesn’t block the text fields. I really like the icons and such on the weather page in particular, just super clean and well done.Īnother subtle touch is that when data fields are illuminated, the watch hands actually move up and out of the way, kinda like doing the YMCA song. Here’s a small gallery of some of the data pages: Phew! Lots of options, all customizable via the Garmin Connect app. Smartphone notifications (anything from texts to Snapchat) Weather at current location, high and low forecast Intensity Minutes and total goal for week For example, you’ve got the following data pages: The watch can show all sorts of metrics, with similar data fields to that of the base Vivosmart units. Yet once you tap it or raise your wrist, the display illuminates and you get data: If you look at the watch in any light, you won’t see the display hidden behind. It’s an incredibly impressive piece of engineering. With the new Vivomove HR you’ve got a display hidden behind the watch face. That watch lacked an optical HR sensor, or any sort of data fields on the display aside from mechanical step counters.
#Garmin watch faces wont work upgrade
Sometime tomorrow I’ll also post on the new Vivosport after I’ve finished a couple more workouts.) The Tech Details:Īs noted earlier, the Vivomove HR is designed to be the upgrade for the existing Vivomove. Given I only have so many wrists…and so many workouts…I’m spending quality time with each. (Yes, I’m slowly iterating through each of Garmin’s three announcements last Thursday. Add those two things in, along with a pile of other features like stress tracking and you’ve got yourself a Vivomove HR (priced at $199USD). The one challenge they faced though was lack of a heart rate sensor on the back (which Withings added in their Steel HR variant), as well as more clear smart notifications. They were essentially Garmin’s take on the once popular Withings Activité trackers.Īnd while Garmin didn’t sell a ton of them – I actually thought they were pretty darn cool and looked really nice. They did, however, have an internal step-counter in them, and could track other activity metrics like sleep and even some exercise.
#Garmin watch faces wont work Bluetooth
These watches were Bluetooth Smart connected, but mostly looked like a regular watch. The Vivomove HR is the second iteration of Garmin’s dabble in classic timepiece looking watches, which they kicked off last summer with the original Vivomove. And unfortunately in the case of the Vivomove HR – that’s never been more true.īut let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves.
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