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vívoactive 6, the Latest Health and Fitness Smartwatch from Garmin

The vívoactive 6 is the newest health and fitness smartwatch from from Garmin, with an even brighter AMOLED display and up to 11 days of battery life.

With more battery life, users can go without stopping to recharge. This makes it easier to take advantage of popular health and fitness features like Body Battery energy monitoring, sleep coach, dozens of preloaded sports apps, new mobility workouts and more.

“No matter your fitness goals, vívoactive 6 is designed to help you understand your body better than ever before,” said Susan Lyman, Garmin Vice President of Consumer Sales and Marketing. “From your morning routine to your mid-day workout session to your nighttime wind down and everything in between, this smartwatch will be with you every step of the way.”

Start off Right

Wake up feeling more refreshed with smart wake alarm, a new tool that looks at lighter sleep stages during a pre-selected window of time to gently wake users with a light vibration.

Once awake, the morning report provides an overview of sleep, recovery insights, Body Battery, daily calendar and more1. It also includes heart rate variability (HRV) status, an early indicator of overall wellness and how prepared the body is for the day ahead. Users can customize the report even more with different themes, data and inspirational messages.

Never Miss a Beat

Packed with key health and wellness features, vívoactive 6 can help keep users going strong all day.

  • Body Battery: View energy levels throughout the day to find the best times for activity and rest. Get even more details and personal insights on how sleep, naps, daily activities and high stress impact energy levels.
  • Sleep coach: Receive a sleep score and personalized coaching for how much sleep is recommended and keep track of different sleep stages, naps and other key metrics such as Pulse Ox2 and HRV status.
  • HRV status: Monitor heart rate variability while sleeping to better understand overall health and how the body is navigating the challenges of life and environment.
  • Stress tracking: See how calm, balanced or stressful moments affect the body throughout the day.
  • Meditation and mindful breathing: Reduce stress, anxiety and more with guided meditation practices or start a breathwork activity to track respiration rates and stress levels.
  • Pulse Ox: Track blood oxygen saturation while awake or asleep.
  • Women’s health: Track a menstrual cycle or pregnancy and receive exercise and nutrition guidance.

Staying Active

To stay active throughout the day, vívoactive 6 includes more than 80 preloaded sports apps, including walking, running, cycling and pool swimming, plus new daily suggested walking workouts.

Users can also download a robust selection of step-by-step workouts for strength, HIIT, yoga, Pilates, mobility and more through Garmin Connect. They can also access Garmin Coach running and strength training plans—several of which adapt daily based on performance, recovery and health metrics to help users prepare for their next race, train for a milestone or improve overall fitness. In addition to keeping tabs on daily steps and calories burned, vívoactive 6 can track moderate and vigorous intensity minutes, VO2 max and more.

For wheelchair users, wheelchair mode tracks daily pushes1 and provides weight shift alerts, handcycle workouts and more3.

While out for a run, users can keep track of crucial running dynamics like cadence, stride length and ground contact time. The running power feature shows how much power is being applied, allowing to better manage effort and fine-tune training. To prepare for race day, PacePro provides runners with grade-adjusted pacing guidance based on course elevation and personal pacing preferences.

Following a workout, the workout benefit and recovery time tools can help users understand how their workout benefits their body and see how much time is needed to recover before taking on their next fitness challenge.

Stay in the Know

With vívoactive 6, receive text messages, emails and alerts when paired to a compatible iPhone or Android smartphone. Those with an Android phone can also respond to texts using the on-watch keyboard. Safety and tracking features help provide peace of mind by sending a message with the user’s live location (when available) to chosen emergency contacts if they feel unsafe or if an incident is detected4.

While out and about, breeze through certain checkout lines or transit systems with Garmin Pay contactless payments5 and download songs and playlists from Spotify, Amazon Music and Deezer (subscription required) for phone-free listening. What’s more, see health and fitness information in the Garmin Connect app and download apps, watch faces and more from the Connect IQ Store right on the watch, or find more options in the smartphone app.

Featuring a lightweight, aluminum bezel and silicone band, vívoactive 6 comes in Black/Slate, Bone/Lunar Gold, Jasper Green and Pink Dawn. Available to order on Garmin.com on April 4, vívoactive 6 has a suggested retail price of $299.99.

1 Activity tracking accuracy.

2 This is not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of any medical condition; see Garmin.com/ataccuracy. Pulse Ox is not available in all countries.

3 Not all features are available when watch is in wheelchair mode.

4 When paired with a compatible smartphone; see Garmin.com/ble. For safety and tracking features requirements and limitations, see Garmin.com/safety

5 View current supported country, payment network and issuing bank information

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