BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITORING
See your energy levels throughout the day so you'll know when your body is charged up and ready for activity or drained and needing to recharge with restful sleep. And get even more details and personal insights on how sleep, naps, daily activities and high stress specifically impact your energy1.
SLEEP COACH
Get a sleep score and personalised coaching for how much sleep you need and how you can improve. Even keep track of different sleep stages and naps — and see several key metrics over your sleep period, such as HRV status to better understand your health1.
BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS
Track all the ways you move with more than 30 preloaded GPS and indoor sports apps — including walking, running, cycling, pool swimming, activities for wheelchair users and more.
WORKOUT BENEFIT AND RECOVERY TIME
Better understand how each workout affects your body and how much time you need to recover so you can take on any fitness challenge.
MORNING REPORT
Receive an overview of your sleep, recovery, daily calendar, HRV status and more as soon as you wake up. You can even customise your report to show what you want to see on this fitness smartwatch.
SMART NOTIFICATIONS AND TEXTING
Receive emails, texts and alerts on your fitness watch when paired with your iPhone or Android smartphone. With an Android phone, respond to texts with the on-watch keyboard, and view photos sent to you directly from your watch’s screen.
NAP DETECTION
Automatically track or log your naps to see how they benefit your body and the ideal time and duration they should be.
HRV STATUS
Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health through heart rate variability, while you sleep.
WRIST-BASED HEART RATE
The vívoactive 5 fitness smartwatch constantly samples your heart rate so you can stay in the know all day and night1.
STRESS TRACKING
Find out if you're having a calm, balanced or stressful day.
WOMEN'S HEALTH TRACKING
Track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy to get exercise and nutrition education.
HEALTH SNAPSHOT
Log a 2-minute session to record key health stats, then generate a report to share with your health care provider.
PULSE OX SENSOR
Track your blood oxygen saturation while you're awake or asleep2.
MEDITATION
Help reduce stress, anxiety and more with guided meditation practices.
MINDFUL BREATHING
Start a breathwork activity to track your stress and respiration.
HYDRATION
Log your daily fluid intake as a reminder to stay hydrated.
RESPIRATION
See how you're breathing throughout the day and night.
| Sleep Score and Insights |
✓ |
| Battery life (smartwatch mode) |
Up to 11 days (5 days display always-on) |
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation |
Yes (spot-check, and optionally all-day and in sleep) |
| Garmin Pay™ |
✓ |
| Music storage |
✓ |
| Watch display type |
AMOLED Optional Always-On Mode |
| Touchscreen |
✓ |
| Watch water rating |
Swim, 5 ATM |
| Wheelchair mode |
✓ |
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| Lens material |
Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 |
| Bezel material |
Anodised aluminium |
| Case material |
Fibre-reinforced polymer |
| Quick release bands |
Yes (20 mm, Industry standard) |
| Strap material |
Silicone |
| Physical size |
42.2 x 42.2 x 11.1 mm
Fits wrists with a circumference of 125-190 mm |
| Weight |
26 g (36 g with included band) |
| Display Size |
30.4 mm (1.2") diameter |
| Display Resolution |
390 x 390 pixels |
| Colour display |
✓ |
| Large font option |
✓ |
| Battery life |
Smartwatch mode: Up to 11 days (5 days display always-on)
Battery Saver Smartwatch mode: Up to 21 days
GPS-Only GNSS mode: Up to 21 hours
All-Systems GNSS mode: Up to 17 hours
All-Systems GNSS mode with music: Up to 8 hours
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| Charging method |
Garmin proprietary plug charger |
| Memory/history |
4 GB |
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| Time/date |
✓ |
| GPS time sync |
✓ |
| Automatic daylight saving time |
✓ |
| Alarm clock |
✓ |
| Timer |
✓ |
| Stopwatch |
✓ |
| Sunrise/sunset times |
✓ |
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| Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second) |
✓ |
| Daily Resting Heart Rate |
✓ |
| Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts |
Yes (high and low) |
| Respiration Rate (24x7) |
✓ |
| Fitness Age |
✓ |
| Body Battery™ Energy Monitor |
✓ |
| All-day Stress |
✓ |
| Relaxation reminders |
✓ |
| Relaxation Breathing Timer |
✓ |
| Meditation |
✓ |
| Breathwork |
✓ |
| Sleep |
Yes (Advanced) |
| Sleep coach |
✓ |
| Nap detection |
✓ |
| Hydration |
✓ |
| Women's Health |
✓ |
| Health Snapshot |
✓ |
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| GPS |
✓ |
| GLONASS |
✓ |
| Galileo |
✓ |
| Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor |
✓ |
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor |
✓ |
| Compass |
✓ |
| Accelerometer |
✓ |
| Thermometer |
Yes (tempe™ sensor required) |
| Ambient light sensor |
✓ |
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| Connectivity |
Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® |
| Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) |
✓ |
| On-device Connect IQ™ Store |
✓ |
| Smart Notifications |
✓ |
| Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) |
✓ |
| View images from notifications on watch (Android™ only) |
✓ |
| Morning report |
✓ |
| Calendar |
✓ |
| Weather forecasts |
✓ |
| Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect™ mobile |
✓ |
| Battery Saver - customisable low power watch |
✓ |
| Controls smartphone music |
✓ |
| Plays and controls watch music |
✓ |
| Find my phone |
✓ |
| Find my watch |
✓ |
| Compatible with Garmin Connect™ Mobile |
✓ |
| Smartphone compatibility |
iPhone®, Android™ |
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| Gym |
Strength, HIIT, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Indoor rowing |
| WELLNESS |
Walking, Pilates, Yoga |
| INDOOR RUNNING |
Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running |
| Outdoor running |
Running |
| Outdoor recreation |
Disc Golf |
| Cycling |
Biking, Indoor Biking, Handcycling, Indoor Handcycling |
| Swim |
Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming |
| On the water |
Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing |
| Racket sports |
Tennis, Pickleball, Badminton, Squash, Table Tennis, Padel, Platform Tennis, Racquetball |
| Snow & Winter |
Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, Snowshoeing |
| Sport profiles |
Basketball, Volleyball, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Football/Soccer, American Football, Lacrosse, Rugby, Ultimate Disc, Cricket, Softball, Baseball
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| In the ring |
Boxing, Mixed martial arts |
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| Incident Detection during select activities |
✓ |
| Incident detection alert on phone for wearables |
✓ |
| Assistance |
✓ |
| LiveTrack |
✓ |
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| Gaming activity |
✓ |
| GameOn™ app compatible |
✓ |
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| Step counter |
✓ |
| Push tracker |
✓ |
| Move alerts (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) |
✓ |
| Weight shift alert |
✓ |
| Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) |
✓ |
| Calories Burned |
✓ |
| Distance travelled |
✓ |
| Intensity minutes |
✓ |
| TrueUp™ |
✓ |
| Move IQ™ |
✓ |
| Garmin Connect™ Challenges app |
✓ |
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| Cardio workouts |
✓ |
| Strength workouts |
✓ |
| HIIT workouts |
✓ |
| Yoga workouts |
✓ |
| Pilates workouts |
✓ |
| Workouts for wheelchair users |
✓ |
| On-Screen Workout Muscle Map |
✓ |
| Automatic rep counting |
✓ |
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| Customisable screen(s) |
✓ |
| Downloadable training plans |
✓ |
| HR Zones |
✓ |
| HR Alerts |
✓ |
| HR Calories |
✓ |
| % HR Max |
✓ |
| Recovery Time |
✓ |
| HRV Status |
✓ |
| HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+® to paired devices) |
Yes (using ANT+ or BLE) |
| Respiration Rate (During Exercise) |
yoga, breathwork and meditation only |
| GPS speed and distance |
✓ |
| Customisable activity profiles |
✓ |
| Auto Pause® |
✓ |
| Interval training |
✓ |
| Improved interval (includes open repeats, intervals data page, rest screen and auto detection) |
✓ |
| Advanced workouts |
✓ |
| HRM running pace and distance |
✓ |
| Auto Lap® |
✓ |
| Manual lap |
✓ |
| VO2 Max (Run) |
✓ |
| Workout benefit |
✓ |
| Audio prompts |
✓ |
| Touch and/or button lock |
✓ |
| Auto scroll |
✓ |
| Activity history on watch |
✓ |
| Physio TrueUp |
✓ |
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| GPS-based distance, time and pace |
✓ |
| Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) |
✓ |
| Run workouts |
✓ |
| Foot pod capable |
✓ |
| Run/Walk/Stand detection |
✓ |
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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 |
| Digital scorecard |
✓ |
| Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) |
✓ |
| Garmin AutoShot™ |
✓ |
| Green View with manual pin position |
✓ |
| Hazards and course targets |
✓ |
| PinPointer |
✓ |
| Round timer/odometer |
✓ |
| Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory) |
✓ |
| Pairs with Garmin Golf app |
✓ |
| Tournament legal |
✓ |
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| Back to start |
✓ |
| Area calculation |
Yes (via Connect IQ™) |
| Fish forecast |
Yes (via Connect IQ™) |
| Sun and moon information |
Yes (via Connect IQ™) |
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| Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) |
✓ |
| Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar) |
✓ |
| Compatible with Varia™ lights |
✓ |
| Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor) |
Yes (using ANT+ or BLE) |
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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) |
✓ |
| Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) |
✓ |
| Auto rest (pool swim only) |
✓ |
| Time and distance alerts |
✓ |
| Underwater wrist-based heart rate |
✓ |
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| Device languages |
Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (US), Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (EU), Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (International), Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese |
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| Security updates until at least (YYYY-MM-DD) |
2025-08-23 |
