I have a growing list of expectations from my fitness tracker or smartwatch. Does it track heart rate continuously, show notifications from my phone, and provide advanced stats about my health? Can I wear it to bed, in the pool, at the office? Can I rely on my watch as much as my phone because it has GPS, contactless payments, and music onboard? The Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music checks all those boxes and more. It's the direct descendant of the Garmin Vivoactive 3, only beefed up with storage for music and audio files, which you can listen to via Bluetooth headphones. And it's a strong contender if you want a watch that does it all. What's New in the Vivoactive 3 Music? If you're already familiar with the Garmin Vivoactive 3, not much in the Music version will be new to you, unless you haven't run any firmware updates in a while (a few sleep tracking improvements rolled out earlier in 2018). The color options are slightly different for this release, and it costs $30 more than the old...

The Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music packs all the best features from running watches and fitness trackers into a timepiece you can wear anywhere.

Holds up to 500 songs locally; Measures steps, stairs, sleep, continuous heart rate; Includes advanced fitness metrics: VO2 max, fitness age, stress; Contactless payment and smartwatch features

Can only reply to messages from watch when paired with Android; No women's health tracking

I bought the watch on thanksgiving sale and so far it seems good value for money. I have used it for outdoor running and pool swim. The GPS does take time to "train" and provide better accuracy especially under tree cover but so far the difference is less than 2% compared to other devices - so I...

After lots of research I bought this watch which would also enable me to listen to music/podcasts. I thought it was worth the extra money. In hindsight I should have bought the basic version without music. You can only download Spotify which I didn't want to pay to use.

I previously owned the Vivoactive HR and was very happy with its functionality. After the face fell off it unexpectedly after 27 months, JL gave me a partial refund towards a new model. I have had it several weeks now and it seems to do everything the Vivoactive HR did, plus one or two more.

Switched from Garmin to an Apple 5 years ago only because I purchased an Apple phone. However, after upgrading and having several problems with my new Apple Watch, I was ready to go back to something that has always been accurate, durable and reliable. I couldn't be happier with the Vivoactive 3.

My first Garmin watch and definitely rates above average. The Garmin pay feature is super handy (if your bank is supported) and the amount of customisation is limitless. The wrist based heart rate can be a little erratic at times (74bpm while doing a 5km run, I don't think so) but it seems to...

Pro: Nice design and comfortable, Metrics are accurate (heart rate, sleep, steps, stress, etc), Phone app is way better than many other fitness tracker I used, Most activities can be started from the watch, Decent battery life given you don't enable BT connection, Survived a day at 125F (52C) under...

I use this watch to track my heart rate while running. The GPS works great any tracks my route accurately. Device paired up with my Google earbuds easily. Watch is so comfortable I tend to forget I have it on. As for pricing, you can't beat Crutchfield's price.

Comfort; pricing; performance

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It is a really awesome watch with so many good functions and is a big step from my previous watch which was the forerunner 35 but it has one problem, it gets scratched very easily because the glass curves off the side like the Apple watch so mine got scratched 3 days after I got it, besides from...

stay with a android operating system, you can do so much more. one of the few things to pay attention too when buying is the operating system, if you have a iphone get one with an os and if you have android then get one with android. garmin made their own and its very....