Garmin has gone all out with the Vivoactive 3 by packing this smartwatch with all sorts of expected, and unexpected, features.
The Vivoactive 3 is Garmin's first wearable that is Pay Ready. Paying for your purchases with your watch must be the ultimate in convenience, as you can leave your wallet in your pocket and 'tap and go' instead.
Personalising your Vivoactive 3 is free and easy through Garmin's Connect IQ store. Apps, watch faces and widgets of your choice can all be accessed through the store.
The Vivoactive 3 features 15 preloaded sports apps, giving you the opportunity to monitor a wider range of activities including golf, yoga, walking, and even paddle boarding!
The robust construction of the Vivoactive 3 means you can use your watch pretty much anywhere, including the pool, as livers of an active life would demand.
The Vivoactive 3 not only tracks your physical activity - it can also monitor your stress levels through tracking your heart rate variability, and giving you the opportunity to relieve that stress when required.
No matter where you are, your Vivoactive 3 lets you stay in touch with the rest of the world. Pair it to a compatible smartphone and you can see emails, social media updates, and more, on your watch face.
Manufacturer: Garmin
With the Garmin Vivoactive 3, Garmin has created a smartwatch designed with mainstream audiences in mind, combining fitness tracking with health and lifestyle features, as well as smart notifications. This makes it one of the most versatile wearables, which is bound to suit a range of people.
Subtle; circular; stylish design; Good GPS and heart rate monitor; Tracks a range of activities
Can't choose which apps get alerts; iOS users can't respond to texts; Garmin Pay not available in UK yet
The Garmin Vivoactive 3 is following a bit of a trend this year in wearable tech, especially in the realm of fitness watches. Although it's primarily a multi-sport watch like the Garmin Fenix 5 or the TomTom Adventurer, Garmin wants you to wear the Vivoactive all day, every day – and that's why it's...
Lightweight; Great battery life; 24/7 heart rate monitoring
A little ugly; On the pricey side
The Vivoactive 3 is Garmin's first sports watch to include Garmin Pay, the company's contactless payment system designed to rival the likes of Apple Pay, Android Pay and Fitbit Pay.
Easy-to-read display; Accurate distance tracking; Good heart rate monitor; Long battery life
Feels a little plasticky; Limited coaching elements; Garmin Pay isn't widely available; No onboard music storage
I have had this watch for about a month now. To replace a Fitbit Charge2 and forerunner 10 Pros: Great for running and Swimming. You can change your data fields to customise it. The screen is always on, really nice to look at in bright sunshine, though quite dim in with less ambient light, but then...
Bought this to replace a fenix 5s, and for my needs, it's a better watch. The touchscreen makes the device far more usable, also the design makes the small screen look far better (this is the music variant) the steel bezel on the non-music and fenix range make the screen look silly, and although the...
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...
The Vivoactive series has given us some of the most interesting, and least appreciated, fitness watches going.
Garmin are the market leader in GPS hardware and are steadily creating a stronger foothold in the activity tracking market for themselves with some solid hardware choices. The Vivoactive 3 is a step outside the standard activity trackers that are on the market, into a casual watch that has all the...
This watch has been great. The battery life is fantastic and alll of the features make it a must for anyone into exercise. The detail it provides is in-depth and easy to access on the watch face as well as on the accompanying phone app. It can be customised to look great too.
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...
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