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
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.
The Garmin Vivoactive 3 has just about every feature you'd want and expect from a fitness tracker, plus a few extras-stress readings, contactless payments, cadence measurements, ability to reply to texts when paired with Android-that make it more technologically luxurious.
24/7 heart rate and stress monitoring; Great features for runners; Tracks wide range of activities; Supports contactless payments; Compact and fashionable
May feel heavy and bulky to some; Charger is proprietary
The Garmin Vivoactive 3 ($269.99) is one of the most full-featured fitness trackers with smartwatch functionality you can get. It manages everything from contactless payments to stress measurement. While it doesn't track the most advanced running metrics, like foot-ground contact time, it does calculate cadence, pace, and distance using GPS. If you use it with an Android phone, you can even reply to text messages directly from the watch. It could stand to be a bit thinner and lighter, but you'd have to lose the heart rate monitor to make that happen. If you're a fitness enthusiast in the market for an everyday watch and tracker, this is the one to get, and our Editors' Choice. At a Glance Handsome yet simple with a round face, the Vivoactive 3 works as casual wear, a gym accessory, and even with business attire, provided you swap the silicone band for something more upscale. The standard size bands and swap out easily with a little spring-loaded lever you can press with a finger...
The Garmin Vivoactive 3 is an attractive, durable wearable that hits the sweet spot between fitness tracker and smartwatch functionality.
24/7 heart rate and stress monitoring; Great features for runners; Tracks wide range of activities; Supports contactless payments; Compact and fashionable
May feel heavy and bulky to some; Charger is proprietary
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...
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
Garmin Vivoactive 3's predecessor - the Vivoactive HR - was a great multisport watch; so good, in fact, that I went out and bought myself one. It isn't the prettiest-looking thing, but it excels at tracking a range of activities, it supports external sensors, including external heart-rate monitors...
The garmin vivoactive 3 is a great running watch. This is my 4th garmin watch and it is definitely my favorite. It looks great and functions very well.
A weak vibration alert cripples the otherwise powerful Garmin Vivoactive 3.
Connects to ANT+ sensors; Smart Notifications; Garmin Pay
Weak vibration alert; Easy to miss notifications
"The Vivoactive 3 is an activity tracker that's perfect for the rider who's not necessarily interested in picking apart data with a fine-toothed comb but wants to keep track of their rides and monitor fitness"
Built-in sensors; Bluetooth and ANT+ connectivity; battery life
Optical HR struggles riding on bumpy surfaces; app integration could be improved
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
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