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
I bought 2 watches, one for me and one for my boyfriend. The watch has all the features we wanted but the heart rate monitor is so off when my boyfriend wears it. Both watches work fine on me but the HR is super high and inaccurate on him and I have read other review about this same problem
The Garmin Vivoactive 3 is one of the tastiest fitness watches we've seen so far. It looks good, isn’t a wrist-dominator, outlasts just about all normal smartwatches and gets you tracking similar to a Fenix 5 at almost half the price. What’s not to like? True offload warriors may want the extra ruggedness of the Fenix 5, and it’s best not to expect too much from the Vivoactive 3’s smartwatch side. It's also a shame that it doesn't store music for you to play during runs. But for sport lovers, the Vivoactive 3's great fitness tracking and battery life will eclipse the lack of smartwatch fluff.
Great exercise tracking; Very good battery life; Contender for smartest Garmin watch yet;
Software not as slick as Wear or Watch OS; Garmin Pay not ready yet; No standalone music playback;
A brilliant all-rounder, delivering multisport tracking, GPS and all-day heart-rate tracking in a slim lightweight package
Lightweight; Great battery life; 24/7 heart-rate monitoring;
A little ugly; On the pricey side;
Great exercise tracking; Very good battery life; Contender for smartest Garmin watch yet;
Software not as slick as Wear or Watch OS; Garmin Pay not ready yet; No standalone music playback;
The biggest complaint that we heard from consumers with the Garmin vivoactive HR was that it looked too much like a sport watch with its boxy design and plastic/silicone materials. Garmin clearly heard the same story and has now totally redesigned the vivoactive 3 with a round face.
Lightweight; sleek design with full-color display + fully waterproof; Activity and sleep tracking + sport tracking + smart features; New Garmin Pay feature for mobile payments; Ambidextrous design for right or left wrist; Increased training features + VO2 Max estimates
Expensive at $300; No native storage for music; Limited app support in Connect IQ; Side Swipe feature is not very helpful; No open water swimming
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...
Garmin's recent announcement about three new wearable devices is pretty exciting, even if it's drowned out a little due to the new Fitbit and Apple Watch announcements. But the GPS smartwatch Vivoactive 3 , which is replacing the, um, less aesthetic Vivoactive HR , is worth paying attention to.
Overall, the Vivoactive 3 is a very solid and fitness-focused watch. It's likely the iteration that many folks have been waiting for in terms of a more stylish unit than the Vivoactive HR was in the last version, and more functional than the super-slim original Vivoactive was a few years back.
In the end, I think the Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music is the kind of device aimed primarily at athletes and then at smartwatch fans. This is exactly the opposite of the Apple Watch, no matter what Apple says.
The first thing you'll notice about Garmin's new Vívoactive 3 GPS smartwatch is that it's round not square or rectangular like previous Vívoactive models. It's also packed with features, including a heart-rate monitor, 15 built-in indoor and outdoor sports apps and the company's new contactless-payment solution Garmin Pay. Additional free apps, widgets and watch faces can be downloaded via Garmin's Connect IQ store.
The third generation of Garmin's Vívoactive moves to a circular design and has more robust smartwatch capabilities, including Garmin Pay.
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