Garmin vivoactive 6
Understand your body better with this Garmin smartwatch. It can track sleep, energy levels and fitness activities, like running, cycling and swimming. And it provides up to 11 days of battery life.
- Designed with a bright AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) display that gives you a more complete picture of your health
- Up to 11 days of battery life in smartwatch mode
- Body Batteryâ„¢ energy monitoring helps you keep your energy levels in check with personalized insights based on sleep, naps, stress, workouts and more
- Improve the quality of your sleep with personalized sleep coaching and nap detection plus even more details such as heart rate variability (HRV) status
- Provides a sleep score and personalized sleep coaching for how much sleep you need, as well as tips on how to improve your sleep
- Key metrics such as HRV status help you better understand your health
- Automatic nap detection tracks your nap length during the day, providing personalized insights on how it affects your Body Battery energy monitoring and more
- The smart wake alarm gently vibrates to wake you at the right optimal time
- Find new ways to keep your body moving with more than 80 built-in indoor and GPS sports apps, including walking, running, cycling, HIIT, mobility, swimming, golf and more
- Personalized daily suggested workouts provide tailored walking workouts to keep you motivated and moving
- Extensive health monitoring features include wrist-based heart rate, morning report, fitness age, stress tracking, menstrual cycle and pregnancy tracking, meditation and more
- Advanced training features include workout benefit, which helps you understand how a workout affects your body, and recovery time to know how long your body needs to recover
- Animated workouts for cardio, yoga, strength, HIIT and Pilates help teach you correct form
- Create your own workouts in the Garmin Connectâ„¢ smartphone app, or try Garmin Coach free adaptive training plans that adapt daily based on your health and recovery data
- Wheelchair mode tracks pushes, rather than steps
- Wheelchair mode includes push and handcycle activities with preloaded workouts for strength, cardio, HIIT, Pilates and yoga, and challenges specific to wheelchair users
- Get running power and advanced running dynamics, including stride length, vertical ratio and more to help improve your running form
- See your health and fitness information, connect and compete with friends, sign up for challenges, earn badges and more in the Garmin Connectâ„¢ smartphone app
- When paired to your smartphone, vivoactive 6 makes it easy to receive texts, emails and other smart notifications right from your wrist
- Download your favorite music, including playlists from Spotify, Amazon Music or Deezer (premium subscription required), to your watch
- Connect with your wireless headphones for phone-free listening
- Garmin Payâ„¢ contactless payments (with a supported country and payment network) let you pay for purchases on the go and breeze through select transit systems
Imported.
- Smartwatch: up to 11 days (5 days always-on)
- Battery saver smartwatch mode: up to 21 days
- GPS-only GNSS mode: up to 21 hrs.
- All-systems GNSS mode: up to 17 hrs.
- All-systems GNSS mode with music: up to 8 hrs.
| Best Use | Fitness |
|---|---|
| Average Battery Life | Smartwatch mode: up to 11 days (5 days display always-on); GPS-only GNSS mode: up to 21 hrs. |
| Battery Type | Lithium Ion |
| Display Size | 1.2 inches |
| Illumination | Luminous Face |
| Altimeter | No |
| Compass | Yes |
| GPS/Satellite Detectable | Yes |
| HRM Included/Integrated | Yes |
| Heart Rate Sensor Type | Wrist-based |
| Average Heart Rate | Yes |
| Pulse Oximeter | Yes |
| Heart Rate Target Zone(s) | Yes |
| VO2 Max Estimate | Yes |
| Recovery Advising | Yes |
| Tracks Steps | Yes |
| Pedometer Type | Digital 3-axis Accelerometer |
| Pace Alert | Yes |
| Interval Training | Yes |
| Tracks Calories Burned | Yes |
| Water-Resistant Depth | 50 meters |
| Pool Lap Recognition | Yes |
| Stroke Recognition | Yes |
| Sleep Tracking | Yes |
| Alarm | Yes |
| Time Display | Yes |
| Stopwatch | Yes |
| Number of Waypoints | 50 |
| Customization | Data Fields Watch Faces Widgets Apps |
| Smart Device Notifications | Yes |
| Data Exchange | Bluetooth ANT+ |
| Compatible Fitness Accessories | Heart Rate Monitor Cadence Sensor |
| Gender | Unisex |
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Nice-ish watch
I was very excited to get this smartwatch. Four days after I started wearing it, I got a 1/4 inch scratch at the 12 o'clock mark. I'm a private duty nurse, and I barely bumped a smooth wood corner on my patient's bed. Every time I notice the scratch, it makes me sad. I've had multiple devices with Gorilla Glass, and have never had an experience like this before. Otherwise, it's a great watch so far.
Amazing Features But…
I bought this a few weeks ago and I am overall impressed. The health and fitness trackings have been so useful throughout my days as I can track my heart rate, stress, steps, and after each night I can see how good my sleep was. I love working out with this watch as well! The automatic set detection works well with arm movement, but as expected not the greatest at counting reps/sets when it’s leg day. But adjusting my sets and reps is soo easy so it’s not too much of a problem. My only complaint is that I do not like the plastic look!! I had switched out the Lily Active with this because the Vivoactive 6 has way more features. But concerning the aesthetics of this watch, I’m not a fan of it. I wish it was metal all round because it lowkey looks cheap. But the features of the watch makes up for the looks.
Great Upgrade
I wore a fitbit for 12 years and enjoyed it. Buying this Garmin represents my commitment to better data review and increasing my workout potential.
Love my new Garmin Vivoactive
This is my third Garmin Vivoactive. I believe I have been wearing them for 10-15 years; the first ones battery wouldn't last as long as I led after several years of triathlons and marathons and the second one quit tracking several things after I dropped it and cracked the crystal. The new one has many new features I like including it is quite light, tracks naps (which us old guys take from time to time), and the face is much more attractive. I don't know if there are other options for the face on this one because I like just the way it came out of the box. It works great and though I have had it for 2-3 weeks, I have only charged it once.
Nothing but trouble.
I bought this about a month ago and it’s been problematic since day one. It constantly freezes, turns off, and has been riddled with problems. When it doesn’t do those things it was good. I’ve exhausted all the things that garmin has told me to try and it still has the same problems. I’m not the only one experiencing these issues. Now the place that I have bought it from is dragging their feet and refusing to return it. So now I’m left with a watch that only works half the time. I’ve since bought the garmin forerunner 265 and it’s been leaps and bounds better than the vivoactive 6. I’m just so disappointed to be out of the cash that I paid for it.
Watch Failed after 1 Swim
Purchased this watch so I could Have something that was versatile and dependable in maritime environments. During my first training swim for an Iron Man, the watch clasp failed and fell off. I spent $300 on a high performance watch that was supposed to hold up under multiple different operating environments, and the watch failed the very first time I introduced It to a water environment. I will not be purchasing a Garmin product again - extremely disappointed with the lack of quality in this watch. It will not hold up under wet or maritime environments - Recommend looking elsewhere for products if you want a smart watch for triathlons, Spartan races, tough mudders, Iron Man’s, etc. This watch will not hold up to the simplest of stressors, even while brand new and fresh out of the box.
Accurate and comfortable
I was previously a Garmin owner and moved away to another brand. After several months of inaccurate tracking, it was time to go back to Garmin. The Vivoactive 6 came out and it was in my favorite color green. It was meant to be. Ive been wearing it most of the time and comparing the data between the two devices. It is definitely more accurate in tracking my steps and Im still learning how to track my workouts as the system has changed a bit in 8 years. I feel it gives me accurate data on the sleep, heart rate and other areas too.
Great product as per usual from Garmin, only thing to consider is that it picked up a small scratch on the screen first time using it during an MTB crash. Not the fault of the watch itself but maybe could consider another Garmin model with more protection or try find a screen protector if this is a scenario you could foresee happening to you.
More than worth the price.
I have had the Vivoactive 6 for 2 weeks upgrading from a FitBit Versa 2. My biggest issue is the size of the print, I thought I saw a place to make it bigger but can't relocate the place in settings. I like the battery 11 plus days compared to 2 maybe 3 on the FitBit. It was worth hassle to change exercise platforms. The only other issue I have is getting the steps to be equal in Connect and Google Fit. If you're on the fence and have a FitBit, just do it this watch has everything you're used to and more.
Nice features, but fragile
I had been happy with my Vivoactive 3 so I decided to upgrade to the Vivoactive 6. After owning the 6 for less than 2 weeks I noticed a big scratch on the watch face. I don't even know what I touched to cause it. If I knew the watch face glass was so soft, then I would have considered a different watch or at least a screen protector. The watch still works, but I am disappointed at the durability given the cost and my experience with the 3.