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UNDERSTAND YOUR BODY BETTER
BODY BATTERY ENERGY MONITORING
See your energy levels throughout the day, so you’ll know when your body is charged up and ready for activity or drained and needing to recharge with restful sleep. And get even more details and personal insights on how sleep, naps, daily activities and high stress specifically impact your energy1.
SLEEP COACH
Get a sleep score and personalized coaching for how much sleep you need and how you can improve. Even keep track of different sleep stages and naps — and see several key metrics over your sleep period, such as HRV status to better understand your health1.
BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS
Track the ways you move with more than 80 preloaded GPS and indoor sports apps — including walking, running, cycling, pool swimming, activities for wheelchair users and more.
WORKOUT OPTIONS
From daily suggested walking workouts to step-by-step workouts for strength, HIIT, yoga, Pilates, mobility and more, it’s never been easier to move. Simply find the workouts in the Garmin Connect app, and download them onto your smartwatch.
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Continuously monitor your health with wrist-based heart rate1, HRV status, Pulse Ox2 and women’s health tracking — including menstrual cycle and pregnancy, meditation and more — to learn more about your body.
SMART NOTIFICATIONS AND TEXTING
Receive emails, texts and alerts on your watch when paired with your iPhone or Android smartphone. With an Android phone, respond to texts with the on-watch keyboard, and view photos sent to you directly from your watch’s screen.
NAP DETECTION
Automatically track or log your naps to see how they benefit your body and the ideal time and duration they should be.
SMART WAKE ALARM
The smart wake alarm gently vibrates to wake you at the optimal time.
HRV STATUS
Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health through heart rate variability while you sleep.
MORNING REPORT
Receive an overview of your sleep, recovery, daily calendar, HRV status and more as soon as you wake up. You can even customize your reports theme, data shown and more.
WRIST-BASED HEART RATE
The vívoactive 6 smartwatch constantly samples your heart rate, so you can stay in the know all day and night1.
STRESS TRACKING
Find out if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day.
WOMEN’S HEALTH TRACKING
Track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy, and get exercise and nutrition education.
HEALTH SNAPSHOT
Log a 2-minute session to record key health stats, then generate a report to share with your health care provider.
PULSE OX SENSOR
Track your blood oxygen saturation while you’re awake or asleep2.
MEDITATION
Help reduce stress, anxiety and more with guided meditation practices.
MINDFUL BREATHING
Start a breathwork activity to track your stress and respiration.
HYDRATION
Log your daily fluid intake as a reminder to stay hydrated.
RESPIRATION
See how you’re breathing throughout the day and night.
STRENGTH TRAINING
Elevate your body’s performance with a built-in activity profile, targeted strength training plans, workouts and more. Plus, track reps, sets and even rest time.
MOBILITY
Increase your flexibility and strength with new downloadable mobility workouts and an activity profile.
WHEELCHAIR MODE
Track your daily pushes1, plus get weight shift alerts, sports apps and workouts for wheelchair users, and more3.
ANIMATED WORKOUTS
Improve your form with downloadable animated workouts from Garmin Connect for HIIT, cardio, strength, mobility, yoga and Pilates. Plus, get push and handcycle workouts for wheelchair users.
GARMIN COACH
Prepare for your next race, train for a milestone, or simply improve your fitness with Garmin Coach adaptive or prebuilt running — or with strength training plans. Select plans even adapt daily based on your performance, recovery and health metrics.
RUNNING DYNAMICS
This smartwatch measures crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more.
RUNNING POWER
See how much power you’re applying to the road so you can manage effort and fine-tune training.
PACEPRO™ PACING STRATEGIES
Plan race-day strategy with GPS-based pace guidance for a selected course or distance.
WORKOUT BENEFIT AND RECOVERY TIME
Better understand how each workout affects your body and how much time you need to recover so you can take on any fitness challenge.
FITNESS AGE
Estimate how fit you are compared to your actual age.
WORKOUT CREATION
Create step-by-step workouts from more than 1,600 exercises in the Garmin Connect app, and send them directly to your watch.
PERCEIVED EXERTION
Record your rate of perceived exertion after each workout.
INTENSITY MINUTES
Track your moderate and vigorous activity minutes.
ACTIVITY TRACKING
Keep tabs on your daily steps, calories burned and more from your wrist1.
VO2 MAX
See your current fitness level, and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress and more (not available in wheelchair mode).
AUDIO PROMPTS FOR ACTIVITIES
Get guided audio prompts for run and walk activities.
INTERVAL CREATION
Build your own interval workout for running and cycling activities.
MOVE ALERTS
Get reminders to move your body, including a variety of movement options.
GARMIN CONNECT APP
See your health and fitness information, connect with friends and more.
GARMIN PAY CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS
Breeze through checkout lines or transit systems with participating providers.
MUSIC STORAGE
Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music accounts and more for phone-free listening (subscription required).
SAFETY AND TRACKING
If your watch senses that an incident occurred, it will send a message with your live location4. Or if you feel unsafe, you can do it manually.
CONNECT IQ™ STORE
Add watch faces, data fields and apps to your paired watch.
MULTIPLE FONT SIZES
Choose between multiple font sizes so you can view your data with ease.
Important Disclaimers
- 1 Activity tracking accuracy; see Garmin.com/ataccuracy.
- 2 This is not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of any medical condition; see Garmin.com/ataccuracy. Pulse Ox not available in all countries.
- 3 Not all features are available when watch is in wheelchair mode.
- 4 When paired with your compatible smartphone. For safety and tracking feature requirements and limitations, see Garmin.com/safety. Incident detection is unavailable when the watch is in wheelchair mode.
About Garmin vivoactive 6 42mm GPS Smartwatch
Bright. Smart. Colorful.
Play More. Charge Less.
Enjoy up to 11 days of battery life.
Know Your Body Better
Health and wellness features help you reach your goals.
Get Fit With It
80+ sports apps, Garmin Coach, downloadable workouts and more.
All Your Stats. In One Place.
View all of your health and fitness stats in detail on the Garmin Connect app.
It's All in the Wrist
From smart notifications to Garmin Pay contactless payments, vivoactive 6 is as convenient as it is attractive.
Understand Your Body Better
Featuring a bright, colorful display, up to 11 days of battery life, and purpose-built health and fitness features, the vivoactive 6 smartwatch gives you the tools and insights to help you know your body better.
Body Battery Energy Monitoring
See your energy levels throughout the day, so you'll know when your body is charged up and ready for activity or drained and needing to recharge with restful sleep. Get personal insights on how sleep, naps, daily activities and high stress impact your energy.
Sleep Coach
Get a sleep score and personalized coaching for how much sleep you need and how you can improve. Track different sleep stages and naps, and view metrics such as HRV status.
Built-in Sports Apps
Track your movements with more than 80 preloaded GPS and indoor sports apps — including walking, running, cycling, pool swimming, and activities for wheelchair users.
Workout Options
From daily suggested walking workouts to step-by-step workouts for strength, HIIT, yoga, Pilates, mobility and more. Download from the Garmin Connect app.
Health and Wellness
Continuously monitor your health with wrist-based heart rate, HRV status, Pulse Ox2 and women’s health tracking — including menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and meditation.
Smart Notifications and Texting
Receive emails, texts and alerts on your watch when paired with your iPhone or Android smartphone. Android users can respond to texts with the on-watch keyboard and view photos directly from the screen.
Built for Your Life
Nap Detection
Automatically track or log your naps to understand their benefits and ideal timing.
Smart Wake Alarm
Gently vibrates to wake you at the optimal time.
HRV Status
Understand your overall health through heart rate variability while you sleep.
Morning Report
Get an overview of your sleep, recovery, calendar, HRV status and more upon waking. Customize the report’s theme and content.
Wrist-Based Heart Rate
Continuously samples your heart rate all day and night1.
Stress Tracking
See if your day is calm, balanced, or stressful.
Women's Health Tracking
Track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy and receive exercise and nutrition insights.
Health Snapshot
Log a 2-minute session to record key health stats and generate a shareable report.
Pulse Ox Sensor
Track blood oxygen saturation while awake or asleep2.
Meditation
Reduce stress and anxiety with guided meditation sessions.
Mindful Breathing
Start breathwork activities to monitor stress and respiration.
Hydration
Log daily fluid intake to stay hydrated.
Respiration
Track your breathing throughout the day and night.
Fitness
Strength Training
Elevate your body's performance with a built-in activity profile, targeted strength training plans, workouts and more. Plus, track reps, sets and even rest time.
Mobility
Increase your flexibility and strength with new downloadable mobility workouts and an activity profile.
Wheelchair Mode
Track your daily pushes, plus get weight shift alerts, sports apps and workouts for wheelchair users, and more.
Animated Workouts
Improve your form with downloadable animated workouts from Garmin Connect for HIIT, cardio, strength, mobility, yoga and Pilates. Plus, get push and handcycle workouts for wheelchair users.
Garmin Coach
Prepare for your next race, train for a milestone, or simply improve your fitness with Garmin Coach adaptive or prebuilt running - or with strength training plans. Select plans even adapt daily based on your performance, recovery and health metrics.
Running Dynamics
This smartwatch measures crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more.
Running Power
See how much power you're applying to the road so you can manage effort and fine-tune training.
PacePro Pacing Strategies
Plan race-day strategy with GPS-based pace guidance for a selected course or distance.
Workout Benefit and Recovery Time
Better understand how each workout affects your body and how much time you need to recover so you can take on any fitness challenge.
Fitness Age
Estimate how fit you are compared to your actual age.
Workout Creation
Create step-by-step workouts from more than 1,600 exercises in the Garmin Connect app, and send them directly to your watch.
Perceived Exertion
Record your rate of perceived exertion after each workout.
Intensity Minutes
Track your moderate and vigorous activity minutes.
Activity Tracking
Keep tabs on your daily steps, calories burned and more from your wrist.
VO2 Max
See your current fitness level, and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress and more (not available in wheelchair mode).
Audio Prompts for Activities
Get guided audio prompts for run and walk activities.
Interval Creation
Build your own interval workout for running and cycling activities.
Move Alerts
Get reminders to move your body, including a variety of movement options.
Connect
Garmin Connect App
See your health and fitness information, connect with friends and more.
Garmin Pay Contactless Payments
Breeze through checkout lines or transit systems with participating providers.
Music Storage
Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music accounts and more for phone-free listening (subscription required).
Safety and Tracking
If your watch senses that an incident occurred, it will send a message with your live location. Or if you feel unsafe, you can do it manually.
Connect IQ Store
Add watch faces, data fields and apps to your paired watch.
Multiple Font Sizes
Choose between multiple font sizes so you can view your data with ease.
Garmin vivoactive 6 42mm GPS Smartwatch Features
- Designed with a bright AMOLED display, get a more complete picture of your health, thanks to battery life of up to 11 days in smartwatch mode
- Body Battery energy monitoring helps you understand when you're charged up or need to rest, with even more personalized insights based on sleep, naps, stress levels, workouts and more (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
- Get a sleep score and personalized sleep coaching for how much sleep you need - and get tips on how to improve it; key metrics such as HRV status help you better understand your health (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
- 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
- Know your body better with extensive health monitoring features, including wrist-based heart rate, morning report, fitness age, stress tracking, menstrual cycle and pregnancy tracking, meditation and more (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
- Automatic nap detection tracks your nap length during the day, providing personalized insights on how it affects your Body Battery energy monitoring and more (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
- For any fitness journey, the vivoactive 6 smartwatch includes advanced training features such as workout benefit - which helps you understand how each workout affects your body - and recovery time, to know how long your body needs to recover and more
- Animated workouts for cardio, yoga, strength, HIIT and Pilates help teach you correct form; create your own workouts in the Garmin Connect 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 - and includes push and handcycle activities with preloaded workouts for strength, cardio, HIIT, Pilates and yoga, challenges specific to wheelchair users and more (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
- Download your favorite music - including playlists from Spotify, Amazon Music or Deezer (premium subscription required) - to your watch, and connect with your wireless headphones for phone-free listening
- Leave your cash and cards at home; Garmin Pay contactless payments (with a supported country and payment network) let you pay for purchases on the go and breeze through select transit systems
- 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 Connect smartphone app
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What You'll Love
Sleep score and insightsYesBattery life (smartwatch mode)Up to 15 daysBuilt-in mappingYesPulse Ox blood oxygenYes (Spot-check, and optional all-day acclimation and in sleep)Garmin ECG AppYesLED flashlightYesGarmin PayYesMulti-band GPSYesMusic storageYes
General
Strap materialSiliconeLens MaterialSapphire CrystalBezel MaterialTitaniumQuickFit watch band compatibleYes (22mm)Built-in speaker/microphoneYesDisplay Size1.4" (35.3mm) diameterDisplay resolution454 x 454 pixelsColor displayYesLarge font optionYesBattery typeLithium ion
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