The Garmin Vivoactive 4 should be at the top of your list if you want a fitness tracker that is both stylish and useful. This GPS fitness tracker/smartwatch hybrid has a sleek design, more than 20 sports apps already installed, onboard music storage, and Bluetooth headphones. It improves on its great predecessors by adding on-screen workout animations, support for Pilates and improved yoga metrics, pulse oximeter readings, tracking of breathing, and heart rate monitoring while swimming.
The Vivoactive 4 from Garmin looks a lot like the Vivoactive 3 and the Forerunner 645. Around the edge of the watch is a band of silver metal that is not as shiny as chrome. It has the same Gorilla Glass 3 technology as the Fenix 6, but its screen is not recessed like the Fenix 6’s. This makes it a little bit less safe. But every bit of this kind of protection makes a watch bigger.
Features:
- Garmin Pay support is convenient
- Music storage is standard
- Battery life of one week
- Unique breathing exercises
- Accurate fitness and health monitoring
- Useful and accurate sleep monitoring
We used to use the Forerunner 645 Music, but now we use the Vivoactive 4. We use this watch to keep track of our runs from week to week. The Vivoactive 4 is much bigger than the Vivoactive 3. But if you want a slim watch, just buy a Vivoactive 4S. It has the same features, but its screen and battery are a bit smaller. This watch is easy to wear, but the Forerunner 645 is still a little bit better.
The silicone band that comes with the Vivoactive 4 is thicker and has less “give” than the band that comes with the Forerunner. The smaller and lighter a watch is, the less likely it is that you will notice it after a few hours. We usually take the Vivoactive 4 off every day for a few hours.
Only if you tie the strap really tight do you get marks on your wrist that look angry. If you are happy to wear it all day, you don’t have to take it off except to charge it. The Vivoactive 4 can handle water up to 5ATM, which is enough to take a shower or go swimming.
Where to get Garmin Vivoactive 4?
The Vivoactive 4 has a color touch screen with a tough Corning Gorilla Glass 3 lens, a comfortable textured silicone strap, a fiber-reinforced polymer case and polymer back cover, and a stainless steel bezel. It has a water resistance rating of 5ATM, which means it can handle pressure equal to a depth of 164 feet. It has a screen that is always on, and you can tap it to turn on the backlight. With a dark background, mostly white text, and colorful icons, the interface has a clean and simple look.
