Vivoactive

Garmin's smartwatch, Vivoactive. PHOTO: ANNE A. JAMBORA
Garmin’s smartwatch, Vivoactive. PHOTO: ANNE A. JAMBORA

It’s a smartwarch, activity tracker, and GPS sports watch rolled into one sleek, ultra-slim package. The Garmin Vivoactive is a smartwatch designed to appeal to the athlete in you. From the boardroom to the gym, track your activities, along with your sports, and get notifications for incoming calls, texts, email, and calendar from your compatible Bluetooth-enabled devices.

The built-in sports apps allow you to track Run, Bike, Swim, Golf, and Move activities. Measure time, distance, pace and calories, autolap/autopause, and interval training with Run; distance, time and speed with Bike; time, distance and stroke count in Swim; hole number, par, distance to green, layups, doglegs and scorecards in Golf; and steps, distance, calories and move bar in Move.

A high-res color touchscreen display makes the device readable even under harsh sunlight. You can even customize the apps and watch face by adding widgets and data fields. Track your progress and earn virtual badges to keep you motivated via the Garmin Connect, and even join online challenges or compete with your friends around the world.

Vivoactive comes in basic black or white, or you can purchase additional bands in five different colors. A wireless heart rate strap is sold separately. Available at all Runnr Stores, Move and Toby’s Arena at Shangri-La, Mall of Asia and Glorietta for P14,990.

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