Garmin recently released a comprehensive update for its smartwatches, which includes some exciting outdoor features. This is great news for those who use Garmin’s smartwatches for activities like skiing, sailing, and hiking.
According to a press release from the manufacturer, the first quarterly update of the year, called Q1, includes the following features for certain smartwatches:
– Ski Touring and Splitboarding 2.0: Watches with the update will now automatically detect when you’re ascending or descending. Additionally, the watch will display the time between applying and removing your skins as transition time.
– Jet Lag Advisor: You’ll receive advice on sleep habits, light exposure, and activities to minimize the effects of jet lag. To do this, you’ll need to enter relevant data into the Garmin Connect app.
– Wakesport Activities: You can now track statistics for waterskiing, wakeboarding, wakesurfing, and tubing.
– Sailing Expedition: The watch should now save battery for multi-day navigation activities. It does this by turning off sensors and accessories during navigation recording and only recording GPS position once per hour.
– Physio TrueUp 2.0: You can now synchronize more physiological data between multiple manufacturer devices. If you have multiple devices, it’s also possible to define the primary device.
– Sleep Score: Users of the vivomove Sport, Style, or Luxe should be able to better assess their sleep with this feature.
– Improved Sunrise and Sunset Widget: The widget shows you daily sunrise and sunset times, as well as the position of the sun in the sky.
The selected smartwatches include the Enduro 2, second-generation epix, fēnix 7, Instinct 2, MARQ (2nd generation), tactix, and quatix 7, as well as watches from the vivomove series.
Overall, this update is fantastic news for adventurous users of Garmin’s smartwatches, as it adds several useful functions for various outdoor activities. Garmin is known for regularly releasing updates for their devices, so users can expect to see more improvements and features in the future.