5/18/2023 0 Comments Vivofit battery indicator![]() Unfortunately, the Vivosmart HR doesn't utilise the heart rate tech much during sleep, so there's little in the way of advanced metrics on offer, such as REM sleep. ![]() You get a graph showing time spent in light and deep sleep, as well as a second chart plotting movement. You will need to check the stats in the Garmin Connect app, and it shows a weekly breakdown of your sleep quality as well a deeper look at each day. Sleep is also tracked well, and unlike the original Vivosmart, the latest version will start tracking slumber automatically. ![]() ![]() A couple of hundred steps difference across 14,000 in the day is pretty good. Step tracking was also accurate and we tested against the Misfit Shine 2 and Fitbit Charge HR and didn't find any major discrepancies between the three. Fitbit tracks your resting heart rate in its app as well, but we found Garmin's to be a lot more accurate. We were also impressed with the accuracy of the resting HR figure. This is one area that the Vivosmart HR excels over its main rival Polar: the A360 while almost identical in terms of features does not use its optical monitor 24/7, and will not track resting heart rate.Įssential reading: Garmin Vivosmart HR tips and tricks Any regular reader of Wareable will know the importance we place on resting heart rate as a metric of improving health, so having it measured on the wrist is a good thing. Like the Fitbit Charge HR, the Garmin Vivosmart HR keeps tabs on your heart throughout the day and displays your resting heart rate on the watch. The main aim of the Vivosmart HR is fitness tracking, and that aspect is done with aplomb.Īs you swipe through the screen you'll get updates on your steps against your goal, flights of stairs climbed, active minutes for the week, calories burned, distance walked in the day and your current heart rate. A world away from the Apple Watch's lovely Taptic engine, it's something that needs to be addressed. Every buzz drills away at such a frequency it sets our teeth on edge, and it's damned noisy as well. One slightly random complaint: the vibration motor inside the Vivosmart HR is horrible. We'll dedicate a section to that further down, but suffice to say the screen does an admirable job of keeping text readable and sharp, even if it's not quite big enough for full messages. Of course, a big part of the Vivosmart HR's feature set is the smartwatch notifications. You can also skip music from the wrist and it works nicely with most music playing apps. It's no less annoying than any other nag tech, but relatively effective. When the Move bar is filled you'll need to move around to clear it. In addition, it will monitor the amount of active minutes and how sedentary you are, and a lack of movement builds up on the Move bar. The band will track your steps, sleep and flights of stairs ascended, and constantly keep tabs on your heart rate. The upside, however, is that the time is displayed permanently on the screen, so it does a good job of doubling as a watch. It's basic, but does a decent job of showing your stats with a swipe across the display. The screen itself is a 160 x 68 pixel LCD touchscreen with a backlight for reading in the dark that's initiated by covering the screen with your hand. If you're a runner, check it out.Ĭheck it out: Best waterproof fitness trackers ![]() Update: We've just reviewed the Garmin Vivosmart HR+, the upgraded version with GPS built in. But should you buy it? Read on to find out. That feature set puts it within a relatively narrow niche of wearables. The Garmin Vivosmart HR offers 24/7 heart rate monitoring, smartwatch-style notifications and workout tracking for, which puts it in direct competition with the Fitbit Charge HR. And given it's started to incorporate optical technology into its running watches, a heart rate monitoring fitness tracker was an inevitability.Įssential reading: Vivosmart HR+ vs Fitbit Altaīut this is no clone. With the Fitbit Charge HR dominating the market and the Polar A360 promising heart rate tracking from the wrist, Garmin needed to act. An update to the original Vivosmart tracker, the new version adds the same optical heart rate monitor as the new flagship Garmin Forerunner 235. The only surprising thing about the release of the Garmin Vivosmart HR was that it didn't happen sooner. ![]()
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