SMART FEATURES |
| Connect IQ (Downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets, and apps) | Yes | Yes |
| On-device Connect IQ store | No | Yes |
| Text response/reject phone calls with text (Android only) | Yes | Yes |
| Calendar | Yes | Yes |
| Weather | Yes | Yes |
| Real-time settings sync with Garmin Connect™ mobile | No | Yes |
| Battery saver - customizable low power watch | No | Yes |
| Controls smartphone music | Yes | Yes |
| Plays and Control Watch Music | Yes | Yes |
| Find my phone | Yes | Yes |
| Find my watch | Yes | Yes |
| Virb remote | Yes | Yes |
HEALTH MONITORING FEATURES |
| Wrist-based Heart Rate tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Daily resting heart rate | Yes | Yes |
| Abnormal heart rate alert | Yes | Yes (high and low) |
| Respiration Rate (24/7) | No | Yes |
| Fitness Age | Yes | Yes |
| Blood oxygen (SpO2) monitoring | Yes | Yes (spot-check, and optional all-day acclimation and in sleep) |
| Battery energy monitor | Yes | Yes |
| Stress tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Relaxation reminders | Yes | Yes |
| Relaxation breathing timer | Yes | Yes |
| Sleep monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced sleep tracking/Sleep Score | Yes | Yes |
| Menstrual cycle tracking | Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) | Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
| Hydration tracking | Yes (in Garmin Connect and optional Connect IQ widget) | Yes (in Garmin Connect and optional Connect IQ widget) |
| Health Snapshot | No | Yes |
SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES |
| Livetrack | Yes | Yes |
| Group Livetrack | No | No |
| Live event sharing | Yes (Android only) | Yes (Android only) |
| Incident detection during select activities | Yes | Yes |
| Assistance | Yes | Yes |
| Spectator Messaging (New) | No | No |
| Assistance Plus (New) | No | No |
TACTICAL FEATURES |
| Stealth mode | No | No |
| Night vision mode | No | No |
| Dual Grid Coordinates | No | No |
| Kill switch | No | No |
ACTIVITY TRACKING FEATURES |
| Steps Counter | Yes | Yes |
| Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) | Yes | Yes |
| Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) | Yes | Yes |
| Sleep monitoring (monitors total sleep and periods of movement or restful sleep) | Yes | Yes |
| Calories burned | Yes | Yes |
| Floors climbed | No | Yes |
| Distance travelled | Yes | Yes |
| Intensity minutes | Yes | Yes |
| Trueup | Yes | Yes |
Move IQ
| Yes | Yes |
GYM & FITNESS EQUIPMENT |
| Available gym activity profiles | Strength, cardio and elliptical training, stair stepping, indoor rowing and yoga | Strength, HIIT, cardio and elliptical training, stair stepping, floor climbing, indoor rowing, pilates and yoga |
| Cardio workouts | Yes | Yes |
| Strength workouts | Yes | Yes |
| HIIT workouts | No | Yes |
| Yoga workouts | No | Yes |
| Pilates workouts | No | Yes |
| On-screen workout animations | No | Yes |
| Automatic rep counting | Yes | Yes |
| On-screen workout muscle maps | No | Yes |
TRAINING, PLANNING & ANALYSIS FEATURES |
| GPS speed and distance | Yes | Yes |
| Customizable data pages | Yes | Yes |
| Customizable activity profiles | Yes | Yes |
| Auto Pause | Yes | Yes |
| Interval training | Yes | Yes |
| Improved interval (Includes open repeats, intervals data page, rest screen and auto detection) (New) | No | Yes |
| Advanced workouts | Yes | Yes |
| Downloadable training plans | Yes | Yes |
| Power modes - customizable in-activity battery settings | No | No |
| Auto lap | Yes | Yes |
| Manual lap | Yes | Yes |
| Rest timer (New) | No | Yes |
| Configurable lap alerts | Yes | Yes |
| Heat and altitude acclimation | No | No |
| VO2 Max. (Run) | Yes | Yes |
| VO2 Max. (Trail run) | Yes | Yes |
| Real-Time stamina | No | No |
| Training status (lets you see if you're training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend.) | Yes | Yes |
| Training load (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated epoc) | Yes | Yes |
| Training load focus | No | Yes |
| Training effect (aerobic) | Yes | Yes |
| Training effect (anaerobic) | Yes | Yes |
| Primary Benefit (training effect labels) | No | Yes |
| Improved Recovery Time (New) | Yes | Yes |
| Daily Suggested Workouts (New) | Yes | Yes (7 days) |
| Custom alerts | Yes | Yes |
| Audio prompts | Yes | Yes |
| Finish time | Yes | Yes |
| Virtual partner | Yes | Yes |
| Race an activity | Yes | Yes |
| Auto multisport activities | No | Yes |
| Manual multisport activities | No | Yes |
| Course guidance | Yes | Yes |
| Garmin Live Segments | No | No |
| Strava Live Segments | No | No |
| Round-Trip course creator (running/cycling) | No | No |
| Trendline Popularity Routing | No | No |
| Touch and/or button lock | Yes | Yes |
| Hot keys | No | No |
| Auto scroll | Yes | Yes |
| Activity history on watch | Yes | Yes |
| Physio Trueup | Yes | Yes |
HEART RATE TRACKING FEATURES |
| HR zones | Yes | Yes |
| HR alerts | Yes | Yes |
| HR calories | Yes | Yes |
| % HR max. | Yes | Yes |
| % HRR | Yes | Yes |
| Recovery time | Yes | Yes |
| Auto max HR | Yes | Yes |
| Morning report (New) | No | Yes |
| Race glance/widget (New) | No | Yes |
| HRV status (New) | No | Yes |
| Training readiness (New) | No | No |
| HRV stress test (measures your heart rate variability while standing still, for 3 minutes, to provide you with an estimated stress level; the scale of this is 1 to 100; low scores indicate lower stress levels) | No | No |
| HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+ to paired devices) | Yes | Yes |
| Respiration rate (during exercise) | Yes | Yes |
RUNNING FEATURES |
| Available run profiles | Running, treadmill running, indoor track running, outdoor track running, trail running and virtual running | Running, outdoor track running, treadmill running, indoor track running, trail running, virtual running and ultra running |
| GPS-based distance, time and pace | Yes | Yes |
| Running dynamics | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Vertical oscillation and ratio (the degree of 'bounce' in your running motion and the cost-benefit ratio with stride length) | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Ground contact time and balance (shows how much time, in the running motion, your foot is on the ground rather than in flight and lets you check your running symmetry) | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Stride length (real time) | Yes (with compatible accessory) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) | Yes | Yes |
| Running power (New) | No | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Performance condition (after running 20 minutes, compares your real-time condition to your average fitness level) | Yes | Yes |
| Lactate threshold (through analysis of your pace and heart rate, estimates the point where your muscles start to rapidly fatigue) | No | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| PacePro pacing strategies | Yes | Yes |
| Run workouts | Yes | Yes |
| Race predictor | Yes | Yes |
| Course and weather-specific race predictor (New) | No | Yes |
| Foot Pod Capable | Yes | Yes |
| Run/Walk/Stand detection | No | Yes |
GOLF FEATURES |
| Preloaded with 42,000 courses worldwide | No | No |
| Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green) | No | No |
| Yardage to layups/doglegs | No | No |
| Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) | No | No |
| Digital Scorecard | No | No |
| Custom targets | No | No |
| Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) | No | No |
| Garmin Autoshot | No | No |
| Full vector map | No | No |
| Auto Courseview updates | No | No |
| Green view with manual pin position | No | No |
| Hazards and course targets | No | No |
| Pinpointer | No | No |
| Playslike distance | No | No |
| Touch-targeting (touch target on display to see the distance to any point) (New) | No | No |
| Handicap scoring | No | No |
| Truswing compatible | No | No |
| Round timer/odometer | No | No |
| Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory) | No | No |
| Tournament Legal | No | No |
OUTDOOR RECREATION |
| Available outdoor recreation profiles | None | Hiking, skiing, snowboarding, XC classic skiing, stand Up paddleboarding and rowing |
| Point-to-Point navigation | Yes | Yes |
| Bread crumb trail in real time | Yes | Yes |
| Back to start | Yes | Yes |
| TracbacK | Yes | Yes |
| Ultratrac Mode | Yes | Yes |
| Around me mode | No | No |
| Up ahead | No | Yes |
| Elevation profile | No | Yes |
| Distance to destination | Yes | Yes |
| Barometric trend indicator with storm alert | No | Yes |
| ClimbPro ascent planner | No | No |
| Trail run auto climb | No | No |
| Vertical speed | No | Yes |
| Total ascent/descent | No | Yes |
| Future elevation plot | No | Yes |
| Preloaded Topographical maps | No | No |
| Preloaded road and trail maps (New) | No | No |
| Preloaded Ski resort maps | No | No |
| Downloadable cartography support | No | No |
| Compatible with Basecamp | No | No |
| GPS coordinates | Yes | Yes |
| Sight 'N GO | No | No |
| Area calculation | No | No |
| Hunt/fish calendar | No | No |
| Projected waypoint | No | Yes |
| Sun and moon information | No | Yes |
| Xero locations | No | No |
| Expedition GPS activity | No | No |
| Tides | No | No |
CYCLING FEATURES |
| Available cycling profiles | Outdoor biking and indoor biking | Biking, indoor biking, mountain biking, eBiking and eMountain biking |
| Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) | Yes | Yes |
| Courses | Yes | Yes |
| MTB Grit & Flow | No | No |
| Cycle map (routable cycling-specific street map) | No | No |
| Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) | No | Yes |
| Race an activity | Yes | Yes |
| FTP (Functional Threshold Power) | No | Yes |
| Compatible with Vector (Power Meter) | No | Yes |
| Power Meter compatible | No | Yes |
| Advanced cycling dynamics | No | No |
| Compatible with Varia Vision (head-mounted display) | Yes | Yes |
| Compatible with Varia Radar (Rear-Facing Radar) | Yes | Yes |
| Compatible with Varia Lights | Yes | Yes |
| Speed and cadence sensor support (with sensor) | Yes (ANT+ and Bluetooth Smart sensors) | Yes (ANT+ and Bluetooth Smart sensors) |
SWIMMING FEATURES |
| Available swim profiles | Pool swimming | Pool swimming and open water swimming |
| Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | No | Yes |
| Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | Yes | Yes |
| Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only) | Yes | Yes |
| Drill logging (pool swim only) | Yes | Yes |
| Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) | Yes | Yes |
| "Repeat on" rest timer (pool swim only) (New) | Yes | Yes |
| Auto rest (pool swim only) (New) | Yes | Yes |
| Time and distance alerts | No | Yes |
| Pacing alerts (pool swim only) (New) | No | Yes |
| Countdown start (pool swim only) | No | Yes |
| Pool swim workouts | Yes | Yes |
| Critical swim speed (New) | No | Yes |
| Underwater wrist-based heart rate | Yes | Yes |
| Heart rate from external HRM (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) | Yes | Yes |
