The Garmin Fenix 5S Plus is a compact fitness-focused GPS smartwatch that’s equipped to track your active life comprehensively with lots of fitness tracking built-in and a long battery life that lets you go long from a single charge.
The Fenix 5S Plus is sturdily built and designed with some of the most durable materials on the market. The case is made of fiber-reinforced polymer with a metal rear cover, while the bezel is made of stainless steel. The 20mm strap is available in stainless steel, silicone, or suede. The screen is protected by domed chemically strengthened glass or sapphire crystal.
The always-on 1.2 inches transflective LCD display is very bright and can easily be read outdoors, while it has 5 physical buttons that make navigation very easy. The watchfaces can easily be customized by downloading your preferred choice from the Garmin Connect IQ store.
It also has a 16GB music storage capacity that allows you to store your favorite tracks on the watch or stream from select supported services such as Spotify and Deezer. There’s also an NFC chip that supports Garmin Pay and enables you to make a payment on the go directly from this watch.
Under the hood, it’s equipped with an accelerometer, barometer, GPS, heart rate sensor, compass, and thermometer that enables it to track your steps, sleep, heart rate, swimming, and a robust list of outdoor and training analysis features. All activity tracking features are listed in the table below.
The Fenix 5S Plus will keep you connected to all that matters to you as well as being able to reply to notifications via preset text response. While the battery life is also great, It has a long battery life that’ll keep you going for up to 7 days and over 8 hours with continuous GPS tracking from a single charge.
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Garmin Fenix 5S Plus Activity Tracking Features
| Garmin Fenix 5S Plus | |
|---|---|
SMART FEATURES |
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| Connect IQ (Downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets, and apps) | Yes |
| On-device Connect IQ store | No |
| Text response/reject phone calls with text (Android only) | Yes |
| Calendar | Yes |
| Weather | Yes |
| Real-time settings sync with Garmin Connect™ mobile | No |
| Battery saver - customizable low power watch | No |
| Controls smartphone music | Yes |
| Plays and Control Watch Music | |
| Find my phone | Yes |
| Find my watch | Yes |
| Virb remote | Yes |
HEALTH MONITORING FEATURES |
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| Wrist-based Heart Rate tracking | Yes |
| Daily resting heart rate | Yes |
| Abnormal heart rate alert | Yes |
| Respiration Rate (24/7) | Yes |
| Fitness Age | |
| Blood oxygen (SpO2) monitoring | Yes |
| Battery energy monitor | Yes |
| Stress tracking | Yes |
| Relaxation reminders | Yes |
| Relaxation breathing timer | Yes |
| Sleep monitoring | Yes |
| Advanced sleep tracking/Sleep Score | __ |
| Menstrual cycle tracking | Yes (in Garmin Connect) |
| Hydration tracking | Yes (in Garmin Connect) |
| Health Snapshot | |
SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES |
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| Livetrack | Yes |
| Group Livetrack | Yes |
| Live event sharing | No |
| Incident detection during select activities | Yes |
| Assistance | Yes |
| Spectator Messaging (New) | |
| Assistance Plus (New) | |
TACTICAL FEATURES |
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| Stealth mode | No |
| Night vision mode | No |
| Dual Grid Coordinates | Yes |
| Kill switch | No |
ACTIVITY TRACKING FEATURES |
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| Steps Counter | Yes |
| Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) | Yes |
| Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) | Yes |
| Sleep monitoring (monitors total sleep and periods of movement or restful sleep) | Yes |
| Calories burned | Yes |
| Floors climbed | Yes |
| Distance travelled | Yes |
| Intensity minutes | Yes |
| Trueup | Yes |
| Move IQ | Yes |
GYM & FITNESS EQUIPMENT |
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| Available gym activity profiles | Strength, cardio and elliptical training, stair stepping, floor climbing, indoor rowing and yoga |
| Cardio workouts | Yes |
| Strength workouts | Yes |
| HIIT workouts | |
| Yoga workouts | No |
| Pilates workouts | No |
| On-screen workout animations | No |
| Automatic rep counting | Yes |
| On-screen workout muscle maps | |
TRAINING, PLANNING & ANALYSIS FEATURES |
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| GPS speed and distance | Yes |
| Customizable data pages | Yes |
| Customizable activity profiles | Yes |
| Auto Pause | Yes |
| Interval training | Yes |
| Improved interval (Includes open repeats, intervals data page, rest screen and auto detection) (New) | |
| Advanced workouts | Yes |
| Downloadable training plans | Yes |
| Power modes - customizable in-activity battery settings | No |
| Auto lap | Yes |
| Manual lap | Yes |
| Rest timer (New) | |
| Configurable lap alerts | Yes |
| Heat and altitude acclimation | No |
| VO2 Max. (Run) | Yes |
| VO2 Max. (Trail run) | No |
| Real-Time stamina | |
| Training status (lets you see if you're training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend.) | Yes |
| Training load (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated epoc) | Yes |
| Training load focus | No |
| Training effect (aerobic) | Yes |
| Training effect (anaerobic) | Yes |
| Primary Benefit (training effect labels) | No |
| Improved Recovery Time (New) | |
| Daily Suggested Workouts (New) | |
| Custom alerts | Yes |
| Audio prompts | Yes |
| Finish time | Yes |
| Virtual partner | Yes |
| Race an activity | Yes |
| Auto multisport activities | Yes |
| Manual multisport activities | Yes |
| Course guidance | Yes |
| Garmin Live Segments | Yes |
| Strava Live Segments | Yes |
| Round-Trip course creator (running/cycling) | Yes |
| Trendline Popularity Routing | Yes |
| Touch and/or button lock | Yes |
| Hot keys | Yes |
| Auto scroll | Yes |
| Activity history on watch | Yes |
| Physio Trueup | Yes |
HEART RATE TRACKING FEATURES |
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| HR zones | Yes |
| HR alerts | Yes |
| HR calories | Yes |
| % HR max. | Yes |
| % HRR | Yes |
| Recovery time | Yes |
| Auto max HR | Yes |
| Morning report (New) | |
| Race glance/widget (New) | |
| HRV status (New) | |
| Training readiness (New) | |
| 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) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+ to paired devices) | Yes |
| Respiration rate (during exercise) | No |
RUNNING FEATURES |
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| Available run profiles | Running, treadmill running, trail running |
| GPS-based distance, time and pace | Yes |
| Running dynamics | 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) |
| 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) |
| Stride length (real time) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) | Yes |
| Running power (New) | |
| Performance condition (after running 20 minutes, compares your real-time condition to your average fitness level) | Yes |
| Lactate threshold (through analysis of your pace and heart rate, estimates the point where your muscles start to rapidly fatigue) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| PacePro pacing strategies | No |
| Run workouts | Yes |
| Race predictor | Yes |
| Course and weather-specific race predictor (New) | |
| Foot Pod Capable | Yes |
| Run/Walk/Stand detection | |
GOLF FEATURES |
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| Preloaded with 42,000 courses worldwide | Yes |
| Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green) | Yes |
| Yardage to layups/doglegs | Yes |
| Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) | Automatic |
| Digital Scorecard | Yes |
| Custom targets | No |
| Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) | Yes |
| Garmin Autoshot | Yes |
| Full vector map | No |
| Auto Courseview updates | Yes |
| Green view with manual pin position | Yes |
| Hazards and course targets | Yes |
| Pinpointer | No |
| Playslike distance | No |
| Touch-targeting (touch target on display to see the distance to any point) (New) | |
| Handicap scoring | No |
| Truswing compatible | Yes |
| Round timer/odometer | Yes |
| Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory) | Yes |
| Tournament Legal | |
OUTDOOR RECREATION |
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| Available outdoor recreation profiles | Hiking, climbing, mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding, xc skiing, stand up paddleboarding, rowing, kayaking, jumpmaster, tactical |
| Point-to-Point navigation | Yes |
| Bread crumb trail in real time | Yes |
| Back to start | Yes |
| TracbacK | Yes |
| Ultratrac Mode | Yes |
| Around me mode | Yes |
| Up ahead | |
| Elevation profile | Yes |
| Distance to destination | Yes |
| Barometric trend indicator with storm alert | Yes |
| ClimbPro ascent planner | Yes |
| Trail run auto climb | Yes |
| Vertical speed | Yes |
| Total ascent/descent | Yes |
| Future elevation plot | Yes |
| Preloaded Topographical maps | Yes |
| Preloaded road and trail maps (New) | |
| Preloaded Ski resort maps | No |
| Downloadable cartography support | Yes |
| Compatible with Basecamp | Yes |
| GPS coordinates | Yes |
| Sight 'N GO | Yes |
| Area calculation | Yes (via Connect IQ) |
| Hunt/fish calendar | Yes (via Connect IQ) |
| Projected waypoint | Yes |
| Sun and moon information | Yes (via Connect IQ) |
| Xero locations | Yes |
| Expedition GPS activity | No |
| Tides | Yes |
CYCLING FEATURES |
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| Available cycling profiles | Biking, indoor biking, mountain biking, triathlon |
| Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) | Yes |
| Courses | Yes |
| MTB Grit & Flow | No |
| Cycle map (routable cycling-specific street map) | Yes |
| Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) | Yes |
| Race an activity | Yes |
| FTP (Functional Threshold Power) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Compatible with Vector (Power Meter) | Yes |
| Power Meter compatible | Yes |
| Advanced cycling dynamics | |
| Compatible with Varia Vision (head-mounted display) | Yes |
| Compatible with Varia Radar (Rear-Facing Radar) | Yes |
| Compatible with Varia Lights | Yes |
| Speed and cadence sensor support (with sensor) | Yes (ANT+ and Bluetooth Smart sensors) |
SWIMMING FEATURES |
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| Available swim profiles | Pool swimming, open water swimming, swimming/running |
| Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | Yes |
| Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | Yes |
| Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only) | Yes |
| Drill logging (pool swim only) | Yes |
| Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) | Yes |
| "Repeat on" rest timer (pool swim only) (New) | |
| Auto rest (pool swim only) (New) | |
| Time and distance alerts | No |
| Pacing alerts (pool swim only) (New) | |
| Countdown start (pool swim only) | No |
| Pool swim workouts | Yes |
| Critical swim speed (New) | |
| Underwater wrist-based heart rate | No |
| Heart rate from external HRM (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) | Yes (with HRM-Tri and HRM-Swim) |
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