Garmin Fenix 6 Pro is a premium high-end GPS smartwatch. It’s one of the members of the Fenix 6 Series which consists of the Fenix 6X Pro Solar, 6X Pro, 6S, and 6S Pro, 6 and 6 Pro. Each of these is a premium smartwatch that is fully equipped to track your active life comprehensively with a monster battery life that keeps you going for about 2 weeks on average. The difference between these 6 watches comes in the sizes and battery life, while the 6X Pro and 6X Pro Solar have the biggest 51mm case size and as well have the longest battery life, the 6 and 6 Pro have 47mm case size, while the 6S and 6S Pro have case sizes of 42mm and the least battery life. This basically gives you the option to choose the one that best fits your wrist. Beyond that, the difference between the Basic and Pro models is the presence of Wi-Fi, Maps, and music storage on 6X Pro Solar, 6X Pro, 6S Pro, and 6 Pro, but not on 6 and 6S.
It has a bigger 1.3 inches display than its predecessor, Fenix 5 Plus that’s very bright and easy to read outdoors, while the design is all shades of durable and sturdy materials. The case material is made of fiber-reinforced polymer with a metal rear cover, while the bezel is available in titanium, DLC, or stainless steel. The display is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass DX or Sapphire Glass, and the straps are available in nylon, titanium, leather, or silicone.
This watch also spots a 32GB music storage feature that allows you to store as many as 2000 tracks with the ability to also stream music from select services such as Amazon Music, Deezer, and Spotify. It also keeps you connected to all that matters to you so you don’t get to miss important notifications, and also allows you to respond to notifications via preset text response. There’s also an NFC chip inbuilt that supports Garmin Pay that allows you to make payments directly from the watch.
The Fenix 6 Pro is perhaps the most comprehensive activity tracker you’ll find on the market. This watch will track from the basics like sleep, heart rate, calories, floors climbed, blood oxygen, menstrual cycle, VO2 Max. to advanced features like incidental fall detection, preloaded TOPO maps for easy navigation, training analysis, and many more mentioned in the table below.
The battery life is very impressive, it can keep you going for about 2 weeks from a single charge and over 30 hours with continuous GPS tracking.
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Garmin Fenix 6 Pro Activity Tracking Features
| Garmin Fenix 6 Pro | |
|---|---|
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 | Yes |
| Controls smartphone music | Yes |
| Plays and Control Watch Music | Yes |
| 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 (high and low) |
| Respiration Rate (24/7) | Yes |
| Fitness Age | Yes |
| Blood oxygen (SpO2) monitoring | |
| Battery energy monitor | Yes |
| Stress tracking | Yes |
| Relaxation reminders | Yes |
| Relaxation breathing timer | Yes |
| Sleep monitoring | Yes |
| Advanced sleep tracking/Sleep Score | Yes |
| Menstrual cycle tracking | Yes (in Garmin Connect and optional Connect IQ widget) |
| Hydration tracking | Yes (in Garmin Connect and optional Connect IQ widget) |
| Health Snapshot | Yes |
SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES |
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| Livetrack | Yes |
| Group Livetrack | Yes |
| Live event sharing | Yes |
| Incident detection during select activities | Yes |
| Assistance | Yes |
| Spectator Messaging (New) | No |
| Assistance Plus (New) | No |
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, pilates and yoga |
| Cardio workouts | Yes |
| Strength workouts | Yes |
| HIIT workouts | No (to be added) |
| Yoga workouts | Yes |
| Pilates workouts | Yes |
| On-screen workout animations | Yes |
| Automatic rep counting | Yes |
| On-screen workout muscle maps | No |
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 | Yes |
| Auto lap | Yes |
| Manual lap | Yes |
| Rest timer (New) | |
| Configurable lap alerts | Yes |
| Heat and altitude acclimation | Yes |
| VO2 Max. (Run) | Yes |
| VO2 Max. (Trail run) | No |
| Real-Time stamina | No |
| 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 | Yes |
| Training effect (aerobic) | Yes |
| Training effect (anaerobic) | Yes |
| Primary Benefit (training effect labels) | Yes |
| Improved Recovery Time (New) | Yes |
| Daily Suggested Workouts (New) | Yes |
| 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 (available as a wearable map theme) |
| 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) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
RUNNING FEATURES |
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| Available run profiles | Running, treadmill running, indoor track running, trail running, virtual 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 | Yes |
| 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 | Yes |
| Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) | Yes |
| Garmin Autoshot | Yes |
| Full vector map | Yes |
| Auto Courseview updates | Yes |
| Green view with manual pin position | Yes |
| Hazards and course targets | Yes |
| Pinpointer | Yes |
| Playslike distance | Yes |
| Touch-targeting (touch target on display to see the distance to any point) (New) | Yes |
| Handicap scoring | Yes |
| Truswing compatible | Yes |
| Round timer/odometer | Yes |
| Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory) | Yes |
| Tournament Legal | No |
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, indoor climbing, bouldering, and surfing |
| 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 | No |
| 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) | Yes |
| Preloaded Ski resort maps | Yes |
| 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 | Yes |
| Tides | Yes (via Connect IQ) |
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 | Yes |
| 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 | Yes |
| 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) | Yes |
| Auto rest (pool swim only) (New) | Yes |
| Time and distance alerts | No |
| Pacing alerts (pool swim only) (New) | Yes |
| Countdown start (pool swim only) | Yes |
| Pool swim workouts | Yes |
| Critical swim speed (New) | Yes |
| Underwater wrist-based heart rate | Yes |
| 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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