
Best Garmin products in the Smartwatches category
On this page you'll find a ranking of the best Garmin products in this category. To give you a quick overview, we've already ranked the most important information about the products for you.
1. Garmin Forerunner 255 Music
Sports watch. Main areas of use: Fitness, Running, Triathlon, Yoga. Connectivity options: ANT, Bluetooth. Smart features: Find my phone function, contactless payment, music control, smartphone notifications, alarm clock, weather. Touchscreen: No, Color display: Yes, GPS: Integrated GPS, Compass: Yes, Altimeter: Barometric. Integrated heart rate monitor: Yes, Pulse oximeter: Yes. Band size: For wrist circumferences of 130 to 205 mm. Battery life: Smartwatch mode: Up to 14 days, GNSS mode with GPS only: Up to 30 hours, GNSS mode with all systems and music: Up to 6.5 hours, GNSS mode with all systems: Up to 25 hours, GNSS mode with all systems and multiband: Up to 16 hours. Garmin. The Garmin brand is known for its GPS navigation devices. Garmin was founded in 1989 by Gary Burrell and Dr. Min Kao. The combination of the founders' names results in the company name Garmin. The products are particularly characterized by being developed and produced in-house. The company has three production facilities in Taiwan. With many engineers employed by the company, Garmin possesses strong technical expertise and can thus ensure high standards as well as consistent development and improvement of its products.

2. Garmin Venu 3
With the Venu 3, you can gain a more comprehensive view of your health thanks to a battery life of up to 14 days. You not only know how much sleep you've had, but also how well you've slept, how much sleep you need for the coming night, and that your energy reserves can be replenished. More than 30 sports apps, animated workouts, and Garmin Coach support you in achieving your personal goals. Easily answer and initiate calls directly from your wrist. Your Venu 3 moves with you, tracking your strokes and including integrated workouts for wheelchair users.
With the Venu 3, you learn more about your body than ever before – and you have a coach for your unique needs always by your side. Stay up-to-date: make calls, use voice assistance, pay contactless with Garmin Pay, or enjoy your favorite playlists – all directly from your wrist through your fitness smartwatch.
Check your energy reserves.

3. Garmin Venu 3S
With the Venu 3S, you’ll learn more about your body than ever before, and you’ll have a coach for your individual needs always by your side. Stay up to date: make calls, use voice assistance, pay contactlessly with Garmin Pay, or enjoy your favorite playlists directly from your wrist with your fitness smartwatch.

4. Garmin Forerunner 255
Garmin Forerunner 255
Running is important to you. Take a step further with the Forerunner 255 GPS smartwatch for everyday use. Train smarter, recover smarter, and run better than ever before. Achieve your training goals, improve your pace, track your performance progress, and use physiological metrics to make your running or triathlon training even more efficient – this GPS running watch does it all.
Your morning report provides an overview of your sleep, heart rate variability status, and daily workouts. Spend less time charging and more time training – with a battery life of up to 14 days in smartwatch mode and up to 30 hours in GPS mode. Test your limits with a built-in triathlon feature and more than 30 activity profiles. Plan your strategy in the competition widget with daily training recommendations, route details, and more. Numerous advanced metrics and training features help you reach your goals. Replenish your energy reserves after training and make contactless payments with Garmin Pay.
Features:
- Long-lasting endurance
- Nearly as light as a feather
- Sweat-tested materials
- Morning report
- Heart rate variability status
- Integrated sports apps
- Competition widget
- Daily training recommendations
- Garmin Coach
- Triathlon and multisport apps
- Running power
- Recovery time
- PacePro feature
- Training status
- Acute load
- Training effect
- Performance condition
- Running efficiency metrics
- Routes
- Track training
- Run time prediction
- Cross-training
- Wrist heart rate monitoring
- Body Battery energy level
- Sleep analysis with Sleep Score
- Pulse OX
- Menstrual cycle tracker
- Intensity minutes
- Keep an eye on stress
- Health Snapshot feature
- Multi-frequency reception
- Contactless payment with Garmin Pay
- Smart notifications
- Safety features
- LiveTrack feature
- Garmin Connect app
- Connect IQ store.

5. Garmin Forerunner 55
With this user-friendly GPS running watch, nothing stands in the way of your first sporting successes. Numerous functions help you to get closer to your goals step by step. Record your run and track how far, how fast and where you ran thanks to integrated satellite systems. Thanks to individual training recommendations, you leave nothing to chance in your daily training. This lightweight and comfortable smartwatch is the perfect companion to balance your sport and everyday life. Whether you're running a 5K or working up a sweat during a HIIT workout, the sporty silicone strap offers ultimate comfort. Record where you run and get accurate stats including distance, pace and intervals. So you can see exactly where you've been after your workout. Receive dynamic pace estimates based on the course profile and your planned strategy. So you can adjust your effort to your goals at any time. When you're on the move, your Forerunner 55 stores your step count, intensity minutes and more. Find out if you're having a calm day, a balanced day, or a tough day. Get relaxation reminders to perform a short breathing exercise. This feature uses chronological age, resting heart rate, and other factors to calculate whether your body is younger or older than you are. Because age is ultimately just a number.

6. Garmin vivoactive 5
Know the real you - with the vívoactive 5. With this fitness smartwatch, you will learn more about your body than ever before, and you'll have a coach for your individual needs always by your side. Innovative fitness and health features enable detailed analysis of activities, sleep, stress, and more. The daily Morning Report provides you with the essential information to kickstart your day and shows you how to improve your fitness effectively. Over 30 sports and outdoor apps, along with training plans featuring text instructions, help you stay active. Extensive smart features keep you up-to-date: receive smart notifications and calendar events, make contactless payments with Garmin Pay, or enjoy your favorite playlists directly through the smartwatch. All of this comes with an outstanding battery life of up to 11 days in smartwatch mode.

7. Garmin Instinct 2S Solar
With the Garmin Instinct 2S Solar Black from Garmin, you can easily and quickly make contactless payments, allowing you to leave your wallet at home! If smartwatches make your heart race, then the Garmin Instinct 2S Solar Black is just right for you – it features a built-in heart rate monitor to help you keep track of your health! This smartwatch has a function that allows you to measure the distance traveled. This feature is useful when you’re training or simply want to know how far you’ve walked. With the Garmin Instinct 2S Solar Black, you’ll never miss a call or message again! As long as the watch is connected to your phone, you can read all incoming notifications. You no longer need to pick up your phone when you receive a message, as it will also be displayed on your smartwatch. An outdoor smartwatch is perfect for outdoor enthusiasts. The Garmin Instinct 2S Solar Black is very versatile and can be used for hiking, running, and other outdoor activities. The case of this smartwatch is made of plastic. While it may not feel like aluminum or stainless steel, it is very durable! Want to lose weight? Then it’s good to know how many calories you burn. The Garmin Instinct 2S Solar Black smartwatch will tell you that. It has a sensor that calculates this for you.

8. Garmin Venu X1
Break new ground - with the impressive VenuX1. The premium smartwatch with the largest AMOLED display and thinnest design ever from Garmin. With up to 8 days of battery life. Scratch-resistant sapphire crystal and a titanium back ensure pleasant lightness. Innovative functions provide you with insights into your fitness and health - including HRV status, advanced sleep analysis and body battery energy reserves. Whether you prefer running, swimming, cycling or golf, over 100 sports apps support you in every activity. Improve your strength and endurance with Garmin Coach. Pre-installed maps take you reliably to your destination anywhere in the world. And everyday life has never been easier: write messages with the display keyboard or use the voice assistant. Make calls, receive messages, make contactless payments - all from your wrist. Let your favourite playlist accompany you. And if you want to light up: The built-in LED torch is always at hand. With ComfortFit wristband for maximum comfort.

9. Garmin Forerunner 955
High-performance running and triathlon watch with a wide range of functions, improved battery life, and strong training analysis.

10. Garmin Venu 2S
This Garmin GPS-connected sports watch helps you take care of your body and mind with advanced health monitoring features (heart rate, sleep, energy and stress levels, pulse oxygen saturation, etc.). To stay in shape, choose from over 25 built-in sports. Work out to the beat of your favorite music stored right on your wrist, so you don't have to use a phone (when paired with wireless earbuds, sold separately). The Venu 2S comes in a 40mm watch face to match your style and offers a wide range of colors. It has a beautiful, ultra-bright Amoled display and a long battery life of up to 10 days for the Venu 2S in connected mode with a quick charge.
