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Angled view of all four Galaxy S25 Ultra colors with S Pens unsheathed

News Weekly: DeepSeek rising, massive Garmin outage, the S Pen confusion, and more

By Nandika Ravi published

News Weekly A round-up of the biggest Tech-related news that stood out this week.

News Weekly
A collection of the best Garmin watches owned by the author: The Venu 3, Forerunner 965, 955, 265, and 255 Music, Instinct 2 Solar and 2X Solar, and Vivomove Trend.

Garmin has pushed a blue triangle fix for its watches; here's what you should know

By Nandika Ravi, Michael L Hicks last updated

Garmin crashing? Garmin watches crashed when you started an activity due to issues with the satellite packet. Here's what to try if your watch is showing a blue triangle.

Garmin crashing?
A photo of the Garmin Instinct 3 AMOLED on a man's wrist as he fishes

The Garmin Instinct 3 went AMOLED (sort of); here's every new trick and tool

By Michael L Hicks published

CES 2025 The Garmin Instinct 3 makes you choose between a much-needed visual facelift and the lineup's signature "unlimited" battery life.

CES 2025
A collection of the best Garmin watches owned by the author: The Venu 3, Forerunner 965, 955, 265, and 255 Music, Instinct 2 Solar and 2X Solar, and Vivomove Trend.

Best Garmin watch 2025

By Michael L Hicks last updated

Best for fitness training These are the best Garmin watches across the Venu, Forerunner, Instinct, Fenix, and other Garmin lineups, for every type of athlete.

Best for fitness training
The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra (left), Garmin Fenix 8 (middle), and Google Pixel Watch 3 (right) sitting on a chair.

I love Garmin watches, but they could learn a thing or two from Android smartwatches

By Michael L Hicks published

Wear OS Weekly Even as Samsung and Google play catch-up with Garmin on fitness, Garmin itself could learn a thing or two from Wear OS watches to keep customers happy.

Wear OS Weekly
The Garmin Forerunner 165 and 965 side-by-side on a bench, two of the best GPS smartwatches for accuracy.

Best GPS smartwatches and fitness trackers

By Michael L Hicks last updated

Accurate positioning Today, most smartwatches have GPS, but GPS alone can be inaccurate and skew your results. We've rounded up the best smartwatches and fitness trackers that go beyond GPS for more accurate data.

Accurate positioning
Garmin Fenix 7 Pro smartwatch on wrist with hand in coat pocket

Woah! The Garmin Fenix 7 Pro never lost its Black Friday discount — get it before it's gone

By Patrick Farmer published

Solar savings Days after Cyber Monday, Amazon is continuing the holiday deals by carving 28% off the Garmin Fenix 7 Pro (Sapphire Solar edition).

Solar savings

Here's everything Garmin added to its smartwatches in the December 2024 update

By Brady Snyder published

Big updates Lactate threshold auto-detection, functional threshold power, and more are coming to select Garmin watches.

Big updates
Three Garmin Venu 3 watches, showing different watch faces and data.

Garmin Venu 3 vs. Venu 2: Every key upgrade

By Michael L Hicks last updated

Versus Garmin Venu 2 owners have a ton of reasons to upgrade. For Venu 2 Plus owners, it's a tougher decision.

Versus
Acute load data on the Garmin Forerunner 265

SPRINT to grab our #1 running watch pick before the Cyber Monday deal's gone for good

By Michael L Hicks published

Cyber Monday Garmin's Forerunners all offer excellent training tools and accuracy; our recommendation is the $100-off Forerunner 265, but its siblings also have great discounts.

Cyber Monday
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