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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
A muscle map for side lunges on the Garmin Venu 3

These are my favorite Black Friday Garmin smartwatch deals still in stock (for now!)

By Michael L Hicks last updated

Grab some Garmin Garmin's holiday sale is LIVE, and retailers all over the web are dropping major discounts on some of our favorite smartwatches.

Grab some Garmin
Garmin Venu 3 Sleep tracking

Stop what you're doing! The best fitness watch just crashed to an all-time low for Black Friday

By Roydon Cerejo published

A new low Garmin's stylish Venu 3 fitness watch finally gets a deep discount of 25%, bringing the price down to $349.99.

A new low

I ditched my Apple and Galaxy watches for a Garmin, and you should too

By Brady Snyder published

I've converted After switching to one of Garmin’s best smartwatches, I can’t go back to my Apple Watch Ultra or Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 Classic.

I've converted
A close-up side view of the Garmin Fenix 8 with the default watch face

Garmin Fenix 8 review: Frankenstein's watch

By Michael L Hicks published

Garmin's greatest hits The Garmin Fenix 8 is an all-around monster that steals the best parts from all the other Garmin watches; it's a great device with an insane price.

Garmin's greatest hits
The Garmin Instinct 2 Solar

The Garmin Instinct 3 has leaked; I'm hoping for two major changes

By Michael L Hicks published

Coming soon? An official Garmin website listing for the Instinct 3 45mm Solar has us wondering whether it'll keep its "unlimited" battery life while making upgrades.

Coming soon?
The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra (left), Garmin Fenix 8 (middle), and Google Pixel Watch 3 (right) sitting on a chair.

Every feature Wear OS watches should borrow from Garmin

By Michael L Hicks published

Wear OS Weekly Our staff regularly uses Wear OS watches, but Garmin watches have tricks that tempt us away that Google and Samsung should borrow and make their own.

Wear OS Weekly
The default watch face on the Garmin Fenix 8 on the author's wrist. It shows a variety of small widgets like VO2 Max, acute load, time/date, steps, intensity minutes, and recovery time.

I'm trying not to feel underwhelmed by this $1,100 watch

By Michael L Hicks published

Mo money mo problems The Garmin Fenix 8 is like an onion: you can keep peeling back layers to find hidden depths, but also some aspects that make it hard to justify the $1,100 price tag.

Mo money mo problems
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