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For cyclists the vivoactive HR tracks speed and (with an optional sensor) pedal cadence, but is unable to pair with power meters. It will record speed, distance, and pace but lacks deeper running metrics. The running functions are a pared down version of Garmin’s specialized Forerunner watches. This means, that while it will track pool swimming, cycling, and running metrics, it cannot track a triathlon. But it doesn’t have “multisport” app functionality. It tracks cycling (indoor and out), walking, stand-up paddling, rowing, running (indoor and out), pool swimming, and golf (with access to metrics for 40,000 golf courses). The vivoactive HR has most (but not all) of the activity tracking features of Garmin’s high end fenix 3 line of watches. The vivoactive HR blends the look and shape of the company’s fitness bands with the technology found inside Garmin’s high-end smartwatches.
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The silicone strap fits the case so closely that it appears to be one piece with the case, however, the vivoactive HR’s band is both removable and replaceable. Where the original vivoactive was thin, sleek, and stylish (so much so that it was often mistaken for the Apple Watch), the vivoactive HR is bigger, thicker, and comes in only one color: black. The functional styling suggests that Garmin built this watch more for the fitness crowd than for fashionistas hoping to track a few activities.
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Aside from sticking with a rectangular touch screen, everything else about the case and band have changed. The vivoactive HR is a complete redesign of Garmin’s do-almost-everything GPS fitness watch. When we first heard about the vivoactive HR we assumed Garmin had simply added an optical heart rate monitoring to back of the vivoactive, but it did much more.
#Garmin vivoactive series
The most recent evidence is the vivoactive HR, a latest addition to the company’s popular vivo series of fitness bands. Garmin hasn’t let competition from Fitbit, Samsung, or even Apple slow down its quest to build the perfect GPS fitness watch for every single segment of the activity tracking market.