vívoactive? 6
vívoactive? 6
vívoactive? 6
Bright. Smart. Colorful.
PLAY MORE.
CHARGE LESS.
Enjoy up to 11 days of battery life
KNOW YOUR BODY BETTER
Health and wellness features help you reach your goals
GET FIT WITH IT
80+ sports apps, Garmin Coach, downloadable workouts and more
ALL YOUR STATS.
IN ONE PLACE.
View all of your health and fitness stats in detail on the Garmin Connect? app
IT’S ALL IN THE WRIST
FROM Smart notifications to Garmin Pay? CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS, vívoactive 6 is as convenient as it is attractive
UNDERSTAND YOUR BODY BETTER
Featuring a bright, colorful display, up to 11 days of battery life, and purpose-built health and fitness features, the vívoactive 6 smartwatch gives you the tools and insights to help you know your body better.
BRIGHT AMOLED DISPLAY
UP TO 11 DAYS OF BATTERY LIFE
BODY BATTERY?ENERGY MONITORING, SLEEP SCORE, STRESS TRACKING AND MORE
ADVANCED FITNESS FEATURES
WORKS WITH THE GARMIN CONNECT?APP ON iPHONE?AND ANDROID?SMARTPHONES
SMART NOTIFICATIONS, GARMIN PAY?CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS AND MUSIC STORAGE
WHAT YOU'LL LOVE
BODY BATTERY ENERGY MONITORING
See your energy levels throughout the day, so you’ll know when your body is charged up and ready for activity or drained and needing to recharge with restful sleep. And get even more details and personal insights on how sleep , naps , daily activities and high stress specifically impact your energy1.
SLEEP COACH
Get a sleep score and personalized coaching for how much sleep you need and how you can improve. Even keep track of different sleep stages and naps — and see several key metrics over your sleep period, such as HRV status to better understand your health1.
BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS
Track the ways you move with more than 80 preloaded GPS and indoor sports apps — including walking, running, cycling, pool swimming, activities for wheelchair users and more.
WORKOUT OPTIONS
From daily suggested walking workouts to step-by-step workouts for strength, HIIT, yoga, Pilates, mobility and more, it’s never been easier to move. Simply find the workouts in the Garmin Connect app , and download them onto your smartwatch.
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Continuously monitor your health with wrist-based heart rate1, HRV status, Pulse Ox2and women’s health tracking — including menstrual cycle and pregnancy, meditation and more — to learn more about your body.
SMART NOTIFICATIONS AND TEXTING
Receive emails, texts and alerts on your watch when paired with your iPhone or Android smartphone. With an Android phone, respond to texts with the on-watch keyboard, and view photos sent to you directly from your watch’s screen.
BUILT FOR YOUR LIFE
HEALTH
NAP DETECTION
Automatically track or log your naps to see how they benefit your body and the ideal time and duration they should be.
SMART WAKE ALARM
The smart wake alarm gently vibrates to wake you at the optimal time.
HRV STATUS
Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health through heart rate variability while you sleep.
MORNING REPORT
Receive an overview of your sleep, recovery, daily calendar, HRV status and more as soon as you wake up. You can even customize your reports theme, data shown and more.
WRIST-BASED HEART RATE
The vívoactive 6 smartwatch constantly samples your heart rate , so you can stay in the know all day and night1.
STRESS TRACKING
Find out if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day .
WOMEN’S HEALTH TRACKING
Track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy , and get exercise and nutrition education.
HEALTH SNAPSHOT
Log a 2-minute session to record key health stats , then generate a report to share with your health care provider.
PULSE OX SENSOR
Track your blood oxygen saturation while you’re awake or asleep2.
MEDITATION
Help reduce stress, anxiety and more with guided meditation practices.
MINDFUL BREATHING
Start a breathwork activity to track your stress and respiration.
HYDRATION
Log your daily fluid intake as a reminder to stay hydrated.
RESPIRATION
See how you’re breathing throughout the day and night.
FITNESS
STRENGTH TRAINING
Elevate your body’s performance with a built-in activity profile, targeted strength training plans, workouts and more. Plus, track reps, sets and even rest time.
MOBILITY
Increase your flexibility and strength with new downloadable mobility workouts and an activity profile.
WHEELCHAIR MODE
Track your daily pushes1, plus get weight shift alerts, sports apps and workouts for wheelchair users , and more3.
ANIMATED WORKOUTS
Improve your form with downloadable animated workouts from Garmin Connect for HIIT, cardio, strength, mobility, yoga and Pilates. Plus, get push and handcycle workouts for wheelchair users.
GARMIN COACH
Prepare for your next race, train for a milestone, or simply improve your fitness with Garmin Coach adaptive or prebuilt running — or with strength training plans . Select plans even adapt daily based on your performance, recovery and health metrics.
RUNNING DYNAMICS
This smartwatch measures crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more.
PACEPRO?PACING STRATEGIES
Plan race-day strategy with GPS-based pace guidance for a selected course or distance.
WORKOUT BENEFIT AND RECOVERY TIME
Better understand how each workout affects your body and how much time you need to recover so you can take on any fitness challenge.
FITNESS AGE
Estimate how fit you are compared to your actual age.
WORKOUT CREATION
Create step-by-step workouts from more than 1,600 exercises in the Garmin Connect app, and send them directly to your watch.
PERCEIVED EXERTION
Record your rate of perceived exertion after each workout.
INTENSITY MINUTES
Track your moderate and vigorous activity minutes .
ACTIVITY TRACKING
Keep tabs on your daily steps, calories burned and more from your wrist1.
VO2 MAX
See your current fitness level , and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress and more (not available in wheelchair mode).
AUDIO PROMPTS FOR ACTIVITIES
Get guided audio prompts for run and walk activities.
INTERVAL CREATION
Build your own interval workout for running and cycling activities.
MOVE ALERTS
Get reminders to move your body, including a variety of movement options.
CONNECT
GARMIN CONNECT APP
See your health and fitness information, connect with friends and more.
GARMIN PAY CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS
Breeze through checkout lines or transit systems with participating providers .
MUSIC STORAGE
Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music accounts and more for phone-free listening (subscription required).
SAFETY AND TRACKING
If your watch senses that an incident occurred, it will send a message with your live location4. Or if you feel unsafe , you can do it manually.
CONNECT IQ?STORE
Add watch faces, data fields and apps to your paired watch.
MULTIPLE FONT SIZES
Choose between multiple font sizes so you can view your data with ease.
What You'll Love
Sleep score and insights
Battery life (smartwatch mode) : Up to 11 days (5 days display always-on)
Pulse Ox blood oxygen : yes (spot-check, and optionally all-day and in sleep)
Garmin Pay?
Music storage
Display type : AMOLED (optional always-on mode)
Touchscreen
Water rating : Swim, 5 ATM
Wheelchair mode
General
Strap material : silicone
Lens Material : Corning? Gorilla? Glass 3
Bezel Material : anodized aluminum
Case material : fiber-reinforced polymer
Quick Release bands : yes (20 mm, Industry standard)
Physical size : 42.2 x 42.2 x 10.9 mmFits wrists with a circumference of 125-190 mm
Weight : 23 g (36 g with included band)
Display Size : 1.2"(30.4 mm) diameter
Display resolution : 390 x 390 pixels
Color display
Large font option
Battery life : Smartwatch mode: Up to 11 days (5 days display always-on)Battery Saver Smartwatch mode: Up to 21 daysGPS-Only GNSS mode: Up to 21 hoursAll-Systems GNSS mode: Up to 17 hoursAll-Systems GNSS mode with music: Up to 8 hoursSee details
Charging method : Garmin proprietary plug charger
Memory/History : 8 GB
Clock Features
Time/date
GPS Time Sync
Automatic daylight saving time
Alarm clock
Smart wake alarm
Timer
Stopwatch
Sunrise/sunset times
Health & Wellness Monitoring
Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second)
Resting heart rate
Abnormal heart rate alerts : yes (high and low)
Respiration rate
Fitness age
Body Battery? energy monitor
All-day stress
Relaxation reminders
Relaxation breathing timer
Meditation
Breathwork
Sleep : yes (advanced)
Sleep coach
Nap detection
Hydration
Women's health
Health snapshot
Sensors
GPS
GLONASS
Galileo
QZSS
BeiDou
Garmin Elevate? wrist heart rate monitor
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor
Compass
Gyroscope
Accelerometer
Thermometer : yes (tempe? sensor required)
Ambient light sensor
Daily Smart Features
Connectivity : Bluetooth?, ANT+?, Wi-Fi?
Connect IQ? (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps)
On-device Connect IQ? Store
Smart Notifications
Text response/reject phone call with text (Android? only)
View images from notifications on watch (Android? only)
Morning report
Calendar
Weather forecasts
Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect? mobile
Battery saver (customizable low power watch)
Controls smartphone music
Plays and controls watch music
Find My Phone
Find My Watch
Find My Phone during GPS activity
Compatible with Garmin Messenger app
Pairs with Garmin Connect? Mobile
Smartphone compatibility : iPhone?, Android?
Red shift mode
Workout and Training Plans
Daily Suggested Workout - Walking
Garmin Running Coach
Garmin Running Coach Experts
Garmin Coach - Prebuilt Cycling Plans
Garmin Coach - Strength
Cardio workouts
Strength workouts
HIIT workouts
Yoga workouts
Pilates workouts
Workouts for wheelchair users
On-screen workout animations
On-screen workout muscle maps
Activity Profiles
Gym : Strength, HIIT, Cardio, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Indoor Rowing, Jump Roping
Wellness : Walking, Pilates, Yoga, Indoor Walking, Mobility
Indoor running : Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running
Outdoor running : Running, Outdoor Track Running, Trail Running, Obstacle Running
Outdoor recreation : Hiking, Horseback Riding, Golfing, Mountaineering, Disc Golf, Archery
Cycling : Biking, Road Biking, Gravel Biking, Bike Touring, eBiking, Handcycling, Indoor Handcycling Indoor Biking, Cyclocross
Swim : Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming
On the Water : Stand Up Paddleboarding, Kayaking, Rowing, Snorkeling
Motor sports : Motorcycling, Overlanding, Motocrossing, ATVing, Snowmobiling
Racket sports : Tennis, Pickleball, Badminton, Squash, Table Tennis, Padel, Platform Tennis, Racquetball
Snow & winter : Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, XC Skate Skiing, Ice Skating, Snowshoeing
Team sports : Basketball, Volleyball, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Football/Soccer, American Football, Lacrosse, Rugby, Ultimate Disc, Cricket, Softball, Baseball
In the ring : Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts
Other activity profiles : Inline Skating
Safety and Tracking Features
Incident Detection during select activities
Incident detection alert on phone for wearables
Assistance
LiveTrack
Activity Tracking Features
Step counter
Push tracker
Move alerts (displays on device after a period of inactivity)
Move Alert movement options
Weight shift alert
Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal)
Calories burned
Distance traveled
Intensity minutes
TrueUp?
Move IQ?
Garmin Connect? Challenges app
Automatic rep counting
Training, Planning and Analysis Features
Customizable data pages
Downloadable training plans
HR zones
HR alerts
HR calories
% HR max
Recovery time
HRV status
HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+? to paired devices) : yes (using ANT+ or BLE)
Respiration rate (during exercise) : yoga, breathwork and meditation only
GPS speed and distance
Customizable activity profiles
Auto Pause?
Interval training
Improved interval (includes open repeats, intervals data page, rest screen and auto detection)
Advanced workouts
HRM running pace and distance
Auto Lap?
Manual lap
VO2 Max (Run)
Training effect
Training effect (anaerobic)
Workout benefit
Improved recovery time : yes (limited)
Voice alerts
Touch and/or button lock
Auto scroll
Activity history on watch
Physio TrueUp
Running Features
GPS-based distance, time and pace
Running dynamics
Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
PacePro? Pacing Strategies
Run workouts
Race predictor
Foot pod capable
Run/Walk/Stand detection
Golfing Features
Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green)
Yardage to layups/doglegs
Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) : automatic
Digital scorecard
Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit)
Garmin AutoShot?
Green View with manual pin position
Hazards and course targets
PinPointer
Round timer/odometer
CT10 Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory)
Pairs with Garmin Golf app
Tournament legal
Outdoor Recreation
Back to start
Area calculation : yes (via Connect IQ?)
Fish forecast : yes (via Connect IQ?)
Sun and moon information : yes (via Connect IQ?)
Cycling Features
Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
Compatible with Varia? radar (rear-facing radar)
Compatible with Varia? lights
Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor) : yes (using ANT+ or BLE)
Swimming Features
Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories)
Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories)
Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only)
Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only)
Auto rest (pool swim only)
Time and distance alerts
Underwater wrist-based heart rate