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A New Method to Track Your Health

February 2, 2016 By Deborah Campbell Leave a Comment

A New Method to Track Your Health

While wearable tech has been one of the largest sources of interest shown by modern society in the past few years, they haven’t done much to find a new method to track your health. Usual activity and fitness trackers will make use of GPS and accelerometers as sensors in order to keep track of the amount of steps you take in a day or how much sleep you’re getting. Occasionally also put in a heart monitor in to keep track of your heart’s activity and even manually fill in your daily diet – that is as far as activity trackers go.

However, a more recently developed tracker has been thought of by inventor Ali Javey – an electrical engineering and computer science professor at the University of California-Berkeley – promises to do a lot more than that. His device is able to measure sweat chemicals such as glucose, lactate, sodium and potassium. This would allow the device to track and alert the users of health issues such as dehydration, fatigue and even more.

This officially promises to be the first tracker of its kind for the mere reason that it is able to track multiple chemicals at the same time in a non-invasive manner. This is a great way to gain accurate results when trying to keep your health in check as individual types of tracking would not be able to become meaningful. As soon as the tracker is able to pick up on the chemicals in your sweat, it would immediately transmit data to the synced smartphone.

The way the new tracker is built allow a clear reading of the chemicals in your sweat by employing the help of five different sensors, placed on a flexible circuit board that will take your body temperature into account too. A flexible sensor array is added into the band to ensure continuous analysis and ensure that everything is done real time.

This type of device could turn out to be incredibly useful for individuals who have different types of ailments that affect the level of any of the chemicals that get released through swear. The device could pick up on the signal and notify the wearer to take medication or drink water. Furthermore, a professor of integrative biology at the University of California-Berkeley – George Brooks – also claims he hopes to see some application of this type of device as a replacement to regular blood tests to give a non-invasive alternative to patients.

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Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Activity Tracker, Fitness Tracker, health tracker, swear sensor tracker

Withings Go is a Cheap Activity Tracker That Gets You Up and Running

January 6, 2016 By Kenneth Scott Leave a Comment

Withings Go is a Cheap Activity Tracker That Gets You Up and Running

Withings Go is a cheap activity tracker that gets you up and running – if you’re too lazy to do any exercise, it’s about time to consider buying a fitness gadget that’ll help you scrape off some of those extra pounds.

There are so many activity trackers to choose from – Jawbone UP24, Jawbone UP 3, Garmin Fenix 2 and Fenix 3 to name just a few; that it’s quite hard to imagine how the Withings Go will break into this overly saturated market.

Yet, the Withings Go might just actually become top-dog in no time due to two fantastic choices.

  • The E Ink display provides excellent battery efficiency.
  • A countdown that continues to motivate users.

The Withings Go will be available in Q1 of 2016, retailing at $70 a pop. It can be slipped into a pocket, hung from button, snagged to a belt or even worn on your ankle or wrist. Regardless of whether you choose to place it, you just need to carry it and the Go will efficiently track your day to day activity.

Running, walking, swimming – thanks to being waterproof up to 5 ATM; and even sleeping. Consumers don’t have to manually switch between tracking modes as it knows what you’re doing!

Thanks to the Go’s E Ink display, which doesn’t require that much power-juice, the activity tracker can run on just one button cell battery for approximately eight months.

To keep tabs on your activity levels, the Go uses the free Withings Health Mate app that is available for Android and iOS. Owners can even set a specific fitness target goal. All of the progress will be displayed on the Go by using the highly-motivating circular countdown.

Guilt was, is and will always be a huge motivation tool, and go figure, a company has found that it can actually make a ton of money out of marketing it.

The E Ink display comes with a touch button, which serves users as a easy to use switch when they want to change between tracking modes and fitness goals.

If you want the Go to become a simple, but animated watch, you can use the touch button to do so.

Even when there are a ton of other devices that can keep track of your activity levels – such as smartphones, smartwatches and other dedicated fitness trackers;  Withings does an admirable job of pushing a fresh gadget into the sea of fitness trackers.

Considering that nobody really wants to take their smartphone or smartwatch with them for a few laps in a pool, or on a rainy jog, the Go, and other devices like it, will forever have a place in our lives.

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Jawbone UP24 Review – First Steps of a Healthy Life

November 20, 2015 By Michael Turner Leave a Comment

Jawbone UP24 Header

Coming as an aid for your fitness life and more recently, the quality of some other aspects as well, the Jawbone UP24 is a particularly clever activity tracker wrist band. It comes as a new and upgraded version of the Jawbone UP – featuring upgrades such as Bluetooth Smart syncing with your Apple or Android smartphone.

While you could argue that anything regarding your work out sessions could very well be handled by your health app on your phone, you are only partly correct. Most phones, including the most recent ones and their respective operating systems do indeed count your steps and even your heart rate in some circumstances. But in reality, the data depicted by these devices is valid only for the times that you actually took your phone with you wherever you went.

In case of the Jawbone UP24, things are a bit different. Naturally, as long as you’ll have the wristband equipped as you go around your daily business, data will be recorded; so you can get a better and more accurate reading of your daily activity. Furthermore, the Jawbone UP24 is equipped to do more than just count steps: it can monitor your sleeping cycles and help you when it comes to your diet just as well. All in all, the Jawbone UP24 is up and out to help you gain a better understanding and control of your health.

The UP24 comes as an upgrade to the previous Jawbone UP, for a $29.99 increase in price. The perks that we found in the Jawbone UP vs Jawbone UP24 battle? Viewing data in real-time. If anything, the UP24 provides a more complete experience in comparison to its original variant. But before anything, let’s go through everything that the Jawbone UP24 has to offer, and which of its features are worth considering it for.

Jawbone UP24 Design

Aesthetically, the Jawbone UP24 can be considered one of the better options that you get in terms of fitness trackers. That highly depends on taste however: do you prefer your fitness tracker to take on the form of a watch or do you prefer a simple band that you can camouflage along with your other jewelry or clothing instead?

Jawbone UP24 Color Variants

While we can’t say that the UP24 is a fashion statement by itself, the reason it may win over other products of this class is its very simplistic and smooth design. With either a textured rubber exterior, featuring swirls or simple wavy lines or the more classic smooth design, the Jawbone UP24 is made to be simple and discreet. There are 3 variants when it comes to the Jawbone UP24 sizing you can choose from, and each comes with a different design. The smallest displays a line pattern that snakes from top to bottom, while the medium and large variants hold onto the plain and smooth design.

Thanks to the very light build, you won’t even notice it when you have the Jawbone UP24 equipped: the small version weighs 19 grams, while the medium is 22 and the largest is 23 grams respectively. That’s considerably lower than many of the competing gadgets – an explainable fact given that most other fitness trackers out there have opted for various types of on-band displays. This is one aspect that some people may not be particularly happy about – even on the latest iterations of the Jawbone wristbands, Jawbone UP3 or UP4, a screen has yet to be implemented, underlining the company’s attempt at keeping things as subtle as possible.

Jawbone UP24 Sizing

The Jawbone UP24 is made of medical-grade rubber which has been treated with a number of hypoallergenic substances in order to ensure nobody has any unfortunate side effects when starting to wear the band. However, even if all of the technology is neatly hidden inside the rubber exterior, this particular fitness tracker has not yet become water proof. This comes as a tremendous downside for some considering that you should always make a mental note of taking it off because going into the pool or even the shower. Furthermore, if by any unfortunate incident it happens to rain outside while you’re on your morning jog, you should be wary.

Part of the reason the band has yet to be made waterproof is the end of the wristband that hides the 2.5 mm charging connector underneath a metallic door. That, along with the other end of the fitness tracker that hides the syncing button, are not made to resist to fluids entering beneath them yet. And that can surely mess up with the system just like it would with any other electronic device.

Jawbone UP24 Charging pins

In the absence of any sort of display that would give you the chance to view at least the status of your wristband, most of the controls over the wristband will be done via its mobile app. There are, however, two green LEDs hidden behind the external rubber layer that will light up when you press the sync button – a moon and a flower for off and on respectively.

Jawbone UP24 LEDs

Jawbone UP24 LED

Jawbone UP24 Features & Utility

So what are the most basic functions of the Jawbone UP24? Besides the actual activity monitor that is responsible for tracking daily physical activity, the UP24 makes a point of giving you a more ample type of control over the health aspects of your life. Allegedly a tool that was made to give you a method of starting to take ownership of your life and not one that professionals and most advanced fitness fans will opt for, the Jawbone UP24 now turns its attention to the other factors of health too. You can use it, surely along with the application that it comes with, to track the intake of calories you score on a daily basis as well as get a good overview of how well you’re sleeping. Thanks to its extensive app, you can set yourself goals and targets that you can slowly make your way into.

Jawbone UP24 Features

The way that the data is recorded is via a tri-axis accelerometer – the same technology that is adopted in many of the other types of fitness trackers. Basically, what it does it measure acceleration in a tri-dimensional space, being able to differentiate between the moments when for example you’re in your car and when you’re walking or running. The same kind of sensor is used to track your sleep too – but that part may prove to be a little less accurate than you would expect. While this is a fact that is present in all kinds of fitness trackers, you may find that your Jawbone UP24 may not always detect the correct state you are in – whether you’re asleep or not.

Once the motion sensor detects you’re asleep, it can do as much as map an entire diagram of your sleeping cycles – however, only based on predefined algorithms, and not a direct method of measuring it. One previous that has, to some degree, been fixed was the fact that you had to manually set your UP24 on sleep mode when you went to bed and, similarly, take it out once you awoke in order to get a good reading of your sleep cycles. With the Jawbone UP24, you get the Sleep Recovery Mode which acts as sort of a backup for the times when you forget to sync your wristband with the mobile app in order to track data.

One of the greatest parts of what the Jawbone UP24 and the upgrades it brings over the classic UP is that it allows all the data to be exchanged with the host device via Bluetooth Smart syncing. By not having to use either your Internet traffic or, even worse, a cable to sync your data regularly and manually, the app will always be up to date with your daily progress thanks to the real-time updating of the information received.

Jawbone UP24 App

Not so much regarding the device but the app that it comes with, but one of the most iconic features of the Jawbone UP24 is the Insight engine – something that you will get all the chances of experiencing via your mobile phone. What this particular aspect of the app does is analyze your personal data, tracks and recordings in order to offer you a list of recommendations based on your particular habits and wishes. These recommendations range from more default or generic-oriented kind of knowledge towards actual methods of improving your health and life through various things the app picks up from your usual eating behaviors or sleeping patterns.

Another thing that the developers put a high degree of thinking in in order to maximize your experience is not only bringing its own input of motivation for the wearer as well as giving him or her the chance of phrasing their own wishes and expectations. Things such as amount of time you sleep, the time you go to bed, the amount of water you drink or how long you spend doing exercise are all valid goals you can set yourself via the app, together with settings alarms and notifications to give you a nudge to do so when the time comes.

All in all, the UP24 Jawbone makes a great effort to not only convince you to pick up good habits, but hold onto them as well and discipline you in order to develop a proactive type of thinking in this regard. As an extra method of providing you continuous feedback regarding your performance and progress, you can set up your account to also send you a weekly report of your step count and status of your sleep. And while some may not find this small detail as useful, you can also set the wrist band to send you nudges by vibrating when you haven’t been moving for long – for example when working on the computer, thus prompting and reminding you to take a 5 minute break every hour or so and stand up.

Jawbone UP24 App

Every single ounce of information and control you will get over this fitness wristband can be seen and managed through the Jawbone UP24 Android or iOS application. That means that any device running anything beyond Android 4.3 Jelly Bean as well as any device that is iPhone 4S and above (including iPads and iPods) will be compatible with the Jawbone 3.0 app. One downside is that there is no way for you to install the application on your computer for example. The only available download is an updater that is meant to upgrade the wristband’s firmware when connected to the computer via USB.

Jawbone UP24 Main Screen

Setting up your app is relatively easy. Once you have set up an account via e-mail and turned Bluetooth on for your phone, you can sync the two devices. There is one detail that some may find a bit of a nuisance: the way the Jawbone UP24 hard reset is done doesn’t allow you to start the data collection from scratch, and sadly if you want to start over completely you will require a new account – which in turn means you will need to use another e-mail too.

As soon as you turn the app on, you are prompted to press the sync button on the band once you’ve enabled Bluetooth. Once the two devices are connected, you will be presented with the main screen of the app. Here you will be able to find the step count and sleeping bars, followed by personal records that you’ve acquired up to that moment. On the left side you can scroll down through an entire menu of options starting with profile and ending with settings. Here is where you will be able to view your overall statistics, set up alerts, goals and trends.

Jawbone UP24 App Overview

It’s great that the application actually allows you to import information from a large number of other health-centric applications, thus providing you with a central hub for all of your information that you can afterwards observe. Even Jawbone itself has started releasing auxiliary applications that you can track other aspects of your life with such as caffeine intake.

The way the app keeps track of your calories intake is not automatic and instead has you basically keep a log of the things you consume, only to have the app provide you with the information if it has it recorded; otherwise, it will allow you to set it up manually. You can upload information regarding your diet by either scanning a product, typing it its name, uploading an image of it or looking through the database that is already built into the app.

Jawbone UP24 App

Jawbone 24UP Battery & Verdict

The first thing that came to mind when I first heard of the Jawbone UP24 was, for some reason, the iWatch that also attempted integrating features of a fitness tracker in its operating system. Then I recalled the disappointing battery life on it and for a second considered that the UP24 might have the same issue.

Thankfully, it’s nowhere near the battery life of a smart watch. Mostly because it has no display to speak of and minimal power consumption because of the Bluetooth Connectivity over other means, you will find yours lasting you from a few days to a week. Only powered by a 32 mAh Lithium-Ion Polymer battery hidden inside, not only that charging it won’t be something that you’ll keep having to remind yourself on a regular basis, but charging generally shouldn’t take longer than an hour and a half, meaning you can very well do it while you’re taking a bath and getting ready for bed or watching your favorite show.

The Jawbone UP24 is the kind of fitness tracker that, as we have mentioned before, is more so aimed at people who are just beginning to brush up on their lifestyles from a health perspective. By no means insufficient in terms of data provided and assistance with keeping healthy, but this particular fitness wristband falls behind in the Jawbone UP24 vs Fitbit Flex battle, or when put up against the more advanced, professional Garmin Vivoactive. It’s not a device meant for an intensive sports life, but instead attempts to help you keep up with your needs for a healthy lifestyle when you live a busy schedule.

Furthermore, in comparison to other fitness trackers, you will find that the Jawbone UP24 is more on the affordable end of the deal. While professional sports wearables can take you as far as $350 depending on their capabilities and technology packed, the UP24 will only go as far as $129.99.

So as a final note, if you feel that you don’t need an advanced piece of gadgetry just to keep track of what you eat, how well you sleep and how much you move on a daily basis, there is literally no reason to go for a bigger alternative and should instead give the Jawbone 24UP a glance. If that is not the case, however, you may want to look towards something else – and prepare to whip out a few extra bucks for it too of course.

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The Garmin Fenix 3 Review – A Serious Runner’s Watch

November 3, 2015 By Cristopher Hall 2 Comments

Garmin Fenix 3

The Garmin Fenix 3 is a fantastic watch aimed at runners – amateurs and professionals alike. It’s really big when compared to any other runner’s watch on the market. It’s super expensive as well.

Its hefty price tag is there for a reason – quality.

The Garmin Fenix 3 offers prime GPS tracking for cyclists and runners, along with particular system-modes for other athletics – like skiing for example. It has its own notification system and its very own app store.

This means that you don’t need to buy a fitness tracker and a smartwatch – the Garmin Fenix 3 is both at the same time. Sure, it’s not an Apple Watch or an Android Wear replacement, but it tries its darnedest to be one.

Speaking of enthusiastic exercise fitness tracker, the Fenix 3 completely obliterates its competition.

Garmin Fenix 3 Review

Garmin Fenix 3 Review

It has an excellent battery life with a hard-wearing frame. The watch’s GPS tracking system is versatile and reliable. UI is perfectly designed – easy to use and quick, with no lag present.

Yet, it’s really expensive. The Garmin is a big and bulky serious runner’s watch, which might be a deal breaker to some athletes.

Read below if the Garmin Fenix 3 is comfortable to wear and if it’s worth buying.

Garmin Fenix 3 price – $499.

Garmin Fenix 3 specifications

  • 20 hour GPS stamina;
  • Stainless steel rim;
  • GPS with GLONASS.

Design and Screen

The Garmin Fenix 3 Fitness Tracker Review

The Garmin Fenix 3’s main competitor is the 920XT Forerunner, which is smaller and sports a square-faced design. Also, unlike the 920XT, which is dedicated for marathon runners, the Garmin is a more versatile watch.

Arguably, it’s one of the best outdoors watch on the market right now. It has special modes for skiing, cycling, swimming, running and hiking. Design-wise, it’s as bulky as an outdoor smartwatch can get – it can engulf the wrist of even the manliest lumberjack. It’s larger than the Fenix 2.

We at AFP are against calling gadgets specifically developed for males, or females, but the Garmin clearly is designed with the male congregation in mind. It has a face that bulges 16.7 millimeters from your wrist.

However, regardless of its intimidating size, the Fenix 3 is a comfortable wear. It’s not as lightweight and forgettable as the Vivoactive. It’s worth noting that going through the day with the watch strapped on your wrist won’t make your hand fall off.

The Garmin Fenix 3 Fitness Tracker

Many users have reported that they completely forgot that they were wearing the Garmin Fenix 3 – some even went to sleep with it. Yet, I don’t recommend doing so. I don’t know what kind of man-bears have been wearing the Fenix 3, but you seriously can’t sleep with it.

Its face is bigger than your average watch and it will get in your way every single time – more so, if God blessed you with petite hands like mine.

It’s waterproof to up to 100 meters and it has a diver’s watch style. It appeals more to me rather than the traditional mini-computer look. Also, even though it seems like it’s build entirely out of metal, it isn’t. Only the buttons and the rim are of metal descent. The rest is made out of plastic.

But that plastic is incredibly tough and sturdy. It’s clearly a-grade material and the fibre-reinforced polymer makes it feel very fancy – just for the wearer though. Your friends won’t care what your watch is made out of, they’ll see its chunky size and they’ll think you robbed Iron Man of his arc reactor.

Garmin Fenix 3 Review

Unfortunately, you’ll be disappointed time and time again because the Garmin Fenix 3 is a scratch magnet. It looks bad-ass, but even the tinniest scratch seems to be absorbed by the watch’s face.

Other tech reviewers have reported this issue and a more horrid one as well. I’m not saying this is a wide spread problem, but it’s one that surfaced among reviewers. Some have been shipped watches that were already scratched – nobody knows if it’s a factory-known issue, or if the one’s in charge with delivery screwed something along the process.

Consumers haven’t reported anything like this.

The Garmin Fenix 3

It unlikely sports Corning G-Glass 4, because it scratches too easy. Yet, Garmin hasn’t really specified what kind of glass protection they built their watch with. When we find out, we’ll be sure to update this article accordingly.

However, Garmin makes a Sapphire Crystal Fenix 3, which is a hardened model. Basically, it has another layer of protection. But with that layer of protection comes great responsibility – and a bigger price tag too. The Sapphire Crystal Fenix 3 costs $599.99. It also comes packed with a metal link strap in case the default one breaks, or you lose it on your morning run.

I recommend you stay with the rubber one because the metal link strap adds more weight to the watch. If you thought that it was hefty before, wait until you try the metal galore model. The normal strap doesn’t have a clap. It’s the standard that works perfectly. It has holes across the whole band that serve ventilation purposes.

Coming back to the watch’s face, the screen resembles the one found on the Vivoactive Garmin. It’s an LCD panel that doesn’t consume that much power and it outputs some pretty great colors.

Fitness Tracker Garmin Fenix 3 Review

But it doesn’t have that rich color palette as the Apple Watch, nor the one you might find in the LG Urbane. Indeed, you won’t find deep and full of life visuals, but it serves the watch more to be somewhat dark and gritty. Especially when viewing graphs and the likes.

The screen is not flashy in any way and the E Ink screen of a Kindle comes to mind when using the Fenix 3. This means that it consumes little power and it can stay on twenty four seven. The big downside is, however, that you can’t recognize anything on the watch’s screen without some sort of ambient light present.

Garmin Fenix 3 Fitness Tracker Watch

A watch light comes built in and you can turn it on by pressing its specific button on the side. But even with the light on, contrast is disappointing and it lacks clarity. In some scenarios, like low indoor lighting you’ll force yourself to understand what you’re seeing on the screen.

Regardless, it’s a pretty great watch screen that functions all the time and it doesn’t kill the battery in one day.

Battery Life

The Garmin Fenix 3 has a fantastic battery life.

The watch’s battery is hands down exquisite. Reports have shown that after a week of using it for the usual fitness tracking, notifications and, basically, to tell time, the Fenix was left with 60% juice.

We concur – after a week of using the Garmin Fenix watch, its battery life displayed exactly 60%.

These are great results considering that your average fitness tracker doesn’t last more than a week – and frankly, nor does a smartwatch for that matter.

According to the company that made it, the watch can last up to twenty hours with GPS tracking on, and about fifty hours of hiking tracking. If you use it just as an old watch, then it’ll last five weeks on a single charge.

Interface

Garmin Fenix 3 screen!

You won’t find a touchscreen embedded on the Fenix’s face, nor does it feature gestures a la Apple Watch. It’s designed to feel exactly like your average watch. You can access its interface by pressing a button.

Remember that old button-operated navigation that meant that you have to push up or down buttons to get to a particular menu? Yup, that’s what you’ll use to navigate the Fenix 3.

I really love this old-school system. Why? Well because it’s so well constructed. When you push a button you are met with a crunchy and clickety-click-click feel/sound.

On the front of the watch face, on its right side, you have the start button. Press it so the activities menu opens up. Below you’ll find the installed by default apps and activities. When you install a new app or activity, this is where you’ll find it.

  • Find Phone – this means that the paired phone will ring;
  • Triathlon;
  • HR Chart;
  • Pool Swim;
  • Open-Water Swim;
  • Bike;
  • Indoor Bike;
  • Run;
  • Indoor Run;
  • Hike;
  • Trail Run;
  • Climb;
  • Cross-Country Ski;
  • Ski or Snowboard;

After you’ve decided what you want to do for the evening, pick an activity and press the start button again. This will signal the Fenix 3 and it will begin tracking. The company has put some safety measures in place so you don’t accidentally turn it off mid-exercise and lose all your precious data. You need to long-pres the up button if you want to see more options.

It’s a basic interface, but it fits this type of device.

You look for and install apps using the Connect IQ store. This is Garmin’s proprietary app store that can be found within Garmin Connect – which is mainly used to review your exercise routines and other data.

Garmin Fenix 3 Rubber Band

From Garmin’s store you can download distinct watch faces. Some of these even come with brand new apps and games. Though, gaming on the Garmin Fenix 3 isn’t really that recommended – it’s boring, to say the least.

Unfortunately, a feature present within the last gen Fenix is missing. Users don’t have the ability to watch a map of their exact location directly from the watch. Why would Garmin remove such a fantastic feature? It’s because the company launched the Garmin Epix.

The Garmin Epix is more expensive than the Fenix 3, but just slightly, and it comes with a built-in 8 gig storage so users can download maps.

The Epix isn’t worth considering. It doesn’t have Wi-Fi, and users have reported that it’s super-buggy. More so, I don’t recommend it because Garmin just wants to milk the cow on this.

Performance and Tracking

Garmin Fenix 3

The Fenix 3 is GPS capable and thanks to a variety of sensors, it can precisely keep track of your exercise. Packed deep within the watch you’ll find the much needed Wi-Fi and Bluetooth features. The accelerometer, the altimeter and barometer are tucked nicely inside the Fenix as well.

Also helping the standard GPS, is GLONASS. It stands for Global Navigation Satellite System, a Russian made GPS. GLONASS is built inside the Fenix 3 so it offers more precise, accurate data.

All of the Fenix’s sensors help the watch track marathons and long-lasting cycle sessions without needing the help of smartphone.

Garmin Fenix 3 Review - A Serious Runner's Tracker

But, if you really want to get the most bang out of your buck, you need to buy some accessories. Think of acquiring an HR sensor – mainly because the watch doesn’t come with one.

The Garmin functions perfectly with non-Garmin accessories. The Fenix is ANT+ standard compatible. This means that the majority of accessories will work.

Smartwatch Features

The Garmin Fenix 3 Smartwatch

The Garmin Fenix 3 is a serious fitness tracker, but it doesn’t compete with the likes of Apple Watch, Pebble Time or any other Android Wear watch. It just doesn’t have great smartwatch capabilities.

And that’s not a bad thing.

You see, the Fenix 3 can tap into your iOS or Android smartphone’s notification stream and it let’s you read messages and emails. However, I’ve experienced some pairing issues. No lag whatsoever, but problems with disconnects. This means that notifications just stop coming to your watch.

Garmin Fenix 3 Watch Review

It depends on what smartphone you are using, to be honest. Paired with the the Motorola Moto X Play, the Garmin didn’t disconnected once. Yet, when used with Samsung’s flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S6 Edge+, the watch disconnected more often than not.

There are a ton of apps to download such as weather reports, a few games here and there and multi-time zone watch faces. At the current moment, there are about 50 or so apps that you can download for the Fenix 3.

Verdict

Garmin Fenix 3 Fitness Watch Review

It’s a superb watch for the exercise addict. It has an excellent battery life and a ton of features and capabilities. Yet, it’s expensive. But when you compare it with Apple’s smartwatch, it suddenly gains a lot more authority in the matter.

It has its very own app store with a strong ecosystem and there’s arguably no other fitness tracker on the market that can beat the Fenix’s functionality.

But, what about its competitors? The Forerunner 920XT has fewer features, but it’s way more cheaper. The Garmin Epix just doesn’t make the cut because it doesn’t have Wi-Fi and users have reported a lot of bugs.

Why can’t Garmin just blend everything into one little fitness tracker and get this over with?

Anyway, the Garmin Fenix 3 is a fantastic fitness tracker that costs $499.99. I wholeheartedly recommend it.

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