Garmin Vívoactive 6 Smartwatch
Product details
- Type Smartwatch
- Vendor Garmin
- SKU 010-02985-02
- Shipping Weight 63.0 g
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.
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.
BREATHING VARIATIONS
For a closer glimpse of your health, the breathing variations feature helps you understand shifts in your breathing patterns as you sleep2. These shifts could be related to environment, alcohol, or potential sleep disorders such as sleep apnea.
LIFESTYLE LOGGING
Log behaviors — such as caffeine and alcohol intake — and view reports on how they impact your health in the Garmin Connect™ app.
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.
EVENING REPORT
Prepare for tomorrow before bed with a reminder of sleep need, tomorrow’s workout, weather and events.
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 asleep3.
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 more4.
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.
RUCKING ACTIVITY
A dedicated rucking activity profile allows you to enter pack weight.
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, Amazon Music or YouTube® Music accounts for phone-free listening (subscription may be required).
SAFETY AND TRACKING
If your watch senses that an incident occurred, it will send a message with your live location5. Or if you feel unsafe, you can do it manually.
CONNECT IQ™ STORE
Add watch faces, data fields and apps to your paired watch.
GOOGLE MAPS™ APP
Know where to go when walking, running or cycling. Enter your destination in Google Maps on your Android™ smartphone, then follow turn-by-turn directions on your wrist.
MULTIPLE FONT SIZES
Choose between multiple font sizes so you can view your data with ease.
iPhone is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Google Maps is a trademark of Google LLC. Android is a trademark of Google LLC. SPOTIFY and the Spotify logo are among the registered trademarks of Spotify AB. Amazon Music and all related logos are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
| What You'll Love | |
|---|---|
| Sleep score and insights | yes |
| Battery life (smartwatch mode) | Up to 11 days (5 days display always-on) |
| Pulse Ox blood oxygen | yes (spot-check, and optional all-day and in sleep) |
| Garmin Pay™ | yes |
| Music storage | yes |
| Display type | AMOLED (optional always-on mode) |
| Touchscreen | yes |
| Water rating | Swim, 5 ATM |
| Wheelchair mode | yes |
| 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 mm Fits 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 | yes |
| Large font option | yes |
| Battery life |
Smartwatch mode: Up to 11 days (5 days display always-on) |
| Charging method | Garmin proprietary plug charger |
| Memory/History | 8 GB |
| Clock Features | |
|---|---|
| Time/date | yes |
| GPS Time Sync | yes |
| Automatic daylight saving time | yes |
| Alarm clock | yes |
| Smart wake alarm | yes |
| Timer | yes |
| Stopwatch | yes |
| Sunrise/sunset times | yes |
| Health & Wellness Monitoring | |
|---|---|
| Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second) | yes |
| Resting heart rate | yes |
| Abnormal heart rate alerts | yes (high and low) |
| Respiration rate | yes |
| Fitness age | yes |
| Body Battery™ energy monitor | yes |
| All-day stress | yes |
| Relaxation reminders | yes |
| Relaxation breathing timer | yes |
| Meditation | yes |
| Breathwork | yes |
| Sleep | yes (advanced) |
| Sleep coach | yes |
| Breathing variations | yes |
| Nap detection | yes |
| Hydration | yes |
| Women's health | yes |
| Health snapshot | yes |
| Sensors | |
|---|---|
| GPS | yes |
| GLONASS | yes |
| Galileo | yes |
| QZSS | yes |
| BeiDou | yes |
| Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor | yes |
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor | yes |
| Compass | yes |
| Gyroscope | yes |
| Accelerometer | yes |
| Thermometer | yes (tempe™ sensor required) |
| Ambient light sensor | yes |
| Daily Smart Features | |
|---|---|
| Connectivity | Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® |
| Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields and apps) | yes |
| On-device Connect IQ™ Store | yes |
| Smart Notifications | yes |
| Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) | yes |
| View images from notifications on watch (Android™ only) | yes |
| Morning report | yes |
| Evening report | yes |
| Calendar | yes |
| Weather forecasts | yes |
| Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect™ mobile | yes |
| Battery saver (customizable low power watch) | yes |
| Controls smartphone music | yes |
| Plays and controls watch music | yes |
| Find My Phone | yes |
| Find My Watch | yes |
| Find My Phone during GPS activity | yes |
| Compatible with Garmin Messenger app | yes |
| Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile | yes |
| Smartphone compatibility | iPhone®, Android™ |
| Red shift mode | yes |
| Passcode | yes |
| Calculator | yes |
| Workout and Training Plans | |
|---|---|
| Daily Suggested Workout - Walking (Duration Based) | yes |
| Garmin Running Coach | yes |
| Garmin Running Coach Experts | yes |
| Garmin Coach - Prebuilt Cycling Plans | yes |
| Garmin Coach - Strength | yes |
| Cardio workouts | yes |
| Strength workouts | yes |
| HIIT workouts | yes |
| Yoga workouts | yes |
| Pilates workouts | yes |
| Workouts for wheelchair users | yes |
| On-screen workout animations | yes |
| On-screen workout muscle maps | yes |
| 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 | yes |
| Incident detection alert on phone for wearables | yes |
| Assistance | yes |
| Activity Tracking Features | |
|---|---|
| Step counter | yes |
| Push tracker | yes |
| Move alerts (displays on device after a period of inactivity) | yes |
| Move Alert movement options | yes |
| Weight shift alert | yes |
| Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) | yes |
| Calories burned | yes |
| Distance traveled | yes |
| Intensity minutes | yes |
| TrueUp™ | yes |
| Move IQ™ | yes |
| Garmin Connect™ Challenges app | yes |
| Automatic rep counting | yes |
| Training, Planning and Analysis Features | |
|---|---|
| Customizable data pages | yes |
| Downloadable training plans | yes |
| HR zones | yes |
| HR alerts | yes |
| HR calories | yes |
| % HR max | yes |
| Recovery time | yes |
| HRV status | yes |
| 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 | yes |
| Customizable activity profiles | yes |
| Auto Pause® automatic timer halt | yes |
| Interval training | yes |
| Improved interval (includes open repeats, intervals data page, rest screen and auto detection) | yes |
| Advanced workouts | yes |
| HRM running pace and distance | yes |
| Auto Lap® interval tracking feature | yes |
| Manual lap | yes |
| VO2 Max (Run) | yes |
| Training effect | yes |
| Training effect (anaerobic) | yes |
| Workout benefit | yes |
| Improved recovery time | yes (limited) |
| Voice alerts | yes |
| Touch and/or button lock | yes |
| Auto scroll | yes |
| Activity history on watch | yes |
| Physio TrueUp | yes |
| Running Features | |
|---|---|
| GPS-based distance, time and pace | yes |
| Running dynamics | yes |
| Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) | yes |
| PacePro™ Pacing Strategies | yes |
| Run workouts | yes |
| Race predictor | yes |
| Foot pod capable | yes |
| Run/Walk/Stand detection | yes |
| Golfing Features | |
|---|---|
| Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green) | yes |
| Yardage to layups/doglegs | yes |
| Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) | automatic |
| Digital scorecard | yes |
| Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) | yes |
| Garmin AutoShot™ | yes |
| Green View with manual pin position | yes |
| Hazards and course targets | yes |
| PinPointer | yes |
| Round timer/odometer | yes |
| CT10 Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory) | yes |
| Pairs with Garmin Golf app | yes |
| Tournament legal | yes |
| Outdoor Recreation | |
|---|---|
| Back to start | yes |
| 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) | yes |
| Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar) | yes |
| Compatible with Varia™ lights | yes |
| 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) | yes |
| Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | yes |
| Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only) | yes |
| Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) | yes |
| Auto rest (pool swim only) | yes |
| Time and distance alerts | yes |
| Time and distance alerts | yes |
| Underwater wrist-based heart rate | yes |
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