General
AMOLED Display
Make a bold statement with a vibrant 1.2-inch AMOLED display and 45 mm case.
Rugged Design
Explore confidently with a rugged design, including a metal-reinforced bezel and scratch-resistant display.
Built-In Flashlight
See and be seen with a built-in flashlight, featuring variable intensities and an alternate red light.
24/7 Health and Wellness Monitoring
Make bold moves with health monitoring features, including heart rate, advanced sleep monitoring, Pulse Ox2 and more.
Smart Notifications
Receive emails, texts and alerts on your watch when paired with your compatible Apple® or Android™ smartphone.
Battery Life
Leave the charger at home with up to 18 days of battery life in smartwatch mode.
Daily Movements
Keep tabs on your daily steps, calories burned, floors climbed and more from your wrist3.
HRV Status
Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health through heart rate variability while you sleep3.
Wrist-Based Heart Rate
Instinct 3 tracks your heart rate, so you can stay in the know all day and night3.
Stress Tracking
Find out if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day.
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 report to show what you want to see.
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.
Mindful Breathing
Start a breathwork activity to track your stress and respiration.
Respiration
See how you’re breathing throughout the day and night.
Hydration
Log your daily fluid intake as a reminder to stay hydrated.
Fitness Age
Estimate how fit you are compared to your actual age.
Nap Detection
Automatically track or log your naps to see how they benefit your body and the ideal time and duration they should be.
Women's Health Tracking
Track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy to get exercise and nutrition education.
Built-In Sports Apps
Track activities, including cycling, open-water swimming, strength training and more.
Garmin Coach
Train for an event, achieve a milestone, or improve your fitness with Garmin Coach training plans for runners and cyclists.
HIIT Workouts
Track your HIIT workouts, including AMRAP, EMOM, Tabata or custom workouts
V02 Max
See your current fitness level, and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress and more.
Daily Suggested Workouts
View your entire week of daily suggested workouts, which adapt after every run or ride.
Recovery Time
Know how long you should recover before your next high-effort workout based on your latest training.
Intensity Minutes
Track your moderate and vigorous activity minutes.
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.
Altitude And Heat Acclimation
See how you’re holding up to the current elevation or heat based on your health metrics.
Garmin Pay Contactless Payments
Breeze through checkout lines and select transit systems with Garmin Pay contactless payments through participating providers.
Safety And Tracking Features
If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, your watch will send a message with your live location5.
Garmin Messenger App
Communicate via two-way text messaging4 on your wrist.
Garmin Connect
See your health and fitness information, connect with friends and more — in this free, zero-subscription app.
LiveTrack Feature
Friends and family can follow your real-time location5 and view preplanned courses.
ABC Sensors
Navigate your next trail with an altimeter, barometer and 3-axis electronic compass
SatIQ™ Technology
Get superior positioning accuracy with multi-band GPS while optimizing battery life.
Garmin Share
Use this feature to easily share saved locations, courses and workouts with friends’ compatible Garmin devices.
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Specifications:
What You'll Love
Sleep score and insights
yes
Battery life (smartwatch mode)
Up to 24 days (9 days always-on)
Daily suggested workouts
yes
Pulse Ox blood oxygen
yes
LED flashlight
yes
Garmin Pay™
yes
Multi-band GPS
yes
Training readiness/status
yes
Watch display type
AMOLED (always-on)
Watch water rating
10 ATM
General
Strap material
silicone
Lens Material
Chemically Strengthened Glass
Bezel Material
fiber-reinforced polymer/aluminum
Case material
fiber-reinforced polymer
QuickFit Watch Band Compatible
yes (26 mm)
Physical Size
50 x 50 x 14.4 mm Fits wrists with a circumference of 141-213 mm
Weight
59 g
Display Size
1.3" (33 mm) diameter
Display Resolution
416 x 416 pixels
Colour Display
yes
Large font option
yes
Battery Life
Smartwatch: Up to 24 days (9 days always-on)
Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 30 days
GPS Only: Up to 40 hours
All Satellite Systems: Up to 32 hours
All Satellite Systems + Multi-Band: Up to 30 hours*
Max Battery GPS: Up to 86 hours
Expedition GPS: Up to 20 days
*Assuming typical use with SatIQ technology
Charging Method
Garmin proprietary plug charger
Memory/History
4 GB
Clock Features
Time/Date
yes
GPS Time Sync
yes
Automatic Daylight Savings Time
yes
Alarm Clock
yes
Timer
yes
Stopwatch
yes
Sunrise/Sunset Times
yes
Sensors
GPS
yes
Glonass
yes
Galileo
yes
SatIQ™ Technology
yes
Garmin Elevate Wrist Heart Rate Monitor
yes
Barometric Altimeter
yes
Compass
yes
Gyroscope
yes
Accelerometer
yes
Thermometer
yes
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor
yes
Health Monitoring
Wrist-based HR
yes
Daily Resting HR
yes
Abnormal HR Alerts
Yes (high and low)
Respiration Rate (24x7)
Yes
Fitness Age
Yes
Body Battery Energy Monitoring
Yes
All-Day Stress
yes
Relaxation Breathing Timer
yes
Relaxation reminders
yes
Hydration
yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
Women's Health
yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
Health Snapshot
yes
Daily Smart Features
Connectivity
Bluetooth®, ANT+®
Connect IQ (widgets, Data, Faces)
yes
Smart Notifications
yes
Text Response/Reject Phone Call With Text
yes, Android only
Calendar & Weather
yes
Realtime Settings Sync with Garmin Connect Mobile
yes
View images from notifications on watch (Android™ only)
yes
Battery saver (customizable low power watch)
yes
Morning report
yes
Controls Smartphone Music
yes
Find my Phone/Watch
yes
VIRB Remote
yes
Smart trainer control
yes
Smartphone compatibility
iPhone®, Android™
Red shift mode
yes
Garmin Pay
yes
Safety And Tracking
Livetrack
yes
Assistance
yes
Incident Detection During Select Activities
yes
Live Event Sharing
yes
Incident detection alert on phone for wearables
yes
Activity Tracking
Step Counter
yes
Move alerts (displays on device after a period of inactivity)
yes
Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal)
yes
Calories Burned
yes
Floors Climbed
Yes
Distance Travelled
Yes
Intensity Minutes
Yes
TrueUp
Yes
Move IQ
Yes
Garmin Connect Challenges App
Yes (optional connect IQ App)
Gym Fitness Equipment
Activity Profiles
Strength, HIIT, Cardio, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Walking, Indoor Walking, Pilates, Yoga, Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Virtual Running,Pool Swimming,Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts
Automatic Rep Counting
yes
Workouts
Cardio, Strength, HIIT, Yoga,and Pilates
On-screen workout animations
yes
Running Features
Available Run Profiles
Running, Track Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Trail Running
Running Dynamics
Yes
Vertical Oscillation And Ratio
Yes
Ground Contact Time And Balance
Yes (with compatible accessory)
Stride Length (Real Time)
Yes
Cadence (Provides Real-Time Number Of Steps Per Minute)
Yes
Performance Condition
Yes
Lactate Threshold
yes (with compatible accessory)
Run Workouts
Yes
Running Power
Yes
Grade-Adjusted Pace
Yes
Trail Run Auto Climb
Yes
Race Predictor
Yes
Foot Pod Capable
Yes
Run/Walk/Stand Detection
Yes
GPS Based Distance, Time and Pace
Yes
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Specifications Extended:
Training, Planing & Analysis Features
HR Zones
Yes
HR Alerts
Yes
HR Calories
Yes
%HRR and %HR Max
Yes
Recovery Time
Yes
Auto Max HR
Yes
Morning Report
Yes
HRV Status
Yes
HR Broadcast
Yes (using ANT+)
Training Readiness
Yes
Respiration Rate (during exercise)
Yes
GPS Speed And Distance
Yes
Customizable activity profiles
Yes
Auto Pause
Yes
Interval Training
Yes
Improved interval (includes open repeats, intervals data page, rest screen and auto detection)
Yes
Advanced Workouts
Yes
Power Modes - customizable in-activity battery settings
Yes
HRM Running Race and Distance
Yes
Auto and Manual Lap
Yes
Configurable Lap Alerts
Yes
Heat and Altitude Acclimation
Yes
VO2 Max (Run & Trail Run)
Yes
Training Status and Load
Yes
Training Effect (Aerobic and Anaerobic)
Yes
Primary Benefit (Training Effect Labels)
Yes
Custom Alerts
Yes
Audio Prompts
Yes
Finish Time
Yes
Virtual Partner
Yes
Race An Activity
Yes
Auto and Manual Multisport Activities
Yes
Virtual Partner
Yes
Touch And/Or Button Lock
Yes
Auto Scroll and Hot Keys
Yes
Activity History On Watch
Yes
Physio Trueup
Yes
Unified Training Status
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)
manual
Digital Scorecard
Yes
Stat Tracking (Strokes, Putts Per Round, Greens And Fairways Hit)
Yes
Garmin Autoshot
Yes
Auto Courseview Updates
Yes
Green View With Manual Pin Position
Yes
Hazards And Course Targets
Yes
Round Timer/Odometer
Yes
Automatic Club Tracking Compatible (requires accessory)
Yes
Pairs with Garmin Golf App
Yes
Tournament Legal
Yes
Outdoor Recreation
Available Outdoor Recreation Profiles
Triathlon, Hiking, Indoor Climbing, Bouldering, Climbing, Hunting, Horseback Riding, Golfing, Disc Golf, Archery, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Surfing, Kiteboarding, Windsurfing, Fishing, Boating, Water Skiing, Snorkeling, Wakeboarding, Wakesurfing, Tubing, Whitewater, Motorcycling, Overlanding, Motocrossing, ATVing, Snowmobiling, Tennis, Pickleball, Badminton, Squash, Table Tennis, Padel, Platform Tennis, Racquetball, Skiing, Snowboarding, Backcountry Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, XC Skate Skiing, Backcountry Skiing, Ice Skating, Snowshoeing, Basketball, Volleyball, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Football/Soccer, American Football, Lacrosse, Rugby, Ultimate Disc, Cricket, Softball, Baseball, Tactical, Inline Skating
Point-To-Point Navigation
Yes
Bread Crumb Trail In Real Time
Yes
Back To Start
Yes
Tracback and Ultratrac
Yes
Reference Point
Yes
Elevation Profile
Yes
Distance To Destination
Yes
Barometric Trend Indicator With Storm Alert
Yes
Vertical Speed
Yes
Total Ascent/Descent
Yes
GPS Coordinates
Yes
Sight N Go
Yes
Future Elevation Plot
Yes
Area Calculation
Yes
Projected Waypoint
Yes
Sun And Moon Information
Yes
Xero Locations
Yes
Expedition GPS Activity
Yes
Tides
Yes
Tide Glance
Yes
Cycling Features
Available Cycling Profiles
Biking, Road Biking, Mountain Biking, Gravel Biking, Bike Commuting, Bike Touring, eBiking, eMountain Biking, Indoor Biking, Cyclocross, BMX, Triathlon
Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
Yes
Courses
Yes
MTB Grit And Flow
Yes
Bike Lap And Lap Maximum Power (With Power Sensor)
Yes
Race An Activity
Yes
FTP (Functional Threshold Power)
Yes
Compatible With Vector And Rally (Power Meters)
Yes
Power meter Compatible
Yes
Advanced Cycling Dynamics
Yes, in app
Compatible With VARIA Radar (Rear-Facing Radar)/ Lights/ Vision (Head-Mounted Display)
Yes
Speed And Cadence Sensor Support (W/Sensor)
Yes
Swimming Features
Available Swim Profiles
Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming
Pool and Open Swim Metrics (Lengths, Distance, Pace, Stroke Count, Swim Efficiency (SWOLF), Calories
Yes
Stroke Type Detection (Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly) (Pool Swim Only)
Yes
Drill Logging (Pool Swim Only)
Yes
Basic Rest Timer (Up From 0) and Repeat On (Pool Swim Only)
Yes
Auto Rest (Pool Swim Only)
Yes
Time And Distance Alerts
Yes
Pacing Alerts (Pool Swim Only)
Yes
Countdown Start (Pool Swim Only)
Yes
Critical Swim Speed
Yes
Heart Rate From External HRM (Real-Time During Rests, Interval And Session Stats During Rests, And Automatic Heart Rate Download Post-Swim)
Yes
Underwater Wrist-Based Heart Rate
Yes
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Instinct® 3 – 50 mm, AMOLED smartwatch with silicone band
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Charging/data cable
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Documentation