Compare Garmin vívoactive 6 and vívoactive 5

With the Garmin vívoactive 6, you can read and answer your smartphone notifications and messages. New on the vívoactive 6 is the smart alarm. Wear the watch while you're sleeping and set up an alarm. the watch tracks when you're sleeping lighter. It'll then softly vibrate so you wake up slowly. You can listen to music without having your smartphone near you, because you can store music and podcasts on the vívoactive 6. You can also make contactless payments via Garmin Pay.

With the vívoactive 5, you'll also stay up to date on your smartphone messages. The vívoactive 5 doesn't have a smart alarm, so your watch doesn't calmly wake you up. Otherwise, the vívoactive 5 is similar to the vívoactive 6 in terms of functions. For example, you can also listen to your favorite music and podcasts via the vívoactive 5. That way, you can safely leave your smartphone at home while working out. You can also make contactless payments via Garmin Pay.

With the Garmin vívoactive 6. you can track your running practice more extensively than with the vívoactive 5. That way, you know how you're performing better and receive tips on how to improve yourself. The vívoactive 6 also has more sports options for flexibility and strength training. Don't know how an exercise works? On the screen of the vívoactive 6, you can see an animation of the exercise that you can easily follow. The vívoactive 6 doesn't measure differences in altitude, so you don't know how you're performing on hills.

With the vívoactive 5, you track your workouts less precisely than with the vívoactive 6. You also get less sports options, like strength training and exercises for flexibility. The vívoactive 5 doesn't have animations for various exercises. If you don't know how something works, you'll have to look it up somewhere else. Just like the vívoactive 6, the vívoactive 5 doesn't measure differences in altitude. This means you can't track the number of stairs you've walked or how you perform on hills.