Garmin has a real thing for rose gold if the latest announcement is anything to go by. It was only 2 weeks ago when they release the black rose gold version of the vivomove HR, now we have the vivoactive 3 rose gold edition! The newest vivoactive 3 model looks very stylish and will come with an RRP of $499,
Garmin vivoactive 3 - $499 AUD, due 28/05/18 – Box Contents:
- Vivoactive 3 Rose Gold, Charging Cable and Manuals
Quick Summary of the best features
The new vivoactive 3 rose gold edition will ship with the same software/hardware as its counterparts that released last year. If this is the first you’re hearing about Garmin’s vivoactive 3 series I’ll give a quick rundown on the best features available:
Garmin Pay (contactless payments – compatible with ANZ, NAB, Commonwealth and Westpac)
The watch can be flipped for either wrist or 180 degrees for button orientation (much easier if you want to have a button)
Full GPS Tracking
Full Optical HRM support for all-day stress tracking
Step counter and Move Reminder
Predicted calorie burn
Barometric Altimeter for tracking floors climbed
Fitness Age
Preloaded Gym Activity Profiles (Strength, Cardio, Elliptical, Rowing, Stair Stepping, Yoga)
Cardio and Strength workouts
Training plans and Analysis (customizable activity profiles, custom workouts, downloadable training programs, VO2 Max)
% HR Max
Golf features
Music Controls
Swimming features and Pool Swim Workouts
This is just a small list as listing all the features options would take up too much time in this section. Check out our full review article here if you would like to know everything possible with the vivoactive 3. Just as an honourable mention for significant features - my personal favourite is the ‘Find My Phone’ as I consistently put my phone down at home for one second and have completely lost it.
Garmin is definitely trying to make their watches appeal more universally with their new smartwatch generations. This just goes to show how much the market is growing for fitness watches and the need to satisfy the entire market. Overall the vivoactive 3, in my opinion, is still one of the best smartwatches to come out of 2017 and showed the Garmin was willing to begin to push beyond just fitness features into contactless payments and other everyday convenient apps.
The Garmin vivoactive 3 Rose Gold is available here - The drop-down shows the other colours available for the vivoactive 3
