12/29/2023 0 Comments Garmin vivofit 4 battery indicator![]() – Added Bluetooth broadcasting of heart rate (from the optical sensor) to apps like Peloton – Added Respiration Rate (breathing rate) – Added on-device sleep score (shows upon wakeup) – Added safety tracking on-device (incident detection, as well as emergency assistance) – Added New Activity Profiles (Breath Work, HIIT, Pilates, Treadmill, Indoor Rowing) – Increased text size and readability to utilize larger display – Increased width of band considerably (perhaps 50% larger) – Added “66% larger display” (still monochrome) – Added swappable bands (previously it was built-in) ![]() – Added a button (plus existing swipe controls) In total, here’s everything that’s different from the Vivosmart 4: The other changes you probably wouldn’t pick up on unless someone explicitly told you. In many ways, at first glance from across a table, the only obvious visible differences are really the addition of the button and larger size (above at left the Vivosmart 4, and at right the Vivosmart 5). Ok, so diving straight into what’s new we’ve got two piles. If you found this review useful, you can use the links at the bottom, or consider becoming a DCR Supporter which makes the site ad-free, while also getting access to a mostly weekly video series behind the scenes of the DCR Cave. Once this unit goes back, I’ll go out and get my own for any future testing needs. And as regular readers know, if something is crap, I’m gonna tell it brutally like it is – no matter the brand. This review is not sponsored (nor does any company get to preview anything I review), and I don’t take any advertiser money from any companies I review. While there are certainly numerous improvements that easily make it better on the whole than the Vivosmart 4, one would also hope that was the case four years later.Īs usual, this watch is a media loaner, and it’ll go back to Garmin. As you’ll see later in my summary, this is a tricky device that maybe shouldn’t have happened. I’ve been putting the Vivosmart 5 through its paces, trying to figure out how it performs, and perhaps more notably – how it compares to others in the market. However, they also removed one notable feature: Stair tracking. Almost everything else is subtle and minor software tweaks – such as iterating on the sleep algorithm to match Garmin’s other newer devices. ![]() But the counter resets again today with the new Vivosmart 5, which brings incremental hardware changes to the model – including a button, a larger display, and swappable bands. It’s been nearly four years since Garmin last released a Vivosmart model – the Vivosmart 4.
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