{"id":9636,"date":"2019-08-16T15:21:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T13:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fitness-tracker-test.info\/?p=9636"},"modified":"2020-11-17T09:59:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T08:59:18","slug":"garmin-vivoactive-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitness-tracker-test.info\/en\/garmin-vivoactive-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Garmin vivoactive 4 – Fitness smartwatch with sophisticated health tracking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Again it was the trade fair IFA in Berlin that Garmin used to launch a new fitness wearable. This time it was the Garmin vivoactive 4 – a revamped version of the Garmin vivoactive 3 that offers more health tracking features and music functions that once were exclusive to the vivoactive 3 Music edition only.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Garmin vivoactive 4 (Source: Amazon)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Garmin vivoactive 3 has been a tremendous success to the company as the product was able to close the gap between Garmin’s fitness trackers and sports watches. Unlike the previous fitness bands, the vivoactive 3 was closer to the Fenix or Forerunner family, offering a round housing with a transflective, touch enabled, memory-in-pixel display.<\/p>\n

Garmin vivoactive 4 available in two sizes<\/h2>\n

The vivoactive 4 will hit the shelves in two different size. The smaller vivoactive 4S will feature a 40 mm watch body, while the larger vivoactive 4 has a 44 mm diameter housing. The housing makes use (at least partly) of stainless steel. Concerning the colors, the vivoactive 4S will be available in Light Gold \/ Dust Rose, Rose Gold \/ White, Silver \/ Powder Grey, Slate \/ Black. The larger vivoactive 4 will be available in Silver \/ Shadow Grey and Black only.<\/p>\n

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Garmin vivoactive 4 (Source: Amazon)<\/p><\/div>\n

With the vivoactive family being advertised as a product for active people, Garmin sticks to the transflective display, allowing for superb readability (even in bright sunlight) and long battery life. Compared to the vivoactive 3, Garmin doubled the number of buttons – fondly named button A and B. Button A is used for starting and stopping recordings, entering menus and confirming selections. Button B is used for laps \/ split times as well as going back in menus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
<\/th>vivoactive 3<\/th>vivoactive 3 Music<\/th>vivoactive 4S<\/th>vivoactive 4<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Dimensions<\/td>43.4 x 43.4 x 11.7 mm<\/td>43.1 x 43.1 x 13.6 mm<\/td>40 x 40 x 12.7 mm<\/td>45.1 x 45.1 x 12.8 mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Display size<\/td>30.4 mm<\/td>30.4 mm<\/td>27.9 mm<\/td>33.0 mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Display resolution<\/td>240 x 240 Pixel<\/td>240 x 240 Pixel<\/td>218 x 218 pixels <\/td>260 x 260 pixels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weight<\/td>43 g<\/td>39 g<\/td>40 g<\/td>50 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Evolutionary enhancements<\/h2>\n

Concerning its enhancements, the vivoactive 4 is moving with a steady pace. Compared to the vivoactive 3 Garmin added animated fitness workouts, pulse ox monitoring, body battery, respiration rate monitoring, menstrual cycle tracking and incident detection to the list of features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
<\/th>vivoactive 3<\/th>vivoactive 3 Music<\/th>vivoactive 4S<\/th>vivoactive 4<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Activity tracking<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sleep tracking<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GPS<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stress monitoring<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Body Battery<\/td>-<\/td>-<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pulse Ox<\/td>-<\/td>-<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Respiration rate<\/td>-<\/td>-<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Menstrual cycle tracking<\/td>-<\/td>-<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Garmin Pay<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Internal Storage<\/td>-<\/td>4 GB \/ 500 songs<\/td>4 GB \/ 500 songs<\/td>4 GB \/ 500 songs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Offline Playlists<\/td>-<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Incident detection<\/td>-<\/td>-<\/td>+<\/td>+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n