Product Overview
The Garmin vívomove Sport is a stylish hybrid smartwatch that combines the timeless look of an analog watch with essential smart features to help you keep up with your busy life. It offers a hidden touchscreen display that reacts to your movements, revealing health and wellness tools, smart notifications, and activity tracking.
Image: Garmin vivomove Sport smartwatch in Cool Mint/Silver, showcasing its elegant design and color.
Key Features:
- Stylish 40 mm hybrid smartwatch with timeless analog look and smart features.
- Battery life: up to 5 days in smart mode and up to one additional day in watch mode (hands tell time only).
- Stay connected with smart notifications for incoming calls, text messages, calendar view and more when paired with your compatible smartphone.
- Extensive health monitoring features, including Body Battery energy levels, Pulse Ox, advanced sleep monitoring, stress tracking, and women’s health tracking.
- Connects with your paired smartphone’s GPS to track outdoor walk or run activities; includes additional activity profiles such as yoga, strength, cardio and more.
- Safety and tracking features include Incident Detection and Assistance, sending live location to emergency contacts.
- All-day activity tracking counts steps, calories, sleep and more.
- Metallic dial and accents for enhanced style.
- Effortlessly change your look with 20 mm industry standard quick release watch bands.
- Hidden touchscreen display reacts to your movements and is visible only when you need it.
What's in the Box
Upon unboxing your Garmin vivomove Sport, you should find the following items:
- Garmin vívomove Sport Smartwatch
- Charging/Data Cable
- Documentation (Quick Start Manual, Safety and Product Information)
Setup
1. Charging the Device
Before initial use, fully charge your vívomove Sport. Connect the charging/data cable to the charging port on the back of the watch and plug the USB end into a power source (e.g., computer USB port or USB wall adapter). A full charge typically takes approximately 2 hours.
Image: The rear of the vivomove Sport, highlighting the charging contacts and optical heart rate sensor.
2. Pairing with Your Smartphone
To unlock all smart features, you must pair your vívomove Sport with a compatible smartphone using the Garmin Connect app.
- Download the Garmin Connect app from your smartphone's app store.
- Enable Bluetooth on your smartphone.
- Open the Garmin Connect app and follow the on-screen instructions to create an account or sign in.
- Select "Add Device" within the app and choose your vívomove Sport from the list.
- Follow the prompts to complete the pairing process.
Image: The Garmin Connect app interface on a smartphone, used for managing watch settings and viewing health data.
Operating Instructions
Using the Touchscreen Display
The vívomove Sport features a hidden touchscreen display that becomes visible when you raise your wrist or double-tap the watch face. You can interact with the display using various gestures:
- Double-tap: Double-tap the watch face to wake the device.
- Swipe: Swipe up or down to scroll through widgets, features, and menus.
- Tap: Tap the screen to select an option or confirm an action.
- Hold: Hold the screen to view the menu options.
Image: The vivomove Sport's hidden display showing heart rate data, demonstrating the digital overlay on the analog watch face.
Health and Wellness Features
The vívomove Sport provides comprehensive health and wellness monitoring:
- Wrist-Based Heart Rate: The watch constantly samples your heart rate and will alert you if it stays too high or too low while you’re at rest. It also helps gauge how hard you work during activities.
- Body Battery™ Energy Monitoring: See your body’s energy levels throughout the day so you can find the best times for activity and rest.
- Pulse Ox Sensor: Use the Pulse Ox sensor to spot-check your blood oxygen saturation at any point during the day, or for part of the night as you sleep, to show how well your body is absorbing oxygen.
- Stress Tracking: Find out if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day. Relax reminders will even prompt you to do a short breathing activity when the watch detects that you’re feeling stressed.
- Mindful Breathing: When you want to relax or focus, you can start a breathwork activity, and this watch will track your stress and respiration to help you get a better understanding of how you’re breathing.
- Women’s Health Tracking: Use the Garmin Connect app to track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy. Log symptoms, get exercise and nutrition education, and more. Even see and log details on your wrist.
- Advanced Sleep Monitoring: Monitor your sleep stages (light, deep, REM) and receive insights into your sleep quality.
Image: The vivomove Sport showing the Body Battery feature, indicating energy levels.
Connectivity and Smart Features
- Smart Notifications: Receive emails, texts, and alerts right on your watch when paired with your compatible smartphone. You can even respond to texts if you have an Android phone.
- Connected GPS: Connect to your compatible smartphone’s GPS so you can get accurate tracking during outdoor walks, rides, and runs.
- Safety and Tracking Features: When your watch and phone are paired, a message with your live location can be sent to your contacts manually or — during select outdoor activities — automatically with built-in incident detection.
- Calendar View: Easily see your plans for the day with a dedicated calendar screen.
- Timer and Stopwatch: Conveniently access handy timekeeping features right from your wrist.
Image: The vivomove Sport displaying a text message notification, showcasing its smart features.
Fitness Tracking
- Activity Tracking: All-day activity tracking counts steps, calories, sleep, and more.
- Preloaded Sports Apps: Switch up your workout routine with activity profiles for yoga, strength, cardio, pool swimming, and more.
- Intensity Minutes: Track your intensity minutes to get a better idea of when during the day you earned them and during what activity.
- Fitness Age: This feature uses chronological age, your weekly vigorous activity, resting heart rate, and BMI or body fat percentage to estimate if your body is younger or older than you are.
Image: The vivomove Sport showing the daily step count, a core fitness tracking feature.
Battery Life
The vívomove Sport offers impressive battery performance to keep up with your active lifestyle:
- Up to 5 days in smartwatch mode.
- Up to one additional day in watch mode (hands tell time only, touchscreen off).
Battery life may vary depending on usage, settings, and environmental conditions. Frequent use of the touchscreen, GPS connection, and notifications will consume more power.
Specifications
| Feature | Detail |
|---|---|
| Product Dimensions | 1.6 x 1.6 x 0.4 inches |
| Item Weight | 1.19 ounces (33.8 Grams) |
| Model Number | 010-02566-03 |
| Batteries | 1 Lithium Polymer batteries required (included) |
| Wireless Communication | Bluetooth |
| Connectivity Technologies | Bluetooth, USB |
| GPS | Connected GPS (via smartphone) |
| Human Interface Input | Touchscreen |
| Color | Cool Mint/Silver (as per current product variant) |
| Screen Size | 40 Millimeters (standing screen display size) |
| Memory Storage Capacity | 8000 MB |
| Shape | Round |
Maintenance
Proper care and maintenance will ensure the longevity and optimal performance of your Garmin vívomove Sport:
- Cleaning: Regularly clean the watch and band with a soft, damp cloth. Avoid harsh chemicals or abrasive cleaners.
- Drying: Ensure the device is completely dry after exposure to water or sweat to prevent corrosion of charging contacts.
- Band Replacement: The vívomove Sport uses 20 mm industry standard quick release watch bands, allowing for easy replacement and customization.
- Storage: Store the device in a cool, dry place when not in use.
Troubleshooting
If you encounter issues with your Garmin vívomove Sport, consider the following common solutions:
- Device Not Turning On: Ensure the device is fully charged. Connect it to the charging cable and a power source.
- Display Not Responding: Double-tap the screen firmly. If unresponsive, try restarting the device by holding the button (if applicable) or connecting to power.
- Not Pairing with Phone:
- Ensure Bluetooth is enabled on your smartphone.
- Make sure the watch is in pairing mode.
- Restart both your watch and smartphone.
- Clear the device from your phone's Bluetooth settings and try pairing again.
- Inaccurate Data:
- Ensure the watch is worn snugly on your wrist, above the wrist bone.
- Keep the optical heart rate sensor clean.
- For GPS-related activities, ensure your paired smartphone is with you and has a clear view of the sky.
- Short Battery Life:
- Reduce screen brightness.
- Limit the number of notifications.
- Disable features like Pulse Ox All-Day tracking if not needed constantly.
For more detailed troubleshooting or persistent issues, please refer to the official Garmin support website or the full user manual.
Warranty and Support
For detailed warranty information, please refer to the documentation included with your product or visit the official Garmin website. Garmin provides customer support and resources to assist with product inquiries, technical issues, and service requests.
You can access the full user manual in PDF format for comprehensive instructions and information:
For further assistance, visit the Garmin Store on Amazon or the official Garmin support website.
