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vívoactive® 3

GPS smartwatch with built-in sports apps, wrist-based heart rate and Garmin Pay™ contactless payments

Part Number 010-01769-B3

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Compatible Devices

GPS Smartwatch with Contactless Payments and Wrist-based Heart Rate

Garmin Pay™ contactless payment solution lets you pay for purchases with your watch¹
Personalize your watch with thousands of free watch faces, apps and widgets from our Connect IQ™ store
More than 15 preloaded GPS and indoor sports apps, including yoga, running, swimming and more
Monitor your fitness level with VO2 max and fitness age estimates, plus keep an eye on how you handle stress²
Get connected features³ such as smart notifications, automatic uploads to Garmin Connect™, LiveTrack and more
Battery life4: up to 7 days in smartwatch mode; 13 hours in GPS mode

From playing to paying, vívoactive 3 is the smartwatch for your active life. Make contactless payments with ease, right from your watch, and with more than 15 preloaded sports apps — you can choose how you like to get fit. Built-in GPS lets you record the distance, pace, location and more for your outdoor activities.

Pay Your Way

vívoactive 3 is our first wearable to feature Garmin Pay, which lets you pay for purchases with your watch. Use it just about anywhere you can tap your card to pay1. So, if you left your wallet in your locker or just forgot it, that post-run morning caffè latte can still be yours. Just tap and go.

Make It Yours

vívoactive 3 is compatible with our Connect IQ store, where you can download watch faces, widgets and apps that make it go from smartwatch to your watch. Keep tabs on when your Uber is arriving, turn on your lights at home with the SmartThings app, and even use the AccuWeather MinuteCast app to find out when the rain will start. You can also use our free Face It™watch face app to add personality to your device that’s uniquely you. Just download the app, choose any image from your photo library, make your customizations, and set it as your watch’s face.

Play More Sports

With more than 15 preloaded sports apps, finding a fun way to stay active is easy. Hit the golf course, go for a bike ride, take a yoga class, or even try your hand at stand-up paddle boarding. When you head outside, built-in GPS lets vívoactive 3 track the details of your chosen activity — with no phone connection required. From snowboarding to swimming and at least a dozen other options in between, this watch is the perfect playmate.

Fits You and All You Do

Feel free to take this watch outside in all kinds of weather. Not only is it safe for swimming and showering5, its Garmin Chroma Display™ is easy to read — even in direct sunlight — and housed under extra-durable chemically strengthened glass. It also features the Side Swipe™ interface, which makes for quick scrolling and swift navigation of menus and widgets. Whether you scroll with your thumb or index finger, you can choose how to wear it. Comfortable, convenient and easy to see — vívoactive 3 just fits.

Download and Create Workouts

Keep your workout schedule fresh and invigorating. Create your own custom running, cycling, cardio or strength workouts, and download them to your watch. Then, your vívoactive smartwatch will keep track of the exercises, reps, sets and rest time for you.

Daily Fitness and Stress Tracking

With help from Elevate™ wrist-based heart rate technology², vívoactive 3 lets you monitor key aspects of your fitness and stress to show how your body responds under various circumstances. For example, it’s able to estimate your VO2 maxand fitness age — 2 indicators of physical fitness that can often improve over time with regular exercise. It also tracks your heart rate variability (HRV), which is used to calculate and track your stress level. vívoactive 3 can make you aware when physical or emotional sources cause your stress level to rise so you can find a way to relieve the pressure.

Always Connected

Life doesn’t have a pause button, so stay connected with your vívoactive 3 smartwatch while you’re playing hard or working out. Once paired with your compatible smartphone, you’ll be able to receive and even respond5 to text messages and see social media updates, emails and more right on your wrist. Find your phone, access music controls and let friends LiveTrack your sports. Your finished activities will even automatically upload to our Garmin Connect online fitness community.

Share and Compete

Syncing your activities to Garmin Connect is for more than just storing your data. Garmin Connect is a thriving online community where people on the go can connect and compete by joining challenges, encourage each other’s successes and even share their triumphs via social media. Garmin Connect is free and available on the web or on your smartphone with the Garmin Connect™ Mobile app.

¹Available for supported cards from participating banks; contact your bank for more information. Only available at NFC-enabled terminals. View current supported country, payment network and issuing bank information.
²Activity tracking accuracy
³When paired with a compatible smartphone
⁴Under typical use; battery life may vary depending on usage and selected performance mode
⁵Responding capability available for Android™ customers only. Android is a registered trademark of Google Inc.

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General
Lens Material	chemically strengthened glass
Bezel Material	stainless steel
Case material	fiber-reinforced polymer and stainless steel
Strap material	silicone
Physical size	43.4 x 43.4 x 11.7 mm Fits wrists with a circumference of 127-204 mm
Weight	43.0 g
Water rating	Swim/5 ATM
Touchscreen
Display type	sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Display size	1.2" (30.4mm) diameter
Display resolution	240 x 240 pixels
Color display
Battery life	GPS mode: Up to 11 hours Smartwatch mode: Up to 7 days
Memory/History	7 timed activities, 14 days of activity tracking data

Clock Features
Time/date
GPS Time Sync
Automatic daylight saving time
Alarm clock
Timer
Stopwatch
Face It™ watch face creator

Sensors
GPS
GLONASS
Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor
Barometric altimeter
Compass
Accelerometer
Thermometer

Daily Smart Features
Connectivity	Bluetooth® Smart and ANT+®
Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps)
Smart notifications
Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only)
Calendar
Weather
Music controls
Find My Phone
Find My Watch
VIRB® remote
Smartphone compatibility	iPhone®, Android™
Compatible with Garmin Connect™ Mobile
Garmin Pay™

Activity Tracking Features
Step counter
Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it)
Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal)
Sleep monitoring (monitors total sleep and periods of movement or restful sleep)
Calories burned
Floors climbed
Distance traveled
Intensity minutes
TrueUp™
Move IQ™
Fitness Age	yes (in app)

vívoactive® 3

vívoactive® 3

GPS smartwatch with built-in sports apps, wrist-based heart rate and Garmin Pay™ contactless payments

GPS Smartwatch with Contactless Payments and Wrist-based Heart Rate

Pay Your Way

Make It Yours

Play More Sports

Fits You and All You Do

Download and Create Workouts

Daily Fitness and Stress Tracking

Always Connected

Share and Compete

General

Clock Features

Sensors

Daily Smart Features

Activity Tracking Features

Fitness Equipment/Gym

Training, Planning and Analysis Features

Heart Rate Features

Running Features

Golfing Features

Outdoor Recreation Features

Cycling Features

Swimming Features

Fitness Equipment/Gym
Preloaded gym activity profiles	Strength Training, Cardio Training, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing and Yoga
Cardio workouts
Strength workouts
Automatic rep counting

Training, Planning and Analysis Features
GPS speed and distance
Customizable data pages
Customizable activity profiles
Auto Pause®
Advanced workouts
Downloadable training plans
Auto Lap®
Configurable lap alerts
V02 max
Customizable alerts
LiveTrack
Touch and/or button lock
Auto scroll
Activity history on watch

Heart Rate Features
HR zones
HR alerts
HR calories
% HR max
HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+™ to paired devices)

Running Features
Preloaded run profiles	Running, Indoor Track Running, Treadmill Running
GPS-based distance, time and pace
Run workouts
Foot pod capable

Golfing Features
Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green)
Yardage to layups/doglegs
Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course)	Automatic
Digital scorecard
Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit)
Garmin AutoShot™
Green View with manual pin position
Hazards and course targets
PinPointer
Round timer/odometer

Outdoor Recreation Features
Preloaded outdoor recreation profiles	Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing
Back to start
Total ascent/descent

Cycling Features
Preloaded cycling profiles	Biking, Indoor Biking
Time/distance alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goal)
Compatible with Varia Vision™ (head-mounted display)
Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar)
Compatible with Varia™ lights
Speed and cadence sensor support (with sensor)

Swimming Features
Preloaded swim profiles	Pool Swimming
Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count/rate, calories)
Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly)
Pool swim workouts
Swim efficiency (SWOLF)