Waterproof SmartWatch for Sporting

The Garmin VivoActive SmartWatch comes in a typical Apple packaging.
Thanks charged battery the SmartWatch is directly ready. Yet fast the Garmin Connect app now play on the phone and off we go:
The screen is based on passive LCD technology with light reflection from the outside. This keeps the battery in comparison to other technologies much longer.
However, this technology requires light on the display. The more light, the greater the contrast, and the colors. In the dark, the lighting helps, but the presentation is no longer optimal and the colors fade strongly.
In bright light, the photos depicted also agree in the product presentation with the reality of what some testers have wrongly criticized in the recession here.

Apps:
The clock plays its advantages from only with the specially programmed for the clock apps that can be installed with the mobile app "Garmin Connect". Here added every day new apps. Right now (early April 2015) the offer is still very manageable.

Operation:
The operation of the clock is first used to. But if we have understood the underlying concept, very logical and sensible.
The motion Apps such as running, biking, etc. automatically launch the built-in GPS. Here you can freely define the display fields shown as in the other Garmin products and change. Also additional new data fields and graphics can be loaded via the smartphone app and then call as a data field.
Funny example is the swimming-App. The clock detects the direction of change of paths through the kick and on the basis of arm movements and counts the distance swum accurately with. This has in test mode works in the pool with me just fine.
Battery life: Garmin indicates up to 3 weeks without GPS use. I think this is but too high because the clock is indeed used in practice every day. I reckon here with a duration of approximately one week without GPS use. What unlike other smartwatches still is very good. Through GPS, the service life drops to 10 hours.

Display the data from the phone:
The clock displays incoming emails, text messages, incoming calls, WhatsApp and everything else to quickly and clearly. Even a weather app, there are already. A vibrator helps in the detection of the messages.
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? Negative ... Yes ... a little thing there is at the moment Note: You should upload (early April), manually via the PC, the Garmin app "Garmin Express" from the home page and update the software of the clock so as eerstes , otherwise there will be regular crashes of downloadable apps and discontinuations during the Bluetooth connection. This was supposed to be done on the smartphone app even without a PC automatically. But worked for me yet.

Conclusion:
The clock is fun. It is intended for ambitious people who want to have a waterproof SmartWatch.
She also sees the wrist well and a quality image. The modular design of the clock loadable apps can be customized. An eye-catcher is the clock in any case.