vivoactive 5

Garmin vivoactive 5 is a watch from 2023, sitting in the budget band at an indicative $269.

It reads 15 of the 33 signals this comparison tracks. Nothing at all from body composition. Rarer readings it does take: Body Battery.

By sensor class: 10 at high accuracy and 3 at consumer grade. That grade is my classification of the hardware, not a lab test. Those readings come from an optical heart rate sensor, an optical blood oxygen sensor, a GPS receiver and an accelerometer. Blood oxygen is measured during sleep, not continuously through the day.

Its 11 days per charge are the 53rd longest of the 74 devices of its kind here that publish a figure. The AMOLED screen can stay always on. Built-in GPS. Rated 5ATM, fine for swimming. It weighs 23 g. On top of the tracking it also handles music on the device and contactless payments. Case size 42.2mm. No subscription is required.

Affordable AMOLED lifestyle; Gen 4. No barometer (no floors), no ECG.