Garmin Enduro 3

The Garmin Enduro 3 is a smartwatch with a 1.4-inch touchscreen, sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) display. It is compatible with iOS and Android and includes step counting, sleep tracking, and calories burned.

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How did it perform in our expert lab testing?

Overall Score

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What goes into the Overall Score?

Ease of use

/ 5

Versatility

/ 5

Health

/ 5

Step-count performance

/ 5

Heart-rate performance

/ 5

Scratch test

/ 5

Water resistance test

/ 5

Ease of interaction

/ 5

Readability in bright light

/ 5

Readability in low light

/ 5

Ease of pairing

/ 5

Detailed Test Results

Overall this model was very easy to use, somewhat accurate for counting steps, and very good at measuring heart-rate accuracy. With recent version smartphones, our experts found it very easy to pair, very easy to interact with, and very easy to connect to charger. The watch face was excellent in our scratch resistance hardness test. It passed our water immersion test at 328 feet for 10 minutes.

About

The Garmin Enduro 3 is a smartwatch compatible with iOS and Android and includes a real-time heart rate monitor and tracking of steps, sleep, and calories. It has a touchscreen display with 280 x 280 screen resolution. It has always-on display capability. It has an on-screen low battery indicator. It has phone notifications, and sound and vibration alerts. It includes inactivity alerts that remind you to move if you are sitting for a long time. It has a find my phone feature and a find my watch feature. It has Connected music (can control playback of music stored on your smartphone) and Standalone music (can control playback of music stored on your smartwatch without needing your smartphone). It can accept and dismiss phone calls from the watch. It has built-in WiFi and has Standalone GPS (can connect to GPS without needing your smartphone) It supports Garmin Pay using NFC. The manufacturer offers changeable straps. It has a weather at-wrist feature. The watch also supports solar charging to extend battery life and has a built-in flashlight. It has multi-sport tracking features. It also has an SpO2 sensor and can measure VO2 Max.

Features & Specs

Features

Cellular

Standalone GPS

Yes

Standalone music

Yes

NFC

Yes

WiFi

Yes

SpO2 sensor

Yes

ECG

Yes

VO2 Max

Yes

Blood pressure (claimed)

Menstrual cycle tracking

Yes

Menstrual cycle tracking with temperature

Guided breathing

Yes

Stress tracking

Yes

SWOLF

Yes

Heart rate variations (HRV)

Yes

Sleep tracking

Yes

Alerts

Yes

Navigation

Yes

Breadcrumb navigation

Yes

Ambient sound level notification

Crash detection (claim)

SOS emergency calling (claim)

Fall detection (claim)

Yes

Siren

Low battery indicator

Yes

Always-on display capability

Yes

Touch screen

Yes

Display type

sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)

Heart-rate monitor

Active

Battery life (claimed)

36 days

Phone compatibility

iOS and Android

Depth and duration (ft., min.)

328 feet for 10 minutes

Specs

Crystal type

Power Sapphire

Case material

Fiber-reinforced polymer

Diameter (in.)

2.2

Display size (in.)

1.4

Weight (oz.)

2.2

Thickness (in.)

0.7

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Garmin Enduro 3

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