All the Details You need To Know About the New Garmin Fenix 8 47mm Smartwatch
Wednesday - 28 August 2024
Continuing the tradition of making best-in-class GPS watches, Garmin’s new Fenix 8 smartwatch specifically appeals to those individuals focused on fitness and leading active lifestyles. Read all about the mid-range 47mn model right here at Jura Watches.
You can’t talk about Garmin smartwatches without mentioning the Fenix collection. The line is home to some of the best adventure watches on the market, including the Fenix 7 and Fenix 7 Pro watch. One particularly impressive Garmin release is the Fenix 7 Pro Sapphire Solar iteration, complete with solar powering capabilities via a sapphire glass and a fibre-reinforced polymer and titanium case. It is one of the brand’s most sophisticated smartwatches, boasting state-of-the-art technology that is primed for health and fitness enthusiasts.
User-friendliness with the Garmin Connect app is ultra smooth. It promises easy navigation, training plans and lots of stats for you to track your body metrics as you go. You can customise the different settings via the watch itself but it’s also super easy to do it on the app. Here, you can alter the fields and display options and settings in ways that suit you. All these cool features are shared with the new Fenix 8 smartwatch, which Garmin released recently. We’re going to take a look at the watch in great detail now.
The New Fenix 8 Smartwatch – What Does It Offer?
If you’re into fitness and lead a health-focused lifestyle, the Fenix 8 is going to be your new best friend. It features a ton of sports apps and delivers all the most important body metrics on a legible screen so that you can access what you want, when you want and wherever you want it. Built for serious athletes and adventure-goers, it encourages you as the wearer to push yourself beyond your limits, but also hone into the smaller details that can really help you improve and enhance your training schedule.
You can learn how to get the most out of your personalised training programme by focussing on strength, endurance and stamina. You can also track performance insights and manage your exertion by using the strength training plans offered via its full range of sport-specific workouts. You also get to enjoy training readiness features which show your recovery times in between your workouts, embarking you to get the most out of your weekly or daily regime. It does this by tracking health and wellness stats 24/7. These stats include stress levels, heart rates, respiration rates and sleep quality to name just a few.
When you’re out and on the go, the Fenix 8 47 smartwatch can help ensure you never go off track. It features built-in ABC sensors that include a barometer, altimeter and compass. In particular, it boasts a round-trip routing feature that simplifies all your runs or cycling rides. Put simply, you can set your distance and receive turn-by-turn directions that you can adjust as you go, ensuring you get to where you need to be on schedule.
While using these GPS features and the smartwatch’s TopoActive maps, you’ll need sufficient battery power. Luckily, experts at Garmin made the battery power a priority in this smartwatch. As well as a 40-meter water-resistant rating, which protects the internals of the case from water damage while you trek through adverse weather conditions and muddy conditions, it features metal leak-proof pushers and an impressive 16-day battery life in smartwatch mode along with 47 hours in GPS mode.
All of your important data is displayed on a legible AMOLED display that measures 1.4 inches in diameter. The screen is surrounded by a titanium bezel and topped by a sapphire crystal glass lens for scratch resistance and anti-reflective properties. The watch also features a built-in LED flashlight for accompanying you while out on hikes or bike rides at night. This after dark visibility feature is what sets this Garmin smartwatch apart from other models on the market.
Garmin also covers you for making calls and receiving messages while on the go. You can reply to messages and make calls using your smartwatch’s voice command feature and even keep on top of work commitments by using the watch for calling and messaging, even when the phone is not in close proximity to your watch.
The silicone strap fitted to the new Fenix 8 smartwatch is supple and comfortable and has been ergonomically crafted to give you hours and hours of wear without even feeling the watch on your wrist. This, of course, is leveraged by the fact that Garmin uses lightweight materials for its case design. The strap also features a quick-release system known as the Quick-Fit adjustment feature. It attaches to fixed lug bars and there are several alternative straps to choose from within Garmin’s range as well. These include fabric, leather and titanium bracelets – all options that provide additional customisation options.
With preloaded TopoActive maps that even display relief shading, plus a whole host of downloadable routes for when you’re on the go, the GPS capability and fitness-oriented features of the Fenix 8 smartwatch have to be the best yet. The watch comprises all the important features needed in a Garmin watch in one refined and modern, compact design.
If you’d like to read up on the features of the new Garmin Fenix 8 smartwatch in more detail, you can call and speak to a member of our Jura Watches sales team today on 01335.453453 or email us on help@jurawatches.co.uk
