Train smarter every day with the Vivoactive 6 Watch’s personalized health and fitness tools
What Our Gearhead® Experts Are Saying:
"I wear my Vivoactive 6 every day, whether I’m training for a 10K or just trying to sleep better. The Body Battery feature is my go-to—it’s crazy accurate at telling me when I need rest or can push harder. And with so many built-in workouts and health tracking options, it feels like having a coach right on my wrist."
We rely on the Garmin Vivoactive 6 Watch to keep us informed, inspired, and performing at our best. Designed for those who want more insight into their everyday movement, workouts, and recovery, this smartwatch blends personalized coaching with deep health metrics. From tracking our runs and strength sessions to guiding our breathing and sleep routines, Garmin helps us train smarter—not just harder.
With over 80 preloaded sports apps, animated workout guidance, and adaptive training plans from Garmin Coach, we're never short on motivation. Sleep Coach and nap tracking keep us honest about recovery, while Body Battery, HRV status, and stress tracking help us understand what our bodies are saying. Music, messaging, and Garmin Pay all make it easy to stay connected without pulling out our phone. Whether we're chasing a PR or just prioritizing balance, the Vivoactive 6 supports every step.
Details
- Train smarter with Body Battery energy monitoring throughout your day
- Get personalized sleep insights and nap tracking with Sleep Coach
- Track over 80 GPS and indoor activities including cycling, running, and swimming
- Download guided workouts for strength, yoga, HIIT, Pilates, and more
- Continuously monitor HRV, respiration, Pulse Ox, stress, and hydration
- Respond to texts, view photos, and get smart notifications from your phone
- Store music directly on the watch for phone-free listening during workouts
- Use Garmin Pay for convenient contactless payments wherever you go
- Item #GRMF086
- Housing Material
- polymer, aluminum, Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
- Digital Compass
- yes
- Battery Life
- [max] 21 days, [smart watch mode] 11 days, [always on] 5 days
- Dimensions
- 42.2 x 42.2 x 10.9mm
- Face Size
- 1.2" diameter
- Claimed Weight
- 23g
- Activity
- running, training, yoga, casual, travel
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Overall Rating
4 based on 121 ratings
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This fitness tracker provides accurate activity tracking and a comfortable, user-friendly design. Key positives include long battery life and a wide range of health and fitness features. Some users experienced issues with the GPS and music functions, but overall it is a highly recommended option that delivers on most fronts.
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Selecting an option will reload the available reviews on the pageAugust 31, 2025
Good Value For The Price Point
My real rating for the Vivoactive 6 is 3½ stars, but half stars are not allowed. Let me get the bad stuff out of the way, right up front. My primary activity is Road Bicycling, with General Gym Exercise , and Tai Chi filling in the rest of my lifestyle activities. For Cycling, I have an Edge 540 that gives me most of what I want to see. I bought this because I wanted to add Heart Rate data from my rides, but I did not want anything strapped to my chest. The Vivoactive records that data that, but I can't get output to show in my 540 stats. I now have two versions of any ride showing in Garmin Connect, one from each device, and they are slightly different. I have found a way to integrate the two reports in my personal data file, so that problem has been dealt with. My exercise routine is a combination of stretching, some machines, and some free weights. I want a "set and record until I'm done" setting and there isn't one. I am just not going to take the time to start and stop after each rep or set. My time is more valuable than that. I've managed to develop a custom Exercise to somewhat meet the need, but it does not use GPS, so now steps while exercising is not recorded Tai Chi is not Yoga, it is not practiced as a Martial Art, and does not fall into any other category. I am using that custom Exercise previously mentioned, but with the same shortcomings as above. Now the good points. The Heart Rate tracking 24/7. That is very useful for my lifestyle. The device itself is very comfortable for wearing until it needs recharging. Battery life will depend on how many "always on" functions you use and how many are "broadcast". For Cycling it is now my device of choice for my short (3 - 15 KM) errands, despite not recording temperature info. That last is invaluable here in Southern Arizona! All in all, until you feel the need to spend a considerable amount more, this is a good product. If you are a runner, you may find it works better for you and a cyclist would.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
August 30, 2025
NOT the upgrade I hoped for
I purchased the Vivoactive 6 to replace a very old Vivoactive 4. For me, as a user of an older model, the 6 is a case of one step forward, two steps back. The main plus of the 6 is the crisp, vibrant color display. There are also a few interesting new features, like a compass in the hiking app. They’re nice, and I can see they could be potentially useful, but I doubt I’ll really need them. However, for me, the added features are outweighed by the drawbacks. First, there’s the size. The watch face is smaller than the 4. This means all the added features, while colorful, are more difficult to use. It also means that if you have standard straps which fit most models, they won’t be usable on the Vivoactive 6. But the biggest drawback for me is the wallet. I purchased the 6 instead of a larger, slightly cheaper competitor specifically because I didn’t want to lose the wallet feature. However, while the wallet was always a simple swipe away on the Vivoactive 4, it’s now buried deep in a submenu on the 6. It’s much less convenient, and now you can’t even use the wallet if you’re running an app. It’s not unusual for me to stop during a bike ride to pick up a post-ride snack. It was so convenient to pay using the wallet even though the tracker was running. Now, that’s not possible. It’s a huge downside and makes me question my continued loyalty to Garmin.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
August 29, 2025
Great price for an amazing watch!
I have had my watch for a month now and I LOVE it! By far my favorite watch. The battery life is a little over a week for me! The display is bright and beautiful and has a great touch screen!
Originally reviewed on Garmin
August 26, 2025
Amazing Features But…
I bought this a few weeks ago and I am overall impressed. The health and fitness trackings have been so useful throughout my days as I can track my heart rate, stress, steps, and after each night I can see how good my sleep was. I love working out with this watch as well! The automatic set detection works well with arm movement, but as expected not the greatest at counting reps/sets when it’s leg day. But adjusting my sets and reps is soo easy so it’s not too much of a problem. My only complaint is that I do not like the plastic look!! I had switched out the Lily Active with this because the Vivoactive 6 has way more features. But concerning the aesthetics of this watch, I’m not a fan of it. I wish it was metal all round because it lowkey looks cheap. But the features of the watch makes up for the looks.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
August 26, 2025
Great Updated Features
I traded in my old Vivoactive 4s due to obsolete software issues. The Vivoactive 6s has way more options and it is easier to navigate the different features. However, I still think the device requires you to be technogically savvy, but overall I am happy with the update workout stats after each workout.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
August 26, 2025
So much info!
Love my new vivoactive! So much more information than with the FitBit. And I connect with family on fun challenges. Only thing is my text messages are not coming through even though all the other phone notifications are. Trying to troubleshoot this. Any suggestions?
Originally reviewed on Garmin
August 25, 2025
Best Watch
Best watch I have owned, sleek design and easy functionality and holds a charge for so long!
Originally reviewed on Garmin
August 25, 2025
Great for active lifestyle, long battery life
I enjoy my new watch coming off years of an IWatch my only issue is mustering thru YouTube, TikTok, and Reddit threads to learn features, change settings. That being said the GPS and health settings are stellar! I believe the V02 max is the closest you can come outside a drs office. As an older runner, I don't use coach settings as I don't need a device giving me advice but it will harsh you for taking long naps during the day. I do wish that one day there was a feature to log sporadic injury(ies) that would account to reduction in action for the day but, I do love this wearable
Originally reviewed on Garmin
August 25, 2025
Features
It seems to read my mind on what I want to see when I look at it!!
Originally reviewed on Garmin
August 25, 2025
Nice features, but fragile
I had been happy with my Vivoactive 3 so I decided to upgrade to the Vivoactive 6. After owning the 6 for less than 2 weeks I noticed a big scratch on the watch face. I don't even know what I touched to cause it. If I knew the watch face glass was so soft, then I would have considered a different watch or at least a screen protector. The watch still works, but I am disappointed at the durability given the cost and my experience with the 3.
Originally reviewed on ExpertVoice.com
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