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Garmin Introduces Instinct 2X Solar and Solar Tactical Editions in India

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Garmin unmasks the latest addition to its Instinct 2 family – Instinct 2X Solar and Instinct 2X Solar- Tactical Edition.

Equipped with features like water resistance up to 10 ATM and a scratch-resistant Power Glass™ lens, the solar charging capability provides unlimited battery life in smartwatch mode, perfect for prolonged adventures. Built to U.S. military standards (MIL-STD-810), these watches are ready for any challenge.

Speaking about the new smartwatches, Sky Chen, Regional Director of Garmin for South-East Asia & India said, “We’re thrilled to introduce the new Garmin Instinct 2X smartwatch series in India, which is a perfect blend of unique style and functionality. Designed for sports and outdoor enthusiasts, these solar-powered, military-standard smartwatches combine rugged durability with a sleek design. With an easy-to-read display, infinite battery life, and advanced features, they empower adventurers to conquer new horizons.”

The Instinct 2X Solar features a built-in LED flashlight that offers adjustable intensities. The Instinct 2X Solar – Tactical Edition features a multi-LED flashlight that offers both white and dedicated green illumination options. The inclusion of a green light is particularly beneficial as it helps users maintain their natural night vision during night operations.

The Instinct 2X Solar provides the features customers want and the data they can use to pursue wellness, fitness and lifestyle goals as well as navigate outdoor adventures.

  • Keep tabs on body metrics with 24/7 Health and Wellness Tracking, including wrist-based heart rate, advanced sleep monitoring, respiration tracking, Pulse Ox and more3.
  • Built-in sports apps to take on running, biking, swimming, strength training and more, plus VO2 max and other training features. 
  • Gain a deeper understanding of overall health, training and recovery through Heart Rate Variability during sleep, based on technology developed by Garmin’s Firstbeat Analytics™ team.
  • New Multi-Band GNSS Support provides improved positional accuracy.
  • Navigate the outdoors with built-in sensors for a 3-axis compass and barometric altimeter.
  • Retrace the trail with TracBack® routing, helping users find the same route back to their starting point and reference point marks of a known spot relative to their location.

The Instinct 2X Solar introduces a new activity called Obstacle Course Racing. It combines running segments with various types of obstacles. Athletes can manually record obstacle splits and once marked for the first lap, the watch will automatically track them for subsequent laps.

Mission-Driven Design: The Instinct 2X Solar – Tactical Edition

The Instinct 2X Solar – Tactical Edition is specifically designed for tactical operations, offering a range of features such as Jumpmaster and tactical preloaded activities, projected waypoints, dual-position GPS formatting, and Night-Vision Compatibility. Users can also activate Stealth Mode to ensure privacy and security by disabling GPS position sharing and wireless communication. This functionality enables training in secure locations without compromising sensitive information.

The Instinct 2X Solar series will be available on the following platforms –

  • Online : Amazon, Tata Luxury & Tata CLiQ
  • Offline : Garmin Brand Stores, Helios, Just in Time and all leading Watch Retailers

Garmin Launches New Forerunner Series Smartwatch

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Garmin India, launched longest battery life AMOLED Running GPS Smartwatch, Forerunner 965 and Forerunner 265 series in India. As part of the 20th anniversary celebrations, Garmin India along with Indian Sprinter- Hima Das unveiled the new Forerunner series in Bengaluru.

Commenting on the announcement, Missy Yang, Marketing Head, Garmin ASIA & SEA said “At Garmin, we have always strived to keep health & fitness in check. As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of world’s first GPS running smartwatch – Forerunner Series in India, our vision has been to provide high-end training features and performance metrics for athletes & fitness enthusiasts around the world. Over the years, the Forerunner has evolved into a trusty companion for all runners around the world and has been providing them with precise data analysis. We are excited to have one of the most credible runners from India – Hima Das for the launch of the most powerful Forerunner smartwatches; Forerunner 965 & 265 yet. We aim to further strengthen our commitment of delivering innovative technological breakthroughs to push runners to their personal bests.”

Excited to be a part of the event, Indian Sprinter, Hima Das said, “I am thrilled to be a part of Garmin’s Forerunner 20th Anniversary celebration and the launch of Forerunner 965 & 265 series in India. As a professional athlete, I understand the importance of data accuracy while training and competing, and Garmin’s diverse range of products provides that reliability. It’s amazing to see people turn out in huge numbers for the 20th Anniversary run today and I am confident that the new launch will empower passionate Indian runners, women athletes, and triathletes to track and improve their performance and help them achieve their fitness goals.”

Forerunner 965

The Forerunner 965 is equipped with a titanium bezel, a 1.4-inch AMOLED display and an amazing battery life of up to 23 days in smartwatch mode and up to 31 hours in GPS mode. The Forerunner 965 is designed for marathon and triathlon enthusiasts who will benefit from features such as Wrist-Based Running Dynamics, which allows users to access detailed metrics such as stride length and vertical oscillation when using the watch in real-time, like the Running Dynamics Pod.

 Forerunner 265

The Forerunner 265 comes with a Ground Gorilla Glass 4 lens, with an option of 1.3-inch AMOLED display, featuring a battery life of up to 13 days in smartwatch mode and up to 20 hrs in GPS mode. Forerunner 265 includes performance monitoring tools from Garmin Firstbeat Analytics like VO2 max, performance condition, training effect and more. The smartwatch also features over 30 sport profiles and a specialized triathlon mode to go beyond the usual workout.

Unique to the Forerunner 965 and Forerunner 265, the watches come equipped with the Stamina and Acute Chronic Workload Ration features to track and help users manage their physical exertion throughout a run, to prevent “bonking” by overexerting too early in a run for a smarter and less strenuous training.

Garmin India Launches Instinct Crossover Series Smartwatch

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Garmin India, a unit of Garmin Ltd. today announced the launch of Instinct Crossover & Instinct Crossover Solar in India. The Instinct Crossover delivers Garmin’s full suite of wellness features including Sleep Score and Advanced Sleep Monitoring, and Health Monitoring activities which allows users to record key health metrics, such as Body Battery, stress, and heart rate in a single view.

Instinct Crossover, Instinct Crossover Solar, Social Lifestyle Photography

Instinct Crossover’s bold, luminescent watch hands dynamically enhance Garmin’s 24/7 health monitoring and activity tracking features in an easy-to-read digital display. While using advanced connected features, Instinct Crossover – Solar edition can provide up to 70 days of battery life in smartwatch mode with solar charging.

Commenting on the launch, Mr. Yeshudas Pillai, Country Head, Garmin India said, “With people getting more inclined towards active and healthy lifestyle, we are excited to expand our Instinct series in India. Garmin brings a hybrid GPS multisport smartwatch in India that redefines the modern adventure smartwatch, as the pandemic dread subsides and people in India start stepping out for outdoor tracking, travelling, and driving. Instinct Crossover is specifically designed for those who prefer the look of a rugged traditional watch but also love to have the latest technology on their wrist.”

Instinct Crossover combines the rugged design and intuitive experience users expect from Garmin with new Super-Lumi Nova coated analog hands and chapter ring to create a rugged, yet refined watch prepared for any activity or adventure. The analog hands are overlayed on Instinct Crossover’s high-resolution digital display and quickly moves when users want detailed smart feature data.

The new Instinct Crossover comes with thermal and shock resistant built to MIL-STD-810, chemically strengthened Scratch Resistant Lens and 10 ATM (100 meters) water rating. The new Revo Drive will help ensure autocalibration to keep users precisely on time during an extreme adventure.

Users will now get Instinct Crossover – solar edition’s infinite battery life in battery saver mode with solar charging which provides traditional analog features like time, date, and a stopwatch.  Instinct Crossover – Solar Edition can provide up to 70 daysof battery life in smartwatch mode with solar charging. Even without solar, base model Instinct Crossover can provide nearly a month of battery life in smartwatch mode and more than 110 hours in GPS mode.

Instinct Crossover delivers Garmin’s full suite of wellness features including Sleep Score and Advanced Sleep Monitoring, and a Health Monitoring activity which allows users to record key health metrics, such as Body Battery™, stress, and heart rate in a single view. Key fitness features include VO2 Max, Pulse Ox2, Fitness Age, Training Status/Load/Effect, HRV Status, and Recovery Time.

The watch provides GPS tracking, multi-GNSS support, ABC sensors, TracBack routing, which helps users navigate the same route back to their starting point, and Reference Point, which helps keep track of a known place relative to their location.

Price and Availability:

Garmin Instinct Crossover (Black) and Instinct Crossover Solar (Graphite) will be available to purchase at the cost of ₹55,990/ and ₹61,990/ respectively from 20th January’23, Friday onwards from the following channels:

  • Offline: Garmin Brand Store, Helios Watch Store, Just in Time, Sports stores
  • Online: Amazon, Tata CLiQ, Tata Luxury, Synergizer, Flipkart, Nykaa.com

Garmin ‘Vívomove Sport’ Hybrid Smartwatch Now Available

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Garmin recently launched the Vívomove Sport hybrid touchscreen smartwatch on various platforms in India. Now, the smartwatch is also available on Amazon India, Flipkart and Synergizer startingJune 1,  2022.

The smartwatch will feature real ticking hands that move to reveal an OLED display and is currently available in Ivory, Cool Mint and Black colour variants. Initially, Vívomove Sport was available exclusively online on Nykaa portals and Garmin Brand Store post the launch in India.

The watch features all the health and wellness-related features including but not limited to, 24/7 heart rate (with user-configurable alerts for high or low readings), Pulse Ox, body battery energy monitoring, all-day stress tracking, enhanced sleep monitoring and built-in sports applications with connected GPS. It can be used with either Android or iOS smartphones.

The smartwatch is available for purchase at a price of INR 18,990.

Garmin launches an easy-to-use GPS smartwatch: The Forerunner 55

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The Forerunner 55 is Garmin’s latest addition to its portfolio of GPS smartwatches and though, it’s designed for people of all skill levels, it is made especially for beginners to get things moving in their personal fitness journeys.

The smartwatch is equipped with comprehensive running modes, with an integrated GPS which tracks the distance, pace, and the location of the users. The Forerunner 55 also features advanced running features for those to up the tempo in their training. This includes:

The Forerunner 55
  • ‘PacePro’ mode in which the smartwatch provides suitable guidance to help users tailor their efforts to a selected course or distance.
  • A finish time estimator which displays the estimated the user would take to complete a specific run distance.
  • Cadence Alerts which lets users know when they stray away from their cadence range.

Additionally, the Forerunner 55 also delivers daily tailored training tips and on-screen guidance from Garmin Coaches for running training plans. A wrist-based heartrate monitor helps in tracking the users’ heartrate at all times. A ‘Body Battery’ energy monitor tracks energy levels and finds the best times for the users to train and to rest. Stress-levels can be tracked too for better insights.

The Forerunner 55 (Aqua)

Women can also track their menstrual cycle or pregnancy-related symptoms, receive exercise and nutritional advice through the Garmin Connect App.

The Forerunner 55 also features other fitness modes for effective tracking. These include virtual running, swimming, Pilates, HIIT, and more. The smartwatch tracks the user’s steps, calories, and more, throughout the day.

For safety and security, the Forerunner 55 allows users to share their location with their emergency contacts.

The Forerunner 55 is designed to be worn all day and it features a 2-week-long battery life, which works for 20 hours when on GPS mode. The all new Forerunner 55 comes in 3 exciting colours; Black, Aqua and Monterra Grey available at the price of Rs. 20,990 on Amazon, Flipkart, Tata CLiQ, Synergizer, and Garmin Brand stores.

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