Garmin has announced Vívoactive 6, its latest health and fitness smartwatch with up to 11 days of battery life so users can go about their day and night without stopping to recharge.

With a brighter AMOLED display, the watch has popular health and fitness features such as Body Battery energy monitoring, sleep coach, dozens of preloaded sports apps and mobility workouts.

“No matter your fitness goals, Vívoactive 6 is designed to help you understand your body better than ever before,” said Susan Lyman, Garmin vice president. “From your morning routine to your mid-day workout session to your night-time wind down and everything in between, this smartwatch will be with you every step of the way.”

Users can wake up feeling more refreshed with smart wake alarm, a tool that looks at lighter sleep stages during a pre-selected window of time to wake users gently with a light vibration. Once awake, the morning report provides an overview of last night’s sleep, recovery insights, Body Battery, daily calendar and more. It also includes heart rate variability (HRV) status, an early indicator of overall wellness and how prepared the body is for the day ahead. And now, users can customise the report even more with different themes, data and inspirational messages.

The Body Battery lets users view energy levels throughout the day to find the best times for activity and rest. They can get even more details and personal insights on how sleep, naps, daily activities and high stress impact energy levels.

The sleep coach provides a sleep score and personalised coaching for how much sleep is recommended and keeps track of different sleep stages, naps and other key metrics such as pulse Ox² and HRV status, which monitors heart rate variability while sleeping to understand overall health and how the body is navigating the challenges of life and environment.

Stress tracking shows how calm, balanced or stressful moments affect the body throughout the day. Meditation and mindful breathing help users reduce stress, anxiety and more with guided meditation practices or a breathwork activity to track respiration rates and stress levels.

It tracks blood oxygen saturation while awake or asleep. And it can track a menstrual cycle or pregnancy, and provide exercise and nutrition guidance.

The watch includes more than 80 preloaded sports apps, including walking, running, cycling and pool swimming, plus new daily suggested walking workouts. Users can also download a selection of step-by-step workouts for strength, HIIT, yoga, pilates, mobility and more through Garmin Connect. They can also access Garmin Coach running and strength training plans, several of which adapt daily based on performance, recovery and health metrics to help users prepare for their next race, train for a milestone or improve overall fitness. In addition to keeping tabs on daily steps and calories burned, it can track moderate and vigorous intensity minutes, VO₂ max and more. For wheelchair users, wheelchair mode tracks daily pushes and provides weight shift alerts, handcycle workouts and more.

While out for a run, it keeps track of crucial running dynamics such as cadence, stride length and ground contact time and uses the running power feature to see how much power is being applied to manage effort and fine-tune training. To prepare for race day, PacePro provides runners with grade-adjusted pacing guidance based on course elevation and personal pacing preferences. Following a workout, tools can help users understand how their workout benefits their body and see how much time is needed to recover before taking on their next fitness challenge.

Users can also receive text messages, emails and alerts when paired with a compatible iPhone or Android smartphone. Those with an Android phone can also respond to texts using the on-watch keyboard.

Safety and tracking features help provide peace of mind by sending a message with the user’s live location when available to chosen emergency contacts if they feel unsafe or if an incident is detected. The watch can also be used for Garmin Pay contactless payments and users can download songs and playlists from Spotify, Amazon Music and Deezer (subscription required) for phone-free listening.

Health and fitness information is shown in the Garmin Connect app and users can download apps, watch faces and more from the Connect IQ Store right on the watch, or find more options in the smartphone app.

Featuring a lightweight, aluminium bezel and silicone band, Vívoactive 6 (www.garmin.com/en-US/p/1555457/pn/010-02985-02) is available to order on Garmin.com from April 4 with a suggested retail price of $300.