Introducing the Garmin Vívoactive 5: a versatile smartwatch designed for active individuals and fitness enthusiasts. Packed with built-in GPS, heart rate monitoring, customizable sports modes, and advanced sleep tracking, it seamlessly blends fitness tracking with smart features like smart notifications, music storage, contactless payments, and compatibility with leading fitness apps. With its long battery life, durable design, and holistic approach to wellness, the Vívoactive 5 is your ultimate fitness companion, elevating your user experience to new heights.

 

GENERAL

Lens material
• Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
 

Bezel material
• Anodized Aluminum
 

Case material
• fiber-reinforced polymer

Quick Release Bands
• yes (20 mm, Industry Standard)

Strap material
• Silicone

Physical Size
• 42.2 x 42.2 x 11.1 mm
• Fits wrists with a circumference of 125-190mm

Weight
• 23g
• (36g with included band)

Water Rating
• SWIM, 5 ATM

Touch Screen
• Yes

Display type
• AMOLED
• Optional Always-On Mode

Display size
• 1.2" (30.4mm) Diameter

Display resolution
• 390 x 390

Color display
• Yes

Large Font Option
• Yes

Wheelchair Mode
• Yes

Battery life
• Smartwatch mode: Up to 11 days (5 days display always-on)
• Smart mode: activity tracking, 24/7 heart rate (compatible devices), and Bluetooth connectivity
• Battery Saver Smartwatch mode: Up to 21 days
• GPS-Only GNSS mode: Up to 21  hours
• All-Systems GNSS mode: Up to 17 hours
• All-Systems GNSS mode with music: Up to 8 hours

Charging Method
• Garmin proprietary plug charger

Memory/History
• 4 GB
 

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SENSORS

GPS
• Yes

GLONASS
• Yes

Galileo
• Yes

Garmin Elevate Wrist Heart Rate Monitor
• Yes

Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor
• Yes

Compass
• Yes

Accelerometer
• Yes

Thermometer
• Yes (Tempe sensor required)

Ambient Light Sensor
• Yes
 

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CLOCK FEATURES

Time, date
• Yes

GPS time sync
• Yes

Automatic daylight saving time
• Yes

Alarm clock
• Yes

Timer
• Yes

Stopwatch
• Yes

Sunrise/Sunset Times
• Yes
 

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Health & Wellness Monitoring

Wrist-based Heart Rate (Constant, every second)
• Yes

Daily Resting Heart Rate
• Yes

Abnormal HR Alerts
• Yes (High and Low)

Respiration Rate (24 x 7)
• Yes
 

Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation
• Yes (spot-check, and optionally all-day and in sleep)

Fitness Age
• Yes

Body Battery Energy Monitor
• Yes

All-Day Stress
• Yes

Relaxation Reminders
• Yes

Relaxation Breathing Timer
• Yes

Meditation
• Yes

Breathwork
• Yes

Sleep
• Yes (Advanced)

Sleep Score and Insights
• Yes

Sleep Coach
• Yes

Nap Detection
• Yes

Hydration
• Yes

Women's Health
• Yes
 

Health Snapshot
• Yes
 

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Daily Smart Features

Connectivity
• Bluetooth, ANT+, Wi-Fi

Connect IQ (Downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets, and apps)
• Yes

 

On-Device Connect IQ Store
• Yes

Smart Notifications
• Yes

Text Response/Reject Phone Call with Text (Android only)
• Yes

View images from notifications on watch (Android only)
• Yes

Morning Report
• Yes

Calendar
• Yes

Weather
• Yes

Realtime Settings Sync with Garmin Connect Mobile
• Yes

Battery Saver - customizable low power watch
• Yes

Controls Smartphone Music
• Yes

Plays and Controls Watch Music
• Yes

Music Storage
• Yes

Find My Phone
• Yes

Find My Watch
• Yes

Smartphone compatibility
• iPhone, Android

Compatible with Garmin Connect Mobile
• Yes
 

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SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES

Incident Detection during select activities
• Yes
 

Incident Detection Alert on Phone for Wearables
• Yes

Assistance
• Yes

LiveTrack
• Yes
 

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Gaming Features

Gaming Activity
• Yes

GameOn App Compatible
• Yes
 

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ACTIVITY TRACKING

Step Counter
• Yes
 

Push Tracker
• Yes
 

Move Alert (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it)
• Yes
 

Weight Shift Alert
• Yes
 

Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal)
• Yes
 

Calories Burned
• Yes

Distance Traveled
• Yes

Intensity Minutes
• Yes

TrueUp
• Yes

Move IQ
• Yes

Garmin Connect Challenges app
• Yes
 

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Gym & Fitness Equipment

Available Gym Activity Profiles
• Strength, HIIT, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Indoor Rowing, Pilates, Yoga

Cardio Workouts
• Yes
 

Strength Workouts
• Yes

HIIT Workouts
• Yes

Yoga Workouts
• Yes

Pilates Workouts
• Yes

Workouts for Wheelchair Users
• Yes

On-Screen Workout Muscle Map
• Yes

Automatic Rep Counting
• Yes
 

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TRAINING, PLANNING & ANALYSIS

HR Zones
• Yes

HR Alerts
• Yes

HR Calories
• Yes

% HR Max
• Yes

Recovery Time
• Yes
 

HRV Status
• Yes
 

HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+ to paired devices)

• Yes (ANT+, BLE)
 

Respiration Rate (during exercise)
• Yoga, Breathwork, and Mediation only

GPS Speed and distance
• Yes
 

Customizable Data Pages
• Yes

Customizable activity profiles
• Yes

Auto Pause
• Yes

Interval training
• Yes
 

Improved Interval (includes Open Repeats, Intervals data page, Rest screen, and auto detection)
• Yes

Advanced Workouts
• Yes

Downloadable Training Plans
• Yes

HRM Running Pace and Distance
• Yes

Auto Lap
• Yes

Manual Lap
• Yes

VO2 Max
• Yes

Workout Benefit
• Yes

Improved Recovery Time
• Yes (limited)

Audio Prompts
• Yes

Touch and/or Button Lock
• Yes

Auto Scroll
• Yes

Activity History on watch
• Yes

Physio True-Up
• Yes
 

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RUNNING

Available Run Profiles
• Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running

GPS-based distance, time and pace
• Yes

Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
• Yes
 

Run Workouts
• Yes

Footpod capable
• Yes

Run/Walk/Stand Detection
• Yes

 

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OUTDOOR RECREATION

Available Outdoor Recreation Profiles
• Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, Snowshoeing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Tennis, Padel, Pickleball, Rowing, Disc Golf

Back to Start
• Yes

Area Calculation
• Yes (optional Connect IQ app)

Hunt/fish Calendar
• Yes (optional Connect IQ app)

Sun and Moon Information
• Yes (optional Connect IQ app)

 

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CYCLING

Available Cycling Profiles
• Bike, Bike Indoor, eBike, Handcycle, Handcycle Indoor

Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
• Yes
 

Compatible with Varia Radar (Rear-facing radar)
• Yes

Compatible with Varia Lights
• Yes
 

Speed & cadence sensor support (w/sensor)
• Yes (ANT+, BLE)
 

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SWIM

Available swim Profiles
• Pool Swim

Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (swolf), calories)
• Yes
 

Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (swolf), calories)
• Yes

Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only)
• Yes

Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only)
• Yes

Auto rest (pool swim only)
• Yes

Time and distance alerts
• Yes
 

Underwater wrist-based heart rate
• Yes
 

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GOLFING FEATURES

Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green)
• Yes

Yardage to layups/doglegs
• Yes

Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course)
• Automatic

Digital Scorecard
• Yes

Stat Tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens & fairways hit)
• Yes

Garmin AutoShot
• Yes

GreenView with manual pin position
• Yes

Hazards & Course Targets
• Yes

PinPointer
• Yes

Round Timer/Odometer
• Yes
 

Automatic Club Tracking Compatible (Requires Accessory)
• Yes

Garmin Golf App Compatible
• Yes

Tournament Legal
• Yes
 

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LANGUAGES

Device languages

• Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (US), Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (BR), Portuguese (EU), Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Int'l), Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
 

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WHAT'S IN THE BOX

• vívoactive 5
• USB-C Charging/data cable
• Documentation

 

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*The product’s description and illustrations provided are for reference only. For detailed information and specification, please visit to Garmin Malaysia's official website: Vívoactive 5 GPS Smartwatch