Marvel x Garmin GPS watches for adults are somehow not terrible, the headline over at theverge.com pronounces with child-like wonder. “A partnership that could have gone terribly wrong” didn’t! And that’s because . . .
these feel restrained instead of cartoony, and come loaded with useful features and specs we’ve already seen on the new Vívoactive 4/4S GPS watches.
That means 24/7 health monitoring with features like pulse ox sleep tracking to measure the quality of your slumber, menstrual cycle tracking, respiration and hydration tracking, and more.
They also feature animated workout instructions, a heart rate sensor, phone notifications, music playback from Spotify, Amazon Music, and Deezer, Garmin Pay contactless payments, and batteries that last for days.
No question: Garmin’s Marvelous watches are a hit. As a former ten-year-old (trapped in a 60-year-old man’s body), I gotta say the video is awesome. Vibranium. Killer.
The “cartoon” watches show how Apple competitors can give Cupertino a run for their money: exploit the larger watchface to add cool to the smartwatchiverse. Apple is about function. Non-Apple is about form. The battle continues!