Garmin vívoactive 6
Smartwatch · Android and iPhone
- Cheapest price
- £230
- Subscription
- Optional
- Over 3 years
- £230
Prices
- John Lewis£230View at John Lewis (opens in a new tab)
- Garmin£269.99View at Garmin (opens in a new tab)
- AmazonAmazonFind it on Amazon (opens in a new tab)
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What it measures
- Heart rate
- Resting heart rate
- HRV
- Sleep stages
- Deep sleep
- Blood oxygen
- VO2 max
- Breathing rate
- Skin temperature (no)
- Readiness score
- Steps
- ECG (no)
- GPS
- Blood pressure (no)
- Cycle tracking
As garmin.com states it.
What it does
A light 42 mm fitness smartwatch with an AMOLED touchscreen and GPS, worn on the wrist and paired with the Garmin Connect app on Android or iPhone. It records heart rate, blood oxygen, sleep, steps and workouts, and can store music.
From the description on garmin.com.
Garmin vívoactive 6 specs
- Type
- Smartwatch
- Works with
- Android and iPhone
- Battery
- Up to 11 days (5 days always-on)
- Water resistance
- Swim, 5 ATM
- Size
- 42.2 x 42.2 x 10.9 mm; fits wrists 125-190 mm
- Weight
- 23 g (36 g with included band)
- Display
- AMOLED touchscreen, 30.4 mm (1.2 in) diameter, 390 x 390 pixels, optional always-on
- Materials
- Corning Gorilla Glass 3 lens, anodised aluminium bezel, fibre-reinforced polymer case, silicone strap (20 mm quick release)
- Sensors
- GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou, Elevate wrist heart rate monitor, Pulse Ox, compass, gyroscope, accelerometer, thermometer, ambient light sensor
- Connectivity
- Bluetooth, ANT+, Wi-Fi; Garmin Pay; music storage
- Extras
- Wheelchair mode
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Charging
- Garmin proprietary plug charger
Further specs from garmin.com.
How it compares
- To buy, it is the 18th cheapest of 67 smartwatches we compare (the middle one costs £361).
- Over three years, subscription included, it is the 18th cheapest of 67 smartwatches.
- It measures 5 of the 8 features we compare; the middle smartwatch measures 5.
- Lacks what most of them have: Skin temperature.
- It needs no subscription; 0 of the 67 do.
Garmin vívoactive 6 reviews and discussions
Reviews
- TechRadar review of the Garmin vívoactive 6 2025-11
- T3 review of the Garmin vívoactive 6 2025-06
- DC Rainmaker review of the Garmin vívoactive 6 2025-04
Which?
- Which? tests of this kind of product members' content
Owners talking about it
- Some fitbit features not on vivoactive 6? Garmin forums
- Vivoactive 6 - Battery drain within 36h Garmin forums
Links to other sites' reviews and discussions; we do not run them and they are not ours.
Subscription
- Garmin Connect+ optional: £69.99 a year (£6.99 a month).
- Adds: AI insights (Active Intelligence), nutrition tracking, performance dashboard, LiveTrack extras
- Source: garmin.com
Questions
- Where is the Garmin vívoactive 6 cheapest?
- John Lewis, at £230 when checked on 2026-10-29.
- Does the Garmin vívoactive 6 need a subscription?
- Garmin Connect+ optional: £69.99 a year. It adds: AI insights (Active Intelligence), nutrition tracking, performance dashboard, LiveTrack extras
- What does the Garmin vívoactive 6 cost over three years?
- £230, the price plus any required subscription.
- How does the Garmin vívoactive 6 compare with other smartwatches?
- To buy, it is the 18th cheapest of 67 smartwatches we compare (the middle one costs £361). Over three years, subscription included, it is the 18th cheapest of 67 smartwatches. It measures 5 of the 8 features we compare; the middle smartwatch measures 5.
Compare with
- 1
- 3 years
- £219.99
- Price
- £219.99
- Subscription
- Optional
- 2
- 3 years
- £220
- Price
- £220
- Subscription
- Optional
- 3
- 3 years
- £229.95
- Price
- £229.95
- Subscription
- Optional
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