Garmin Fenix 8 43 mm Amoled watch 2024

Fenix has evolved!

Designed to make a difference, it assists athletes and adventure seekers in pushing their own limits, with features designed for strength training and dive profile, speaker and microphone for voice commands, integrated LED torch and compact design for an optimal fit for smaller wrists

Features

• Bright and sharp amoled display
• Up to 10 days of battery life in smartwatch mode
• Speaker and microphone for commands and voice memos1
• Bright integrated LED torch
• Sport-specific functional training
• 24/7 health and wellness functions

Design conceived for every environment
Developed to last, this design is suitable for diving and features waterproof buttons, a metal cover to protect the sensors and a bright 1.3″ AMOLED display, with the option of a sapphire crystal and titanium bezel. It is tested for thermal, shock and water resistance to meet US military standards

Integrated speaker and microphone
When paired with a smartphone, it allows you to make and receive phone calls. In addition, you can control the watch's functions with voice commands over the phone network or use the smartphone's voice assistant to reply to text messages and much more.

LED torch
The integrated torch with variable light intensity and red safety light offers greater visibility in the dark and provides a practical light source when you need it. The strobe mode can also adapt to your running cadence.

Advanced strength training
Improve your body's performance with targeted strength training programmes and specific workouts for any type of athlete.

Get to know your physique better
Start each day with a customisable morning report and view a summary of your health and fitness information. Use the training preparation feature, which looks at a range of health parameters to help you maximise training efficiency and recovery2, helping to prevent overtraining.

Performance features

Navigation with map
With the dynamic round-trip route calculation function, simply enter the distance you wish to cover to view possible suggested return routes and get home on time. You can also view terrain profiles on TopoActive3 maps and access preloaded maps to search for golf courses and ski resorts around the world.

Endurance score
Using VO2 max, training load and other factors, this feature allows you to measure your ability to sustain prolonged exertion.

Race predictor
VIsualize an estimate of the pace you can maintain for 5 or 10 km races, half marathons and marathons.

Pacepro™
Plan your race day strategy with pace guidance for specific routes or distances.

Climbpro
Discover real-time information on climbs and descents during the race.

Average pace adjusted to slope
View the equivalent running pace on the flat or uphill.

Training readiness
From the moment you wake up, get a training readiness score based on sleep quality2, recovery, training load and more, so you can determine if it's a good day to train harder and if it's better to take it easy.

Training Status
Get the information you need to understand whether your training is effective, very intense or too strenuous.

Performance Metrics
Measure your performance with advanced training metrics such as VO2 max, Training Load and more.

Automatic multi-sport transition
This feature detects discipline changes between swimming, cycling and running in multisport activities, so you can focus on the race and let your watch take care of recording splits.

Hill Score
Measures your ability to run uphill and assesses your progress over time, based on VO2 max and training history.

Recommended daily workouts
View the entire week's recommended daily exercises, which are adapted after each run or ride.

Recovery time
Find out your recovery time before your next high intensity workout based on your last workout.

Race Widget
Get ready for your next race with training tips, customised daily exercise recommendations and more.

Running Dynamics on the Wrist
View essential running metrics like cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more.

Garmin Coach
Get ready for your next race, train for an important milestone or simply improve your fitness with Garmin Coach and its adaptive or pre-configured training plans.

Activities and Functions

Sports Activities
Use the pre-loaded activity profiles to get your current activity information and data. You can also select team sports activities, such as football, football, racquet sports and more.

Recreational diving
A diving depth of 40 metres and waterproof metal buttons allow you to dive with our technology, with support for freediving and scuba diving.

Hiit workouts
Monitor HIIT workouts, including AMRAP, EMOM, Tabata, or customised workouts.

Animated workouts
Follow animated workouts for cardio, endurance, yoga and pilates activities on the watch screen.

Ski touring and backcountry snowboarding
View uphill and downhill data along with parameters such as cadence, stride length and slope.

XC Ski Power
Measures exercise load when paired with an HRM-Pro™ Plus heart rate monitor (sold separately).

Surf activity
Record the waves you've ridden, the maximum speed you've reached, the distance you've covered and more. Use Surfline Sessions™ technology to record videos of the waves you ride in front of a Surfline® camera.

MTB Dynamics
Monitor the details of your ride with Grit® and Flow™ measurements.

Follow your route

Outdoor Maps+
Sign up for Outdoor Maps+ to access premium mapping content, such as satellite imagery and optimised topographic maps, downloadable directly to your watch.

Satiq™ technology
Get better positioning accuracy with multi-band GPS while optimising battery life.

ABC Sensors
Navigate the next trail with an altimeter, barometer and 3-axis electronic compass.

Topographic maps of multiple continents
Download TopoActive maps of the whole world via Wi-Fi® . Easy download and quick update even without a PC.

Nextfork™ navigation
Easily follow your chosen path with a quick glance and see the distance to the next junction and the name of the path.

UP AHEAD
Receive increased awareness of points of interest, refreshments, checkpoints and more.

Routes with turn-by-turn directions
Create or find existing routes from the Garmin Connect™ smartphone app, or sync your favourite third-party platforms and get turn-by-turn directions.

Skiview™ Maps
View piste names and difficulty ratings for more than 2000 pre-loaded ski resorts worldwide.

Golf Course Maps
Access full-colour CourseView maps with over 43,000 international golf courses.

Health functions

Morning report
Get an overview of your sleep, training as soon as you wake up, heart rate variability, weather conditions and more.

HRV Status
Get a better view of your health, recovery and training performance while you sleep.

Heart Rate on your wrist
The smartwatch constantly records your heart rate2 to help you assess the intensity of your effort during activities.

Pulse Ox Sensor
Monitor your blood oxygen saturation during the day or night and find out how you are adapting to altitude4.

Sleep coach
Get a sleep score and personalised coaching that tells you how much sleep you need. Monitor sleep stages and get detailed information to improve sleep quality2.

Nap Detection
Automatically track your sleeps to see how they are affecting your body and work out the recommended rest time.

Jet Lag Adviser
Minimise the effects of jet lag with guidance on light exposure, sleep scheduling and physical activity.

Body battery™
Monitors your body for energy levels to know the best times to exercise and rest2.

Stress detection: find out if your day is calm, balanced or stressful.

Health Snapshot
With a 2-minute session you can record key statistics on your health status, and generate a report to share with your doctor.

Breathing
Find out how you breathe, both during the day and at night.

Hydration
Record your daily fluid intake to remind you to maintain proper hydration.

Acclimatisation to heat and altitude
Find out how your body reacts to current heat or altitude by viewing your health metrics.

Menstrual cycle and pregnancy
Monitor and record your menstrual cycle or pregnancy to get advice on exercise and nutrition.

Connected Functions

Garmin Connect App
View health and fitness information, connect with friends and more.

Garmin Messenger™ App
Communicate directly from your wrist with two-way text messaging5.

Smart Notification
When paired with your iPhone® or Android™ smartphone, you can receive emails, messages and alerts directly on your smartwatch.

Music
Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music accounts (subscription may be required) and use the wireless headphones to listen to them without using your phone.

Contactless Payments
Speed up payments with contracted providers.

Garmin Sharing
Use this feature to easily share saved locations, routes and workouts with your friends' compatible Garmin devices.

Tracking and Safety Features
If you feel unsafe or if the watch detects that an incident has occurred, the watch itself sends a message with your real-time location6.

Stocks
Monitor your favourite stocks up to a maximum of 507, directly from your wrist.

Connect IQ™ Store
Add dials, data fields and apps from your connected smartphone.

Power Manager
Find out how different settings and sensors affect the watch's battery life.

Technical Specifications

• Sleep Score and Insights 
• Battery life (in smartwatch mode): Up to 10 days (4 days always on)
• Preloaded maps
• Suggested daily workouts 
• Pulse Ox blood oxygen saturation 
• LED torch 
• Garmin Pay™ 
• Multi-band GPS 
• Music memory 
• Make calls and send messages by voice 
• Training readiness
• Training Status 
• Display type: AMOLED
• Touchscreen 
• Water resistance classification: 10 ATM
• General
• Strap material: Silicone
• Lens material: Corning® Gorilla® Glass or sapphire crystal
• Material of bezel: Stainless steel or titanium
• Case Material: Fibre-reinforced polymer with metal case back
• Compatible with QuickFit™ straps Included (20 mm)
• Case dimensions: 43 x 43 x 13.8 mm
• For wrists with the following circumference: Silicone strap: 108-182 mm UltraFit strap: 108-189 mm. Suede strap: 108-175 mm. Metal strap: 108-180 mm
• Manufacturer's weight: Stainless steel: 66 g (case only: 50 g). Titanium: 60 g (case only: 44 g)
• Hermetically sealed inductive buttons 
• Integrated case and microphone
• Display size: Diameter 33 mm (1.3")
• Display resolution: 416 x 416 pixels
• Colour screen 
• Large character option 
• Battery life: Smartwatch: up to 10 days (4 always on)
• Energy-saving watch mode: up to 15 days
• GPS only: up to 28 hours (22 hours always on)
• All satellite systems: up to 23 hours (18 hours always on)
• All Satellite Systems + Multiband: up to 21 hours (16 hours always on)
• All satellite systems + Music: up to 6 hours
• Maximum battery life in GPS mode: up to 49 hours
• GPS Expedition: up to 10 days
• Charging method: Garmin proprietary charger
• Memory/history: 32 GB

Included

• Fēnix® 8 Smartwatch (43 mm, AMOLED)
• Charging/data cable
• Documentation.