Garmin vivosmart 4

  • $ 129.99

In the Box

  • vívosmart 4 smart activity tracker
  • Charging/data cable
  • Manuals

Physical & Performance

GPS No
Display resolution 48 x 128 pixels
Weight

Small/medium: 16.5 g
Large: 17.1 g

Display type OLED
Battery life up to 7 days (excluding pulse ox sleep tracking)
Display size 0.26" x 0.70" (6.6 mm x 17.7 mm)

Maps & Navigation

Memory/History 7 timed activities, 14 days of activity tracking data

Features

Cardio workouts No
Time/date yes
% HRR No
Water rating Swim
Around Me mode No
Automatically saves dive entry and exit locations No
Training Effect (anaerobic) No
TruSwing™ compatible No
Customizable data pages Yes
HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+™ to paired devices) Yes
Anchor Alarm No
Hazards and course targets No
Drill logging (pool swim only) No
Garmin AutoShot™ No
TracBack® No
Auto scroll No
Worldwide airport database(s) No
Controls smartphone music Yes
3-axis compass with HSI (horizontal situation indicator) No
Ambient light sensor Yes
Downloadable training plans No
Countdown timer No
HR zones Yes
Point-to-point navigation No
Finish time No
Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) No
Race an activity No
Step counter Yes
Run workouts No
Nitrox support No
Manual lap No
Distance traveled Yes
Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile Yes
Training Status (lets you see if you’re training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend.) No
Wirelessly receive flight plans from Garmin Pilot™ No
Future elevation plot No
Gauge mode No
Auto start/end dive No
Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) No
Courses No
Fitness Age yes (in app)
Galileo No
Manual multisport activities No
Distance to destination No
Smartphone compatibility iPhone®, Android™
% HR max Yes
Strength workouts No
Audible alerts No
Lens Material

polycarbonate

Calendar No
Cycle Map (routable cycling-specific street map) No
Find My Phone Yes
Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) Yes
Connected GPS Yes
Compatible with Varia™ lights No
Training Effect No
Night vision mode No
Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert No
Customizable activity profiles Yes
HR calories Yes
Performance condition (after running 6–20 minutes, compares your real-time condition to your average fitness level) No
Hunt/fish calendar No
Alarm clock Yes
LiveTrack No
Dual grid coordinates No
Available cycling profiles

Biking

Strap material

silicone

Auto Lap® Yes
Auto Pause® No
Dive ascent/descent rate indicator No
Task timers (2, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes) No
PlaysLike distance No
Compatible with Varia Vision™ (head-mounted display) No
Activity history on watch No
Advanced workouts No
Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) No
Body Battery™ Energy Monitor Yes
Tack assist mode No
Multi-gas mode No
Training Load (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated EPOC) No
Storm alert No
Power meter compatible No
Quick Release Bands No
Trendline™ Popularity Routing No
Ground contact time and balance (shows how much time, in the running motion, your foot is on the ground rather than in flight and lets you check your running symmetry) No
XERO™ Locations No
Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green) No
Gyroscope No
Bezel Material

aluminum

Auto max HR No
Analog hands No
Compass No
FTP (Functional Threshold Power) No
Thermometer No
Course guidance No
Barometric altimeter Yes
Area calculation No
Depth sensor No
GPS Time Sync No
60-minute activity goal No
Countdown start (pool swim only) No
Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) No
Automatic rep counting Yes
Physical size

Small/medium: 15 x 10.5 x 197 mm
Fits wrists with a circumference of 122-188 mm

Large: 15 x 10.5 x 223 mm
Fits wrists with a circumference of 148-215 mm

APNEA hunt mode No
Full vector map No
VIRB® Remote Yes
Round timer/odometer No
Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only) No
Pulse Ox Yes
Reminder alerts No
GLONASS No
ClimbPro™ Ascent Planner No
Projected waypoint No
Sunrise/sunset times No
Find My Watch Yes
Preloaded topographical maps No
Vertical oscillation and ratio (the degree of 'bounce' in your running motion and the cost-benefit ratio with stride length) No
Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) Yes
GPS speed and distance yes (Connected GPS only)
Chores No
Available gym activity profiles Strength Training, Cardio Training, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Yoga
All-day Stress Tracking Yes
Unit-to-unit route/location sharing No
Foot pod capable No
Move IQ™ Yes
Sun and moon information No
Pool swim workouts No
Heart rate from external HRM (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) No
Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges Yes
Back to start No
Automatic daylight saving time Yes
Virtual Partner No
Smart notifications Yes
Available swim profiles

Pool Swimming (Basic)

Green View with manual pin position No
Round-trip course creator (running/cycling) No
Chronograph No
Weather Yes
Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) No
Interval training No
Multiple time zones with Zulu/UTC No
Touch-targeting (touch target on display to see the distance to any point) No
Single-gas mode No
Strava Live Segments No
Race predictor No
Trimix support No
Connectivity Bluetooth® Smart and ANT+®
Recovery time No
Color display No
Sync dive log to Garmin Dive™ Mobile app No
Garmin Pay™ No
Compatible with BaseCamp™ No
Virtual starting line No
Rewards (coins) No
Built-in barometer and tide tables No
Altimeter with adjustable baro setting No
Auto CourseView updates No
Automatic sync (automatically transfers data to Garmin Connect) No
Intensity minutes Yes
Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) Yes
Auto multisport activities No
Stride length (real time) No
Stopwatch Yes
Sleep monitoring (monitors total sleep and periods of movement or restful sleep) Yes
Running dynamics No
HRV stress test (measures your heart rate variability while standing still, for 3 minutes, to provide you with an estimated stress level; the scale of this is 1 to 100; low scores indicate lower stress levels) No
Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) Yes
Downloadable cartography support No
VO2 max Yes
Lactate threshold (through analysis of your pace and heart rate, estimates the point where your muscles start to rapidly fatigue) No
GPS coordinates No
Compatible with Vector™ (power meter) No
Garmin Live Segments No
Unlock new step icons No
HR alerts Yes
Hot keys No
"Repeat on" rest timer (pool swim only) No
Accelerometer Yes
Yardage to layups/doglegs No
Handicap scoring No
GPS-based distance, time and pace No
Worldwide NAVAID and Intersection database(s) No
Touch and/or button lock No
Calories burned Yes
Advanced Vector support No
Trail run auto climb No
Audio prompts No
Configurable lap alerts No
Timer Yes
NEXRAD on moving map No
TrueUp™ Yes
Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) No
UltraTrac mode No
Vertical speed No
Available run profiles

Running

Touchscreen Yes
Floors climbed Yes
Bread crumb trail in real time No
Elevation profile No
Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) Yes
Custom targets No
PinPointer No
Plays and controls watch music No
Sight 'N Go No
Tempo Training No
Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor Yes
APNEA mode No
Waypoint information page No
SwingTempo No
Group LiveTrack No
Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) No
Moving Map with aviation airports, navaids, roads, bodies of water and more No
Automatic altitude adjustment No
Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar) No
Race an Activity No
Custom alerts Yes
Multiple bike profiles No
Total ascent/descent No