After a really lengthy course of, Garmin’s ECG characteristic is now accessible within the EU & Australia, together with beforehand accessible nations together with the US and a slate of nations in Asia. This is applicable to watches which have Garmin’s ELEVATE Gen5 optical HR sensor, which was launched in June 2023, although isn’t on all new watches since then (see final week’s Intuition 3 launch with Gen4 as a substitute, or the current Garmin’s $3,100 MARQ® Adventurer Damascus Metal watch).
The watches that embrace the Gen5 sensor as of publishing are:
– Garmin Enduro 3
– Garmin Epix Professional sequence
– Garmin D2 Mach 1 Professional
– Garmin Fenix 7 Professional sequence, Fenix 8 Sequence
– Garmin Quatix 7 Professional
– Garmin Tactix 7 Professional AMOLED
– Garmin Venu 2 Plus, Venu 3
From a rustic standpoint, it contains all nations within the EU (however not nations inside Europe not within the EU, corresponding to Switzerland or the UK). In addition they added Australia, after which there are additional nations in Asia beforehand accessible however not closely marketed together with Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, and extra. The full checklist of accessible nations is right here.
I’ve beforehand written learn how to get began on the ECG functionality, which solely takes a minute or two and is fairly straightforward/simple. I simply activated it on a Fenix 8 right here in Spain in about 90 seconds. As a basic rule, it is advisable to activate the characteristic in one of many nations listed/linked above, however then can use ECG in any nation after that time. For instance, beforehand I had activated ECG on watches within the US, after which travelled again to Europe and used them right here with none situation.
Oh, and for those who haven’t up to date your watches (or Garmin Join app) in a while, then undoubtedly try this first, as it’s required to allow the characteristic. The entire above watches help updating through WiFi, so you possibly can merely guarantee WiFi is linked/accessible, after which go into the About menu to replace fairly seamlessly
(Additionally, a reminder that the ECG perform is disabled for public firmware beta builds, till often the final construct earlier than it releases. So for those who’re on a public beta firmware, it gained’t be accessible.)
As at all times, notice that the ECG characteristic (on any watch) doesn’t detect a coronary heart assault, and in Garmin’s case, is doing Afib signs detection (when manually began). Garmin shouldn’t be at this level doing passive Afib detection like another firms.
With that – thanks for studying!
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