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The best Garmin Vivoactive deals on Amazon ahead of Amazon Prime Day 2022

By Lily Rose

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Garmin's popular Garmin Vivoactive smartwatch is on sale at Amazon now ahead of Amazon Prime Day 2022. Amazon is currently offering slashed prices on a handful of Garmin Vivoactive smartwatch models, including the Garmin Vivoactive 4, Garmin Vivoactive 3 and Garmin Vivoactive HR GPS.

Top products in this article:

Garmin Vivoactive 4, $257 (reduced from $330)

$257 at Amazon

Garmin Enduro, $750 (reduced from $900)

$750 at Amazon

Garmin fenix 6, $350 (reduced from $500)

$350 at Amazon

If you want a hardcore exercise partner that's easy to work with, then a Garmin smartwatch may be the best wearable for you. Unlike the Apple Watch, which can only be paired with an Apple iPhone, a Garmin smartwatch can work with either an iOS or Android device via the Garmin Connect app. (There are compatibility requirements for the app; you can find them on the Garmin site.) 

We've found the best Garmin Vivoactive deals on Amazon ahead of Amazon Prime Day 2022, as well as the best current deals on other Garmin watches. Choose from Garmin watches that were made to track your exercise routines. And because many of these Garmin watches were made with athletes in mind, they can even recommend optimized workouts, and remind you when to take a break. 

All of the below Garmin smartwatches are on sale at Amazon now, and available at varying price points suitable for a variety of budgets.

Keep reading to shop the best Garmin smartwatch deals on Amazon.

Garmin Vivoactive 4: $257

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Garmin Store via Amazon

The Garmin Vivoactive 4 is more than $70 off right now at Amazon. This Garmin smartwatch uses Garmin's Pulse Ox technology to track your energy levels, respiration, menstrual cycle, stress, sleep, heart rate, hydration levels and more. It can stream downloaded music from Spotify and Amazon Music. When paired with your smartphone, the watch can receive incoming notifications.

This Garmin smartwatch features more than 20 preloaded GPS and indoor-sports apps. Want a personal trainer on your wrist? This watch can show you animated workouts via your watch screen.

Garmin Vivoactive 4, $257 (reduced from $330)

$257 at Amazon

Garmin Vivoactive 3 (renewed): $105

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Amazon Renewed Store

Amazon has a selection of renewed Garmin Vivoactive smartwatches on sale right now. At last look, the Garmin Vivoactive 3 featured here was marked down more than $40. According to Amazon, this pre-owned product works and looks like new. The renewed smartwatch is backed by Amazon's 90-day Amazon Renewed Guarantee.

The Garmin Vivoactive 3 can receive notifications (when paired with your smartphone) and play music. It can track your sleep, stress, heart rate, calories burned and more. It's a great option for runners, as this Garmin watch can calculate your cadence, pace and distance using GPS technology. 

When fully charged, its battery can run for up to 13 hours with the GPS; and, up to a week in smartwatch mode.

Garmin Vivoactive 3 (renewed), $105 (reduced from $146)

$105 at Amazon

Garmin Vivoactive HR GPS smartwatch (renewed): $118

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Amazon Renewed Store

This renewed Garmin Vivoactive HR GPS smartwatch is deeply discounted on Amazon right now. The pre-owned smartwatch has been professionally inspected, tested and cleaned by Amazon-qualified suppliers. According to Amazon, this product works and looks like new. The renewed smartwatch is backed by Amazon's 90-day Amazon Renewed Guarantee.

This GPS smartwatch features a sunlight-readable, high-resolution color touchscreen. It includes built-in sports apps, such as GPS-enabled running, biking, swimming and more. Its face can be customized with free watch-face designs, widgets and apps from Garmin's Connect IQ app store.

Garmin Vivoactive HR GPS smartwatch (renewed), $118 (reduced from $500)

$118 at Amazon

More Garmin deals on Amazon ahead of Amazon Prime Day

We found even more amazing Garmin smartwatch deals on Amazon that you can shop right now, ahead of Amazon Prime Day 2022.

Keep reading to shop more top-rated Garmin smartwatch models on sale now. 

Garmin Enduro: $750

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Garmin Store via Amazon

Like many Garmin smartwatches, this Garmin smartwatch can receive texts and notifications. However, the Garmin Enduro was designed with endurance athletes in mind. It features a solar-charging lens that (when activated by the sun) extends the wearable's 80-hour battery life. The weather-resistant watch is made with scratch-resistant, DLC-coated titanium bezel.

The Garmin Enduro tracks your health and your workouts. It provides daily run and ride suggestions. After each workout, this smartwatch's built-in recovery advisor lets you know how long to rest before starting another workout. 

Garmin Enduro, $750 (reduced from $900)

$750 at Amazon

Garmin Forerunner 945: $499

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Garmin Store via Amazon

The Garmin Forerunner 945 is a lightweight smartwatch that can evaluate your training status to indicate if you're under-training -- or working too hard. This smartwatch features built-in activity profiles for running (indoor or outdoor), cycling (indoor or outdoor), swimming (pool or open water), cross-country skiing, paddle sports, trail running, hiking and strength training.

The Garmin Forerunner 945 lets others follow your runs and rides in real time with Garmin's LiveTrack option, or you can use GroupTrack, which lets you keep tabs on your riding buddies. When paired with your smartphone, this Garmin smartwatch can receive texts and notifications.

Garmin Forerunner 945, $499 (reduced from $600)

$499 at Amazon

Garmin fenix 6: $350

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Garmin Store via Amazon

This water-resistant Garmin smartwatch can receive texts and notifications when paired with your smartphone. It can track your heart rate, blood-oxygen saturation, sleep and altitude acclimation (when you're at high elevations). While you workout, it collects and stores information on your training-load balance, training status and running and cycling dynamics.

The Garmin fenix 6 supports GPS, as well other global navigation satellite systems, including GLONASS (the space-based global navigation satellite system) and Galileo (the global navigation satellite system). 

Garmin fenix 6, $350 (reduced from $500)

$350 at Amazon

Garmin Vivomove Sport: $150

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Garmin Store via Amazon

Right now you can save $30 on Amazon on the Garmin Vivomove Sport. 

This Garmin piece comes in white, black and light green. It may not look super tech-y, but this watch can receive texts and notifications when paired with your smartphone. Its tracking functions can monitor your workout, sleep, stress, menstrual cycle and more. 

Garmin Vivomove Sport, $150 (reduced from $180)

$150 at Amazon

Garmin Instinct Solar: $280

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Garmin Store via Amazon

This outdoor, solar-powered smartwatch's face is made with chemically strengthened, scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla glass. The Garmin Instinct Solar is built to U.S. military standard 810 -- the better to offer thermal-, shock- and water-resistance up to 100 meters.

Not only can it track your workouts and your health, the watch senses your heart rate, and uses data on your stress levels, sleep levels and more, to gauge whether you're ready to be active -- or whether you need rest. 

Like many Garmin watches, this watch can receive texts and notifications when paired with your smartphone.

Garmin Instinct Solar, $280 (reduced from $350)

$280 at Amazon

When is Amazon Prime Day 2022?

Amazon has announced that it will hold its annual Amazon Prime Day sale in July 2022. While an exact date has not been announced, Amazon traditionally holds its Prime Day event in mid-to-late July. If this scheduling holds true, it would suggest that Prime Day 2022 will be held Monday, July 18 through Tuesday, July 19, 2022.

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Check out our Amazon Prime Day deal roundups

We think Amazon Prime Day 2022 is going to have some great deals, but you don't have to wait until the end of July to find them. Amazon is slashing prices on a bunch of products right now. Here are all of our Amazon Prime Day deal roundups:

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First published on May 13, 2022 / 9:48 AM

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