Garmin India has launched its vivosmart activity tracker in India. In addition to activity tracking, this also offers smart notifications such as vibration alerts for calls, texts, calendar reminders, emails and more when connected to a smartphone. It offers personalized daily goals and has a touch screen display that show time of day, steps, distance, calories, move bar, goal countdown and more. The company has partnered with Snapdeal to sell it.
Features of Garmin vivosmart
- Monitor calls, texts, meetings, emails and other notifications with vibration alerts
- Double tap to reveal the hidden OLED touchscreen and swipe to navigate pages
- Lets you know when you have calls, texts, emails, meetings, or if you just need to walk, with a vibration alert.
- Pair it with a heart rate monitor1, bike speed sensor or VIRB Elite action camera2
- Automatically syncs with mobile devices at strategic times throughout the day, such as when a goal is met or when several steps have been taken since the last sync.
- 5 ATM water rating
- Battery life of up to seven days
Garmin vivosmart comes in berry, purple, blue, black, and slate colors in a small or large band size. It is available exclusively on Snapdeal at an offer price of Rs. 10,990 and the MRP is Rs. 12,990.
Commenting on the launch, Tony An, Garmin Asia Sales Director, said:
With its activity tracking features, additional workout support including timed activities, and smart notifications vívosmart is like having a personal coach and assistant right on your wrist. It challenges and motivates users to stay active and create lifelong healthy habits, while keeping them connected to family, friends, work, and more. We have partnered with Snapdeal to reach out to a wide range of customers in India, as an extension of our commitment to embrace the lifestyles across the globe.
Commenting on this partnership, Amit Maheshwari, Vice President – Fashion, Snapdeal.com said,
People in India are becoming increasingly health conscious today with a direct impact on fitness & slimming market which is growing at almost 30% CAGR. At Snapdeal.com, we have seen a huge surge in demand for sports & fitness products with the category growing at 20% month-on-month aiming to get to 900 Cr by the end of this year. Snapdeal & Garmin has partnered to launch “Vivo Smart” in India, a fitness band best in its league with features of a smart watch. We are confident to see an over whelming response from our 40 million+ users, encouraging them towards a healthier lifestyle.