Garmin Took One of Whoop’s Best Features, and You Don’t Need a New Watch to Use It

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Garmin's new lifestyle logging feature, initially for the Venu 4, is now available for all HRV-capable devices, enhancing health tracking.
Garmin Took One of Whoop’s Best Features, and You Don’t Need a New Watch to Use It
A What happened
Garmin has expanded its lifestyle logging feature, initially launched with the Venu 4 watch, to all users with HRV-capable devices. This feature enables users to track habits and behaviors that may affect their health metrics, including sleep quality and stress levels. Users can log various factors, such as caffeine and alcohol consumption, exercise intensity, and self-care activities. The app generates reports based on these logs, helping users understand potential correlations between their behaviors and health outcomes. However, Garmin emphasizes that the feature does not determine causation, meaning users should interpret the data cautiously. To utilize lifestyle logging, users must have a compatible device and can access the feature through the Garmin Connect app. The app encourages users to log a limited number of behaviors at a time to avoid conflicting data.

Why it matters

  • Feature Accessibility: Lifestyle logging is now available for all HRV-capable Garmin devices.

  • Behavior Tracking: Users can log various habits impacting health metrics.

  • Data Interpretation: The app provides reports but does not confirm causation.

Topics

Health & Medicine Fitness & Nutrition Wellness

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