Compare the Garmin Vivoactive 5 with the Vivoactive 4

Because of all the new features, the Garmin Vivoactive 5 looks more like the Venu 3 than the Vivoactive 4. Do you have an Android smartphone? Photos you receive via WhatsApp will then appear on your watch. You can also answer messages on your smartwatch. Set a larger font to make everything easier to read. You can leave your smartphone at home. In addition, you can make contactless payments via Garmin Pay and store music on the watch. This way, you can listen to your favorite playlist while working out.

With the Vivoactive 4, you can also make contactless payments and store music on your smartwatch. You can't set a larger font. You'll receive all your notifications and messages from your smartphone on your smartwatch, but not your photos. You also have fewer options to answer your messages with. For example, you can't leave a voice message.

Thanks to the Vivoactive 5, you know exactly what effect your workout has on you. You'll receive a textual explanation about how to improve yourself. You can also see how many hours you need to recover from your workout. This way, you know exactly when you're ready for a heavy workout again. Compared to the Vivoactive 4, you get much more data about your activities. The Vivoactive 5 has a wheelchair mode. If you enable this, 'walking' will change to 'pushing'. You also get to see animations of someone in a wheelchair, for example.

With the Vivoactive 4 you measure your sports performance and activities just as well as with the Vivoactive 5. You just get less explanation about the effect of your performance. So you have to understand all the figures yourself. With the Vivoactive 4, you can't measure how many stairs you climb. The Vivoactive 4 also doesn't have a wheelchair mode. If you sit in a wheelchair every day, you get reminders to 'take more steps', instead of 'pushing'.

Just like with sports performance, the Vivoactive 5 also provides you with more information about your sleep and stress. The Vivoactive 5 measures more than just your sleep phases. With the sleep coach, you can see how your sleep affects your energy level. After a stressful day or intensive workout, you can see how much extra sleep you need to recover. You can also measure your afternoon naps with the Vivoactive 5. In the morning, you'll receive a morning report with your sleep score, workout recovery, calendar, and the weather forecast.

The Vivoactive has less extensive health functions than the Vivoactive 5. You can measure your sleep phases and sleep quality. You'll also receive a sleep score. The Vivoactive also has the body battery function, just like the Vivoactive 5. This allows you to see your energy level throughout the day. In addition, you can measure your stress level throughout the day. This is less extensive than with the Vivoactive 5. And you won't receive a morning report.

The Garmin Vivaoctive 5 is available in 1 size: 42mm. You can choose from the colors black, dark blue, purple, and gold with cream. The watch case is made of plastic, which gives the watch a slightly cheaper look. You can clearly read all your data and messages on the clear AMOLED screen, even when the bright sun shines on directly it.

With the arrival of the Vivoactive 5, all predecessors have become less readily available. With the Vivoactive 4, you could choose from more options. This smartwatch was available in the size 45mm in black and gray. You could choose the 41mm version in black, gray, pink, or rose gold with white. The Vivoactive 4 has an MIP screen. This screen makes it extra easy to read from it in sunlight, but isn't not as bright and colorful as an AMOLED screen.