epix™ (Gen 2)
Slate Steel , Premium Outdoor Watch
Regardless of your fitness goals, the epix premium active smartwatch has what you need to help you get there.
WEAR EPIX. BE EPIC.
Regardless of your fitness goals, the epix premium active smartwatch has what you need to help you get there.
Understand your body better with 24/7 health monitoring.
Keep the adventure going with up to 16 days of battery life in gesture smartwatch mode.
Smart notifications1keep you connected to what matters.
Train your way with built-in sports apps at the wrist.
More satellite coverage means more accurate positioning.
Navigate confidently with options for TopoActive mapping right on your wrist.
BATTERY LIFE
Get up to 16 days of battery life when gesture smartwatch mode is enabled, and get 42 hours in GPS mode.
DESIGNED FOR YOUR LIFESTYLE
The stunning 1.3” always-on AMOLED display brings your watch to life, even under bright sunlight.
TOUCHSCREEN AND BUTTONS
Traditional button controls that work in any environment are matched with a responsive new touchscreen interface for quick access to selections and map features.
Keep an eye on your health 24/7.
MORNING REPORT
Receive an overview of your sleep, recovery and training outlook as soon as you wake up — alongside HRV status, training readiness and weather. Customize your report to see the data you want.
PULSE OX
For altitude acclimation or sleep monitoring, a Pulse Ox sensor2 uses light beams at your wrist to estimate how well your body is absorbing oxygen.
WRIST-BASED HEART RATE
The watch constantly samples your heart rate3 and will alert you if it stays too high or too low while you’re at rest. It also helps gauge how hard you work during activities — even while swimming.
RESPIRATION TRACKING
See how you’re breathing throughout the day, during sleep and during breathwork and yoga activities.
HEALTH SNAPSHOT™ FEATURE
Log a 2-minute session to record key stats, including heart rate3, heart rate variability, Pulse Ox2, respiration and stress. Then generate a report with those stats to share via the Garmin Connect™ app on your compatible smartphone.
STRESS TRACKING
Heart rate variability is used to calculate your stress level score, so you can see if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day.
SLEEP SCORE AND ADVANCED SLEEP MONITORING
Get a full breakdown of your light, deep and REM sleep stages. View it all on a dedicated widget that includes your sleep score and insights.
BODY BATTERY™ENERGY MONITORING
Optimize your body’s energy reserves, using heart rate variability, stress, sleep and other data to gauge when you’re ready to be active or when you may need to rest.
HYDRATION TRACKING
Log your daily fluid intake as a reminder to stay hydrated. You can even have an auto goal for hydration that adjusts based on how much you sweat during activities.
Gauge your performance.
SPORTS APPS
Use preloaded activity profiles for trail running, swimming, running, biking, hiking, rowing, skiing, golfing, surfing, indoor climbing and more.
ANIMATED WORKOUTS
This watch features easy-to-follow, animated cardio, strength, yoga and Pilates workouts you can view on the watch screen. Choose from preloaded animated workouts, or download more from the Garmin Connect™ online community when paired with your compatible device.
HIIT WORKOUTS
Use this activity profile with different timers to track your HIIT workouts, including AMRAP, EMOM, Tabata and custom. Set the number of rounds, work/rest intervals and more.
GARMIN COACH
These free adaptive training plans feature guidance from expert coaches and adapt to you and your goals. Workouts sync right to your watch from Garmin Connect.
VISUAL RACE PREDICTOR
Based on your running history and overall fitness level, this feature provides an estimate of what your pace could be for the distance you want to run. Trend data shows how your training is having an impact over time.
PACEPRO™TECHNOLOGY
A first-of-its-kind PacePro feature helps keep you on pace with grade-adjusted guidance as you run a course.
GRADE-ADJUSTED PACE
Don’t run out of steam before the activity is over. Understand how to adjust your pace over varying terrain to perform according to your plan.
VO2 MAX
Train smarter with VO2 max, an indicator of how you can expect to perform. It adjusts for trail running and accounts for changes in performance that could be caused by heat or altitude.
PERFORMANCE METRICS
View advanced training metrics that include estimates for running dynamics, VO2 max, recovery advisor and more.
REAL-TIME STAMINA
Use this real-time stamina data to track and manage your exertion — and help avoid overexerting at the start of your run or bike.
DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUT
View your entire week of daily suggested workouts, which adapt after every run or ride to match your performance and recovery as well as the races coming up in your Garmin Connect™ smartphone app calendar.
RECOVERY TIME
After each workout, recovery time lets you know when you’ll be ready for another hard workout. It even accounts for training intensity and factors such as stress, daily activity and sleep.
MTB DYNAMICS
Track the details of every ride with mountain biking metrics plus specialized Grit™ and Flow™measurements that rate trail difficulty and how smoothly you descend, giving you a score to beat next time.
BACKCOUNTRY SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING
Stay informed when you’re backcountry skiing or snowboarding. Track your passion for powder, and get the data you need to analyze your efforts on the way up and down.
XC SKI DYNAMICS
When paired with the HRM-Pro™chest strap (sold separately), the ski power metric helps measure the actual exercise load of your cross-country workouts.
SURF-READY FEATURES
This watch works with the Surfline®widget to give you tides, wave height, wind and surf rating for the five nearest locations and also works with the Surfline Sessions™ app to create videos of every wave you ride in front of a Surfline camera.
TRAINING STATUS
Using new indicators such as HRV status, your recent exercise history and performance, get insight into your overall effort — and whether you’re training productively, peaking or strained.
HRV STATUS
Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health, training and recovery through heart rate variability while you sleep, based on technology developed by our Firstbeat Analytics™team.
TRAINING READINESS
From the moment you wake up, get a readiness score based on your sleep quality, recovery, training load and more, so you can determine whether it’s a good day to go hard — or take it easy.
RACE WIDGET
Get ready for your next race with training tips, personalized daily suggested workouts and completion time predictions based on course details, weather and performance.
WRIST-BASED RUNNING POWER
See how much power you’re applying to the trail or the road so you can manage your effort and fine-tune your training. No accessory required.
Navigate wherever your adventures take you.
SATIQ™ TECHNOLOGY
Multi-band GNSS with SatIQ technology on the Sapphire Editions ensures the best positioning accuracy in the environment while also optimizing the device’s battery life.
NEXTFORK™ MAP GUIDE
Easily navigate while you’re out on the trail with a quick glance. See the distance to the next trail intersection as well as the name of the upcoming trail.
ABC SENSORS
Navigate your next trail with ABC sensors, including an altimeter for elevation data, barometer to monitor weather and 3-axis electronic compass.
ACCLIMATION
This widget shows your current elevation, acclimated elevation and correlated Pulse Ox2, heart rate3 and respiration rate, so you can see how you’re holding up to the current elevation.
CLIMBPRO FEATURE
Use the ClimbPro ascent planner to see real-time information on your current and upcoming climbs, including gradient, distance and elevation gain — as well as descents and flats.
MULTI-CONTINENT TOPO MAPS
Download TopoActive maps via Wi-Fi® connectivity from around the world — or get your local region preloaded on the Sapphire edition watch — to keep your explorations on track. View terrain contours, elevations, summits, parks, coastlines, rivers, lakes and other geographical features.
SKI MAPS
Hit the slopes with preloaded topographical maps and use SkiView™ maps to view run names and difficulty ratings for more than 2,000 ski resorts worldwide.
GOLF COURSES
Access full-color CourseView mapsfor more than 42,000 golf courses around the world, and get touch targeting and the PlaysLike Distance feature.
ROUND-TRIP ROUTING
Enter a distance you want to travel, and get suggested routes that will bring you back to your starting point. Trendline™ popularity routing helps you find the best local paths.
TURN-BY-TURN NAVIGATION
Follow a route or course with help from turn-by-turn directions, which let you know ahead of time when the next turn is coming.
Stay connected.
SMART NOTIFICATIONS
Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch when paired with your compatible smartphone.
MUSIC APPS
Download songs plus playlists from your Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music accounts (subscription may be required). Use your wireless headphones for phone-free listening.
GARMIN PAY™CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS
Breeze through checkout lines with Garmin Pay contactless payments through participating providers.
STOCKS TRACKER
Keep track of up to 50 of your favorite stocks4 — right from your wrist. Easily check your stocks at a glance to monitor their prices and trends throughout the day.
SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES
When your watch and phone are paired, your live location can be sent to your contacts manually or — during select outdoor activities — automatically with built-in incident detection5.
CONNECT IQ™ STORE
Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps and widgets from the Connect IQ Store when paired with your compatible device.
POWER MANAGER
View how various settings and sensors impact your watch’s battery life, so you can make battery-extending changes on the fly.
See your stats, and track your goals in the Garmin Connect app
Customize your Garmin device using the Connect IQ Store
Physical & Performance
| Display Size | 1.3” (33.0 mm) diameter |
| Display Type | AMOLED (always-on) |
| Battery life |
Smartwatch: Up to 16 days (6 days always-on) |
| Display resolution | 416 x 416 pixels |
| GPS | Yes |
| Weight |
76 g (case only: 53 g) |
Maps & Navigation
| Memory/History | 16 GB Sapphire Editions: 32 GB |
Features
| STR3AMUP! PC tool for streaming biometrics | No |
| Multi-frequency Positioning | yes (Sapphire Editions only) |
| 3-axis compass with HSI (horizontal situation indicator) | No |
| Touch and/or button lock | Yes |
| Preloaded ski resort maps | Yes |
| Wind speed and direction (requires connection to Garmin Golf app) | Yes |
| Live Event Sharing | Yes |
| Sleep | yes (advanced) |
| Green Contours (with Garmin Golf membership) | Yes |
| Battery saver (customizable low power watch) | Yes |
| Swing Tempo | No |
| Plays and controls watch music | Yes |
| APNEA mode | No |
| Ground contact time and balance | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Critical swim speed | Yes |
| Training load focus | Yes |
| Compatible with Varia Vision™ (head-mounted display) | Yes |
| HR alerts | Yes |
| Training effect (anaerobic) | Yes |
| Abnormal heart rate alerts | yes (high and low) |
| Easy break planning | No |
| Vertical speed | Yes |
| Lactate threshold | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Workout tutorials | No |
| Number of transmitters supported | No |
| MTB Grit & Flow | Yes |
| Customizable data pages | Yes |
| Configurable lap alerts | Yes |
| Incident Detection during select activities | Yes |
| Physio TrueUp | Yes |
| Custom alerts | Yes |
| NEXRAD on moving map | No |
| Back to start | Yes |
| Vertical oscillation and ratio | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Altimeter with adjustable baro setting | No |
| Physical size |
47 x 47 x 14.5 mm Fits wrists with the following circumference: |
| Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) | Yes |
| Live Delta Time | No |
| Automatic altitude adjustment | No |
| Bezel Material |
passivated stainless steel |
| Hazards and course targets | Yes |
| Truck driver workouts | No |
| TruSwing™ compatible | No |
| UltraTrac mode | Yes |
| VO2 Max (Trail Run) | Yes |
| Up Ahead | Yes |
| Preloaded race tracks | No |
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor | Yes |
| Relaxation breathing timer | Yes |
| % HR max | Yes |
| In Case of Emergency (I.C.E.) | No |
| Gas time remaining | No |
| Case material | fiber-reinforced polymer with steel rear cover Sapphire Editions: fiber-reinforced polymer with titanium rear cover |
| Water rating | 10 ATM |
| Subwave™ Support | No |
| Audible alerts | No |
| Color display | Yes |
| Multiple bike profiles | No |
| Rest timer | Yes |
| Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second) | Yes |
| Find My Phone | Yes |
| PrePass weigh station notifications and bypass decisions | No |
| Stride length (real time) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) | Yes |
| Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | Yes |
| Training effect | Yes |
| Spectator messaging | No |
| Advanced workouts | Yes |
| Charging method | Garmin proprietary plug charger |
| Trendline™ Popularity Routing | Yes |
| Strava Live Segments | Yes |
| Training readiness | Yes |
| Timer | Yes |
| Courses | Yes |
| Respiration rate (during exercise) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Wirelessly receive flight plans from Garmin Pilot™ | No |
| Intensity minutes | Yes |
| Interval training | Yes |
| Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) | Yes |
| Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile | Yes |
| Touchscreen | Yes |
| Virtual starting line | No |
| Preloaded topographical maps | yes (Sapphire Editions only) |
| Sun and moon information | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
| Automatically saves dive entry and exit locations | No |
| Power guide | Yes |
| HRV stress test (measures your heart rate variability while standing still, for 3 minutes, to provide you with an estimated stress level; the scale of this is 1 to 100; low scores indicate lower stress levels) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Sight 'N Go | Yes |
| Pulse Ox blood oxygen saturation | Yes |
| Projected waypoint | Yes |
| Bread crumb trail in real time | Yes |
| Customizable activity profiles | Yes |
| Auto start/end dive | No |
| Reference point | Yes |
| SatIQ™ Technology | Yes |
| Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) | Yes |
| Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) | Yes |
| Controls smartphone music | Yes |
| Power meter compatible | Yes |
| LED flashlight | No |
| Improved recovery time | Yes |
| APNEA hunt mode | No |
| 60-minute activity goal | No |
| Manual multisport activities | Yes |
| Chores | No |
| Moving Map with aviation airports, navaids, roads, bodies of water and more | No |
| Point-to-point navigation | Yes |
| Anchor Alarm | No |
| Gauge mode | No |
| PacePro™ Pacing Strategies | Yes |
| Yardage to layups/doglegs | Yes |
| Auto Pause® | Yes |
| Running dynamics | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Esports Activity | No |
| Full vector map | Yes |
| Body Battery™ energy monitor | Yes |
| BLUETOOTH phone calling and voice assistant support | No |
| Accelerometer | Yes |
| Recovery time | Yes |
| Custom dive data screens | No |
| Drill logging (pool swim only) | Yes |
| Preloaded with 42,000 courses worldwide | Yes |
| Track timer | No |
| Strap material |
silicone |
| Race App | No |
| Round timer/odometer | Yes |
| Smart trainer control | Yes |
| Heat and altitude acclimation | Yes |
| Connected GPS | No |
| Performance condition | Yes |
| Galileo | Yes |
| Distance traveled | Yes |
| Manual lap | Yes |
| GPS-based distance, time and pace | Yes |
| Realtime stamina | Yes |
| Running power | Yes |
| Nitrox support | No |
| Assistance | Yes |
| Race predictor | Yes |
| Stealth Mode | No |
| Pairs with Garmin Golf app | Yes |
| Auto lap splits | No |
| "Repeat on" rest timer (pool swim only) | Yes |
| Pilates workouts | Yes |
| GPS coordinates | Yes |
| Lap Time Repeatability Score (LTR) | No |
| Air integration | No |
| Audio prompts | Yes |
| Auto CourseView updates | Yes |
| Downloadable training plans | Yes |
| Stocks | Yes |
| Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) | automatic |
| Run/Walk/Stand detection | Yes |
| Closed Circuit Rebreather (CCR) | No |
| Heart rate from external HRM (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) | yes (with HRM-Tri, HRM-Swim, HRM-Pro or HRM-Pro Plus) |
| Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar) | Yes |
| Task timers (2, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes) | No |
| Pool swim workouts | Yes |
| Assistance Plus | No |
| Multi-gas mode | No |
| Music storage | Yes |
| Race an Activity | Yes |
| Kill switch | No |
| Hot keys | Yes |
| Single-gas mode | No |
| Activity history on watch | Yes |
| On-screen workout animations | Yes |
| Auto max HR | Yes |
| Daily suggested workouts | yes (improved) |
| Foot pod capable | Yes |
| Compatible with Vector™ and Rally™ (power meters) | Yes |
| Phone-free text messaging | No |
| Tournament legal | Yes |
| Incident detection alert on phone for wearables | Yes |
| Race an activity | Yes |
| Finish time | Yes |
| Elevation profile | Yes |
| Automatic sync (automatically transfers data to Garmin Connect) | No |
| PlaysLike distance | Yes |
| Virtual Partner | Yes |
| VO2 Max (Run) | Yes |
| Relaxation reminders | No |
| Reminder alerts | No |
| Race glance/widget | Yes |
| Training load | Yes |
| Chronograph | No |
| Available gym activity profiles | Strength, HIIT, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Breathwork, Pilates, Yoga |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes |
| Touch-targeting (touch target on display to see the distance to any point) | Yes |
| Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only) | Yes |
| In-flight Pulse Ox | No |
| Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green) | Yes |
| Calendar | Yes |
| Barometric altimeter | Yes |
| Unlock new step icons | No |
| On-device Connect IQ™ Store | Yes |
| Weather | Yes |
| Auto Lap® | Yes |
| Sunrise/sunset times | Yes |
| Tide glance | Yes |
| Pacing alerts (pool swim only) | Yes |
| Floors climbed | Yes |
| Respiration rate (24x7) | Yes |
| Gas consumption rate | No |
| % HRR | Yes |
| Ballistics calculator | No |
| On-screen workout muscle maps | No |
| Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) | Yes |
| Available outdoor recreation profiles |
Hiking, Indoor Climbing, Bouldering, Climbing, Mountain Biking, Skiing, Snowboarding, Backcountry Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Surfing, Kiteboarding, Windsurfing, Snowshoeing, Fishing, Horseback Riding, Jumpmaster, Tennis, Pickleball, Tactical, Disc Golf |
| TracBack® | Yes |
| Advanced cycling dynamics | Yes |
| Handicap scoring | Yes |
| Primary benefit (Training Effect labels) | Yes |
| HR zones | Yes |
| Auto rest (pool swim only) | Yes |
| Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) | Yes |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® |
| Improved interval (includes open repeats, intervals data page, rest screen and auto detection) | No |
| Sleep score and insights | Yes |
| Custom targets | Yes |
| Downloadable cartography support | Yes |
| Available run profiles |
Running, Outdoor Track Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Trail Running, Virtual Running, Ultra Running |
| Run workouts | Yes |
| Stopwatch | Yes |
| Worldwide airport database(s) | No |
| Waypoint information page | No |
| GPS speed and distance | Yes |
| Round-trip course creator (running/cycling) | Yes |
| Area calculation | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
| Find My Watch | Yes |
| Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory) | Yes |
| Connext avionics connectivity | No |
| Preloaded road and trail maps | yes (Sapphire Editions only) |
| Rest Timer (Ultra Run only) | Yes |
| VIRB® Remote | Yes |
| Smartphone compatibility | iPhone®, Android™ |
| Dual grid coordinates | Yes |
| HRM running pace and distance | Yes |
| Expedition GPS Activity | Yes |
| TrueUp™ | Yes |
| Morning report | Yes |
| Multiple time zones with Zulu/UTC | No |
| Trimix support | No |
| Compatible with Varia™ lights | Yes |
| Thermometer | Yes |
| Hydration | yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
| Alarm clock | Yes |
| Group LiveTrack | Yes |
| Gyroscope | Yes |
| Underwater wrist-based heart rate | Yes |
| Countdown start (pool swim only) | Yes |
| Health snapshot | Yes |
| ClimbPro™ Ascent Planner | Yes |
| Truck plaza loyalty programs | No |
| Night vision mode | No |
| Available swim profiles |
Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Swimming/Running |
| Tempo Training | No |
| Power Modes - customizable in-activity battery settings | Yes |
| Move IQ™ | Yes |
| Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor) | Yes |
| Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor | Yes |
| Tides | No |
| GLONASS | Yes |
| Smart Notifications | Yes |
| Garmin Pay™ | Yes |
| HRV status | Yes |
| Automatic daylight saving time | Yes |
| Yoga workouts | Yes |
| Depth sensor | No |
| Time/date | yes |
| Sync dive log to Garmin Dive™ Mobile app | No |
| Rewards (coins) | No |
| Virtual caddie | Yes |
| Calories burned | Yes |
| Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app | yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app) |
| Garmin Live Segments | Yes |
| HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+™ to paired devices) | Yes |
| Total ascent/descent | Yes |
| Auto multisport activities | Yes |
| Last race summary | No |
| Cycle Map (routable cycling-specific street map) | Yes |
| Power curve and % FTP workouts | Yes |
| PinPointer | Yes |
| Step counter | Yes |
| Quick Release bands | No |
| Trail run auto climb | Yes |
| Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert | Yes |
| Automatic rep counting | Yes |
| LiveTrack | Yes |
| HR calories | Yes |
| Grade-adjusted pace | Yes |
| Tides | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
| Time and distance alerts | Yes |
| Garmin Connect™ Challenges app | yes (optional Connect IQ app) |
| XERO™ Locations | Yes |
| All-day stress | Yes |
| Tack assist mode | No |
| Compatible with dēzl™ OTR truck navigators | No |
| Worldwide NAVAID and Intersection database(s) | No |
| Available cycling profiles |
Biking, Road Biking, Mountain Biking, Gravel Biking, Bike Commuting, Bike Touring, eBiking, eMountain Biking, Indoor Biking, Cyclocross, Triathlon |
| HIIT workouts | Yes |
| Future elevation plot | Yes |
| QuickFit™ watch band compatible |
included (22 mm) |
| Orienteering | No |
| Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) | Yes |
| Around Me mode | Yes |
| Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect™ mobile | Yes |
| Hunt/fish calendar | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
| Course guidance | Yes |
| GPS Time Sync | Yes |
| Countdown timer | No |
| Auto scroll | Yes |
| Analog hands | No |
| Compass | Yes |
| Digital scorecard | yes |
| Lens Material |
Corning® Gorilla® Glass |
| NextFork™ navigation | Yes |
| Green View with manual pin position | Yes |
| Strength workouts | Yes |
| Distance to destination | Yes |
| Women's health | yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
| Training status | yes (improved) |
| Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | Yes |
| Daily resting heart rate | Yes |
| Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) | Yes |
| Garmin AutoShot™ | Yes |
| Fitness age | yes (in app) |
| FTP (Functional Threshold Power) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Dive ascent/descent rate indicator | No |
| Built-in barometer and tide tables | No |
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