- Garmin apparently works on a WHOOP -style recovery and style recovery tracker
- The group should be launched “within two months” according to the site of the leak The5krunner
- Details include vibration alarms, LED battery life indicators and tap gestures – just like Whoop
Yes, rumor said before, but it seems that we can see a very different fitness tracker style from Garmin in a few months.
Garmin has always been known for his intelligent watches – which is why we have a dedicated Garmin watch list, after all – but the company would have made its debut to a tracker without a Whoop style screen “in the two months”, according to the site of the leak The5krunner.
Having apparently seen a confidential source document, 5krunner of 5 years refers it as a “Sleep Band” indicated to offer comfort during use. This is a great option to have, because Garmin’s Garmin’s things are often not ideal for use during sleep. A loop mechanism and an adjustable strap that overlap makes it look like Whoop.
Comparisons do not stop there. The features listed include a vibration alarm that awakens the wearer, press the gestures to deactivate or repeat the alarm and an LED battery indicator – all emblematic of Whoop.
Sleep monitoring is given, since the device is packing an intelligent alarm. Smart Wake Alarms, a functionality recently introduced in the Garmin Vivoactive 6, only works if the laptop actively follows the sleep stages via the heart rate and other measures.
Whoop has a certain competition
A long time ago, based on the conclusions of my colleague launched Ulanoff during these 2023, I predicted that smart watches without screen would be the future of fitness.
Although this has not been strictly true until now, 2025 has seen new technologies of fitness monitoring of the cardiac frequency without Whoop, Coros, and now (apparently) Garmin, not to mention the advent of the best intelligent rings.
Fitness monitoring is discreet, focusing on the overall holistic advantages of an active lifestyle rather than specifically following training sessions.
Although the best racing watches will always have a place, I think that a competitor of Whoop based on an optical armband of a company like Garmin, with a huge infrastructure integrated for sleep, health and monitoring of training, could be a real winner.
