Garmin is one of the few manufacturers capable of standing up to Apple and its Apple Watch. The reason? They are one of the few watches that, due to technical capabilities, can match and even improve the options when it comes to quantifying the physical activity of users with guarantees. Especially if they do not have an iPhone for their configuration or simply do not want to bet on it. Now with the Vivofit Jr 3 they focus on the little ones again.
Garmin Vivofit Jr 3, fun quantification for kids
During the presentation of the new iPad we could see how the apple company launched new models of its smart watch (Watch Series 6 and Watch SE) and also oriented them as a device for the smallest of the house.
This caught the attention of some. In the first place, because it is not an inexpensive product for a child to have. Not even the Watch SE, which offers a cheaper price, is really attractive to give it to a minor.
Second, because to use an Apple watch it is necessary to have an iPhone to associate it with an account and thus enjoy all its options. They solved this by launching Family Setap, a new option that allows several watches to be associated with the same phone. Of course, there are options and with them real attractiveness when using the Watch, whatever it is of all the compatible models (Series 4, Series 5, Series 6 and SE).
Therefore, if what you are looking for is a device so that your child can quantify their physical activity and have the odd option of interest, there may be nothing better than the new Garmin Vivofit Jr 3. This is a smart watch or quantifier that differs from the first and with respect to its predecessors in the front that grows in size. Now it goes from the 11 x 11 mm of the Vivofit Jr 2 to the 14.11 x 14.11 mm of the current one.
This and that childish touch that it retains, with different finishes at the level of colors and other small details, make it a striking option. Although the best is in its functions in relation to the price it has.
To begin with, it is a physical exercise monitor capable of preserving data for up to two weeks, it can be loaded while it is being used and comes with a multitude of options when it comes to monitoring the child’s activity by parents and guardians or pose challenges to motivate them to play sports in a fun way and obtain rewards if they succeed.
These awards are typically related to the Garmin smartphone app. Thus, the more exercise they do, the more adventures they can discover as well as prizes to collect. At the end of the day, it is to carry the same gameification idea as the rest of the brand’s watches, but adapted to the little ones.
With all these options that allow you to measure up to 7 activities, measure sleep, step counter, distance traveled and more, it should also be noted that the screen can display contact information in case of emergency . Thus, you can add name and telephone number of the person with whom someone should contact if something happens to him and he cannot do it.
Price and availability
The new Garmin Vivofit Jr 3 will be available from the fourth quarter of 2020 at a price of 89.99 euros . As well as various designs ranging from a watch with the shades of Iron Man, Black Panther, Disney Princesses or shades of yellow, light, pink and blue.
