Garmin CIRQA smart band with screen-free design and Connected GPS announced
Garmin has announced the CIRQA Smart Band, its first screen-free smart band designed for continuous health and fitness tracking without a display. The wearable offers up to 10 days of battery life, provides around-the-clock health and fitness monitoring, and automatically records health and activity data that can be accessed through the Garmin Connect app. Garmin says the smart band’s core health and fitness features do not require a subscription.
Garmin CIRQA Smart Band
The Garmin CIRQA Smart Band features a screen-free design that tracks health and performance metrics while minimizing the need to interact with the device. It includes a fabric band that can be worn on the wrist or upper arm based on the user’s activity or sleeping preference and is available in Citron Gray, Mauve, French Gray, Dark Olive, Captain Blue, French Blue, and Black color options.
The smart band automatically detects and records a variety of activities without requiring a display. Users can review and edit detected activities in the Garmin Connect app, allowing the device to improve activity classification over time based on those changes. It also supports manual tracking for more than 80 activities, including running, walking, yoga, and more. Users can also assign a favorite activity and start tracking it by pressing the single side button.
For health monitoring, the wearable supports:
- Wrist-based heart rate
- Body Battery energy monitoring
- Pulse Ox
- Stress tracking
- Skin temperature
- Respiration
- Heart rate variability (HRV)
- Sleep stages
- Sleep score
- Guidance on optimal sleep duration
- Nap detection
Women can also track their menstrual cycle and pregnancy, receive improved period predictions and past ovulation estimates using overnight skin temperature, and sync health data with the FDA-cleared Natural Cycles birth control app. A separate Natural Cycles subscription is required.
In addition to tracking daily steps, calories burned, and other activity metrics, the CIRQA Smart Band includes:
- Training Readiness
- HRV Status
- VO2 Max
- Training Status
- Workout Benefit
- Recovery Time
- Connected GPS for outdoor walks, rides, and runs using a paired Android or iPhone
- LiveTrack location sharing through the Garmin Connect app
Quick Specifications
Pricing and availability
The Garmin CIRQA Smart Band is priced at USD 199.99 (Rs. 19,250 approx.) and will be available to order starting July 24.
Speaking on the announcement, Susan Lyman, Garmin Vice President of Consumer Sales and Marketing, said:
We purposefully created the CIRQA Smart Band for those who are passionate about staying healthy and active. With its discreet design and the trusted health and fitness tracking tools Garmin is known for, this smart band complements our lineup of smartwatches and wellness monitors, allowing users to transition smoothly between their Garmin devices throughout the day. Plus, with no subscription required, the CIRQA Smart Band helps users stay on top of their health and fitness goals while also serving as a gift option for others.
