Garmin with apple

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Currently have an old 1st gen SE Apple Watch.
As I’m now running and using the workout features and data I’d like to upgrade to either the aw9 or a garmin.

Does anyone have experience of a Garmin with an iPhone?

Garmin definitely seems way better for health tracking but AW works more seamlessly with my phone I suppose.

In reality I don’t do much on my watch other than track runs and receive notifications. Anything else I tend to do on my phone as watch is fiddly.

Just use thr Garmin app on your.iphone

Garmin is a great watch IMHO and features for exercise are great .. training plans etc

I recently swapped to Garmin from Apple Watch and I love it. I still receive notifications for messages etc but can't reply to them (never did anyway, I'd see the notification and then grab my phone). Garmin connect has SO much info- the body battery and sleep info are scarily accurate 😂

I charge it once per week, too.

My husband was running a marathon so gave me his Apple Watch and got a garmin.
Some emojis don't work, if I send a photo the watch says look at your phone for the photo. Everything else works the same.

I wear an apple watch as my everyday watch, but wear a Garmin for running. I have used my apple watch for running too, but Garmin is more accurate. You just have the Garmin connect app on your phone and it syncs no problem.

Is it true you can’t configure what notifications you receive?
Also, can you see iMessages on Garmin, and in full?

I'd stick to Apple Watch. But I'd suggest a refurb 5 not a new one.

I just got myself Garmin, whatever notifications you have set up on IPhone the same will display - so if you restrict it will be same on both.

And yes you can see Imessages in full

It’s my first smart watch (I had IPhones since gen1) and Garmin works for me as I only wanted it for health/fitness tracking