Garmin vívoactive 5 GPS Smartwatch, AMOLED Touchscreen
Reviewed 23 August 2026 · price checked live
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Garmin vívoactive 5 GPS Smartwatch, AMOLED Touchscreen sits in our wearable technology listings, where we rank by how buyers actually rate a product rather than by brand. The manufacturer says: Designed with a bright, colourful display, get a more complete picture of your health, thanks to battery life of up to 11 days in smartwatch mode. Body Battery energy monitoring helps you understand when you’re charged up or need to rest, with even more personalised insights based on sleep, naps, stress levels. Those are the seller's own claims rather than our testing, so treat them as a starting point. On Amazon it holds 4.4 out of 5 from 11,292 ratings. What that score is worth next to its rivals is set out below.
- Brand
- Garmin
- Amazon rating
- 4.4 / 5 from 11,292 ratings
- vs Wearable Technology
- level with the category median of 4.4
- Rank in category
- 27 of 43 rated wearable technology we track
- Price position
- Towards the top of the range (category spans £3.90 to £299)
- How proven
- Well established, above-average review volume
How it compares in Wearable Technology
Across the 43 rated wearable technology products we track, the typical score is 4.4 out of 5. This one sits at 4.4, which is around the middle of the category. Ratings alone will not separate it from its rivals here, so price and the specifics below matter more than the star count.
It carries 11,292 ratings against a category median of 3,064. That is enough of a base to take the score seriously without treating it as settled.
On price it sits in the upper third of a category running from £3.90 to £299, where the midpoint is about £6.99. Paying above the category norm needs a reason beyond the rating, because the score alone does not justify the gap here.
Worked out from the 43 wearable technology products in our catalogue, not from the brand's own claims. How we rank →
Key features
- Designed with a bright, colourful display, get a more complete picture of your health, thanks to battery life of up to 11 days in smartwatch mode
- Body Battery energy monitoring helps you understand when you’re charged up or need to rest, with even more personalised insights based on sleep, naps, stress levels, workouts and more (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
- Get a sleep score and personalised sleep coaching for how much sleep you need — and get tips on how to improve plus key metrics such as HRV status to better understand your health (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
- Find new ways to keep your body moving with more than 30 built-in indoor and GPS sports apps, including walking, running, cycling, HIIT, swimming, golf and more
- Wheelchair mode tracks pushes — rather than steps — and includes push and handcycle activities with preloaded workouts for strength, cardio, HIIT, Pilates and yoga, challenges specific to wheelchair users and more (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
- Automatic nap detection and nap logging tracks your nap length during the day, providing personalised insights on how it affects your Body Battery energy monitoring and more (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
