The Fenix 8 Sapphire Amoled 43mm by Garmin is a top-tier sports GPS smartwatch designed for elite athletes and adventurers who aim to exceed their boundaries. This high-performance watch features advanced strength training capabilities, diving functionality, and an integrated speaker and microphone for voice commands. Additionally, it includes a built-in LED flashlight and a bright, crisp AMOLED display, ensuring you stay connected and informed during your most intense activities.
RUGGED BY DESIGN
Built to endure, this premium design is dive-rated and features leakproof buttons, a metal sensor guard cover and bright 1.4″ AMOLED display with options for a scratch-resistant lens and titanium bezel. It’s tested to U.S. military standards for thermal, shock and water resistance.
BUILT-IN SPEAKER AND MICROPHONE
Make and take phone calls from your sports watch when it’s paired to your smartphone. Plus, control watch functions with off-grid voice commands — or use your smartphone’s voice assistant to respond to text messages and more.
BUILT-IN LED FLASHLIGHT
A true integrated flashlight with variable light intensities and a red safety light gives you greater awareness in the dark, providing convenient illumination when you need it. Strobe mode can even match your running cadence.
ADVANCED STRENGTH TRAINING
Elevate your body’s performance with targeted strength training plans and sport-specific workouts for athletes of all types.
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
Begin each day with a customisable morning report offering a summary of health and wellness information. Use the training readiness feature, which looks at a variety of health metrics, to maximise your training efficiency and recovery2 — to help prevent burnout.
ENHANCED MAP NAVIGATION
A dynamic round-trip routing feature lets you enter how far you want to go — and get suggested routes that will guide you back on time. You can also view terrain contours on TopoActive maps3 and access preloaded maps for golf courses and ski resorts around the world.
ENDURANCE SCORE
Using your VO2 max, training loads and other factors, this feature helps gauge your ability to sustain prolonged effort.
VISUAL RACE PREDICTOR
Get an estimate of what your pace could be for a 5K, 10K, half-marathon and marathon.
PACEPRO TECHNOLOGY
Plan race-day strategy with GPS-based pace guidance for a selected course or distance.
CLIMBPRO FEATURE
See real-time information on your current and upcoming climbs on downloaded courses.
GRADE-ADJUSTED PACE
Get your equivalent running pace at the same effort on flat ground or when ascending.
TRAINING READINESS
From the moment you wake up, get a readiness score based on your sleep quality2, recovery, training load and more, so you can determine if it’s a good day to go hard — or take it easy.
TRAINING STATUS
Get insight, and know whether you’re training productively, peaking or strained.
PERFORMANCE METRICS
Gauge your performance with advanced training metrics such as VO2 max, training load and more.
MULTISPORT AUTO TRANSITION
This feature detects sport changes between swim, bike and run in multisport activities — so you can focus on the race and let your sports watch take care of recording splits.
HILL SCORE
Measure your capability for running uphill, and evaluate your progress over time based on your VO2 max and training history.
DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS
View your entire week of daily suggested workouts, which adapt after every run or ride.
RECOVERY TIME
Know how long you need to recover before your next high-effort workout based on your latest training.
RACE WIDGET
Prepare for your next race with training tips, personalised daily suggested workouts and more.
WRIST-BASED RUNNING DYNAMICS
View crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more.
GARMIN COACH
Prepare for your next race, train for a milestone, or simply improve your fitness with Garmin Coach adaptive or prebuilt training plans.
TRACK YOUR ACTIVITIES
Use preloaded activity profiles to get data and insight from your active pursuits. Even track team sport activities such as football, racquet sports and more.
RECREATIONAL DIVING
A 40-metre dive rating and leakproof metal buttons let you reach new depths with support for scuba and apnea dive activities.
HIIT WORKOUTS
Track your HIIT workouts, including AMRAP, EMOM, Tabata or custom workouts.
ANIMATED WORKOUTS
Follow animated workouts for cardio, strength, yoga and pilates on the watch screen.
BACKCOUNTRY SKI AND SNOWBOARD
Get ascent and descent data along with metrics such as cadence, stride length and grade.
XC SKI POWER
Measure exercise load when paired with an HRM-Pro Plus heart rate monitor (sold separately).
SURF ACTIVITY
Record waves surfed, maximum speed reached, distance travelled and more. Use Surfline Sessions technology to capture video of waves you ride in front of a Surfline camera.
MTB DYNAMICS
Track the details of your ride with specialised Grit and Flow measurements.
OUTDOOR MAPS+
Subscribe to Outdoor Maps+ for premium mapping content, such as satellite imagery and enhanced topographic maps, downloaded directly to your sports watch.
SATIQ TECHNOLOGY
Get superior positioning accuracy with multi-band GPS while optimising battery life.
ABC SENSORS
Navigate your next trail with an altimeter, barometer and 3-axis electronic compass.
MULTICONTINENT TOPO MAPS
Download TopoActive maps from around the world via Wi-Fi connectivity. Easily load and update maps without using a computer.
NEXTFORK MAP GUIDE
Navigate with a quick glance, and see the distance to the next intersection and the trail name.
UP AHEAD FEATURE
Get at-a-glance awareness for selected POI checkpoints ahead — such as aid stations — during a race.
COURSES WITH TURN-BY-TURN DIRECTIONS
Create or find existing courses in the Garmin Connect smart-device app, or sync from your favourite third-party platforms and get turn-by-turn directions.
SKIVIEW MAPS
View run names and difficulty ratings for more than 2,000 preloaded ski resorts worldwide.
GOLF COURSE MAPS
Get preloaded full-colour CourseView maps for more than 43,000 golf courses around the world.
MORNING REPORT
Get a customisable overview of your sleep, training outlook, HRV status, weather and more as soon as you wake up.
HRV STATUS
Gain a better understanding of your overall health, recovery and training performance while you sleep.
WRIST-BASED HEART RATE
This sports watch constantly samples your heart rate2 to help you gauge how hard you work during activities.
PULSE OX SENSOR
Track your blood oxygen saturation while you’re awake or asleep, and gain awareness of how you’re adapting to altitude4.
SLEEP COACH
Get a sleep score and personalised coaching for how much sleep you need. Track sleep stages, and get insights to improve sleep quality2.
NAP DETECTION
Automatically track or log your naps to see how they benefit your body and to check the recommended time and duration they should be.
JET LAG ADVISER
Help to minimise the effects of jet lag with guidance on light exposure, sleep schedule and exercise.
BODY BATTERY ENERGY MONITORING
Track your body’s energy levels to find the best times for activity and rest2.
STRESS TRACKING
See if you're having a calm, balanced or stressful day.
HEALTH SNAPSHOT FEATURE
Log a 2-minute session to record key health stats, then generate a report to share with your healthcare provider.
RESPIRATION TRACKING
See how you’re breathing throughout the day and night.
HYDRATION TRACKING
Log your daily fluid intake as a reminder to stay hydrated.
ALTITUDE AND HEAT ACCLIMATION
See how you’re holding up to the current elevation or heat based on your health metrics.
WOMEN’S HEALTH TRACKING
Track and log your menstrual cycle or pregnancy to get exercise and nutrition education.
GARMIN CONNECT APP
See your health and fitness information, connect with friends and more.
GARMIN MESSENGER APP
Communicate via two-way text messaging5 on your wrist.
SMART NOTIFICATIONS
Receive emails, texts and alerts on your sports smartwatch when paired with your iPhone or Android smartphone.
MUSIC
Download songs plus playlists from your Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music accounts (subscription may be required). Use your wireless headphones for phone-free listening.
GARMIN PAY CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS
Breeze through checkout lines or transit systems with participating providers.
GARMIN SHARE
Use this feature to easily share saved locations, courses and workouts with friends’ compatible Garmin devices.
SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES
If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, your watch will send a message with your live location6.
STOCKS TRACKER
Keep track of up to 50 of your favourite stocks7 — right from your wrist.
CONNECT IQ STORE
Add watch faces, data fields and apps from your paired smartphone.
POWER MANAGER
View how various settings and sensors impact your sports watch's battery life.
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