Garmin Epix Gen 2 Smartwatch - Slate Steel

Regardless of your fitness goals, the epix premium active smartwatch has what you need to help you get there.

Features

Clock

Time/date
Gps time sync
Automatic daylight saving time
Alarm clock
Timer
Stopwatch
Sunrise/sunset times

Health monitoring

Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second)
Daily resting heart rate
Abnormal heart rate alerts (high and low)
Respiration rate (24x7)
Pulse ox blood oxygen saturation (spot-check, and optional all-day acclimation and in sleep)
Fitness age (in app)
Body battery energy monitor
All-day stress
Relaxation reminders
Relaxation breathing timer
Sleep (advanced)
Sleep score and insights
Hydration (in Garmin connect and optional Connect IQ widget)
Women's health (in Garmin connect and optional Connect IQ widget)
Health snapshot

Sensors

Gps
Glonass
Galileo
Multi-frequency positioning (sapphire editions only)
Garmin elevate wrist heart rate monitor
Barometric altimeter
Compass
Gyroscope
Accelerometer
Thermometer
Ambient light sensor
Pulse ox blood oxygen saturation monitor

Daily smart features

Connectivity - bluetooth, ant+, wi-fi
Connect IQ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps)
On-device Connect IQ store
Smart notifications
Text response/reject phone call with text (android only)
Calendar
Weather
Realtime settings sync with Garmin connect mobile
Battery saver (customisable low power watch)
Controls smartphone music
Plays and controls watch music
Music storage up to 2,000 songs
Find my phone
Find my watch
Virb remote
Smartphone compatibility iphone, android
Pairs with Garmin golf app
Pairs with Garmin connect mobile
Garmin pay

Safety and tracking

Livetrack
Group livetrack
Live event sharing
Incident detection during select activities
Assistance

Tactical

Dual grid coordinates

Activity tracking

Step counter
Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it)
Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal)
Calories burned
Floors climbed
Distance traveled
Intensity minutes
Trueup
Move IQ
Garmin connect challenges app (optional Connect IQ app)

Gym & fitness equipment

Available gym activity profiles strength, cardio, hiit and elliptical training, stair stepping, floor climbing, indoor rowing, pilates and yoga
Cardio workouts
Strength workouts
Hiit workouts
Yoga workouts
Pilates workouts
On-screen workout animations
Automatic rep counting

Training, planning and analysis features

HR zones
HR alerts
HR calories
% HR max
% HRR
Recovery time
Auto max HR
HRV stress test (measures your heart rate variability while standing still, for 3 minutes, to provide you with an estimated stress level; the scale of this is 1 to 100; low scores indicate lower stress levels) (with compatible accessory)
HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ant+ to paired devices)
Respiration rate (during exercise) (with compatible accessory)
Gps speed and distance
Customisable data pages
Customisable activity profiles
Auto pause
Interval training
Advanced workouts
Downloadable training plans
Power modes - customisable in-activity battery settings
Auto lap
Manual lap
Rest timer
Configurable lap alerts
Heat and altitude acclimation
Vo2 max (run)
Vo2 max (trail run)
Realtime stamina
Training status (lets you see if youre training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend.)
Training load (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated epoc)
Training load focus
Training effect
Training effect (anaerobic)
Primary benefit (training effect labels)
Improved recovery time
Daily suggested workouts
Custom alerts
Audio prompts
Finish time
Virtual partner
Race an activity
Auto multisport activities
Manual multisport activities
Course guidance
Garmin live segments
Strava live segments
Round-trip course creator (running/cycling)
Trendline popularity routing
Touch and/or button lock
Hot keys
Auto scroll
Activity history on watch
Physio trueup

Running

Available run profiles running, track running, treadmill running, indoor track running, trail running, virtual running, ultra running
Gps-based distance, time and pace
Running dynamics (with compatible accessory)
Vertical oscillation and ratio (the degree of 'bounce' in your running motion and the cost-benefit ratio with stride length) (with compatible accessory)
Ground contact time and balance (shows how much time, in the running motion, your foot is on the ground rather than in flight and lets you check your running symmetry) (with compatible accessory)
Stride length (real time) (with compatible accessory)
Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
Performance condition (after running 620 minutes, compares your real-time condition to your average fitness level)
Lactate threshold (through analysis of your pace and heart rate, estimates the point where your muscles start to rapidly fatigue) (with compatible accessory)
Pacepro pacing strategies
Run workouts
Race predictor
Foot pod capable

Golfing

Preloaded with 42,000 courses worldwide
Yardage to f/m/b (distance to front, middle and back of green)
Yardage to layups/doglegs
Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) automatic
Digital scorecard
Custom targets
Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit)
Garmin autoshot
Full vector map
Auto courseview updates
Green view with manual pin position
Hazards and course targets
Pinpointer
Playslike distance
Touch-targeting (touch target on display to see the distance to any point)
Handicap scoring
Truswing compatible
Round timer/odometer
Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory)
Tournament legal

Outdoor recreation

Available outdoor recreation profiles hiking, indoor climbing, bouldering, climbing, mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding, xc skiing, stand up paddleboarding, rowing, kayaking, surfing, kiteboarding, windsurfing, snowshoeing, hunting, jumpmaster, tactical, tennis, pickleball
Point-to-point navigation
Bread crumb trail in real time
Back to start
Tracback
Ultratrac mode
Around me mode
Up ahead
Elevation profile
Distance to destination
Barometric trend indicator with storm alert
Climbpro ascent planner
Trail run auto climb
Vertical speed
Total ascent/descent
Future elevation plot
Preloaded topographical maps (sapphire editions only)
Preloaded road and trail maps (sapphire editions only)
Preloaded ski resort maps
Downloadable cartography support
Compatible with basecamp
Gps coordinates
Sight 'n go
Area calculation (via connect IQ)
Hunt/fish calendar (via connect IQ)
Projected waypoint
Sun and moon information (via connect IQ)
Xero locations
Expedition gps activity
Tides (via connect IQ)

Cycling

Available cycling profiles - biking, indoor biking, mountain biking, triathlon
Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
Courses
Cycle map (routable cycling-specific street map)
Mtb grit & flow
Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor)
Race an activity
Ftp (functional threshold power) (with compatible accessory)
Compatible with vector (power meter)
Power meter compatible
Advanced vector support
Compatible with varia vision (head-mounted display)
Compatible with varia radar (rear-facing radar)
Compatible with varia lights
Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor)

Swimming

Available swim profiles pool swimming, open water swimming, swimming/running
Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (swolf), calories)
Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (swolf), calories)
Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only)
Drill logging (pool swim only)
Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only)
"Repeat on" rest timer (pool swim only)
Auto rest (pool swim only)
Time and distance alerts
Pacing alerts (pool swim only)
Countdown start (pool swim only)
Pool swim workouts
Critical swim speed
Underwater wrist-based heart rate
Heart rate from external HRM (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) (with HRM-tri, HRM-swim and HRM-pro)

Kid activity tracking

Toe-to-toe challenges app (optional connect IQ app)

Connectivity

Smart trainer control

Specifications

Lens MaterialCorning Gorilla Glass DX
Sapphire Editions: Sapphire crystalBezel MaterialPassivated Stainless steel
Sapphire Editions: Carbon grey DLC titanium or pure titaniumCase MaterialFibre-reinforced polymer with steel rear cover
Sapphire Editions: Fibre-reinforced polymer with titanium rear coverQuickfit Watch Band CompatibleIncluded (22 mm)Strap MaterialSiliconePhysical Size47 x 47 x 14.5 mm
Fits wrists with the following circumference:
Silicone band: 125-208 mm
Leather band: 132-210 mm
Fabric band: 132-210 mm
Metal band: 132-215 mmTouchscreenYesColour DisplayYesDisplay Size1.3 (33.02 mm) diameterDisplay Resolution416 x 416 pixelsDisplay TypeAMOLED (always-on)Weight76 g (case only: 53 g)
Sapphire Editions: 70 g (case only: 47 g)Battery LifeSmartwatch: Up to 16 days (6 days always-on)
Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 21 days
GPS Only: Up to 42 hours (30 hours always-on)
All Satellite Systems: Up to 32 hours (24 hours always-on)
All Satellite Systems + Multi-band: Up to 20 hours (15 hours always-on)
All Satellite Systems + Music: Up to 10 hours (9 hours always-on)
Max Battery GPS: Up to 75 hours
Expedition GPS: Up to 14 daysWater Rating10 ATMMemory/History16 GB
Sapphire Editions: 32 GB