When it comes to the wearables scene, Garmin has been making decent strides and if you’re after a wearable with a built-in heart rate monitor, you’re in luck as Garmin has taken the wraps off their latest gadget: the Garmin Forerunner 35 which like we said, will come with a heart rate monitor built into the watch itself.
When Garmin first got into wearables, their devices did not have heart rate monitors built into them. Instead users have to purchase a separate chest strap if they wished to monitor their heart rate, but like we said, Garmin has made some pretty decent strides then and the Forerunner 35 is an example of that.
According to Garmin, the Forerunner 35 will come with tracking features like distance, pace, setting personal records, GPS, how far they’ve run, how fast they’ve run, and so on. Users won’t even need to carry a phone with them either if they don’t want to as the data can be stored on the watch itself.
However when you’re done exercising, the Forerunner 35 will able to double up as a regular smartwatch with the ability to receive notifications from your phone as well as to control music playback and more. The Forerunner 35 is expected to be made available later this year in Q3 where it will be priced at $200.
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