Garmin 920XT: Many new features in the new SportWatch

Last updated Dec 1, 2018 1,296

The long-awaited successor to the Garmin Forerunner 910XT was announced, although before its commercialization has to wait a few weeks. That’s all the news of the new SportWatch for the avid Triathlon.

It was long-awaited by the fans of the SportWatch triathlon that will take the place of the model in the range of multisport Garmin 910XT. Today, the American company officially announces Garmin Forerunner 920XT, watch that you can immediately order but presumably that will come on the market in volume only from the month of November.

Starting from top of the range: $ 449 to $ 499 and the SportWatch, excluding taxes, for the version combined with heart rate monitor HRM-Run.

Garmin 920XT part as the basis of the technical characteristics of the model Garmin 910XT, enriched with all the latest advanced features that Garmin has combined its latest products for running and cycling, respectively Garmin ForeRunner 620 and Garmin Edge 1000 They find so many new space functions for the first time are present in one Garmin SportWatch specifically dedicated to triathlon (except for Fenix 2 model is suitable to both the triathlon trail running).

Smart WiFi and Bluetooth support, Garmin 920XT to connect to a WiFi network to your smartphone or so to download the results of your training without having to connect everything to a PC.
Function of live tracking, matching binding to a smartphone, thanks to which you can send in real time their activity session or race so that it is displayed on Garmin Connect from third parties.
Smart Notifications, functionality that sends the 920XT display of SMS messages, email, and push messages from your smartphone.
Possibility of creating App and widgets through Connect IQ, functionality is currently supported only by Garmin 920XT.
Running Dynamics functionality (vertical oscillation time of ground contact and cadence).
Recovery Advisor, Recovery Time and Race Predictor: features that indicate the time required for recovery as a result of an activity and that estimate, as a function of VO2 Max calculated by SportWatch, which are the best theoretical reference times for some reference distances.
Estimate of VO2 Max also for activities of cycling, as well as for those of stroke.
UltraTac mode, which reduces the number of samples recorded every minute of the GPS signal so as to obtain a range that goes up to 40 hours during the recording of data (this mode does not affect the number of measurements taken per minute by the sensors may be connected to the ANT SportWatch).
Integration of GLONASS, to improve the accuracy of the GPS signal.
Support for the control of the action room Garmin VIRB.
Functionality metronome, thanks to which the SportWatch emits a signal like a metronome to give a fixed frequency in time (useful to refine a regular stroke technique, or a pedaling cadence that it is always the default).
Ability to perform workouts that involve a race against previous sessions performed by the user or against activities by third parties that have been downloaded on your SportWatch.

Not only this, as Garmin 920XT can also be used as a tool for tracking daily activity like one of the bracelets that have collected a lot of success in the market over the past 2 years. Specifically, we find in this SportWatch as developed by Garmin for their products and VivoFIT VivoSmart, Garmin 920XT can be used not only to track the performance of their various sporting activities but also use it as a tool that occurs in the course of our day as we kept in shape during the execution of our ordinary activities.

Garmin has also introduced the possibility to use Garmin 920XT as a traditional clock; in this case, the battery life on a charge is equal to 4 months, according to allegations made by Garmin. Enabling the functionality of activity monitor, Garmin 920XT then transforming into a bracelet for fitness, the operating time reaches 30 days.

Using Garmin 920XT to record activities with traditional GPS signals sampled every second declared autonomy reaches 24 hours, a figure far higher than obtainable with Garmin 910XT, without prejudice to the possibility to enable the mode UltraTac and reach up to 40-hour battery life recording.