It doesn’t sound like much, but these suggested runs have genuinely improved my running performance and made me a better runner. Forget about rest days or certain types of activity being more rigorous than the next just close your rings and get ready to do it again tomorrow. Close your rings one day, close them again the next, and repeat this process over, and over, and over, and over again. But there’s also a nagging problem with it.Ĭlosing the rings on my Apple Watch is fun and rewarding, but when the next day rolls around, I’m right back doing the exact same thing. It’s clean, simple, and an easy goal to work toward. Health tracking that’s actually sustainable Joe Maring/Digital TrendsĪctivity tracking on the Apple Watch is broken down into three rings you need to close - including your activity/calories burned, exercise minutes, and how often you stand throughout the day. With the Garmin watch and its buttons, I don’t have to. If I’m at the gym in the middle of a strength training workout, the last thing I want to do is swipe my sweaty fingers all over my watch’s display to pause a workout or see different health stats. They’re also a great alternative to the touchscreen when I simply don’t want to use it. It’s a level of customization my Apple Watch has never given me, and it’s made the Garmin Forerunner 265 feel more like a useful tool rather than a small computer I need to wrestle with to do what I want.Īnd it’s not just powerful customization that makes the buttons so handy. I have other buttons configured to open Garmin Pay, show my alarm clocks, and more. On my Garmin watch, I have it customized to open the flashlight when I long-press that same Start/Stop button it’s that easy. What if I need to use my Apple Watch’s display as a flashlight? I first swipe up from the bottom of the screen to access the Control Center, and then I need to find and tap the small flashlight icon. On the Forerunner 265, I just press the Start/Stop button three times, and I’m off to the races.
On the Apple Watch, I have to open the Workout app, scroll through the list of workouts until I find Outdoor Run, and then tap it. Let’s say I want to start tracking a run. I didn’t think these buttons would make any real difference in how I use my smartwatch, but wow was I wrong. And it’s lovely! But it also has five customizable buttons around its frame, all of which can also be used for getting around the smartwatch. The Garmin Forerunner 265 also has a touchscreen, and you can use it to navigate the entire interface.
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