Garmin has announced the Garmin Instinct Crossover, a hybrid analog timekeeping smartwatch designed for "those who enjoy a classic analog watch experience, but don't want to compromise the essential functionality of a smartwatch or the durability of a rugged watch."
Is a Garmin Instinct 2, one of the best relojes de Garmin, con manecillas. ¡Manos! The elements of the analog timing are covered with the Super-LumiNova illumination mark and are superimposed on the digital display pantalla. The hands are said to 'move quickly' when you want to access your smartwatch's functions, and new 'RevoDrive' technology keeps the watch precise when it resumes, although no details were given on how. eso funciona.
The other great new feature of this watch is the battery life. The Instinct Crossover is available in solar and non-solar charging options. If you get one of the versions of the watch without solar charging capability, its smartwatch mode can last 28 days, while its low-power battery mode can last 71 days. If you get a solar-charged watch, the low-drain battery mode will last forever.
This is not hyperbole. As long as you spend three hours a day in 50 lux conditions, the equivalent of a cloudy day, the watch will keep running.
Garmin notes in its press materials that the watch measures battery life in "months, not days," a thinly veiled jab at Apple. When the excellent Apple Watch Ultra was first announced on September 8, it was hailed as the longest-lasting Apple Watch, clocking in at over 36 hours. Garmin, a bit underhandedly, tweeted the following:
We measure battery life in months. Not hours. #Enduro2 pic.twitter.com/OcTLdpvHV68 September 2022
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Garmin Instinct Crossover retains most of the smart features of the Instinct series, including GPS tracking, multi-band GNSS, and TracBack, which take you back to the start of your route along the safest route. It's also packed with all the usual Garmin bells and whistles, including precise heart rate monitoring, body battery recovery metrics, the ability to record your VO2 Max, fitness age, and sleep tracking.
Garmin Pay and notification reports are also present, although some of Garmin's new features, such as workout readiness score or morning report functionality, aren't listed in the watch's description, no more so than the reporting features. notification.
The watch is available in three models: one with solar charging (€539,99 US and €529,99 UK), one without (€499,99 US and €479,99 599 in the UK) and a Solar Tactical Special Edition (€579,99 in the US and €XNUMX in the UK). We will update these listings with Australian prices when we have them. Pre-orders are open now (opens in a new tab), the watch should arrive in five to eight weeks.
Review: Everything I Ever Wanted
I recently wrote that as useful as they are, it's time to stop pretending that smartwatches will look as good as analog watches. Garmin seems to have read my mind and set out to prove him wrong, because I love the idea of this watch. As mentioned above, it's basically a redesigned Garmin Instinct 2 with analog sync, which isn't a bad thing.
I haven't run it yet and I know Garmin's metrics suite is great (Forerunner 955 Solar is on my wrist as I type), so for me the test will be how the hands work and the smart interface. The Withings Scanwatch Horizon opts for a smaller display to address this issue, but the Instinct Crossover opted for a full-size display in a well, with the large illuminated hands layered across the top.
Unfortunately, the timing of this release means you're unlikely to get one cheap in Garmin's Black Friday deals, but you can find deep discounts on its predecessors in the Instinct range.