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in your timeline. The Move IQ events show activity type and
duration, but they do not appear in your activities list or
newsfeed.
The Move IQ feature can automatically start a timed activity for
walking and running using time thresholds you set in the Garmin
Connect app. These activities are added to your activities list.
Activity Tracking Settings
Hold the touchscreen, and select Settings > Activity
Tracking.
Status: Turns off the activity tracking features.
Move Alert: Displays a message and the move bar on the
digital watch face and steps screen. The device also vibrates
to alert you.
Goal Alerts: Allows you to turn on and off goal alerts, or turn
them off only during activities. Goal alerts appear for your
daily steps goal, daily floors climbed goal, and weekly
intensity minutes goal.
Auto Activity Start: Allows your device to create and save
timed activities automatically when the Move IQ feature
detects you are walking or running. You can set the minimum
time threshold in the run or walk settings.
Intensity Minutes: Allows you to set a heart rate zone for
moderate intensity minutes and a higher heart rate zone for
vigorous intensity minutes. You can also use the default
algorithm.
Turning Off Activity Tracking
When you turn off activity tracking, your steps, floors climbed,
intensity minutes, sleep tracking, and Move IQ events are not
recorded.
1
Hold the touchscreen.
2
Select Settings > Activity Tracking > Status > Off.
Menstrual Cycle Tracking
Your menstrual cycle is an important part of your health. You
can learn more and set up this feature in the Health Stats
settings of the Garmin Connect app.
• Menstrual cycle tracking and details
• Physical and emotional symptoms
• Period and fertility predictions
• Health and nutrition information
NOTE: You can use the Garmin Connect app to add and
remove widgets.
Widgets
Your device comes preloaded with widgets that provide at-a-
glance information. Some widgets require a Bluetooth
connection to a compatible smartphone.
Some widgets are not visible by default. You can add them to
the widget loop manually
(Customizing the Widget Loop,
page
6).
Calendar: Displays upcoming meetings from your smartphone
calendar.
Calories: Displays your calorie information for the current day.
Floors climbed: Tracks your floors climbed and progress
toward your goal.
Golf: Displays golf information for your last round.
Heart rate: Displays your current heart rate in beats per minute
(bpm) and a graph of your heart rate.
Hydration: Allows you to track the amount of water you
consume and the progress toward your daily goal.
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Intensity minutes: Tracks your time spent participating in
moderate to vigorous activities, your weekly intensity minutes
goal, and progress toward your goal.
Last sport: Displays a brief summary of your last recorded
sport.
Menstrual cycle tracking: Displays your current cycle. You can
view and log your daily symptoms.
Music controls: Provides music player controls for your
smartphone.
My day: Displays a dynamic summary of your activity today. The
metrics include timed activities, intensity minutes, floors
climbed, steps, calories burned, and more.
Notifications: Alerts you to incoming calls, texts, social network
updates, and more, based on your smartphone notification
settings.
Steps: Tracks your daily step count, step goal, and data for
previous days.
Stress: Displays your current stress level and a graph of your
stress level. You can do a breathing activity to help you relax.
VIRB controls: Provides camera controls when you have a
VIRB device paired with your vívoactive 3 device.
Weather: Displays the current temperature and weather
forecast.
Viewing Widgets
• From the watch face, swipe up or down.
The device scrolls through the widget loop.
• Tap the touchscreen to view additional screens for a widget.
• Hold the touchscreen to view additional options and functions
for a widget.
Customizing the Widget Loop
1
Hold the touchscreen.
2
Select Settings > Widgets.
3
Select an option:
• Select an item to show or hide it from the app list or
rearrange the app list.
• Select Add to add an item to the widget loop.
About My Day
The My Day widget is a daily snapshot of your activity. This is a
dynamic summary that updates throughout the day. As soon as
you climb a flight of stairs or record an activity, it appears in the
widget. The metrics include recorded activities, intensity minutes
for the week, floors climbed, steps, calories burned, and more.
You can tap the touchscreen for an option to improve accuracy
or to view additional metrics.
Viewing the Weather Widget
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From the watch face, swipe to view the weather widget.
2
Tap the touchscreen to view hourly and daily weather data.
3
Scroll down to view daily weather data.
Widgets
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