I Tested Every New Garmin Training Feature, From Food Tracking to Sports Scores

Nutrition tracking? Gear tracking? Garmin’s latest software updates aim to add value to the company’s line of premium sports watches.

I’ve been reviewing Garmin watches for well over a decade now, and the company has never made that big a deal about software updates. Now we get an update every few months. What's changed in the past few years? The competition has.

For a long time, Garmin needed only to keep an eye on what a few other fitness trackers were up to. Now it has Apple, Samsung, and a whole host of other smartwatch brands offering premium outdoor features like satellite communications and more.

It’s no longer enough to be great at capturing accurate GPS running and cycling routes or filling your watch screen with detailed maps. Garmin decided it was time to step up its update game. The likes of the Apple Watch ...