- Garmin is apparently working on a Screenless, Whoop-style recovery tracker
- The band is set to launch ‘Within two months’ according to leakage -the Web site The5krunner
- Details include vibration alarms, LED -Battery -time indicators and tap movements – like WHOOP
Yes, it has been rumored before, but it sounds like we could see a very different style with fitness tracker from Garmin in a few months.
Garmin has consistently been known for his Smartwatches-that’s why we have a dedicated best Garmin-watch list, after all, but the company is allegedly set to debut a WHOOP-style screenless Screenless Tracker “within two months”, according to the leaking site The5krunner.
After apparently seeing a confidential source document, The5krunner refers to it as a “sleep band” indicated to provide comfort during use. This is a great opportunity to have as Garmin’s chunky watches are often not ideal for use during sleep. A clamping mechanism and overlapping adjustable strap makes it sound like Whoop.
The comparisons do not stop there. Features listed include vibration alarms that wake up the wearer, tap movements to turn off or snooze the alarm and an LED battery indicator – all emblematic for whoop.
Sleep tracking is a given, given that the device is said to pack a Smart-Wake Alarm. Smart-Wake Alarms, a feature that was recently introduced in Garmin Vivoactive 6, only works if the laptop traces sleep stages via heartbeat and other measurements.
Whoop has little competition
Long ago, based on my colleague Lance Ulanoff’s find during CES 2023, I predicted that Screenless Smartwatches would be the Fitness Future.
Although it has not appeared strictly so far, 2025 has seen new Screenless Optical Heart Rhythm Monitoring Technology from Whoop, Coros and now (apparently) Garmin, not to mention the emergence of the best smart rings.
Fitness -tracking goes discreetly with a focus on the holistic overall benefits of an active lifestyle rather than specific tracking of training.
While the best running watches will always have a place, I think an optical bracelet-based Whoop competitor from a company like Garmin, with a huge built-in infrastructure for sleep, health and workouts, could be a real winner.
