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Follow Yours: Instinct 3

Fear Nothing

Metal-reinforced bezel.

Take Charge

Unlimited battery life with solar charging[1].

Be You. Know You

24/7 health and wellness monitoring.

Light It Up

Built-in flashlight

Boldly Go

Multi-band GPS with SatIQ technology.

Follow Yours

Instinct 3 is the rugged GPS smartwatch that's designed to be worn through anything. Follow yours, wherever the adventure leads.

• Unlimited battery in smartwatch mode with solar charging[1]
• Detailed health and wellness features
• Smart notifications[2]
• Built-in flashlight
• Rugged design
• Multi-band gps with satiq technology

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What You'll Love

Solar Charging

Get unlimited battery life in smartwatch mode with solar charging[1].

Rugged Design

Explore confidently with a rugged design, including a 0.9-inch display, 45 mm metal-reinforced bezel and scratch-resistant display.

Built-in Flashlight

See and be seen with a built-in flashlight, featuring variable intensities and an alternate red light.

24/7 Health and Wellness Monitoring

Make bold moves with health monitoring features, including heart rate, advanced sleep monitoring, Pulse Ox[3] and more.

Smart Notifications

Receive emails, texts and alerts on your watch when paired with your compatible Apple or Android smartphone.

Multi-band GPS With Satiq

Navigate confidently with multi-band GPS, featuring SatIQ technology, which delivers superior positioning while optimising battery life.

Go Boldly

Health and Wellness

Daily Movements

Keep tabs on your daily steps, calories burned, floors climbed and more from your wrist[4].

Hrv Status

Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health through heart rate variability while you sleep.

Wrist-based Heart Rate

Instinct 3 tracks your heart rate, so you can stay in the know all day and night[4].

Stress Tracking

Find out if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day.

Morning Report

Receive an overview of your sleep, recovery, daily calendar, HRV status and more as soon as you wake up. You can even customise your report to show what you want to see on this fitness smartwatch.

Health Snapshot

Log a 2-minute session to record key health stats, then generate a report to share with your healthcare provider.

Pulse OX Sensor

Track your blood oxygen saturation while you’re awake or asleep[3].

Mindful Breathing

Start a breathwork activity to track your stress and respiration.

Respiration

See how you’re breathing throughout the day and night.

Hydration

Log your daily fluid intake as a reminder to stay hydrated.

Fitness Age

Estimate how fit you are compared to your actual age.

NAP Detection

Automatically track or log your naps to see how they benefit your body and the ideal time and duration they should be.

Women’s Health Tracking

Track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy to get exercise and nutrition education.

Breathing Variations

For a closer glimpse of your health, the breathing variations feature helps you understand shifts in your breathing patterns as you sleep[5]. These shifts could be related to environment, alcohol, or potential sleep disorders such as sleep apnea.

Lifestyle Logging

Log behaviours — such as caffeine and alcohol intake — and view reports on how they impact your health in the Garmin Connect app.

Activity Tracking

Built-in Sports Apps

Track activities, including cycling, open-water swimming, strength training and more.

Garmin Coach

Train for an event, achieve a milestone, or improve your fitness with garmin coach training plans for runners and cyclists.

Workout Creation

Create step-by-step workouts from more than 1,600 exercises in the Garmin Connect app, and send them directly to your watch.

Intensity Minutes

Track your moderate and vigorous activity minutes.

VO2 Max

See your current fitness level, and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress and more.

Altitude and Heat Acclimation

See how you’re holding up to the current elevation or heat based on your health metrics.

Hiit Workouts

Track your HIIT workouts, including AMRAP, EMOM, Tabata or custom workouts.

Daily Suggested Workouts

View your entire week of daily suggested workouts, which adapt after every run or ride.

Recovery Time

Know how long you should recover before your next high-effort workout based on your latest training.

Rucking Activity

A dedicated rucking activity profile allows you to enter pack weight.

Stay Connected

Garmin Connect

See your health and fitness information, connect with friends and more — in this free, zero-subscription app.

Garmin Messenger App

Communicate via two-way text messaging[6] on your wrist.

Garmin Pay Contactless Payments

Breeze through checkout lines or transit systems with participating providers.

Safety and Tracking Features

If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, your watch will send a message with your live location[7].

Connect IQ Store

Add watch faces, data fields and apps to your paired watch.

Livetrack Feature

Friends and family can follow your real-time location[7]and view preplanned courses.

ABC Sensors

Navigate your next trail with an altimeter, barometer and 3-axis electronic compass.

Garmin Share

Use this feature to easily share saved locations, courses and workouts with friends’ compatible Garmin devices.