Vivoactive 3 Music Apps Spotify

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How to Setup and Use Spotify - Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music Tutorial. Using the Connect IQ app on your phone, download and install the Spotify app on your Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music. Connect your Garmin Connect IQ account to your Spotify account by granting access to Garmin. Find the Spotify. It looks a lot like the Vivoactive 3 and Vivoactive 3 Music, but with two buttons on the right side instead of one. The secondary button (the one on the bottom) lets you easily mark a new lap, set.

The new watch announcements continue with Garmin’s latest smartwatch iteration with the vivoactive 3 music. This new version of the vivoactive 3 comes with one significant change and it’s, you guessed it, the ability to add your own music to the local storage on the watch (there was a clue in the name somewhere). The Australian version of the device will have an RRP of $499 (same as the vivoactive rose gold and gunmetal versions) and expected arrival date of 20/06/18.

*Update 22/02/19 Garmin vivoactive 3 Music watches now support Spotify*

Garmin vivoactive 3 Music - AUD $499, Expected 20th of June – Box Contents:

  • vivoactive 3 Music, Charging/Data cable, Documentation

Apart from the music change, there are a couple smaller additions and tweaks that have been made to the watch. This is the only Garmin watch without a full bezel, the whole face is glass. From everything we have seen so far, this looks very sleek and makes the watch a little lighter. The edges also seem to be slightly curved (think Samsung Galaxy edge panels) which also adds to the look.

Another change from the original vivoactive is the Bluetooth chip. The original version has Bluetooth LPE (Low power energy) which is specially designed for low power consumption and can only transfer small amounts of data. The vivoactive 3 music will likely have the same Bluetooth chip as the forerunner 645 music which allows for larger and constant data streaming which allows for Bluetooth headsets to connect to the watch. This is also the reason why Bluetooth headset support won’t be added to the original vivoactive 3. There is also the lack of internal memory the vivoactive 3 music has 3.5GB while the original vivoactive had negligible internal storage.

Finally, you have a couple of changes in functionality from the original vivoactive 3, the watch cannot be flipped 180 degrees (to make the button on the left or right) there is no side swipe strip on the side of the watch. Personally, I've found the swipe pad almost to be of very little actual use, and the loss of it would go pretty much unnoticed.

Garmin vivoactive 3 Silver Bezel and Black Band (Non-music)

Garmin vivoactive 3 spotify offline

We have a full breakdown of the original vivoactive 3 functionality on the blog here, but I’ll do another quick summary of the main features here.

Garmin Pay (Works as of today with Commonwealth Bank, NAB, ANZ, Westpac, Bendigo and Latitude Financial Services – Garmin’s list is available here)

Structured workouts and Preloaded and Custom workouts with Rep counting (These are great, and rep counting has seen some improvements since it first launched. Still a no-go on leg exercises though.

Music (Up to 500 songs)

Preloaded Sports Profiles (Run, Treadmill, Strength, Bike, Swim, Yoga, Row, Ski and more)

VO2 Max, Fitness age estimates, stress tracking

Activity tracking, sleep tracking, move tracking

Battery life: up to 7 days in smartwatch mode and up to 5 hours in GPS with music mode

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Touchscreen display

Connects to ANT+ and Bluetooth sensors

Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music Instructions

Golf Feature support (Yardage to F/M/B, Yardage to layups/doglegs, digital scorecard, shot tracking, green view with manual pin position, hazards and course targets)

The process for adding music is relatively simple and having used the Forerunner 645 music it’s the exact same process to add the music. The only difference between how music functions on the vivoactive 3 music and the forerunner 645 music is the app navigation. Instead of buttons, it’s touchscreen functionality which for all intents and purposes though they are the same.

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The vivoactive 3 music comes with onboard 3.5gb internal storage, which should allow for up to 500 songs on the device. The vivoactive 3 music supports the following music file types:

  • MP3, M4A, AAC, ADTS, WAV, M3U, M3U8, WLP, ZPL, PLS

To actually get the files from your PC onto the watch you will need to plug the watch into your computer and open up Garmin express. From there you need to specify where your music is. If you have iTunes, it will automatically detect all your playlists and owned music. Keep in mind that you need to ‘own’ the music any music from streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music have DRM protection which means that won’t run unless you use their app/program directly *this is subject to the rules and regulations of your country.

At the moment the vivoactive 3 music works with subscription services like iHeartRadio (or Deezer soon if you’re in Europe). There is always potential for future services to be added as well like Pandora and Spotify.

The vivoactive 3 music is finally the complete package. The biggest criticism the vivoactive 3 received was the missing onboard music. Most runners and gym-goers want the freedom to leave their phone behind. With onboard music and Garmin Pay, the vivoactive 3 music has solved this issue and gives the watch far more potential to be your use-everywhere device. It works perfectly at home, in the gym and on-the-go. This watch is perfect if you’re only into casual exercise looking to use the walking and running metrics all the way up to hardcore athletes who might be more interested in training plans and workouts.

Garmin has rolled out its Spotify app its vivoactive 3 Music smartwatch, bringing the music service directly to the wrist. The new app was announced back in October 2018, as a way for owners of select Garmin wearables to leave their phone at home, but still be able to take their music with them. Now, it’s available to install for Garmin’s most affordable music-compatible model.

It relies on offline storage for Spotify music. Once you’ve set up a playlist of tracks you want to work out to – or just commute with – in the Spotify mobile app, you can then synchronize that with the local storage in compatible Garmin smartwatches. Tracks are transferred over WiFi for speed.

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After that, you can pair your Bluetooth headphones with the Garmin smartwatch, and play music directly. Unsurprisingly the Spotify interface for the wearables is a little less comprehensive in its features than Spotify on your phone. Still, for what you’d need while you’re running or in the gym, that simplicity is probably a bonus.

Garmin launched the app in October, though at the time it was only compatible with its more expensive models. That includes the D2 Delta, D2 Delta PX, and D2 Delta S, along with the Forerunner 645 Music. The Fenix 5 Plus, Fenix 5S Plus, and Fenix 5X Plus are also compatible.

Vivoactive 3 Music Apps Spotify Music Converter

Now, though, it has been updated to work with the Garmin vivoactive 3 Music. That was released in June last year, an update to the original vivoactive 3 GPS smartwatch. The upgrade added in enough storage to save around 500 songs to the wearable itself. However, while you could side-load tracks, the only music services Garmin supported officially at launch was iHeartRadio, with Deezer following on.

Spotify compatibility makes the $299.99 price tag of the vivoactive 3 Music seem a lot more palatable. The fact that you can find it only for under $260 at the moment doesn’t hurt, either.

In addition to manually building a playlist, you’ll also be able to use Spotify’s algorithmically generated playlists. That includes music for workouts, along with the latest releases and Discover Weekly. Podcasts are supported, too, and the watch can show album art as well. If you have the more recently-released vivoactive 3 Music LTE, which has an integrated Verizon 4G LTE modem, that too can be used with Spotify, though not for streaming over LTE.

You won’t just need a compatible Garmin smartwatch in order to use the feature, mind. You’ll also need to be a Spotify Premium subscriber: those with free accounts won’t be able to do offline sync.