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This year, weve had two big releases fromGarminso far: theGarmin Instinct 3and theGarmin Fenix 8.

As Garmin moves to streamline its watches, its gotten rid of the Epix line.

Garmin Forerunner 265

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Its Venu and Vivoactive watches also bear AMOLED screens with no MIP options.

Now weve all got them.

But with all these features, coupled with sleek black-screen looks, comes a short battery life.

Garmin promotional shots of the Instinct 3 and Fenix 8

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Garmin watches are everything proper smartwatches arent.

They are big, chunky things with raised bezels like G-Shocks.

Garmin promotional shots of the Instinct 3 and Fenix 8

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Garmin Forerunner 955