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Last Updated on February 27, 2021 by Jude Simeone
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Garmin Lily is a fine fitness-focused feminine smartwatch that’s equipped to track your daily activities, helps you manage notifications with a battery life that lets you go up to 5 days from a single charge. It lacks inbuilt GPS, but can connect to your phone GPS which will allow you to track outdoor activities such as routes, pace, location, and other metrics. It also lacks music storage, NFC payments and can’t count floors climbed.
The case is made of a fiber-reinforced polymer material paired with a thin stainless steel bezel. The straps which are interchangeable come in leather and silicone. It has a tiny 1-inch colorless display which is powered by TFT LCD. Meanwhile, it lacks a physical button but has touchscreen support.
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The Lily smartwatch is equipped to track your sleep, heart rate, calories, steps, and more. It also features menstrual cycle tracking, incidental fall detection, blood oxygen measurement, and features preset workout modes. It lacks inbuilt GPS but can connect to your phone GPS to track outdoor activities.
Other features of Lily include, it allows you to manage notifications you receive on your phone. You can’t reply to messages with this smartwatch.
The battery life according to Garmin can last up to 5 days from a single charge.
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Garmin Lily Full Specifications
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ABOUT DEVICE |
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| Device name | Garmin Lily | ||||||||||||
| Device type | Sport/Fitness smartwatch | ||||||||||||
| Predessesor | __ | ||||||||||||
| Successor | -- | ||||||||||||
| Released date | February, 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Ideal for | Women | ||||||||||||
DISPLAY |
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| Display type | TFT LCD | ||||||||||||
| Display size | 1 inch | ||||||||||||
| Display resolution | 240 x 201 pixels | ||||||||||||
| Pixel density | -- | ||||||||||||
| Input type | Touchscreen | ||||||||||||
| Always-on | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Customizable watch face | Yes | ||||||||||||
BODY |
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| Shape | Circular | ||||||||||||
| Dimension | 34.50 x 34.50 x 10.15 mm |
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| Weight | 24 grams | ||||||||||||
| Casing material | Fiber-reinforced polymer | ||||||||||||
| Strap/band material | Leather (classic) Silicone (sport) |
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| Bezel Material | Aluminum (sport) Stainless steel (classic) |
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| Strap size | 18mm | ||||||||||||
| Interchangeable band | Yes, 18mm | ||||||||||||
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla glass 3 | ||||||||||||
| Water resistant/Protection | Yes, 5ATM | ||||||||||||
| Swim-proof | Yes, recommended | ||||||||||||
| Color(s) | (classic model) Dark-bronze Light-gold/black Light-gold/white (sport model) Dark-purple Light-gold/white Rose-gold/light-tan |
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MEMORY |
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| RAM | -- | ||||||||||||
| Internal storage | __ | ||||||||||||
| Memory card slot | No | ||||||||||||
CONNECTIVITY |
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| Bluetooth | Bluetooth | ||||||||||||
| Bluetooth calling | No | ||||||||||||
| Wi-Fi | No | ||||||||||||
| NFC | No | ||||||||||||
| GPS | No (connected GPS) | ||||||||||||
CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY |
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| Technology | No | ||||||||||||
| SIM | No | ||||||||||||
| Band | No | ||||||||||||
NOTIFICATIONS |
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| Email alert | Yes | ||||||||||||
| SMS alert | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Calls alert | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Event reminder | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Weather | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Third-party apps | Yes | ||||||||||||
FITNESS TRACKING |
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| Sleep apnea | No | ||||||||||||
| Sleep tracking | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Steps | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Floors climbed | No | ||||||||||||
| Heart rate monitoring | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Calories | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Distance | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Stress | Yes | ||||||||||||
| VO2 Max. | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Blood oxygen | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Blood pressure | No | ||||||||||||
| Menstrual cycle tracking | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Swim tracking | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Under-water heart rate tracking | No | ||||||||||||
| Preloaded maps | No | ||||||||||||
| On-screen workout modes | No | ||||||||||||
| Triathlon mode | __ | ||||||||||||
| ECG Tracking | No | ||||||||||||
| Preloaded sport modes | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Safety tracking | Yes | ||||||||||||
MEDIA |
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| Audio | No | ||||||||||||
| Music streaming | No | ||||||||||||
| Bluetooth music | No | ||||||||||||
| Radio | No | ||||||||||||
| Loudspeaker | No | ||||||||||||
| Microphone | No | ||||||||||||
| Camera | No | ||||||||||||
SENSORS |
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| Accelerometer | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Barometer/Altimeter | No | ||||||||||||
| Heart rate monitor (HRM) | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Compass | No | ||||||||||||
| Gyroscope | No | ||||||||||||
| Ambient light | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Pulse Oximeter | Yes | ||||||||||||
| ECG | No | ||||||||||||
| Thermometer | No | ||||||||||||
| Other sensors | -- | ||||||||||||
PLATFORM |
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| Operating system (OS) | Proprietary OS | ||||||||||||
| Chipset | -- | ||||||||||||
| CPU | -- | ||||||||||||
| GPU | -- | ||||||||||||
BATTERY |
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| Type of battery | Non-removable Li-ion battery | ||||||||||||
| Battery capacity | -- | ||||||||||||
| Battery life | Smartwatch mode: 5 days | ||||||||||||
| Charging type | USB charging cable | ||||||||||||
| Charging time | About 1-2 hours | ||||||||||||
| Battery saver mode | __ | ||||||||||||
| Solar power | No | ||||||||||||
| Rapid charging | No | ||||||||||||
CLOCK FEATURES |
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| Time/Date | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Stopwatch | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Alarm | Yes | ||||||||||||
OTHER FUNCTIONS |
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| Control camera | No | ||||||||||||
| Music control | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Find phone | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Text response | Yes | ||||||||||||
MISC |
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| Payment system | None | ||||||||||||
| Compatibility | Android 6.0+ and iOS 12.0+ Check if your device is compatible |
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| Companion app | Garmin connect IQ store | ||||||||||||
| Voice command | No | ||||||||||||
BOX CONTENTS |
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Garmin Lily Features
ACTIVITY TRACKING FEATURES | Garmin Lily |
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SMART FEATURES |
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| Connect IQ (Downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets, and apps) | No |
| Text response/reject phone calls with text (Android only) | Yes |
| Calendar | Yes |
| Weather | Yes |
| Battery saver - customizable low power watch | No |
| Controls smartphone music | Yes |
| Find my phone | Yes |
| Find my watch | Yes |
| Virb remote | Yes |
HEALTH MONITORING FEATURES |
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| Heart Rate tracking | Yes |
| Daily resting heart rate | Yes |
| Abnormal heart rate alert | Yes |
| Respiration Rate (24/7) | Yes |
| Fitness Age | |
| Blood oxygen (SpO2) monitoring | Yes |
| VO2 Max. | Yes (in app) |
| Battery energy monitor | Yes |
| Stress tracking | Yes |
| Relaxation reminders | Yes |
| Relaxation breathing timer | Yes |
| Sleep monitoring | Yes |
| Advanced sleep tracking/Sleep Score | Yes |
| Menstrual cycle tracking | Yes |
| Hydration tracking | Yes |
SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES |
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| Livetrack | Yes |
| Group Livetrack | No |
| Live event sharing | No |
| Incident detection during select activities | No |
| Assistance | Yes |
| Spectator Messaging (New) | |
| Assistance Plus (New) | |
TACTICAL FEATURES |
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| Stealth mode | No |
| Night vision mode | No |
| Dual Grid Coordinates | No |
| Kill switch | No |
ACTIVITY TRACKING FEATURES |
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| Steps Counter | Yes |
| Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) | Yes |
| Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) | Yes |
| Sleep monitoring (monitors total sleep and periods of movement or restful sleep) | Yes |
| Calories burned | Yes |
| Floors climbed | No |
| Distance travelled | Yes |
| Intensity minutes | Yes |
| Trueup | Yes |
| Move IQ | Yes |
GYM & FITNESS EQUIPMENT |
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| Available gym activity profiles | Strength, cardio, elliptical training, stair stepping, yoga, pilates and breathwork |
| Cardio workouts | No |
| Strength workouts | No |
| Yoga workouts | No |
| Pilates workouts | No |
| On-screen workout animations | No |
| Automatic rep counting | Yes |
TRAINING, PLANNING & ANALYSIS FEATURES |
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| GPS speed and distance | Yes |
| Customizable data pages | Yes |
| Customizable activity profiles | Yes |
| Auto Pause | No |
| Interval training | No |
| Improved Interval (includes open repeats, intervals data page, rest screen and auto detection) | |
| Advanced workouts | No |
| Downloadable training plans | No |
| Power modes - customizable in-activity battery settings | No |
| Auto lap | Yes |
| Manual lap | No |
| Configurable lap alerts | No |
| Heat and altitude acclimation | No |
| VO2 Max. (Run) | Yes |
| VO2 Max. (Trail run) | No |
| Training status (lets you see if you're training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend.) | No |
| Training load (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated epoc) | No |
| Training load focus | No |
| Training effect (aerobic) | No |
| Training effect (anaerobic) | No |
| Primary Benefit (training effect labels) | No |
| Improved Recovery Time (New) | |
| Daily Suggested Workouts | |
| Custom alerts | No |
| Audio prompts | No |
| Finish time | No |
| Virtual partner | No |
| Race an activity | No |
| Auto multisport activities | No |
| Manual multisport activities | No |
| Course guidance | No |
| Garmin Live Segments | No |
| Strava Live Segments | No |
| Round-Trip course creator (running/cycling) | No |
| Trendline Popularity Routing | No |
| Touch and/or button lock | No |
| Hot keys | No |
| Auto scroll | No |
| Activity history on watch | No |
| Physio Trueup | Yes |
HEART RATE TRACKING FEATURES |
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| HR zones | Yes |
| HR alerts | Yes |
| HR calories | Yes |
| % HR max. | Yes |
| % HRR | No |
| Recovery time | No |
| Auto max HR | No |
| HRV stress test (measures your heart rate variability while standing still, for 3 minutes, to provide you with an estimated stress level; the scale of this is 1 to 100; low scores indicate lower stress levels) | No |
| HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+ to paired devices) | No |
| Respiration rate (during exercise) | Yes |
| Respiration rate (24/7) | No |
RUNNING FEATURES |
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| Available run profiles | Running and treadmill |
| GPS-based distance, time and pace | Yes |
| Running dynamics | No |
| Vertical oscillation and ratio (the degree of 'bounce' in your running motion and the cost-benefit ratio with stride length) | No |
| Ground contact time and balance (shows how much time, in the running motion, your foot is on the ground rather than in flight and lets you check your running symmetry) | No |
| Stride length (real time) | No |
| Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) | Yes |
| Performance condition (after running 20 minutes, compares your real-time condition to your average fitness level) | No |
| Lactate threshold (through analysis of your pace and heart rate, estimates the point where your muscles start to rapidly fatigue) | No |
| PacePro pacing strategies | No |
| Run workouts | No |
| Race predictor | No |
| Foot Pod Capable | No |
GOLF FEATURES |
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| Preloaded with 41,000 courses worldwide | No |
| Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green) | No |
| Yardage to layups/doglegs | No |
| Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) | No |
| Digital Scorecard | No |
| Custom targets | No |
| Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) | No |
| Garmin Autoshot | No |
| Full vector map | No |
| Auto Courseview updates | No |
| Green view with manual pin position | No |
| Hazards and course targets | No |
| Pinpointer | No |
| Playslike distance | No |
| Touch-targeting (touch target on display to see the distance to any point) (New) | |
| Handicap scoring | No |
| Truswing compatible | No |
| Round timer/odometer | No |
| Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory) | No |
OUTDOOR RECREATION |
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| Available outdoor recreation profiles | No |
| Point-to-Point navigation | No |
| Bread crumb trail in real time | No |
| Back to start | No |
| TracbacK | No |
| Ultratrac Mode | No |
| Around me mode | No |
| Elevation profile | No |
| Distance to destination | No |
| Barometric trend indicator with storm alert | No |
| ClimbPro ascent planner | No |
| Trail run auto climb | No |
| Vertical speed | No |
| Total ascent/descent | No |
| Future elevation plot | No |
| Preloaded Topographical maps | No |
| Preloaded road and trail maps (New) | |
| Preloaded Ski resort maps | No |
| Downloadable cartography support | No |
| Compatible with Basecamp | No |
| GPS coordinates | No |
| Sight 'N GO | No |
| Area calculation | No |
| Hunt/fish calendar | No |
| Projected waypoint | No |
| Sun and moon information | No |
| Xero locations | No |
| Expedition GPS activity | No |
| Tides | No |
CYCLING FEATURES |
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| Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) | No |
| Courses | No |
| MTB Grit & Flow | No |
| Cycle map (routable cycling-specific street map) | No |
| Available cycling profiles | Biking |
| Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) | No |
| Race an activity | No |
| FTP (Functional Threshold Power) | No |
| Compatible with Vector (Power Meter) | No |
| Power Meter compatible | No |
| Compatible with Varia Vision (head-mounted display) | No |
| Compatible with Varia Radar (Rear-Facing Radar) | No |
| Compatible with Varia Lights | No |
| Speed and cadence sensor support (with sensor) | No |
SWIMMING FEATURES |
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| Available swim profiles | Pool swimming (basic) |
| Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | No |
| Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | No |
| Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only) | No |
| Drill logging (pool swim only) | No |
| Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) | No |
| "Repeat on" rest timer (pool swim only) (New) | |
| Auto rest (pool swim only) (New) | |
| Time and distance alerts | No |
| Pacing alerts (pool swim only) (New) | |
| Countdown start (pool swim only) | No |
| Pool swim workouts | No |
| Critical swim speed (New) | |
| Underwater wrist-based heart rate | No |
| Heart rate from external HRM (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) | No |
Pros
- 5 days Long battery life.
- Lots of fitness tracking features.
- Compact, lightweight and sturdy design.
Cons
- Lacks microphone and loudspeaker.
- Lacks inbuilt GPS.
- Lacks NFC payments.
- Can’t count floors.
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I returned mine. I loved the size & styling + the health tracking. Not the display, however. It was difficult to wake up, didn’t respond well, and was much more difficult to read than my 2012 Samsung Gear 2. 🤷♀️
That’s awful, the display is actually very small.