Last Updated on September 7, 2020 by Jude Simeone
The Garmin Vivomove Series consists of four hybrid smartwatches that are designed to track your active life and keep you connected to important updates. The Vivomove Series consists of Vivomove Luxe, Vivomove Style, Vivomove 3S, and Vivomove 3. Each of these models comes in a stylish and elegant design, built with durable materials, and has a very impressive long battery life. The Luxe model is a higher-end smartwatch built with 24K Carat gold stainless steel material, while the other models have cases made of fiber-polymer and stainless steel bezel.
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Garmin Vivomove 3/3S/Luxe Full Specifications
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ABOUT DEVICE |
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| Device name | Garmin Vivomove 3 | Garmin Vivomove 3s | Garmin Vivomove Luxe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Device type | Fitness/Hybrid smartwatch | Fitness/Hybrid smartwatch | Fitness/Hybrid smartwatch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predessesor | Garmin Vivomove HR | Garmin Vivomove HR | Garmin Vivomove HR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | __ | __ | __ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released date | September, 2019 | September, 2019 | September, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ideal for | Unisex | Unisex | Unisex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DISPLAY |
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| Display type | Monochrome OLED | Monochrome OLED | AMOLED | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Display size | 1.3 inches (full display) | 1.1 inches (full display) | 1.2 inches (full display) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Display resolution | 64 x 132 pixels | 64 x 132 pixels | 240 x 240 pixels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pixel density | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Input type | Touchscreen | Touchscreen | Touchscreen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Always-on | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BODY |
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| Shape | Circular | Circular | Circular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimension | 44 x 44 x 11.3 mm | 39 x 39 x 10.9 mm | 42 x 42 x 11.9 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 46.1 grams | 38.6 grams | 44.5grams (excluding straps) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Casing material | Fiber-reinforced polymer | Fiber-reinforced polymer | 24K Gold 18K Gold/titanium/PVD coating Stainless steel |
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| Strap/band material | Silicone | Silicone | Leather Stainless steel |
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| Bezel Material | Stainless steel | Stainless steel | Stainless steel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strap size | 20mm | 18mm | 20mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Screen protection | Chemically strengthened glass | Chemically strengthened glass | Domed Sapphire Crystal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Water resistant/Protection | Yes, 5ATM | Yes, 5ATM | Yes, 5ATM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Swim-proof | Yes, recommended | Yes, recommended | Yes, recommended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Color(s) | Black Gray | Rose-gold/dust-gold Rose-gold/light-sand Silver/granite blue Rose-gold/navy | Gold/white Silver/silver milanese Silver/navy Rose-gold/light sand Gold/black Rose-gold/rose-gold |
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MEMORY |
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| RAM | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Internal storage | __ | __ | __ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory card slot | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CONNECTIVITY |
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| Bluetooth | Yes, and ANT+ | Yes, and ANT+ | Yes, and ANT+ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bluetooth calling | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wi-Fi | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NFC | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GPS | Connected GPS | Connected GPS | Connected GPS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY |
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| Technology | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SIM | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Band | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NOTIFICATIONS |
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| Email alert | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMS alert | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Calls alert | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event reminder | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weather | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Third-party apps | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FITNESS TRACKING |
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| Sleep apnea | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sleep tracking | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steps | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Floors climbed | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Heart rate monitoring | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Calories | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stress | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VO2 Max. | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blood oxygen | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blood pressure | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Menstrual cycle tracking | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Swim tracking | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Under-water heart rate tracking | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preloaded maps | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| On-screen workout modes | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Triathlon mode | __ | __ | __ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ECG Tracking | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preloaded sport modes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Safety tracking | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MEDIA |
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| Audio | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Music streaming | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bluetooth music | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loudspeaker | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Microphone | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Camera | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SENSORS |
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| Accelerometer | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Barometer/Altimeter | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Heart rate monitor (HRM) | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Compass | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gyroscope | __ | __ | __ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ambient light | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pulse Oximeter | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ECG | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thermometer | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other sensors | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PLATFORM |
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| Operating system (OS) | Proprietary OS | Proprietary OS | Proprietary OS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chipset | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CPU | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GPU | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BATTERY |
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| Type of battery | __ | __ | __ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Battery capacity | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Battery life | Smartwatch Mode: 5 Days Watch Mode: 12 days | Smartwatch Mode: 5 Days Watch Mode: 12 days | Smartwatch Mode: 5 Days Watch Mode: 12 days |
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| Charging type | Charging dock | Charging dock | Charging dock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charging time | About 1-2 hours | About 1-2 hours | About 1-2 hours | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Battery saver mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Solar power | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rapid charging | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CLOCK FEATURES |
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| Time/Date | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stopwatch | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alarm | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OTHER FUNCTIONS |
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| Control camera | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Music control | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Find phone | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Text response | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MISC |
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| Payment system | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Compatibility | Android and iOS Check if your device is compatible | Android and iOS Check if your device is compatible | Android and iOS Check if your device is compatible |
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| Companion app | Garmin connect IQ store | Garmin connect IQ store | Garmin connect IQ store | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Customizable watch face | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interchangeable band | Yes, 20mm | Yes, 18mm | Yes, 20mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Voice command | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BOX CONTENTS |
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| Garmin Vivomove 3 | Garmin Vivomove 3S | Garmin Vivomove Luxe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Straps | Straps | Straps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charging cable | Charging cable | Charging cable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quick start guide | Quick start guide | Quick start guide | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Official Site | Official Site | Official Site | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Garmin Vivomove 3/3S/Luxe Features
- Stylish and Elegant Design
- Comprehensive Fitness Tracker
- Notifications
- Battery Life
The Vivomove Series are basically the same smartwatches except for the differences in the materials used to make these smartwatches. Vivomove Luxe is the most sophisticated and comes in two options; Vivomove Luxe and Style. The difference between the two is that Vivomove Style has case made of aluminum with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 covering the display, while Vivomove Luxe has a case made of 24K gold or 18K rose gold over titanium-based PVD coating with domed Sapphire Crystal covering the screen.
On the other hand, Vivomove 3S and 3 have cases made of fiber-reinforced polymer, stainless steel bezel with chemically strengthened glass covering the screen.
As for the straps, Vivomove Luxe comes with Italian leather or Milanese stainless steel mesh, while Vivomove Style comes with silicone or woven nylon straps. Vivomove 3S/3 comes with silicone straps.
Each model of the Vivomove Series has a small digital display that shows fitness stats and notifications. However, the display types differ. Vivomove Luxe and Style have AMOLED display which is richer in color compared to the monochrome OLED display of Vivomove 3/3S.
As per navigation, each of these smartwatches has a screen that’s touch-sensitive. Each of the models is also lightweight and can comfortably be worn all day.
Despite being hybrid smartwatches, all models of the Vivomove series will track your daily activities comprehensively. Each of these will track your heart rate continuously, sleep, stress, calories, blood oxygen, fitness level, menstrual cycle, hydration as well as preloaded sport modes for you to choose from. These smartwatches can also connect to your phone GPS to enable you to track your outdoor activities which you can view from the Garmin Connect app.
Furthermore, every model of the Vivomove Series is designed to help you stay connected to all that matters to you. In other words, you get alerts when you receive notifications from both native and third-party apps on your phone. You can also reject or respond to calls with texts but this only works with Android phones.
The Vivomove Luxe and Style feature Garmin Pay which allows you to make payment directly from these two, but not available on Vivomove 3/3S.
Each of these hybrid smartwatches also has a very long battery life that allows you to go long from a single charge. With any of these, you can expect to get up to 5 days long battery life with smartwatch mode and up to 15 days with watch mode.
Garmin Vivomove 3/3S/Luxe – Features List
| Activity Tracking Features | Garmin Vivomove Luxe/3/3s |
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| Smart Features | |
| 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 | |
| Heart Rate tracking | Yes |
| Daily resting heart rate | Yes |
| Abnormal heart rate alert | Yes |
| Blood oxygen 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 | Yes |
| Menstrual cycle tracking | Yes |
| Hydration tracking | Yes |
| Safety and Tracking Features | |
| Livetrack | No |
| Group Livetrack | No |
| Live event sharing | No |
| Incident detection during select activities | No |
| Assistance | No |
| Tactical Features | |
| Stealth mode | No |
| Night vision mode | No |
| Dual Grid Coordinates | No |
| Kill switch | No |
| Activity Tracking Features | |
| 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 | Yes |
| Distance travelled | Yes |
| Intensity minutes | Yes |
| Trueup | Yes |
| Move IQ | Yes |
| Gym & Fitness Equipment | |
| Available gym activity profiles | Strength training, cardio training, elliptical training, stair stepping, yoga |
| Cardio workouts | No |
| Strength workouts | No |
| Yoga workouts | No |
| Pilates workouts | No |
| On-screen workout animations | No |
| Automatic rep counting | Yes |
| Training, Planning and Analysis Features | |
| GPS speed and distance | No |
| Customizable data pages | Yes |
| Customizable activity profiles | Yes |
| Auto Pause | No |
| Interval training | Yes |
| 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 |
| Custom alerts | Yes |
| 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 | No |
| Heart Rate Features | |
| 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) | Yes |
| Respiration rate (during exercise) | Yes (yoga only) |
| Respiration rate (all-day and in sleep) | No |
| Running Features | |
| Available run profiles | Running |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Handicap scoring | No |
| Truswing compatible | No |
| Round timer/odometer | No |
| Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory) | No |
| Outdoor Recreation | |
| 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 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 | |
| Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) | Yes |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Countdown start (pool swim only) | No |
| Pool swim workouts | No |
| Time and distance alerts | No |
| Underwater wrist-based heart rate | Yes |
| Heart rate from external HRM (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) | No |
Pros
- Stylish and elegant design.
- Comprehsnive fitness trackers.
- Long battery life.
Cons
- Flawed connection with iPhone
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