Garmin watch solved the NFC Payment and Notification issues. Highly recommend!

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I’d just like to give a shoutout to Garmin for filling in some of the holes currently in the Kompakt. Those being:

  • Lack of safe NFC payment
  • Lack of notifications for third party apps

I now receive full notifications for every app, with the ability to even respond to signal messages. For NFC, Garmin uses a different technology than the other large smartwatch brands, making it safe to use with the Kompakt.

“Garmin Pay utilizes a secure tokenization system, where a unique digital card number is generated and stored on your Garmin watch, rather than your phone or the merchant’s system”

I know there are other smart watch options, but I’m assuming anything running a google OS won’t work. Is anyone else using a smart watch with their phones? It does drain the battery faster, I probably get 2 days (3 max) out before I need to charge (I’m also limiting charging to 80%).

Other Garmin Perks

  • 7-13 days of battery life
  • Web portal so you can view all your stats on a computer (perfect to avoid using battery of Kompakt, plus eink screen makes reading stats more difficult)
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I only charge up to 80%. I only check Whatsapp a few times a day, nothing else and I have to load again after 1,5 days.

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I feel that, given the charge curve, the top 20% of battery is quite a bit. I’m now rethinking longer battery life vs longer charging intervals, given that I aim to get a spare battery or two before end of sale whenever that happens.

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This is great to learn. I currently use an AppleWatch I was aware I will lose tap and pay. But I was ok with losing that functionality to have a simpler phone experience. At least with the Garmin watch working there could be an alternative out there. I plan to see if my AppleWatch being cellular could still work. If it doesn’t that is fine.

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Awesome to hear that Garmin Connect works, I’ve been thinking about grabbing a Venu 4 when it comes out later this year

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Nice! I got the Venu 3S, but funny enough have until October 5th to return it, which I very well might do if they announce the 4 before that. Great watches!

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could you please say how this watch will work with the kompakt? Do I need to side load an additional app for this to work? As I am on the watch for a watch (I don´t like watches, but I may need one) I am very curious about the experience.

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Get the Garmin 165 Music instead. Lasts 5-7 days on a single charge

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Yes you’ll need to sideload at least Garmin Connect, which manages all your health and exercise info. One thing I LOVE about Garmin is that they have a web portal with all of your health info as well. So while Garmin Connect is necessary to have on the Kompakt, I almost always review my exercise and health data on the website on my laptop. It’s really a nice ecosystem.

There’s another app called Garmin IQ, which you’ll need if you want to download third party watch faces or 3rd party apps (like spotify).

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if read something about an abo. on their site. I guess it is not necessary?

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