The 1.2-inch diameter touch screen lets you swipe through settings and stats, such as steps and flights of stairs climbed. A crown on the outer edge gives you quick access to start recording a new activity and back out of menus.

The Vivoactive 3 Music comes in two color options: black with silver hardware (the buckle), and granite blue with rose gold.

All the data the watch collects syncs to the Garmin Connect mobile app (for Android and iOS), which in turn syncs to the web app of the same name.

When it comes to gathering and reporting advanced fitness metrics, Garmin has always been generous, and the Vivoactive 3 Music provides the outpour data that fitness enthusiasts have come to expect and love.

The watch offers Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and Ant+ connectivity; data storage for music and activity stats; heart rate monitoring; GPS; and whatever apps you load onto it from the Connect IQ store.

To get some of these readings, you need to use the watch for at least a week while recording rigorous activities, and it helps to have an accurate maximum heart rate in the settings, too.

Garmin also crunches data it collects from your daily health and workouts to estimate your fitness age, VO2 max, and heart rate variability.

To put music, podcasts, or other audio files onto the Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music, you have to install the Garmin Express app on macOS or Windows.

With the push of a button, you can record more than 15 different kinds of workouts, such as running, walking, stand-up paddle boarding, yoga, indoor cycling, and rowing.

In addition to tracking your heart rate day and night, the Vivoactive 3 Music monitors stress.