Garmin is known for the reliability and completeness of its GPS trackers, be it its bike computers or running watches. Even though there's a wide range of them, their design is relatively bold, making them hard to match with your daily outfits. With that in mind, the company just unveiled a new product specially designed for women, both in terms of its appearance and features.

Designed by women for women, the Lily comes with a small 34mm watch case, a thin 14mm wristband, and a unique liquid crystal monochromatic touchscreen display that disappears when not in use, revealing a sharp-looking patterned lens. As the Lily is a fashionable timepiece, it comes in two models, Classic and Sport, adding up to six different styles, which offer a variety of combinations.

  • Lily (Classic) ($249.99) comes with a leather band combined with a stainless steel bezel. This higher-end model comes in Dark Bronze, Cream Gold and Black, and Light Gold and White. Each model features different lens patterns, which kind of remind me of the ones on Louis Vuitton bags.
  • Lily (Sport) ($199.99) is designed with a silicone band and an aluminum bezel, making it more comfortable to wear when working out. It also comes in three colors, namely Cream Gold and White, Rose Gold and Light Sand, and Orchid. Each of them boasts a unique ornamented lens, which is nature and wellness-inspired — at least according to Garmin.

Being a smartwatch, the Lily comes with a bunch of intelligent features, including replicating your phone's notifications, showing your calendar appointments, and helping you share your location with friends and family. It can also display the weather, control your music, make your phone ring if you've lost it (provided it's still connected via Bluetooth), and reply to text messages.

Most importantly, it showcases a myriad of health and fitness functions, including 24/7 respiration, Pulse Ox1, stress, hydration, sleep, and heart rate monitoring, as well as customer reminders to work out, rest, and sleep. If you're getting a Garmin product, you're most likely going to use it when exercising, and the Lily will happily assist you in monitoring your workouts by tracking your steps and calories burned. Surprisingly, though, it doesn't come with a built-in GPS and will require a connection with your phone to accurately record your exercises. This is particularly disappointing, as it means you'll have to carry your phone with you when running if you want to properly track your speed and distance.

Since the timepiece is designed for women, it comes with specific health features such as menstrual cycle and pregnancy tracking, with the ability to log symptoms and other health and wellness data. I doubt this is the product's strongest selling point, given a variety of other ones offer similar features, but it's always appreciated to have these natively offered on what aims to be the most feminine smartwatch on the market.

Given the Lily features a monochromatic display that automatically turns itself off, it can last up to five days on a single charge, provided you don't turn on all the heart rate and breathing tracking features.

If you're looking for a stylish and capable timepiece, the Lily is probably the one for you. It has a stunning design, offers a significant number of smart features, and is reasonably priced. Sadly, it's not the most advanced one around, as it will need to be paired with your phone to work at its fullest, given its lack of GPS, NFC, and e-SIM support. With that in mind, you'll have to decide whether you prefer to go for a smartwatch with the most avant-garde design or tech.

SPECS

LENS MATERIAL

Corning Gorilla Glass 3

BEZEL MATERIAL

stainless steel or anodized aluminum

CASE MATERIAL

fiber-reinforced polymer

STRAP MATERIAL

leather or silicone

PHYSICAL SIZE

34.50 x 34.50 x 10.15 mm

COLOR DISPLAY

no (16 level grayscale)

DISPLAY SIZE

1.00” x 0.84” (25.4 mm x 21.3 mm)

DISPLAY RESOLUTION

240 x 201 pixels

DISPLAY TYPE

TFT LCD

WEIGHT

24.0 g

BATTERY LIFE

Up to 5 days (excluding Pulse Ox sleep tracking)

WATER RATING

5 ATM

MEMORY/HISTORY

7 timed activities; 14 days of activity tracking data

TIME/DATE

yes

AUTOMATIC DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

yes

ALARM CLOCK

yes

TIMER

yes

STOPWATCH

yes

WRIST-BASED HEART RATE (CONSTANT, EVERY SECOND)

yes

DAILY RESTING HEART RATE

yes

ABNORMAL HEART RATE ALERTS

yes (high and low)

RESPIRATION RATE (24X7)

yes

PULSE OX BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION

yes (spot-check and optionally in sleep)

FITNESS AGE

yes (in app)

BODY BATTERY ENERGY MONITOR

yes

ALL-DAY STRESS TRACKING

yes

RELAXATION REMINDERS

yes

RELAXATION BREATHING TIMER

yes

SLEEP

yes (Advanced)

HYDRATION

yes

WOMAN'S HEALTH TRACKING

yes

GARMIN ELEVATE WRIST HEART RATE MONITOR

yes

ACCELEROMETER

yes

AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR

yes

PULSE OX BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION MONITOR

yes

CONNECTIVITY

Bluetooth

SMART NOTIFICATIONS

yes

TEXT RESPONSE/REJECT PHONE CALL WITH TEXT

yes, Android only

CONNECTED GPS

yes

CALENDAR

yes

WEATHER

yes

CONTROLS SMARTPHONE MUSIC

yes

FIND MY PHONE

yes

FIND MY WATCH

yes

SMARTPHONE COMPATIBILITY

iPhone, Android

PAIRS WITH GARMIN CONNECT MOBILE

yes

LIVETRACK

yes

ASSISTANCE

yes

STEP COUNTER

yes

MOVE BAR (DISPLAYS ON DEVICE AFTER A PERIOD OF INACTIVITY)

yes

AUTO GOAL (LEARNS YOUR ACTIVITY LEVEL AND ASSIGNS A DAILY STEP GOAL)

yes

CALORIES BURNED

yes

DISTANCE TRAVELED

yes

INTENSITY MINUTES

yes

TRUEUP

yes

MOVE IQ

yes

AVAILABLE GYM ACTIVITY PROFILES

Strength, Cardio, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Yoga, Pilates and Breathwork

AUTOMATIC REP COUNTING

yes

HR ZONES

yes

HR ALERTS

yes

HR CALORIES

yes

% HR MAX

yes

RESPIRATION RATE (DURING EXERCISE)

yoga and breathwork only

GPS SPEED AND DISTANCE

yes (Connected GPS only)

CUSTOMIZABLE DATA PAGES

yes

CUSTOMIZABLE ACTIVITY PROFILES

yes

AUTO LAP

yes

VO2 MAX (RUN)

yes

PHYSIO TRUEUP

yes

AVAILABLE RUN PROFILES

Running, Treadmill

GPS-BASED DISTANCE, TIME AND PACE

yes (Connected GPS only)

CADENCE (PROVIDES REAL-TIME NUMBER OF STEPS PER MINUTE)

yes

AVAILABLE CYCLING PROFILES

Biking

AVAILABLE SWIM PROFILES

Pool Swimming (Basic)

Source: BusinessWire