Garmin announced the Fenix 9 and Fenix 9 Pro on Tuesday, at the event it had spent the previous day streaming without naming the product. Both watches come in 43mm, 47mm and 51mm sizes, each with a round AMOLED display under a sapphire lens, and that display is now the default across the Fenix line rather than the optional upgrade it was on the Fenix 8. It is twice as bright as the previous model, by Gizmodo's account of the launch. The base watch is dive-rated to 10 ATM, carries 64GB of storage for offline maps and local media, and runs up to 10 days on a charge in the smallest size. The Pro moves to an all-titanium body, offers a solar display as an option, and can be ordered with inReach satellite connectivity for messaging and weather off-grid.
Garmin Epic is the feature carrying the new name, and it is free. It bundles separate workouts into a single record covering one trip or one training block, up to 92 days of activity, with photos and text entries sitting alongside the stats. Stamina tracking now shows how a wearer's endurance changes across their training history rather than only during a session, and indoor rowing and rucking both get better measurement. The Fenix 9 starts at $1,000 and the Fenix 9 Pro at $1,100. Orders open on August 28, and the price climbs with size and with the solar and satellite options on the Pro.