Garmin Philippines launches the Instinct Esports Edition, a rugged GPS smartwatch uniquely designed for esports athletes and enthusiasts to take their gaming performance to the next level. Using Garmin’s proven health and fitness tracking technologies, the Instinct Esports Edition uses a dedicated esports activity function to track and analyze heart rate and stress during play, as well as offer long-term trend analysis.
The Garmin Instinct Esports Edition is available now for a suggested retail price of PHP 16,995 in all Garmin Brand Stores, official Garmin online stores: Lazada, Shopee, Zalora, Kinetic.com.ph and Garmin PH Viber Community.
Garmin Instinct Esports Edition Features
- STR3AMUP! PC streaming tool also provides Instinct users the ability to livestream biometric data to audiences for a new streaming experience.
- 80 hours of battery life in esports mode and up to 14 days in smartwatch mode
- Purpose-built to military standards (MIL-STD 810), yet its exceedingly lightweight design provides a distraction-free gaming experience.
- With a bold black and red colors, high-contrast display and rugged design.
- When paired with a compatible smartphone, it provides smart notifications such as email, texts, and alerts to a user’s wrist so they can stay connected both during and outside of game play.
Dedicated Esports Activity Profile
Prior to a match, users simply select the esports activity on Instinct. Once activated, Garmin’s proven wrist-based heart rate technology analyzes and displays a user’s heart rate and stress level in addition to the time of day and a game timer. Similar to other athletic competitions, actively monitoring stress and heart rate in real time can provide the opportunity to manage physical and mental resources for more effective and focused competition. Once a gaming session has ended, users can sync their activity to the free Garmin Connect app to view, store and analyze their data to see how their body reacts in different gaming situations.
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Body Metrics Tracking
The Instinct Esports Edition features a variety of valuable body metric analytics features, so users can analyze and fine-tune how their body reacts to competitive play. These include:
- Wrist-Based Heart Rate – Get heart rate data along with alerts if a user’s heart rate stays too high or too low while at rest, and gauge how hard their heart is working during specific gaming moments.
- Advanced Sleep Monitoring – Users get a full picture of how they are sleeping with a breakdown of light, deep and REM sleep stages. This allows users to interpret and make lifestyle modifications for more focused play.
- Stress Tracking – Using Garmin’s heart rate variability, the Instinct Esports Edition can calculate an individual’s stress level score, giving them the opportunity to optimize stress management to conserve mental and physical resources.
- Body Battery Energy Monitor – Uses heart rate, stress and sleep data to determine how much energy a user has – letting them know when to play and when to rest.
- 30+ sports apps and robust activity tracking – Users can train with preloaded activity profiles outside the gaming world. For athletes who want to monitor performance even further, an optional Heart Rate Monitor chest strap is available for purchase separately.
Partnership with Tier One Entertainment
Garmin Philippines has confirmed a partnership with Tier One Entertainment, the first esports talent agency in Southeast Asia, for an upcoming collaboration with a few esports personalities. They get to prove their grit and fight it out in a game of Valorant while donning the new Instinct Esports Edition watch, tracking and broadcasting their biometric data for their audiences. This collaboration will take place in the first quarter of the year. It will be streamed live on the Facebook pages of AMPLFY, the personalities, as well as Garmin Philippines.
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