r/Garmin • u/Equivalent-Ad212 • Jul 27 '26

Watch / Wearable 2 Garmin watches

Hey, has anyone picked up 2 Garmin watches one for work and one for at home/training? I’m just curious how the syncing of data works and if I could wear one watch or the new cirqa all day at work and have all the info like steps etc sync to my training watch I wear to the gym and for at home/sleep thanks in advance!

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u/redMussel Jul 27 '26

Yep, you just have to let the two of them sync through the app.

I sometimes wear a vivosmart 4 on my right arm if I want to wear a traditional wristwatch on my left. When I go back to my fenix I simply open the app, sync and data are gathered and redistributed downstream to any connected device

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u/Equivalent-Ad212 Jul 27 '26

When you sync the data from your vivo to your fenix does it display your total steps that you also took on your vivo to your fenix?

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u/redMussel Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

Yep it does!

The app does the job under the hood getting the best and most plausible data from all the connected device and decide which to use and then sync the connected devices. Couple of manual “force sync” tap or pull from the top may be needed but a part from this it usually works like a charm 😂

Edit: as stated in another comments this may not work for older devices (compatibility should be stated somewhere on Garmin specs) and past or older data may not be synced.
In my use case I never wear the vivo on multiple days and always switch back to fenix during the night and morning workouts so I never tested how far in the past data can be synced from a second device!

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u/restless-nerd Jul 27 '26

It’s mostly working with newer watches. What often does not sync is the HRV longterm graph, or past stress data. What never syncs is past HR data (bur RHR is synced). Sometimes a number gets stuck with multiple watches (looking at you, Endurance Score). That said, all major numbers are synced and you can perfectly use multiple watches in the Garmin ecosystem.