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Garmin Connect Plus in-depth hands-on: Much more than an AI, unfortunately

Most people won't want to pay for Garmin Connect Plus, but will find it hard to do without Performance Dashboard or Live activities.

There are far too many categories to list here, but you can track the basics like distance, number of activities, or training load, or more specialized stats like your running form, endurance/hill scores, cycling power, swim strokes, Body Battery, or race predictor over time. For each of your 18 charts, you can set a custom date range like "this month" or "last 26 weeks," as well as add overlay stats so you can see (for example) how your total distance over time matches with your chronic load or average daily stress. (Image credit: Michael Hicks / Android Central)I don't pay much attention to Garmin badges except as a motivator to try and hit certain monthly or quarterly mileage and steps goals.

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