Garmin calls these TOPO (topographical) maps and there’s a menu option to switch height contours on and off. There’s a separate navigation mode too, with full-on turn-by-turn instructions. Despite this, it’s a great way to avoid having to get a phone or map out all the time when on a hike. You can pan and zoom with the buttons, but updating the screen takes a beat or two. As you might expect, these watch maps aren’t anywhere near as quick to navigate around as a phone with Google Maps and a solid connection. This lets you navigate right off the Fenix 5 Plus’s screen. There’s also the other expensive biggie, baked-in maps. You will need to be connected to your phone to download, mind. Garmin watches are, finally, pretty great music watches. Run Spotify and you can download playlists and podcasts to the watch, including favourites like Discover Weekly. You can also stream from Spotify and Deezer, using micro apps downloaded from the Garmin Connect companion app. There’s room for 500 audio tracks, a handful of audiobooks and or podcasts, and will hook up with wireless headphones. However, this watch more-or-less collates everything a Garmin watch has ever been able to do, and bungs it in a single device. Its software hasn’t changed that much since we used the Fenix 3 years ago. The Fenix 5 Plus is a next-gen runner’s watch, but it is also deliberately familiar.
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