I understand that Apple Watch does many things in the background. But when you’re comparing something like an Apple Watch vs Garmin Epix.
If they’re both turned on for hiking they are in theory using the same processing power, measurements. Apple Watch isn’t doing anything different. So why is it so poor? What else is it doing…
As a marathon runner i was recently looking to update my series 4 and had a hard time deciding between an AW ultra and a high end Garmin. Went with the AW ultra because garmin watches are actually more ‘dumb’watches. They have great workout and biometrics tracking but other than that they don’t do much “smart” things. The possible things you can do on an apple watch are endless and garmin is years, maybe decades lacking behind.
Garmin have fantastic training plans though. Have you found anything comparable for Apple Watch?
Like i said, garmin is great for working out. To answer your question however: there’s a giant library of third party apps called the app store which can provide you a similar experience. Adding third party apps is not even a thing on a garmin
I can’t back my claim but I saw/heard somewhere that the Apple Watch heart sensor is more accurate compared to all others where it picks up less false readings.