Garmin Lifestyle Logging feature rolling out now to older watches
Garmin has started rolling out Lifestyle Logging, a new feature in the Connect app that lets users track daily behaviors such as caffeine intake, alcohol use and meal timing. First announced alongside the Venu 4, the update is also reaching users of older watches, making it widely available through Garmin Connect.
To start off, make sure you are on the latest version of Garmin’s smartphone app. If the feature has rolled out to your device, you’ll find it in the Health Section of the app.
This is about behavior, not diagnosis
Once you accept the terms, Lifestyle Logging appears as a new feature that lets you tag certain habits throughout the day. It’s made clear this is not a medical tool. Garmin’s disclaimer states the feature is not intended for diagnosing or treating health issues and all responsibility lies with the user for what is input.
That said, this kind of daily behavior tracking is an obvious step in helping users correlate lifestyle choices with broader wellness trends. It fits neatly alongside things like Body Battery, HRV Status and Sleep Score, offering a new behavioural layer to explain fluctuations.
When setting up the feature, Garmin prompts users to choose a handful of behaviours they want to track. These are grouped under categories like Lifestyle, Self-Care, Treatments, and Sleep-Related. Under the Lifestyle tab, for example, you can select from alcohol intake, morning and late caffeine, various exercise intensities, meal types, or even intermittent fasting. There’s also a custom tab where you can define a behaviour that is not listed.
You then set up logging reminders. Morning, evening – or you can switch this feature off if you do not want to be nagged.
The idea is to log these events manually, and Garmin then overlays them onto your health metrics. So the more times you log a particular behavior, the better chance Garmin has of linking it to a change of your health metrics. For example – if you spike your HRV after two heavy meals and a late espresso, the context will now be in your own log. It turns passive metrics into something closer to a cause-and-effect timeline. At least, that’s the idea.
If have used a similar feature on Whoop. And it is very useful. But it does require you to be vigilant about logging behaviours.
This brings Garmin closer to WHOOP and Oura
Garmin has traditionally focused on structured workout tracking and recovery tools, but this kind of behaviour tagging puts it closer to what WHOOP, Oura and even Ultrahuman are already doing. All of these platforms use self-reported data to shape the context of recovery and readiness metrics.
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With Lifestyle Logging, Garmin is starting in a simple way. You select behaviors during setup and then tag them through the day, either in the Connect app or from the watch itself (on selected devices). The feature is manual for now, with no automation, but it lays a foundation that Garmin could build on.
It may feel lightweight at this stage, but it’s a useful addition. More importantly, it signals Garmin’s intent to expand beyond passive tracking and give users a chance to see how daily choices connect with their wider health picture.
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