Garmin quatix 7x – Solar Edition

Plot your paradise on the water and beyond with quatix 7x, the multisport GPS smartwatch that has all the features you need on your boat and the ones you want off it. quatix 7x provides comprehensive connectivity with compatible Garmin chartplotters and other devices¹ to offer autopilot control, data streaming, Fusion-Link™ entertainment system control, integrated tide data on the watch face, new alarms for better situational awareness and much more. Use traditional button controls or the new touchscreen interface to access selections. This smartwatch supports optional BlueChart® g3 coastal charts and LakeVü™ g3 inland maps. Advanced smartwatch features for all-day wearability include built-in activity profiles for water and land sports, performance metrics, smart notifications², 24/7 health monitoring, access to the Garmin Connect™ app and Garmin Pay™ contactless payments³. Includes solar charging to extend battery life and a built-in LED flashlight.

New Features as of June, 2024

NEW! GARMIN MESSENGER™ APP

It’s here — direct messaging from your wrist! This app lets you communicate via two-way text, exchanging messages with friends and family directly from your smartwatch. (Requires both the sender and receiver of messages to have the Garmin Messenger app installed on their paired smartphones)

NEW! PIN DROP NAVIGATION

Drop a pin to share points of interest (POIs) from the Maps app on your iPhone® to the Garmin Connect™ app. Then you can sync to your smartwatch for easy routing. You can even save those POIs to a library on your device.

NEW! FIND MY PHONE FEATURE

During a GPS activity with your smartwatch, an enhanced Find My Phone tool automatically stores the location should your phone get lost or disconnected. This feature can notify you that your phone is no longer detected and help you easily navigate back to where it was last connected to your smartwatch.

MORE NEW FEATURES:

• TURN POINT ENHANCEMENTS
• WALK INDOOR ACTIVITY
• RECOVERY HEART RATE FOR LOW-IMPACT ACTIVITIES
• ADD SELF-EVALUATION TO ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

New Features as of September 5, 2023

NEW! ENDURANCE SCORE

This feature measures your ability to sustain prolonged efforts and combines training data from all of your athletic pursuits to help you understand how training impacts your overall endurance. This dynamic measurement uses your VO2 max, short-term/long-term training loads and other factors to gauge your fitness progress beyond just VO2 max

NEW! NEW ACTIVITY PROFILES

Get better at whatever with new preloaded activity profiles for team sports ranging from football, baseball and basketball to soccer, rugby, hockey, lacrosse and more — plus racket sports, boxing and others.

NEW! RELIEF SHADING

Digital elevation model data is used to create a 3D look with color and topographic shading on the map, making terrain and elevation changes easier to interpret than contour lines alone.

NEW! WEATHER MAP OVERLAYS

Use your smartwatch* to make informed weather decisions by viewing the latest map overlays for precipitation, cloud cover, temperature and wind data on your wrist.
*When paired with your compatible smartphone

NEW! MUSCLE MAPS FOR PILATES, HIIT, CARDIO

See what muscles you’re working for HIIT, cardio, Pilates and strength workouts. Preview the muscle groups that your custom or preset workouts will impact, then review your stats post-workout in the Garmin Connect™ app.

NEW! WORKOUTS APP

Easily find and organize workouts across all your athletic pursuits — including daily suggested workouts plus those downloaded or created in the Garmin Connect app. Follow up with a review of workout history directly from your device.

NEW! HILL SCORE

This feature measures your capability for running uphill and evaluates your progress over time based on your VO2 max and training history. It measures your running strength on steep ascents and running endurance on long ascents and provides a score based on your performance over time.

NEW! GAMING ACTIVITY

Like gaming in your spare time? This activity integrates with the GameOn™ app to provide biometric-based data that helps you understand your optimal stress zone, plan breaks with a game power feature and view Body Battery™ energy levels to play at your best.

NEW! FISH FORECAST

Using a celestial database to track sun and moon rise/set times, relative position to your location and more, this app offers suggestions for the best days and times for fishing success.

NEW FEATURES AS OF FEBRUARY, 2023:

NEW! UNIFIED TRAINING STATUS

TrueUp™ physio data synchronization will now unify training features including training status, training load, load focus and HRV status for users with multiple compatible devices. You can designate a primary device in order to have more consistent training data so you can train smarter. This includes users with multiple compatible smartwatches or those with a compatible smartwatch and Edge® 1040 device.

NEW! JET LAG ADVISER

Track your stats for water skiing, wakeboarding, wake surfing and tubing. These new watersport activity profiles detect when you’re moving or waiting for the boat, with the ability to view previous runs during and after an activity in the Garmin Connect™ smartphone app.

NEW! WAKESPORTS ACTIVITIES

To manage efforts, receive real-time metrics of how much power is being exerted on a run —now with no additional accessory required.

NEW! SAIL EXPEDITION

Use the new sail expedition activity profile to take your adventure further by recording a multiday activity with a reduced need to charge. Sensors and accessories are turned off to maximize battery life while still  tracking your GPS location once an hour.

NEW! SUNRISE/SUNSET GLANCE ENHANCEMENTS

Know when to begin an adventure or set up camp before dark with daily indications for sunrise and sunset times. An altitude graph gives reference to the height of the sun in the sky. You can also see the sun’s position overlayed on a map to show its position relative to your own — giving you the ability to understand the position of the sky at different times of the day.

NEW! BACKCOUNTRY SKI/SNOWBOARD ENHANCEMENTS

This preloaded profile now automatically distinguishes between descending and climbing, so you can start tracking and leave it running all day long.

NEW FEATURES ON QUATIX 7x SOLAR (vs. quatix 6x Solar and previous quatix series)

IMPROVED SOLAR

Do more. Charge less. Solar charging yields up to 37 days of battery life in smartwatch mode⁴

FLASHLIGHT

When it gets dark, the built-in LED flashlight helps keep you going

TOUCHSCREEN AND BUTTONS

Touch or tap, it’s up to you. Use traditional buttons or the new touchscreen interface.

MFD CONTROL

An MFD remote control feature gives you quick access to common interactions such as chart zoom.

IMPROVED TIDE DATA

Integrated tide data is now available on the watch face.

PRE-LOADED MULTICONTINENT TOPO MAPS

Use built-in Wi-Fi® connectivity to easily load/update maps and software without using a computer

MULTI-BAND GPS

Receive and utilize multiple frequencies sent by navigation satellites, which enable improved user position accuracy specifically in areas where GNSS signals are reflected, weak or typically do not penetrate.

IMPROVED RECOVERY ADVISOR

After each workout, recovery time lets you know when you’ll be ready for another hard workout. It even accounts for training intensity and factors such as stress, daily activity and sleep.

ANCHOR DRAG ALARM

New preloaded anchor drag application will alert you if the boat’s anchor is dragging.

PLUS, SAME GREAT FEATURES AS PREVIOUS QUATIX SERIES

CARTOGRAPHY

This smartwatch supports optional BlueChart® g3 coastal charts and LakeVü™ g3 freshwater maps.

GARMIN SAILASSIST™ FEATURE

When it comes to sailing, don’t just time your start — visualize it. Create a virtual starting line to time the perfect start. Also, use tack assist to see whether you are headed or lifted.

FUSION-LINK™ APP

Control your onboard entertainment system from your watch with the built-in Fusion-Link™ Lite app.

STREAM DATA

View data — including water depth, engine RPM, wind, custom data and more — directly on your wrist when you connect your quatix 7x to your boat’s compatible devices.

AUTOPILOT

Even when you’re not at the helm, you can control your boat. Access the autopilot app to change heading, engage pattern steering and follow a GPS route.

PRELOADED SKI AND GOLF MAPS

42,000 preloaded golf courses around the world; get Touch Targeting and the PlaysLike Distance feature. Take on the slopes with preloaded SkiView™ maps, and view run names and difficulty ratings for more than 2,000 ski resorts worldwide.

ABC SENSORS

Navigate your next trail with ABC sensors, including an altimeter for elevation data, barometer to monitor weather and 3-axis electronic compass.

BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS

Use preloaded activity profiles for trail running, swimming, running, biking, hiking, rowing, skiing, golfing, surfing, indoor climbing and more.

SURF-READY FEATURES

This quatix watch works with the Surfline Sessions™ feature, which creates a video of every wave you ride in front of a Surfline® camera. So you can watch them later and see how you did with your Surfline Sessions subscription.

PERFORMANCE METRICS

View advanced training metrics that include running dynamics, heat- and altitude-adjusted VO2 max, trail running adjustment, recovery advisor and more.

WRIST-BASED HR

The watch constantly samples your heart rate⁶ to help gauge how hard you work during activities — even underwater

ADVANCED SLEEP AND SLEEP SCORE

Get a full breakdown of your light, deep and REM sleep stages. View it all on a dedicated widget that includes your sleep score and insights⁴.

HEALTH MONITORING

Using data from the watch’s various body status sensors, this feature helps track your daily biometric⁷ and wellness trends at a glance.

SMART NOTIFICATIONS

Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch when paired with a compatible device²

MUSIC STORAGE

Download songs plus playlists from your Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music accounts (subscription may be required). Use your wireless headphones for phone-free listening.

GARMIN PAY™ PAYMENT SOLUTION

Breeze through checkout lines with Garmin Pay contactless payment solution³ through participating providers

SAFETY AND TRACKING

When your watch and phone are paired, a message with your live location can be sent to your contacts manually or — during select outdoor activities — automatically with built-in incident detection⁸.

CONNECT IQ™ STORE

Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps and widgets from the Connect IQ Store on your compatible smartphone.

¹Compatible marine products include: GPSMAP® 7×2 Plus, GPSMAP 9×2 Plus, GPSMAP 12×2 Plus, GPSMAP 7×3, GPSMAP 9×3, GPSMAP 12×3, GPSMAP 10×2, GPSMAP 12×2,
GPSMAP 7400, GPSMAP 7600, GPSMAP 8400 and GPSMAP 8600 combos; GHC™ 20 autopilot control unit; GNX™ Wind marine instrument and GNT™ 10 transceiver
²When paired with a compatible smartphone
³View current supported country, payment network and issuing bank information
⁴Assumes all-day wear with 3 hours per day outside in 50,000 lux conditions
⁵Solar charging, assuming use in 50,000 lux conditions
⁶Activity tracking accuracy
⁷This is not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of any medical condition; see Garmin.com/ataccuracy. Pulse Ox not available in all countries.
⁸When paired with a compatible smartphone. For safety and tracking feature requirements and limitations, see Garmin.com/safety.