The Garmin Lily 2 Active watch finally adds GPS and buttons

Today Garmin announced the Lily 2 Active, a sportier mentation of the fashion-forward Garmin Lily 2. For $50 more, you get buttons and built-in GPS, which addresses immoderate of our main complaints with the archetypal Lily 2.

Built-in GPS is simply a peculiarly invited update, arsenic it means you tin present accurately way outdoor activities similar runs and cycling without needing a smartphone. The wearable’s brace of broadside buttons are a bully touch, too, fixed the Lily 2’s interaction show has ever been finicky to use. Plus, Garmin promises 9 days of artillery life, which is astir treble the Lily 2’s. We’ve yet to trial the wearable, but if that claims clasp existent successful existent life, that’d enactment it astir connected par with the $1,000 Garmin Epix Pro Sapphire Edition — our favorite Garmin for endurance sports.

The Active bid besides present features a fewer sports-oriented features that the Lily 2 lacks. You can, for instance, entree built-in sports apps for activities similar tennis, pickleball, indoor cycling, and golf. Garmin has besides added on-screen workouts that you tin download from your ticker screen, focused connected spot training, yoga, and more. Lastly, the wearable supports Garmin Coach, which grants you entree to escaped adaptive grooming plans from adept coaches.

The Lily 2 Active is disposable to acquisition successful Lunar Gold, Silver, and Jasper Green for $299.99 from Garmin.