Garmin to Make Live Heart Rate Free on CIRQA Band — No Subscription Needed

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Garmin’s new CIRQA fitness tracker launched with live heart rate data locked behind a monthly paywall.

That feature will be made available without a subscription soon.

Some competing screenless fitness trackers offer live heart rate tracking without a subscription.

Yesterday, Garmin launched its own screenless fitness tracker, the CIRQA Smart Band . Garmin is pitching the tracker as subscription-free, but early hands-on coverage found that a very basic fitness tracking feature — the ability to see your heart rate in real time — is locked behind the $6.99 Garmin Connect+ subscription. Garmin’s committed to fixing that in the near future, however.

As spotted by NotebookCheck , Garmin will issue an update to the Garmin Connect Mobile app will let users see their live heart rate data during workouts, with or without a subscription. As it stands today, users not paying for Garmin Connect+ are only able to see their average heart rate for their current workout.