The of us at Garmin are highlighting firmware advances to the company’s Descent MK2i Smartwatch at this year’s DEMA Repeat in Orlando, Florida.

Having realized the possess to combine novel “apnea-particular aspects,” Garmin is exhibiting off  updates in its firmware to incorporate an developed, trade-first “Variometer” (haptic and audible solutions to offer the diver a mode of alternate huge).

The novel Variometer affords what Garmin refers to as “trot variable pulses.” These pulses will be with out considerations location to pinpoint acceleration, freefall time, as neatly as adjusted neutral buoyancies.

Extra integrations encompass signals for depth and time intervals, and ease of target depth reset at some level of surface intervals.

Garmin believes these novel aspects toughen and promote a safer, extra delightful and undistracted freediving journey.

The Garmin Descent MK2i is available at a brand of US$1499/~€1507 at garmin.com.

— by Jennifer Morgan