{"id":113546,"date":"2025-09-02T16:17:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T16:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/113546\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T16:17:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T16:17:06","slug":"garmin-fenix-8-pro-microled-leaks-as-brightest-smartwatch-ever-built-amid-rumoured-september-2025-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/113546\/","title":{"rendered":"Garmin Fenix 8 Pro microLED leaks as &#8216;brightest smartwatch ever built&#8217; amid rumoured September 2025 release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"bodytext\">Nonetheless, the images that Garmin has shared confirm that the Fenix 8 Pro will be available with a microLED display as the &#8216;brightest smartwatch ever built&#8217;. For context, Garmin signed a contract with Vuzix for the supply of microLED displays\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Garmin-signs-contract-for-supply-of-MicroLED-displays-amid-Fenix-8-MicroLED-rumours.891103.0.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">about a year ago<\/a>. Meanwhile, a separate image indicates that a non-microLED variant exists with &#8216;SOS&#8217; connectivity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">Presumably an AMOLED option, SOS connectivity likely refers to the Fenix 8 Pro&#8217;s LTE modem, which will operate via Garmin&#8217;s inReach service. According to Redditor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Garmin\/comments\/1n6fsqb\/comment\/nbzxe8f\/?context=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">u\/flodschi22<\/a>, Garmin will charge \u20ac9.99 per month for using this service. The same Redditor adds that Garmin will launch the Fenix 8 Pro tomorrow on September 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nonetheless, the images that Garmin has shared confirm that the Fenix 8 Pro will be available with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[64,63,234,4950,75135,80938,80939,213,216,21953,4947,235,227,233,226,236,232,228,229,105,231,230],"class_list":["post-113546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-benchmarks","tag-fenix-8","tag-fenix-8-pro","tag-fenix-8-pro-amoled","tag-fenix-8-pro-microled","tag-gadgets","tag-garmin","tag-garmin-fenix","tag-garmin-fenix-8","tag-graphics-card","tag-laptop","tag-netbook","tag-notebook","tag-processor","tag-reports","tag-review","tag-reviews","tag-technology","tag-test","tag-tests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}