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Cat Ellis

Your Garmin watch could soon track how much time you spend outdoors – and that's important

Man checking GPS watch during hike.

Garmin may soon introduce a feature that tracks how long you spend outside, and shows you how this changes over time in the Garmin Connect app. It's not something I've seen in any other GPS watches to date, and could have benefits for your physical and mental health.

The news comes from sports tech site the5krunner, which often gets the inside story on upcoming Garmin features thanks to reader tip-offs, and was one of the first to report on the long-awaited nap tracking tool that began arriving on the company's running watches last year.

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