Garmin appears to have accidentally announced its new smartband, the Garmin Cirqa, which is expected to be announced soon.
Mention of the wearable device appeared on Garmin’s own website this week but was quickly removed.
More precisely, it was on the support page of the Romanian Garmin website, in the list of models. There are many such lists on Garmin’s website that can be seen almost anywhere the company needs to explain which features or changes apply to which models.
Garmin never lacks features and watch models.
This is not unlike how I first learned about the Garmin Cirqa, when it appeared on Garmin’s website but as a partially completed product page.
That much earlier leak seemed to suggest that the Garmin Cirqa could arrive sometime in July, but this new one suggests the wearable will have a health support feature instead.
It’s more interesting than it sounds because Health Status compares heart rate, heart rate variability, SpO2 (pulse Ox), breathing rate and skin temperature.
What is Garmin Circa?
The Garmin Cirqa is expected to be a screenless wearable, but that suggests Garmin hasn’t gone the route of making it a particularly low-tech device.
Its capabilities are similar to those of the Garmin Index Sleep, which was introduced as a wearable sleep monitor in June 2025.
While Garmin has yet to officially acknowledge the Cirqa smartband, the launch of Index Sleep has already outlined a possible plan to launch what will likely be a better seller as a more mainstream offering.
Index Sleep does not require an ongoing subscription, but when combined with a Connect+ membership—for $6.99 per month—the user receives more information, some of which is derived from artificial intelligence.
Screenless wearables are currently a popular category. While they’ve been around in their current form for years thanks to Whoop, which released its first group ten years ago in 2016, the scene has gotten a lot busier recently thanks to devices like the Google Fitbit Air.
While this group pushes the Google Health Premium subscription quite heavily, it can be used without it. What you end up with is simply a much more stripped-down, less conversational version of the wearable app feed on your phone—and some might even prefer that.
The Fitbit Air costs $99.99, and I’d be surprised if Garmin came close to that low price considering the price of its other devices. The Garmin Index Sleep costs $169.99, which gives a much better idea of the likely cost of the Garmin Cirqa smartband.