Garmin ArcheryX – A Wearable Smartwatch App to Improve your Shooting

By Adam Scepaniak • Published October 12, 2026

Garmin is known for crafting a lot of popular products from smartwatches to chronographs and lots more for outdoorspeople. Now, they can add to that growing list their newest smartwatch app in Garmin ArcheryX. If you are an archer heading into hunting season this fall, this smartwatch app that you can wear on your wrist while practicing could be the last key to your success and filling a whitetail deer tag in the woods.

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Garmin ArcheryX - A Wearable Smartwatch App to Improve your Shooting

Garmin ArcheryX Smartwatch App

If you happen to already own or are looking to purchase a Garmin fēnix® 9 and fēnix 9 Pro smartwatch, the new Garmin ArcheryX app will come standard on those watches. If you own a similar quality smartwatch from Garmin, this is something that should be easily downloaded and utilized on your watch as well. All of the important features, attributes, and specifications for Garmin ArcheryX can be read below as presented by Garmin:

Arrow Tracker: Never lose count of your shots again. ArcheryX keeps track of the number of arrows you’ve shot per session and per week so you don’t have to
Aim Time: Calculated as the last segment of time during the shot execution when the archer’s point of aim remains within 60MOA (1 deg of the release point)
SET (Shot Execution Time): Total time it takes to lift, draw, aim, and break a shot.
Break Radius: During the last 1 second leading up to the arrow release, this is calculated as the average distance of each sampled point from the release point along the aim path
Aim Radium: Calculated as the average distance of each sampled point from the release point during aiming.
Break Diameter: During the last 1 second leading up to the release point, this is calculated as the distance between the two outermost points along the aim path.
Other metrics tracked: Stress/Respiration/Heart Rate, Mapping, Vertical and Horizontal Motion, MOA Over Time, Bar charts for Aim Time, SET, Break Radius, Break Diameter

Garmin ArcheryX - A Wearable Smartwatch App to Improve your Shooting

A Word from Garmin on their Garmin ArcheryX Smartwatch App

Olathe, Kansas – August, 2026 – Garmin (NYSE: GRMN) today announced ArcheryX, a first-of-its-kind smartwatch activity designed to help improve shooting accuracy and consistency with compound bows. This new feature comes standard on the the newly released fēnix® 9 and fēnix 9 Pro and tracks the movement of an archer’s bow arm and body to provide real-time data, biometrics and actionable insights right from the wrist. Archers can also see a more detailed analysis after a shooting session and trends over time in the ShotView smartphone app.