new Garmins on the FCC
There are new Garmins listed on the FCC (ty @Andreas, 2Freeze) but I can’t find the leaked Forerunner 970 there. At the time of writing, all the usual documents appear not to be listed, but we can do some preliminary digging to see the broad class of registration and the frequency types supported. Bear in mind, some of these are not fitness products.
- 2025-04-15 FCC IDIPH-04870 Garmin International Inc FCC ID : Digital Transceiver
- 2025-04-15 FCC IDIPH-04626 Garmin International Inc FCC ID : BLE no WiFi, Extremity Worn Digital Transceiver
- 2025-04-09 FCC IDIPH-04664 Garmin International Inc FCC ID : NII – Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure TX
- 2025-04-02 FCC IDIPH-04951 Garmin International Inc FCC ID : fitness product. 3xBLE, 1xWifi frequency. A2: Low Power Transmitters (except Spread Spectrum) and radar detectors operating above 1 GHz
- 2025-03-06 FCC IDIPH-04968 Garmin International Inc FCC ID : DTS – Digital Transmission System
- 2025-02-10 FCC IDIPH-A4543 Garmin International Inc FCC ID : Vivoactive 6?
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There are some more new FCC approvals:
Date Filed
Last Mod File Number Applicant Callsign Type
2025-04-15 FCC IDIPH-04870 Garmin International Inc FCC ID : NEW DEVICE
2025-04-15 FCC IDIPH-04626 Garmin International Inc FCC ID : NEW DEVICE
2025-04-09 FCC IDIPH-04664 Garmin International Inc FCC ID : NEW DEVICE
2025-04-02 FCC IDIPH-04951 Garmin International Inc FCC ID : NEW DEVICE
2025-03-06 FCC IDIPH-04968 Garmin International Inc FCC ID : NEW DEVICE
2025-02-10 FCC IDIPH-A4543 Garmin International Inc FCC ID : NEW DEVICE
Especially IPH-04951 looks interesting.
A4543 looks like it’s just the vivoactive 6. https://fcc.report/FCC-ID/IPH-04542/6709358.pdf
But there are other newer filings
Actually the A04542 and A04543 models in the https://fcc.report/FCC-ID/IPH-04542/6709358.pdf are Garmin Venue 3 models, as per this Garmin PDF: https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/GUID-9CC4A873-E034-4A06-B2E0-636DCFE760EE/EN-US/Venu_3_OM_EN-US.pdf
The Vivoactive 6 model number is A04951, which probably aligns aligns with the IPH-04951 fcc id? (I have no evidence for that – they’re just the same numbers, apart from the prefix)? *shrug*
Following this same pattern, the IPH-04664 will be the Varia Vue (model number A04664).
And IPH-04968 would be a “Force Pro Trolling Motor” – https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/GUID-3A9C1CE0-D2CD-4415-B65F-6F1FF9701E2D/EN-US/GUID-2F4BAA11-409E-4C93-B523-BFB815CAD686.html
IPH-04626 doesn’t look like a watch, maybe a heart rate monitor?
https://device.report/m/7c8910e173732909e20b3800f54775906d58e202a26674d4b75fd78ded26f3b8
Do we think any of these might be new edge units?
Do you happen to have some prediction/expection about the Marq 3 release time? Thank you.
i would expect next year at earliest
A new portable transceiver IPH-A4724 was listed a couple of days back.
idk what the different ‘App#’ in comparison to e.g. IPH-A4543 mean, but NFC, BT and WiFi look promising