Garmin just double-faulted on its own serve. For the fourth time in six months, the company's own systems have leaked the CIRQA Smart Band — this time inside the Garmin Connect IQ app, where the still-secret fitness band appeared by name, complete with a thumbnail showing its design. The accidental reveal, reported by Tech Advisor on 20 July through the Garmin News account, completes a dossier Garmin has spent six months accidentally publishing. We know what the CIRQA looks like. We know what it measures, what it costs across fifteen markets, and roughly when it launches. Possibly tomorrow.The CIRQA is Garmin's answer to the Whoop 5.0 and the Google Fitbit Air — a screenless recovery band that trades the smartwatch's face for round-the-clock health tracking — and at a leaked $199.99 with zero subscription attached, it attacks the category's two biggest names from opposite directions. Cheaper than Whoop's annual fee over any timespan that matters. More credible with serious athletes than a $99.99 Fitbit. The leaks were accidents. The strategy they reveal was engineered at Q Branch and escaped before the mission briefing.About The AuthorAt heart, I am a storyteller drawn to the watershed moments that bend the technology landscape. I braid narrative with data, humanise statistics, and trace the arc from first spark to world-changing impact. My reportage, features and reviews are witty, sardonic, visual and vivid, using anecdote to illuminate rather than eviscerate.
Garmin CIRQA Smart Band Leak: Price, Design, Launch Date Revealed
Four accidental leaks from Garmin's own systems have shown us its Whoop rival's design, its $199.99 price tag and possibly its launch date — 22 July. Everything the CIRQA tells us, and why it matters.
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