"Garmin's big announcement for CES 2026 wasn't another fitness watch. Instead, it revealed it is adding food (and calorie) tracking to its Connect app. It combines AI image recognition with a rich food database, so you can monitor your calorie and nutrient intake without leaving the app - and even log some food through its watches. The food tracking works similarly to existing apps like MyFitnessPal, Noom, LifeSum and many others."
"This makes sense in a few ways. If you already use Garmin to track your exercise, the app can provide a more accurate estimate of your calorie expenditure. It'll personalize it based on height, weight and gender, which you've likely already entered on your Garmin profile. It can even offer calorie and macronutrient recommendations tailored to your fitness goals. However, it unveiled the news at CES 2026, a tech conference held in Las Vegas, which seemed like a troll."
Garmin added food and calorie tracking to its Connect app, using AI image recognition plus a comprehensive food database to record calorie and nutrient intake. The app allows camera-based logging and can also log some food through compatible watches. The tracking mirrors established apps like MyFitnessPal, Noom and LifeSum, while aiming to centralize nutrition within the same app used for exercise. Personalization uses user profile data—height, weight, gender—to estimate calorie expenditure and offer calorie and macronutrient recommendations aligned to fitness goals. During a demo the app identified several foods correctly, but serving-size estimates were inaccurate and require manual adjustment.
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