Garmin has still not officially announced the CIRQA smart band, but new findings in the company’s own backend provide the strongest evidence so far that the product is real and may be approaching release.
The data appears to confirm CIRQA’s price, reveal at least eight product variants and show how the screenless wearable could interact with Garmin Connect and Garmin Connect+.
Garmin’s backend confirms a $199.99 price
The most important finding is that Garmin’s official pricing service recognizes the leaked CIRQA part number:
010-04675-00
For the United States, Garmin’s backend returns a list price of $199.99. It also contains localized prices for multiple markets, including:
- €199.99 in much of the eurozone
- £179.99 in the United Kingdom
- 859 zł in Poland
- CAD 279.99 in Canada
- CHF 189.90 in Switzerland
This is considerably more credible than a retailer placeholder or an editable screenshot. The response comes directly from Garmin’s production pricing infrastructure, while a fabricated Garmin-style part number returns no product data.
Consequently, the earlier reports suggesting prices around $420 or $500 now look increasingly implausible. Barring a last-minute pricing change, $199.99 is the most credible expected US launch price for CIRQA.
There appear to be at least eight CIRQA variants
Further testing discovered eight active SKUs:
- 010-04675-00
- 010-04675-01
- 010-04675-02
- 010-04675-03
- 010-04675-10
- 010-04675-11
- 010-04675-12
- 010-04675-13
All eight return the same US price and the same set of accessory associations.
The structure is notable. Two blocks containing four SKUs each could represent two sizes and four color or material variants. The original leaked listing mentioned S/M and L/XL sizes, together with Black and French Gray finishes, but the backend structure suggests Garmin may have prepared more variants than the original leak showed.
This interpretation is logical, but not confirmed. Garmin has not exposed the commercial names corresponding to each SKU.
CIRQA will probably use Garmin’s standard charging connector
Garmin’s compatibility service associates the CIRQA SKUs with standard Garmin USB-C and USB-A charging/data cables, as well as Garmin power adapters.
This strongly suggests CIRQA will use Garmin’s familiar four-pin charging connector rather than wireless charging or a product-specific charging cradle.
That choice may have implications for the hardware design. A conventional recessed charging interface requires enough internal and external space for the contacts, housing and sealing. CIRQA may therefore be less exceptionally thin than minimalist bands such as Whoop initially appear to be.
However, the accessory data does not prove that CIRQA will be thick. Garmin already uses its standard connector on relatively compact devices. The defensible conclusion is simply that CIRQA is unlikely to rely on a thin wireless charging module or a dedicated removable battery pack.
Garmin Connect already supports a distinct screenless wearable
A separate analysis of Garmin Connect network traffic and frontend code identified several fields specifically related to screenless devices.
Garmin’s backend tracks whether an account has, or previously had, a screenlessDeviceCapableDevice. Individual registered devices also contain a screenlessDeviceCapable property. Importantly, an HRM 200 returned false, indicating that Garmin is not simply applying this category to every device without a display.
Garmin Connect’s frontend also checks whether a screenless-capable device is designated as the user’s primary wearable. When that condition is met, the application appears to use a different set of home-screen priorities, with greater emphasis on health and HRV information.
This behavior is consistent with a passive wearable designed to collect continuous health, sleep and recovery data without presenting information on its own screen.
The CIRQA name does not appear in the inspected Garmin Connect files, so this infrastructure cannot yet be tied directly to the product. It could theoretically support another Garmin device. Nevertheless, when combined with CIRQA’s active retail SKUs, pricing and accessory records, CIRQA is by far the most likely explanation.
Some workout functionality may require Garmin Connect+
The most controversial discovery concerns structured workouts.
Garmin Connect contains user-facing text explaining that following a workout with a screenless device requires a Garmin Connect+ subscription. The workout would be started and followed through the Garmin Connect mobile app rather than through controls on the wearable itself.
The frontend also contains a dedicated hasWorkoutsScreenlessDevicesRole, connected to workout-device selection, subscription state and the device’s ability to start or stop a workout.
This does not show that CIRQA’s basic health tracking, sleep tracking or recovery metrics will require a subscription. The discovered restriction applies specifically to following workouts through a screenless device.
A likely implementation would therefore be:
- Select and start a structured workout in Garmin Connect.
- Use CIRQA to record heart rate and possibly other workout data.
- Follow interval instructions and progress on the phone.
- Require Connect+ for this phone-guided workout mode.
Whether CIRQA will also record ordinary activities without a phone or subscription remains unknown.
Garmin Connect+ appearing as an accessory proves very little
Garmin Connect+ monthly and annual plans also appear in CIRQA’s accessory and compatibility results.
This should not be interpreted as proof that CIRQA will require an ongoing subscription. Garmin includes Connect+ in the associated items for other products as well. The record establishes that Garmin has linked CIRQA with its subscription service, but not which features will be placed behind it.
The workout-related strings are much stronger evidence because they describe a specific screenless-device use case and an explicit subscription condition.
What is now reasonably confirmed
Based on the available backend records, the following conclusions have strong support:
- CIRQA is, or at least was, a real Garmin product.
- Its expected US list price is $199.99.
- It is prepared for sale across North America and Europe.
- Garmin has created at least eight CIRQA SKUs.
- Two sizes remain the most likely explanation for the two SKU groups.
- CIRQA probably uses Garmin’s standard wired charging connector.
- Garmin Connect has production-level support for a primary screenless wearable.
- Phone-guided structured workouts on a screenless device may require Garmin Connect+.
The following details remain unconfirmed:
- The exact sensor package
- Battery life
- Dimensions and thickness
- Whether all eight SKUs will launch
- The meaning of each individual SKU
- Whether normal activity recording requires a phone
- Which health or recovery features, if any, require Connect+
- The final release date
The bottom line
These findings do not validate every previous CIRQA leak. Images, dimensions, specifications and launch dates can still be wrong.
What they do establish is that the leaked part-number family is recognized throughout Garmin’s own commerce systems. The records include coherent regional pricing, multiple variants, accessories and an internal product association.
Together with Garmin Connect’s dedicated infrastructure for screenless primary wearables, the evidence now points to a clear conclusion: Garmin CIRQA is real, it will probably cost $199.99, and it is intended to function as a full Garmin wearable rather than merely another heart-rate sensor.
Its most important unresolved question is no longer whether the product exists. It is how much of the experience Garmin intends to place behind Garmin Connect+.
Credit: The backend endpoints, SKU structure and Garmin Connect HAR findings were originally researched and published by Reddit user chipmux, with additional SKU and regional-price investigation contributed in the discussion by jneuveglise.
