How do you capture thrilling moments during sports? Asking someone else to record for you isn’t realistic—you need an action camera like the VIRB XE. Designed for all kinds of outdoor activities, it can be mounted on your body or gear in various positions to capture different angles. Even more impressive, the VIRB XE has built-in GPS that records a range of performance data such as speed, distance, altitude, direction, heart rate, cadence, and track. It can even integrate this rich data into your videos, showcasing your athletic prowess through dynamic data changes. Let’s take a closer look!
The compact and portable VIRB XE supports 1440P video recording at 30fps, 1080P at 60fps for high-speed capture, and 480P at 240fps for slow-motion and time-lapse recording. Users can choose the appropriate settings based on their sport. While recording, you can also snap still photos at up to 30 frames per second, with manual adjustments available for white balance, sharpness, color, noise, and exposure compensation, allowing you to tailor the video effects to your liking.
The VIRB XE connects wirelessly to your smartphone via Bluetooth, enabling you to use your phone as a viewfinder to monitor what’s being recorded. If the camera angle isn’t ideal, you can adjust it on the spot. As a result, the VIRB XE ditches the viewfinder from the previous generation and replaces it with a screen for displaying and changing settings. Of course, you can also wirelessly transfer videos to your phone, browse them, and edit directly, making sharing possible anytime, anywhere.
Sometimes the sound source is far from where you’re recording, making it hard to capture clear audio. To solve this, the VIRB XE offers Bluetooth audio input, allowing you to wirelessly record audio from compatible devices.
To enhance video stability, the VIRB XE includes a built-in gyroscope that provides electronic image stabilization, significantly improving video quality. And don’t worry if you accidentally lose the VIRB XE during activity—it can connect with your phone to retrieve its last known coordinates, helping you locate it.
The VIRB XE is waterproof up to 50 meters without a case, making it suitable for regular water use. With a waterproof housing, it can even be used for deep diving. Another benefit of the bare waterproof design is improved audio clarity, as there’s no interference from a waterproof case.
Of course, the built-in GPS also makes the VIRB XE more feature-rich and professional. Want to know how high you climbed, how fast you skied, your cycling power output, or the gravitational force during skydiving? The VIRB XE can display all of this. In short, the VIRB XE is not just a video camera—it’s a professional device that delivers a wealth of sports data, all of which can be visualized in your videos for a more immersive experience.
In addition, when paired with external sensors, the VIRB XE can gather even more data. For example, during flight, it can provide data such as tilt, roll, ground speed, altitude, heading, roll rate, track angle, lateral acceleration, longitudinal acceleration, and GPS coordinates. When used for sailing, it can record depth, water temperature, offset, wind speed, wind direction angle, and wind chill. During skiing, it tracks airtime, flips, speed, elevation, G-force, and distance. For cycling, it logs heart rate, heart rate zones, cadence, power, slope, elevation profile, pace, and power zones. And in racing, it captures track, position, lap count, lap time, fastest lap, final lap time, average lap time, and top speed per lap.
All of this data can be displayed in the videos recorded by the VIRB XE. Using Garmin’s official video software and app, users can edit the footage afterward, allowing viewers to feel as if they were part of the action. These features are exactly what make the VIRB XE more powerful, fun, and engaging than other action cameras.