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Garmin Removes Cirqa References from Romanian Support Page Hours After They Appear
References to the Garmin Cirqa appeared briefly on the company's Romanian support page for the Health Status feature on 16 July before being removed. The incident follows earlier trademark filings and an FCC submission that pointed to a screen-free wearable.
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Garmin removed references to the Cirqa from its Romanian support page for the Health Status feature within hours of their appearance on 16 July. The page had listed the Cirqa as a compatible model for the feature, which tracks resting heart rate, heart rate variability, respiration rate, blood oxygen and skin temperature overnight.
The same references had surfaced on regional Garmin pages and product support pages in late January.
Those pages described the device in sizes S/M and L/XL, in black and French grey, and stated it would ship in four to five months. Trademark records show the Cirqa listed in the Canadian CIPO database on 19 June, the EUIPO database on 23 June, and a UK filing that completed examination on 2 July.
An FCC filing surfaced in April that analysis indicated could be a strap-based wearable with optical heart rate tracking and no display.
A February trademark filing described the device as measuring physiological data, bio-signals and bodily behaviour, along with metrics linked to stress recovery, alertness and performance. Garmin announced the Forerunner 70 and Forerunner 170 on 15 May without mentioning the Cirqa.
A Garmin spokesperson stated: “Garmin does not provide forward-looking comments on product roadmap or feature compatibility with existing or future products”.
The confidentiality window for the company’s U.S. FCC filing is expected to close around 28 July.
