RE: Some bad news about Garmin, as a company

Sorry for the delayed response, I think you're already looking at fitness bands anyways. I really have no experience with these. At least not since my very old Garmin 'watch' before smartwatches actually existed. It was a humongous piece of hardware, and its only functions were to record distance and heartbeat (via a chest strap). But like I said, on top of the normal tracking features, one of my main criteria when I made the jump for a smartwatch was the ability to make actual phone calls without having my phone with me. At the time and in the US, the only LTE version for that was basically the Samsung watch. I could easily live without that now, but it's just easier to stay in the same ecosystem.
Good luck in your search!