{"id":6431,"date":"2025-10-22T13:23:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T20:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/?p=6431"},"modified":"2025-11-20T10:12:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T18:12:25","slug":"garmin-announces-new-d2-air-x15-and-d2-mach-2-aviator-smartwatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/garmin-announces-new-d2-air-x15-and-d2-mach-2-aviator-smartwatch\/","title":{"rendered":"Garmin Announces New D2 Air X15 and D2 Mach 2 Aviator Smartwatch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6440 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-watch-300x85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"346\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-watch-300x85.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-watch-1024x291.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-watch-150x43.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-watch-768x218.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-watch-1536x437.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-watch-2048x582.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6122\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Garmin-White_LGO_2021-300x201.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"163\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Garmin-White_LGO_2021-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Garmin-White_LGO_2021-150x101.png 150w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Garmin-White_LGO_2021-768x515.png 768w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Garmin-White_LGO_2021.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Maxcraft is happy to announce an addition to their Garmin watch collection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The D2&#x2122; Air X15 and the D2 Mach 2, are Gamins latest aviator smartwatches with\u00a0 advanced aviation, health, fitness and other valuable smartwatch features. Including bright AMOLED touchscreen displays and built-in speakers and microphones, the newest D2 smartwatches add avionics connectivity, aviation-centric morning reports, voice commands and more. The D2 Air X15 will light the way with its new LED flashlight and PlaneSync&#x2122; compatibility, while the D2 Mach 2 matches the X15 capabilities and introduces additional features such as advanced aviation maps and alerts for weather<br \/>\nconditions exceeding personal minimums. Designed for the most demanding pilot lifestyles, the D2 Air X15 gets up to 10 days of battery life in smartwatch mode, while the D2 Mach 2 offers up to 26 days.<\/p>\n<p>The D2 difference<br \/>\n\u2022 Avionics connectivity: When the Garmin Pilot app is connected to compatible avionics, the D2 Air X15 and D2 Mach 2 will display avionics flight data and navigation information. Both watches will also notify the user of crew alerting messages from compatible avionics right on the wrist.<br \/>\n\u2022 Aviation morning report: See the day&#8217;s weather outlook and field conditions at the user\u2019s chosen airport and receive a customized health summary based on sleep and activity patterns.<br \/>\n\u2022 On-device voice commands: Use voice commands to easily set a timer, start an activity and more. Additionally, pilots can use this feature for aviation specific commands such as \u201cStart Fly activity,\u201d \u201cDirect to,\u201d and \u201cShow me the METAR.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022 Voice notes: Make geo-referenced voice memos for later reference which can be viewed in a voice memo app on the watch and geo-tagged within a specific activity or the Garmin Connect&#x2122; app \u2013 allowing pilots to provide context during a flight or even set a reminder to look at something when back on the ground.<br \/>\n\u2022 Garmin Messenger&#x2122; app: Communicate via two-way text messaging on your wrist.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 data-v-f27ad4db=\"\">D2&#x2122; Mach 2 \u2013 47 mm<\/h1>\n<h1 data-v-f27ad4db=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6443 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Garmin-D2-Mach-2-c-282x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Garmin-D2-Mach-2-c-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Garmin-D2-Mach-2-c-141x150.jpg 141w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Garmin-D2-Mach-2-c.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6444 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Garmin-D2-Mach-2-d-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Garmin-D2-Mach-2-d-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Garmin-D2-Mach-2-d-147x150.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Garmin-D2-Mach-2-d.jpg 715w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6442 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Garmin-D2-Mach-2-b-278x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Garmin-D2-Mach-2-b-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Garmin-D2-Mach-2-b-139x150.jpg 139w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Garmin-D2-Mach-2-b.jpg 672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With an updated design and graphical interface \u2013 plus a full suite of aviation<br \/>\nfeatures \u2013 the D2 Mach 2 is the most refined lineup of D2 series smartwatches to date. Built for 24\/7 wear, the D2 Mach 2 features a vibrant and sunlight-readable AMOLED display under a sapphire lens with a new sensor guard and leakproof buttons. The D2 Mach 2 features the most advanced aviation maps on any Garmin aviator watch to date and includes detailed topography, terrain shading, color-coded airspace boundaries, user<br \/>\nwaypoints, intersections and VORs and more. Pilots can quickly swipe to Maps from the watch\u2019s Fly activity page and zoom into runways to view positioning and orientation from their wrist. Aviators can track their current flight path using the live track log, or breadcrumb trail, which displays as a trailing line on the map, and they can even customize the aircraft icon to a piston, turboprop, jet or helicopter.<\/p>\n<h1 data-v-f27ad4db=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6441 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Garmin-D2-Mach-2-a-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Garmin-D2-Mach-2-a-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Garmin-D2-Mach-2-a-150x147.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Garmin-D2-Mach-2-a.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6445 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Garmin-D2-Mach-2-e-288x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"161\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Garmin-D2-Mach-2-e-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Garmin-D2-Mach-2-e-144x150.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Garmin-D2-Mach-2-e.jpg 691w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 161px) 100vw, 161px\" \/><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Additionally, pilots can set up personal minimums tolerances for weather conditions that matter most to their flying such as flight condition (MVFR, IFR, LIFR), max crosswind, max density altitude, max gust factor, max wind speed, minimum ceiling and minimum visibility. Configurable for nearest airport and multiple additional airports, the D2 Mach 2 monitors weather conditions against their own personal minimums and sends alerts when a threshold is crossed. The weather elements on the watch face will turn orange if the selected airport\u2019s METAR is reporting weather conditions that exceed the user-configured personal minimums.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Designed for active lifestyle customers, the D2 Mach 2 adds support for recreational diving activities with its new leakproof buttons, 40m dive rating and single-gas scuba dive activity, plus a no-fly timer for after the dive.<\/p>\n<h1 data-v-f27ad4db=\"\">D2&#x2122; Air X15<\/h1>\n<h1 data-v-f27ad4db=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6438 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/D2-Air-X15-d-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/D2-Air-X15-d-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/D2-Air-X15-d-118x150.jpg 118w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/D2-Air-X15-d.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6437 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/D2-Air-X15-c-263x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"142\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/D2-Air-X15-c-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/D2-Air-X15-c-131x150.jpg 131w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/D2-Air-X15-c.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1 data-v-f27ad4db=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6435\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/D2-Air-X15-a-275x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/D2-Air-X15-a-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/D2-Air-X15-a-138x150.jpg 138w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/D2-Air-X15-a.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Designed for everyday wear, the D2 Air X15, is the perfect blend of premium smartwatch technology and modern aviation tools. The bright AMOLED touchscreen display is protected by extra-durable Gorilla Glass 3, with an intuitive watch face that can dynamically change colors to match current flight conditions based on the user\u2019s selected airport\u2019s METAR. A new built-in LED flashlight features multiple white light intensities and a red light to help pilots during nighttime flight operations. Pilots operating a\u00a0 PlaneSync-equipped aircraft can now access the aircraft dashboard to view status information3 including fuel, electrical, database and location information while away from the aircraft.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6439 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/D2-Air-X15-e-282x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/D2-Air-X15-e-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/D2-Air-X15-e-141x150.jpg 141w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/D2-Air-X15-e.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6436 alignleft\" style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/D2-Air-X15-b-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/D2-Air-X15-b-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/D2-Air-X15-b-115x150.jpg 115w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/D2-Air-X15-b.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 149px) 100vw, 149px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 45mm watch case comes in a stainless steel or slate metal bezel with a black silicone band.<\/p>\n<p>Call or visit our team at <a href=\"https:\/\/maxcraft.ca\/about-us\/contact-us\/\">Maxcraft Avionics<\/a> for more information and pricing!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/\">Maxcraft Avionics<\/a>\u00a0is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic system upgrades, including installation of everything from basic VHF Radios and flight instruments, all the way to sophisticated\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/product\"><em>GPS,\u00a0<\/em><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/product\"><em>TCAS, EFIS, and\u00a0<\/em><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/product\"><em>glass cockpit systems<\/em><\/a><em>. We have the largest avionics facility\u00a0in Canada and over 20,000 unique part numbers in our inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Maxcraft is happy to announce an addition to their Garmin watch collection. The D2&#x2122; Air X15 and the D2 Mach 2, are Gamins latest aviator smartwatches with\u00a0 advanced aviation, health, fitness and other valuable smartwatch features. Including bright &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/garmin-announces-new-d2-air-x15-and-d2-mach-2-aviator-smartwatch\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6122,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avionics_news"],"better_featured_image":{"id":6122,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1000,"height":670,"file":"2024\/01\/Garmin-White_LGO_2021.png","filesize":53487,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"Garmin-White_LGO_2021-300x201.png","width":300,"height":201,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":12492,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Garmin-White_LGO_2021-300x201.png"},"thumbnail":{"file":"Garmin-White_LGO_2021-150x101.png","width":150,"height":101,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":5419,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Garmin-White_LGO_2021-150x101.png"},"medium_large":{"file":"Garmin-White_LGO_2021-768x515.png","width":768,"height":515,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":107578,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Garmin-White_LGO_2021-768x515.png"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"Garmin-White_LGO_2021-940x198.png","width":940,"height":198,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":64547,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Garmin-White_LGO_2021-940x198.png"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":6113,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Garmin-White_LGO_2021.png"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6431"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6447,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6431\/revisions\/6447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}