Garmin Venu 2S vs Garmin Venu X1

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Venu 2S compared with Venu X1

	GarminVenu 2S	GarminVenu X1
Overview
Released
Released	April 2021	June 2025
Display
Case sizes
Case sizes	40.4 mm	46 mm
Panel
Panel	OLED	OLED
Always-on display
Always-on display	Yes	Yes
Display detail
Display detail	1.1-inch (27.9 mm) AMOLED touchscreen, 360 × 360 pixels, with optional always-on mode.	2-inch (51.2 mm diagonal) colour AMOLED touchscreen; 448 x 486 pixels; 1304 sq mm display area; optional always-on mode and large-font setting; two physical buttons
Screen protection
Screen protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 3.	Sapphire crystal
Health and fitness
ECG
ECG	No	No
Blood oxygen
Blood oxygen	Yes	Yes
Skin temperature
Skin temperature	No	Yes
Sleep apnoea alerts
Sleep apnoea alerts	No	No
High blood pressure alerts
High blood pressure alerts	No	No
Body composition
Body composition	No	No
Fall detection
Fall detection	No	No
Crash detection
Crash detection	No	No
GPS
GPS	Single-band	Single-band
Water resistance
Water resistance	50 m	50 m
Sensors
Sensors	GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate, Pulse Ox, barometric altimeter, compass, gyroscope, accelerometer and ambient light sensor.	Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate monitor; Pulse Ox; barometric altimeter; compass; gyroscope; accelerometer; thermometer; ambient light sensor
Health features
Health features	Wrist heart rate, Pulse Ox, sleep score, respiration, stress, Body Battery, hydration, fitness age and Health Snapshot; Pulse Ox availability varies by country.	Continuous heart rate and high/low alerts; HRV status; Body Battery; stress and respiration; sleep score, sleep coach, sleep alignment, nap detection and smart wake alarm; breathing variations; skin temperature; Health Snapshot; lifestyle logging; women's health and past ovulation estimates; jet lag adviser; no ECG app
Fitness features
Fitness features	More than 25 sports apps, including running, cycling, swimming, golf and HIIT; animated cardio, strength, yoga and Pilates workouts and Garmin Coach plans.	More than 100 sports apps; triathlon and multisport; Garmin running, cycling, strength and triathlon coaching; training readiness/status/load; recovery time; real-time stamina; endurance and hill scores; VO2 max; running dynamics and running tolerance; running economy and step speed loss with compatible accessory; PacePro; ClimbPro; preloaded road/trail maps; dynamic round-trip routing; golf maps for 43,000+ courses; animated workouts
Safety features
Safety features	Incident detection, assistance and LiveTrack require a paired phone.	Incident detection during selected activities, assistance and live event sharing require a paired compatible smartphone; built-in LED flashlight
Battery and connections
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 10 days	Up to 8 days
In low-power mode
In low-power mode	Up to 11 days	Up to 11 days
Mobile data option
Mobile data option	No	No
Works with
Works with	iPhone and Android	iPhone and Android
Storage
Storage	–	32 GB
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Up to ten days in smartwatch mode, eleven days in battery saver, 19 hours with GPS or seven hours with GPS and music. Garmin says ten minutes of charging adds up to one smartwatch day.	Smartwatch up to 8 days, or 2 days with display always on; battery saver smartwatch up to 11 days; GPS-only GNSS up to 16 hours; all-systems GNSS up to 14 hours; all-systems GNSS with music up to 7 hours; actual life depends on settings and usage
Charging
Charging	Garmin proprietary charging cable.	Garmin proprietary plug charging/data cable; rechargeable built-in lithium-ion battery; USB charging temperature 0–45 °C
Connectivity
Connectivity	Bluetooth, ANT+ and Wi-Fi; Garmin Pay, Connect IQ, smart notifications and phone-free playback of up to 650 stored songs. Android phones can send preset text replies.	Bluetooth, ANT+ and Wi-Fi; GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS and BeiDou; no multi-band GPS; speaker/microphone for calls and phone voice assistant with a paired compatible smartphone; local watch voice commands; Garmin Pay; Connect IQ apps; offline music; Android-only text responses and notification images; no cellular service
Storage
Storage	Stores up to 200 hours of activity data and up to 650 songs.	32 GB for maps, music and history
Design
Weight (lightest version)
Weight (lightest version)	38.2 g	34 g (better)
Software
Software	Garmin	Garmin
Case materials
Case materials	Stainless-steel bezel, fibre-reinforced polymer case and silicone band; 5 ATM water rating.	Fibre-reinforced polymer case with titanium caseback; nylon band; swim-rated 5 ATM; operating/storage temperature –20–45 °C
Size
Size	40.4 × 40.4 × 12.1 mm; 38.2 g.	Rectangular case 41 x 46 x 7.9 mm; 34 g body only, 40 g with ComfortFit nylon band
Bands
Bands	Quick-release 18 mm band; fits wrists 110–175 mm.	Standard 24 mm quick-release ComfortFit nylon band
Colours
Colours	Slate bezel with graphite case and band.	Black with Slate Titanium caseback and Black band; Moss with Titanium caseback and Moss band; Soft Gold with Titanium caseback and French Grey nylon band
In the box
In the box	–	Venu X1; charging/data cable; documentation