Garmin Venu 2S vs Garmin vívomove Sport

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Venu 2S compared with vívomove Sport

	GarminVenu 2S	Garminvívomove Sport
Overview
Released
Released	April 2021	January 2022
Display
Case sizes
Case sizes	40.4 mm	40 mm
Panel
Panel	OLED	OLED
Always-on display
Always-on display	Yes	No
Display detail
Display detail	1.1-inch (27.9 mm) AMOLED touchscreen, 360 × 360 pixels, with optional always-on mode.	Hidden monochrome OLED touchscreen in the lower half of the dial, 8.6 x 18.5 mm (0.34 x 0.73 inches), 72 x 154 pixels; the digital display turns off when idle while the analogue hands remain visible
Screen protection
Screen protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 3.	Chemically strengthened glass
Health and fitness
ECG
ECG	No	No
Blood oxygen
Blood oxygen	Yes	Yes
Skin temperature
Skin temperature	No	No
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	None
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 optical heart-rate sensor; Pulse Ox sensor; accelerometer; ambient-light sensor. No barometric altimeter is listed for this model
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 resting alerts; respiration; Body Battery; stress and relaxation reminders; advanced sleep tracking, with sleep score and insights on the current UK page; spot-check or optional overnight Pulse Ox; hydration; menstrual-cycle and pregnancy logging; fitness age
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.	HIIT, cardio, elliptical, stair stepping, walking, Pilates, yoga, treadmill running, running, cycling and pool swimming; phone-connected GPS; steps, calories and intensity minutes; automatic rep counting; running VO2 max; heart-rate zones and alerts; ANT+ heart-rate broadcasting; Auto Lap; Move IQ; underwater wrist heart rate. The current UK activity list omits strength training despite the exact owner manual providing its recording instructions
Safety features
Safety features	Incident detection, assistance and LiveTrack require a paired phone.	Assistance and incident detection during selected activities require a paired compatible smartphone and connectivity; these do not establish general fall detection
Battery and connections
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 10 days	Up to 5 days
In low-power mode
In low-power mode	Up to 11 days	Up to 6 days
Mobile data option
Mobile data option	No	No
Works with
Works with	iPhone and Android	iPhone and Android
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.	Up to five days in smartwatch mode, followed by up to one additional day in watch-only mode; actual life depends on usage
Charging
Charging	Garmin proprietary charging cable.	Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery; supplied USB cable connects to the proprietary Garmin plug charging port. 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 Smart and ANT+; iPhone and Android compatibility; phone notifications, with text replies and text rejection of calls on Android; controls smartphone music; heart-rate broadcasting; connected GPS requires a paired phone
Storage
Storage	Stores up to 200 hours of activity data and up to 650 songs.	Ten timed activities and 14 days of activity-tracking data; storage capacity in GB is not published
Design
Weight (lightest version)
Weight (lightest version)	38.2 g	33.8 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; chemically strengthened glass lens; silicone band
Size
Size	40.4 × 40.4 × 12.1 mm; 38.2 g.	40 x 40 x 11 mm; 19 g case only or 33.8 g with silicone band
Bands
Bands	Quick-release 18 mm band; fits wrists 110–175 mm.	Standard 20 mm quick-release bands; fits wrists 125–190 mm in circumference
Colours
Colours	Slate bezel with graphite case and band.	Slate accents/Black; Peach Gold accents/Ivory; Peach Gold accents/Cocoa; Silver accents/Cool Mint. All four finish records remain published on the UK page but are not currently sellable there
In the box
In the box	–	vívomove Sport; charging/data cable; documentation
Movement
Movement detail
Movement detail	–	Analogue hands synchronise to a paired smartphone and move out of the way when the touchscreen is used; hands can be realigned through the exact owner settings
Functions
Functions	–	Time and date; automatic daylight saving time; alarm; timer; stopwatch