Garmin · Venu
Venu 2
A 45 mm AMOLED fitness smartwatch with GPS, animated workouts, on-watch music and an eleven-day battery claim.
- Type
- Smart and sports
- Sizes
- 45.4 mm
- Movement
- –
- Power reserve
- –
- Display
- OLED
- Battery
- 11 days
- Water
- 50 m
- GPS
- Single-band
- Weight
- 49 g
Specifications
Report a wrong or missing specDisplay
- Case sizes
- 45.4 mm
- Panel
- OLED
- Always-on display
- Yes
- Display detail
- 1.3-inch (33 mm) AMOLED touchscreen, 416 x 416 pixels, with optional always-on mode.
- Screen protection
- Corning Gorilla Glass 3.
Health and fitness
- ECG
- No
- Blood oxygen
- Yes
- Skin temperature
- No
- Sleep apnoea alerts
- No
- High blood pressure alerts
- No
- Body composition
- No
- Fall detection
- No
- Crash detection
- No
- GPS
- Single-band
- Water resistance
- 50 m
- Sensors
- GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate, Pulse Ox, barometric altimeter, compass, gyroscope, accelerometer and ambient light sensor.
- Health features
- Wrist heart rate, Pulse Ox blood oxygen, sleep score, respiration, stress, Body Battery, hydration and Health Snapshot; Pulse Ox availability varies by country.
- Fitness features
- More than 25 sports apps, including running, cycling, pool swimming and golf; animated cardio, strength, yoga, Pilates and HIIT workouts, muscle maps and Garmin Coach plans.
- Safety features
- Incident detection, assistance and LiveTrack require a paired phone.
Battery and connections
- Battery life (maker's claim)
- Up to 11 days
- In low-power mode
- Up to 12 days
- Mobile data option
- No
- Works with
- iPhone and Android
- Battery life detail
- Up to 11 days in smartwatch mode, 12 days in battery saver, 22 hours with GPS or eight hours with GPS and music. Garmin says ten minutes of charging adds up to one smartwatch day.
- Charging
- Garmin proprietary charging cable.
- Connectivity
- Bluetooth, ANT+ and Wi-Fi; smart notifications, Garmin Pay, Connect IQ and phone-free playback of up to 650 stored songs.
- Storage
- Stores up to 200 hours of activity data and up to 650 songs.
Design
- Weight (lightest version)
- 49 g
- Software
- Garmin
- Case materials
- Stainless-steel bezel, fibre-reinforced polymer case and silicone band; 5 ATM water rating.
- Size
- 45.4 x 45.4 x 12.2 mm; 49 g.
- Bands
- Quick-release 22 mm band; fits wrists 135–200 mm.
- Colours
- Granite blue case and silicone band with silver bezel.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Up to 11 days in smartwatch mode
- Larger 1.3-inch AMOLED display with optional always-on mode
- More than 25 sports apps and up to 650 stored songs
Cons
- Garmin rates GPS with music at eight hours
- No onboard maps
Closest rivals
Model | Type | Sizes | Movement | Power reserve | Display | Battery | Water | GPS | Weight | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smart and sports | 43.6 mm | – | – | OLED | 9 days | 50 m | Single-band | 51 g | Jan 2022 | |
| Smart and sports | 42 mm | – | – | Memory-in-pixel | 14 days | 50 m | Single-band | 37 g | Jun 2021 | |
| Smart and sports | 45 mm | – | – | OLED | 14 days | 50 m | Single-band | 47 g | Aug 2023 |
Previous model: Venu.
Sources
- garmin.com.sg/products/wearables/venu-2-blue
- garmin.com/en-US/newsroom/press-release/featured/garmin-announces-venu-2-series…
Photo: garmin.com.sg
