Garmin · Venu
Venu 2S
A 40 mm AMOLED fitness smartwatch with GPS, on-watch music and a ten-day battery claim.
- Type
- Smart and sports
- Sizes
- 40.4 mm
- Movement
- –
- Power reserve
- –
- Display
- OLED
- Battery
- 10 days
- Water
- 50 m
- GPS
- Single-band
- Weight
- 38.2 g
What reviewers say
Notebookcheck and KLGadgetGuy liked the compact fit, vivid display, long battery life and broad health and fitness features. Notebookcheck praised offline music and found its GPS accurate, but noted limited navigation; KLGadgetGuy found the interface slightly laggy and questioned its value for people who will not use the full feature set.
From notebookcheck.net and klgadgetguy.com
Specifications
Report a wrong or missing specDisplay
- Case sizes
- 40.4 mm
- Panel
- OLED
- Always-on display
- Yes
- Display detail
- 1.1-inch (27.9 mm) AMOLED touchscreen, 360 × 360 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, sleep score, respiration, stress, Body Battery, hydration, fitness age and Health Snapshot; Pulse Ox availability varies by country.
- 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.
- Safety features
- Incident detection, assistance and LiveTrack require a paired phone.
Battery and connections
- Battery life (maker's claim)
- Up to 10 days
- In low-power mode
- Up to 11 days
- Mobile data option
- No
- Works with
- iPhone and Android
- 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.
- Charging
- Garmin proprietary charging cable.
- 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.
- Storage
- Stores up to 200 hours of activity data and up to 650 songs.
Design
- Weight (lightest version)
- 38.2 g
- Software
- Garmin
- Case materials
- Stainless-steel bezel, fibre-reinforced polymer case and silicone band; 5 ATM water rating.
- Size
- 40.4 × 40.4 × 12.1 mm; 38.2 g.
- Bands
- Quick-release 18 mm band; fits wrists 110–175 mm.
- Colours
- Slate bezel with graphite case and band.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Up to ten days in smartwatch mode
- Compact 40.4 mm case with a 360 × 360 AMOLED display
- Stores up to 650 songs for phone-free listening
Cons
- GPS with music reduces Garmin's battery claim to seven hours
- No speaker or microphone for on-watch calls
- No built-in maps
Closest rivals
Model | Type | Sizes | Movement | Power reserve | Display | Battery | Water | GPS | Weight | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smart and sports | 42 mm | – | – | Memory-in-pixel | 14 days | 50 m | Single-band | 37 g | Jun 2021 | |
| Smart and sports | 41 mm | – | – | OLED | 10 days | 50 m | Single-band | 40 g | Aug 2023 | |
| Smart and sports | 40 mm | – | – | OLED | 5 days | 50 m | None | 33.8 g | Jan 2022 |
Newer model: Venu 3S.
Sources
- garmin.com.sg/products/wearables/venu-2s-gray-slate
- garmin.com/en-US/newsroom/press-release/featured/garmin-announces-venu-2-series…
Photo: cmsprod.garmin-india.com
