The Garmin Venu smartwatch came with many on-demand features and it has quickly become one of the best smartwatches in the industry. Adding to that popularity, Gamin announced two new smartwatches in the Venu 2 series. Both the new smartwatches the Garmin Venu 2 and Garmin Venu 2S are GPS enabled and have plenty of health and sports features. With this new Venu 2 series, Garmin seems to be focusing more on fitness and sports with new health sensors and more than
25 built-in sports apps.
Both the watches Garmin Venu 2 and Venu 2s are equipped with stainless-steel frames. So you don’t need to pay special attention to this while handling it. And it comes with a touch-screen AMOLED panel along with a Gorilla Glass 3. This means you can take them out for all your outdoor activities and harsh environments without worrying about scratches.
As of now, The Garmin Venu 2 series comes in two sizes. Its Venu 2 features a 45mm watch case with a 22mm band and another one Venu 2S comes with a smaller 40mm watch case and an 18mm band. There are many interesting new features that were added to this new Garmin Venu 2 series. If you are looking for a new smartwatch outside of Apple and Android smartwatches then this can be a perfect option.
In addition to this, both the Garmin Venu 2 watches feature always-on mode. Currently, they are available for $399.99, which is quite similar to the Garmin Venu pricing. Let’s take to better look at what new additions you are getting.
Here are the details of the Garmin Venu 2 series
First of all, Garmin brings plenty of features to this Venu 2 series smartwatches. Some of them we have already witnessed on other Garmin watches over the last year or two, also it brings completely new features. For example, Garmin has added for the first time its, new Elevate V4 optical heart rate sensor package. In addition to this, it is the first watch that supports Connect IQ 4.0. More importantly, it has many new health-related functions.
Garmin claims that both of the new Venu 2 series watches come with 24/7 health monitoring facilities. It includes heart rate, fitness age, respiration, and Pulse Ox2. Also, you get menstrual tracking and pregnancy tracking in these new Venu 2 watches. And its new Health Snapshot feature enables users a 2-minute session to record key health stats. Which generates reports that you can share with a family doctor or any healthcare provider.
Not only this, you get advanced sleeping tracking to monitor and improve your sleeping habits. Garmin Venu 2 series features Advanced sleep monitoring that tracks light, deep, and REM sleep stages. Along with that, it can track your movements, Pulse Ox, and respiration. In addition to this, you get a sleep score based on your sleep quality of recent naps. You can view the stats and all the accumulated data on the watch itself or the Garmin Connect app.
Interestingly, Garmin Venu 2 series has a 1.3inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 416×416. It features an excellent pixel-dense display with vibrant colors and good viewing angles. This means you can get enough brightness even at midnight sun also won’t be an issue. Also, you get sizable bezels surrounding the display.
Garmin Venu 2 series features a better battery and plenty of sports features
You can wear this new Garmin Venu 2 series all day without worrying about running out of power. Both of these new watches feature better batteries than their predecessor. You can expect uninterrupted 10 days of use in smartwatch mode and nearly seven hours in GPS mode with music. Not only it packs an incredible battery also Garmin provides faster recharging for both models.
With rapid charging, you get an uninterrupted picture of your health for up to 11 days in smartwatch mode. And up to 22 hours in GPS mode. Even ten minutes of charging provides up to 1 day of smartwatch mode battery life or 1 hour of GPS with music battery life. Also, you get battery-saving mode where you can manage your battery power by adjusting the settings that impact battery life the most.
In addition to a better battery Garmin Venu 2 series packs in plenty of sports and fitness features. Some of them are very captivating with new visuals. Like it’s animated, on-screen workouts. This feature provides easy-to-follow, animated cardio, yoga, and high-intensity interval training. And many more packed on the watch, to get them you can simply download them from the Garmin Connect app.
And its built-in sports apps allow you to track all the way you move. With the help of 25 preloaded GPS and indoor sports apps like walking, running, cycling and swimming, and more. To take things to the next level Garmin introduced a personal running coach to these Venu 2 series for free.
Garmin provides enough tools to stay connected
Garmin Venu 2 series supports smart notifications. Which lets you receive emails, texts, and alerts right on your watch when paired with your compatible smartphone. For music lovers, it lets you download music and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer, or Amazon Music accounts. You can even pair them with wireless headphones to enjoy phone-free listening.
For easy and smooth transactions Venu 2 series comes with Garmin Pay. So you don’t need to take out a card every time that you shop or travel. Along with that, these new smartwatches are quite compatible with the Garmin Connect IQ store. This allows users to download watch faces, apps, and widgets.
All the data syncs with the Garmin Connect app. With this app, you can see your health and fitness information all in one place. Not only that, the Garmin Connect app has its online community. Where people can communicate, compete for activities, and share their results.
Conclusion
Overall, these new Garmin Venu 2 series provide many on-demand features and some fresh and exciting features as well. As it packs in a better battery that allows your watch enough power. So you can go through all day without worrying about power. And it comes with plenty of fitness and health tools and features. Both Venu 2 and Venu 2s are priced at $399.99, with all these features they are worth the price.
