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Garmin Venu, GPS Smartwatch with Bright Touchscreen Display, Features Music, Body Energy Monitoring, Animated Workouts, Pulse Ox Sensors and More, Granite Blue and Silver

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  • Watch case size 43mm; Fits wrists with a circumference of 125-190 mm
  • Beautiful, bright AMOLED display and up to five-day battery life in smartwatch mode; up to six hours in GPS and music mode
  • The broadest range of all-day health monitoring features keeps track of your energy levels, respiration, menstrual cycle, stress, sleep, estimated heart rate and more
  • Easily download songs to your watch, including playlists from Spotify, Amazon music or Deezer (may require a premium subscription With a third-party music provider), and connect with headphones (sold separately) for phone-free listening
  • Record all the ways to move with more than 20 preloaded GPS and indoor sports apps, including yoga, running, pool swimming and more
  • Get easy-to-follow, animated cardio, strength, yoga and Pilates workouts right on your watch screen
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    Venu

    Garmin Venu

    Venu

    GPS Smartwatch with a Bright, Beautiful Display Built for the Active Lifestyle

    • Watch case size 43mm; Fits wrists with a circumference of 125-190 mm
    • AMOLED display and up to 5-day battery life in smartwatch mode; up to 6 hours in GPS mode with music
    • Keep an eye on your health 24/7 with the broadest available range of all-day health monitoring features
    • Easily download music to your watch for phone-free listening
    • Record all the ways to move with more than 20 preloaded GPS and indoor sports apps
    • Get easy-to-follow, animated workouts right on your watch screen

    Body Battery Energy Monitoring

    See your body’s energy levels throughout the day, so you can find the best times for activity and rest.

    Venu

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    Smart Notifications

    Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch when paired with a compatible smartphone. You can even respond to texts if you have an Android phone.

    Music

    Easily download songs to your watch, including playlists from your Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music accounts (subscription may be required). Connect with wireless headphones (sold separately) for phone-free listening.

    Safety and Tracking Features

    While your watch and phone are paired, your location can be sent to your contacts either manually or — during outdoor activities — automatically with built-in incident detection (when paired to a compatible smartphone), if needed.

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    Garmin Pay

    Breeze through checkout lines with Garmin Pay contactless payment solution through participating providers (not all countries and payment networks are eligible).

    Connect IQ Store

    Add personality to your watch by downloading apps, widgets, watch faces and more. It’s easy and — even better — it’s free.

    Animated Workouts and Garmin Coach

    Get a personal running coach on your wrist, for free, to help you train for your next 5K, 10K or half-marathon.

    Easy-to-follow, animated cardio, strength, yoga and Pilates workouts come preloaded on the watch, and you can download more from the Garmin Connect app.

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    Customer Ratings
    4.64.6 out of 5 stars7,618
    4.54.5 out of 5 stars1,669
    4.54.5 out of 5 stars1,106
    4.24.2 out of 5 stars50
    4.54.5 out of 5 stars434
    4.74.7 out of 5 stars48
    Battery life
    4.3
    4.3
    4.7
    4.4
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    Mobile App
    4.2
    4.2
    4.3
    4.6
    4.1
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    Sleep tracking
    4.2
    4.1
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    4.4
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    42.2 x 42.2 x 11.1 mm
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    display size
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    Reminders
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    Product Description

    Beautiful. Detailed. Alive. The venu GPS smartwatch features a bright, beautiful display and a battery life of up to five days, so you can spend more time doing the activities you love. Get on-screen, Animated cardio, strength, yoga and Pilates workouts right on your wrist. With the broadest available range of all-day health monitoring features — including respiration tracking, body battery energy monitor, stress and more — venu can show you the full picture of your health in vivid detail. Keep your phone and wallet at home, because this Watch lets you download music for phone-free listening and pay from the wrist Using Garmin Pay contactless payment solution (available for supported cards from participating banks). Battery life: Smartwatch mode: Up to 5 days, GPS mode with music: Up to 6 hours,GPS mode without music: Up to 20 hours.

    Customer reviews

    4.6 out of 5 stars
    4.6 out of 5
    7,618 global ratings

    Customers say

    Customers like the durability and appearance of the biometric monitor. For example, they mention it's a great fitness watch with an excellent build and a vibrant display. That said opinions are mixed on heart rate tracking, performance, battery life, and ease of use.

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    196 customers mention167 positive29 negative

    Customers like the durability of the biometric monitor. They say the watch build is excellent, the device itself is very good, and it's a great fitness watch. Some customers also mention that it'll last a long time and is reliable. Overall, most find the product to be a highly useful and durable smartwatch.

    "...The device itself is very good, worth the money, and I would recommend to anyone who wants a good competitive product to what Apple and Fitbit offer..." Read more

    "...My Wife and I each bought one. The watch build is excellent. The app is quite good and mostly without glitches...." Read more

    "...Overall, pretty good smart watch, maybe get a week of battery life with 24/7 use with daily activities (1 hr excerise with music)." Read more

    "Watch is awesome. Going on a little over 2 years doing hard work with it on...." Read more

    183 customers mention161 positive22 negative

    Customers like the appearance of the biometric monitor. For example, they mention it's a really nice looking watch, with a very nice display. They appreciate the vibrant, colorful, and vivid display. Some like the clock faces and the well-designed Garmin Connect app on the phone.

    "...It's a great tool and looks clean and sharp. It's comfortable, though I would recommend getting a couple different straps for different occasions...." Read more

    "...The app is, for the most part, well laid out...." Read more

    "...I am glad I decided to purchase the Garmin Venue. It looks good on my wrist, it has solid performance, and it doesn't lag like other watches I've..." Read more

    "...Still maintains a vibrant and colorful look. Although the watch is black, I changed the band to burgundy...." Read more

    216 customers mention138 positive78 negative

    Customers are mixed about the heart rate tracking. Some mention that the fitness tracking is far superior, it tracks your workout intensity minutes, and it incorporates heart rate and intensity level of. However, others say that the sleep tracker is not very accurate, the heart sensor can also sometimes be off, and there was an issue with the heart monitor.

    "...Blood oxygen sensor is NICE. So is GPS for tracking rides, runs, etc. The software for the phone and PC are simple to use but powerful...." Read more

    "...right out the gate and say that if you are looking for an excellent fitness tracker and will motivate you to actually exercise this is the..." Read more

    "...There was an issue with the heart rate monitor. If you turned it off, it wouldn't actually go off. It kept running...." Read more

    "...It's quite motivating. Using this watch I was able to drop 20 lbs in about two months and increase my cardio and breathing condition immensely...." Read more

    172 customers mention118 positive54 negative

    Customers are mixed about the battery life of the biometric monitor. Some mention that it has excellent battery life, while others say that it's just shy of long. The battery life is also slow to charge and has to be charged every few days. The GPS and oxygen sensors use a lot of battery.

    "...Great Battery Life:--- Depending on how you use the watch, you can get a week's worth of use out of it before charging.---..." Read more

    "...all the bells and whistles that an apple watch has but it's battery life is like a week and I literally can't break it. It keeps going...." Read more

    "...About the battery life! GPS and oxygen sensors use a lot of battery...." Read more

    "...Battery life is decent and charges really fast. I charge mine at between 25-30%...." Read more

    135 customers mention69 positive66 negative

    Customers are mixed about the performance of the biometric monitor. Some mention that it works very well once they become accustomed to it, and does the most important things well. The GPS works great, and would usually acquire a signal within 30 seconds. However, some say that the wake option on the Venu is very bad compared to the Versa 2, and that half of the activities it can track are useless or repetitive. It does have some faults, and some customers report that the watch was defective.

    "...It's a great tool and looks clean and sharp. It's comfortable, though I would recommend getting a couple different straps for different occasions...." Read more

    "...Sleep tracking on this watch is just plain poor. Ridiculously, embarrassingly bad...." Read more

    "...It looks good on my wrist, it has solid performance, and it doesn't lag like other watches I've seen...." Read more

    "...Garmin provides 20 activities that you can track, but half of them are useless or repetitive (ie: rowing & indoor rowing)...." Read more

    134 customers mention66 positive68 negative

    Customers are mixed about the ease of use of the biometric monitor. Some mention it's easy to use with lots of opportunities to, and simple to understand UI. However, others say that it'd be difficult to navigate and the sensitivity to hand movements could be improved. The user interface is also not intuitive and is clumsy.

    "...3rd party options from Hemsut for example are very nice. The interface is straightforward and only leaves a little to be desired in that certain..." Read more

    "...But not a big deal in the end. Sleep tracking is interesting. Quite addictive at first, but I eventually stopped worrying too much about it...." Read more

    "...rate, vo2, able to download songs and listen without phone, simple to understand uiCons: not accurate sleep tracking?..." Read more

    "...I have to tap the screen three times to get it to turn on. Not convenient during a run. I also do not receive any text message to my watch...." Read more

    Garmin Venu: A Great Fitness Watch!
    4 Stars
    Garmin Venu: A Great Fitness Watch!
    I researched a lot of fitness watches before I made a final decision. I knew I wanted a Garmin. They just had all the features and quality that I wanted. I am a runner. I run about 35-40 miles/per week. I wanted something that could accurately track my miles, calories burned, heart rate etc. I also wanted something that could track more than just running. There are so many Garmin models to choose from. I didn't want to spend a ton of money, but I didn't want to buy their cheapest model either. I was looking through the Garmin models, on Amazon, and the Venu popped up, on sale. It was a great price! It had everything I wanted. It has a color touch screen, all the features I needed and a lot of others that made it attractive, like smart watch features. It had taken a little while to learn how to use all the features. Its a great fitness watch! The watch looks stylish. The band that came with it is very comfortable and very soft. I enjoy being able to add different faces to the watch. You can download the different faces from Garmin's app. You have to pay for a majority of the faces, but there are some good ones that are free. The Venu tracks everything and it does it relatively accurately. I compared the distance of my runs with my Samsung note 10. The Venu mapped the precise route I run and the Note 10, I have no clue what it was tracking. There is almost a 2.5 mile difference between the two. I trust my Venu more. The only thing I am semi-dissapointed with is that the Venu doesn't detect when you are running. You have to enable the run feature and stop it when you are done. This can be problematic if you forget to start it, which I have. I didnt really care about the fact that it had smart watch features. I didn't think I needed to be able to see text messages, emails, or phone calls when they come in. I was wrong. It saves me from having to pull my phone out. I run with my Note 10 so I can listen to music and have a phone, in case of an emergency. I love being able to look at my watch and see who is calling when I run. It saves me from missing important phone calls. The Garmin app is great! It collects a lot of data that you can use to compare workouts, steps, heartbeat, water intake, sleep tracking etc. I like the challenges that are available. Joining a challenge pushes you to do more so that you can hopefully finish in the top 10. I highly recommend this watch! It looks great and has great features.
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    Eric
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is a solid mid-tier smart watch.
    Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2023
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    Upfront I've used Garmin GPS products but I've never used a smart watch from them until the Venu. It's a great tool and looks clean and sharp. It's comfortable, though I would recommend getting a couple different straps for different occasions. 3rd party options from Hemsut for example are very nice. The interface is straightforward and only leaves a little to be desired in that certain swipes can take a little bit of a learning period to know exactly how to touch the screen for best responsiveness. I found myself accidentally choosing the wrong options for the watch face layouts a couple times before I got used to the sensitivity. That's my problem though, probably. It has all the sensors you'd want for every day activities and some advanced functions too. Blood oxygen sensor is NICE. So is GPS for tracking rides, runs, etc. The software for the phone and PC are simple to use but powerful. About the battery life! GPS and oxygen sensors use a lot of battery. That's fine for when you're doing an activity or long distance work out, but when you have GPS active all the time for say, the sunrise/sunset info on the watch face, it eats it all day long. Same goes for the oxygen sensor. If you have these two things set to read you all day periodically, it'll reduce your battery life from 5-7 days to 2-3. One more thing, I love the ecosystem for Garmin so far. There are so many different watch faces to download, play with, customize. You can make your own. Different apps to download. You can control your music from it. So many cool things to do, I haven't even gotten to use all of them extensively yet. This is a keeper.
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    Jordan
    5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Fitness Tracker With a Dash of Smartness
    Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2020
    Color: BlackVerified Purchase
    I'll come right out the gate and say that if you are looking for an excellent fitness tracker and will motivate you to actually exercise this is the ticket.

    I've owned products from Fitbit and an Apple Watch, but the Venu has by far been my favorite. Apple Watch certainly had the best smart features, but to be honest after having the thing for 3 years I didn't bother with like 95% of them. Only think I care about is notifications, and the Garmin does just fine with that. What I really cared about was the fitness tracking, and Garmin is on a whole different level. Sure Fitbit is probably more "consumer" friendly and Apple allows for everything to be in one ecosystem, but if you are more into seeing metric like sweat loss, bar charts that can track your heart rate for the entire exercise, and GPS built right into the watch you have to go with the Garmin. The ability to have workouts built in outside of just stuff like walking, running, biking, the basics really, is top notch. Will I ever use ones like the paddle boarding and the cross country skiing? Probably not, but it's there for people who will. The app is also really great, and motivating. Both my parents also use Garmin products, so it's really fun to compete with them on who can be the best. Being able to connect with social media and compete with all my friends is also really fun as well. The app is, for the most part, well laid out. Might take some time to find were some stuff is, but the internet is your best friend and Garmin's website has lots of info on it to answer your questions. Another plus is the battery life. My Fitbit products were decent with maybe 2-4 days depending on what I did. Apple Watch was terrible, usually a day at most and towards the end of its life I sometimes had to charge it twice in a day. The Venu? Well when Garmin says 5-7 days they mean it. That's dependent out course. Workouts that use GPS take more power, and using the built in music paying doubles that. Still I'd say I use it at an average level, and before the first charge I got 5 days, and probably could've got 6. That 's impressive on a device that has an AMOLED screen, and a very good one at that.

    Cons? Well the 3rd party watch face support is pretty abysmal. Most of them require a 3rd party payment outside of the app, which is a no-no in my book. I found that most of the free ones I downloaded, which nice, drained the battery a lot faster and some of them actually messed the with raise to wake feature. I'd recommend just making one using your own photos or use the stock ones from Garmin. The app store is also a completely separate app, also a bummer, and quite frankly I don't see myself ever adding any apps outside of Spotify anyway. I hope maybe Garmin eventually just adds into into the primary ConnectApp.

    Really, though, I think there are very few negatives about the device, actually most are just Garmin's software. The device itself is very good, worth the money, and I would recommend to anyone who wants a good competitive product to what Apple and Fitbit offer that wants superior fitness tracking abilities.
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    T. Beaulieu
    5.0 out of 5 stars Solid build and app. Very engaging! Helped me drop 20 lbs!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2020
    Color: BlackVerified Purchase
    Not used to wearing a watch, I made a big jump and I'm super glad that I spent the money on Garmin instead of the fitbit. My Wife and I each bought one. The watch build is excellent. The app is quite good and mostly without glitches. The idea of badges, goals, awards .. works. People like getting a dog biscuit or a star when they accomplish something. It's quite motivating. Using this watch I was able to drop 20 lbs in about two months and increase my cardio and breathing condition immensely. It's become a big part of my life. The water tracking is incredibly helpful, as I have always been chronically dehydrated. Now I drink enough throughout the day. I've managed 20k step days, 30k, 40k and even a 50k day (27 mile hike)! My Wife and I have both experienced times where we weren't credited for stairs, which is annoying. She's experienced several occasions where her watch and iphone are out of agreement about the water, which is also annoying. But not a big deal in the end. Sleep tracking is interesting. Quite addictive at first, but I eventually stopped worrying too much about it. I'd routinely miss the 8 hour "goal" that can't be adjusted ... by less than 5 minutes! One time by just a single minute! Now THAT is annoying! I'm a member of a golf course and since the course just opened during rona was able to try the golf app for the first time. It was quite accurate and helpful. Only shows front, middle and back, but I use a range finder and only need the watch for times when I can't get a line of sight on the pin (in order words, my tee shot was terrible). I checked against the range finder throughout my last round and the watch matched. Surprising, since our course is private. You can also keep score if you want. I feed my garmin activities into Strava, which is nice. Finally, I used the MyFitness app for free calorie tracking and the integration with activities (calories burned) was really good! I stopped worrying about tracking calories once I was exercising and dropping weight. Battery life is my only real complaint. It's a bit slow to charge and has to be charged every few days. I have a charge port built into my island, so it's convenient, but I feel naked without my watch on now!

    Definitely recommend! Solid watch and app. Very engaging.
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    João K.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Recomendo
    Reviewed in Brazil on February 26, 2024
    Color: Gold with Black BandVerified Purchase
    excelente produto
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    Glaucia Santana
    5.0 out of 5 stars Garmin Venu
    Reviewed in Brazil on August 18, 2023
    Color: BlackVerified Purchase
    Smartwatch perfeito, com todas as funcionalidades, de fácil manuseio. Vendedor atencioso.
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    caballoazul
    5.0 out of 5 stars Funciona perfecto
    Reviewed in Mexico on May 5, 2023
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    Me encanta que mide la saturación de oxígeno las pulsaciones la batería del cuerpo y el estrés.
    Funciona muy bien para correr
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    fastdude007
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent screen quality
    Reviewed in Canada on April 7, 2021
    Color: Silver with Dark Gray BandVerified Purchase
    Overall great features and good working apps. Since the screen is very bright, it does need recharging every 2 to 3 days, which is still very good.
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    Dana
    5.0 out of 5 stars A nice and useful device
    Reviewed in Canada on November 26, 2020
    Verified Purchase
    I have this watch for about a month and it works really good so far. I wear it almost all the time. Not perfect-flawless, but totally meets my needs (day-to-day use and GPS tracking) and expectations.

    Good things are:
    - AMOLED display is really nice and automatically adjusts brightness according to the surroundings
    - Changeable watch faces are amazing
    - Looks good with almost any clothes
    - GPS tracking is pretty accurate and I really love how walking and running activities look in the Garmin Connect app (You can see the whole route on the map and statistics about your speed, elevation gain, heart rate etc.). It's my favorite feature as I go hiking rather often.
    - Helps to manage my calorie intake. Burnt calories number is approximated based on body parameters and daily activity, however it's only an approximation and cannot be 100% trusted. In my case this number is used together with a calorie intake tracking app and it really helps with persuading myself to refrain from eating another piece of that tasty thing before I go to bed.
    - Workouts feature is useful when you already know what to do and only need a prompt (e.g. name of the exercise or yoga pose) and a timer. If you have no idea what that "Warrior Three pose" means, you just waste half of your time looking at the animations on the display. You also should know when to switch sides in advance - it may be tricky (Like "Oh, I just did a lunge with my right leg forward, should I do this one with my left leg?" ). Overall I think that built-in workouts is a good starting point. And you can create custom ones, which is definitely a huge plus.
    - Software updates are quite frequent

    Not so good things:
    - Battery life is shorter than expected, but it's absolutely enough for daily use. Yesterday I recorded a 4 hours walk (14.5km/9miles) after charging my watch up to 31% and after I came home it showed 9% remaining. Typically, one full charge lasts for around 4 days.
    - Sleep tracking is not accurate. If I wake up at night and stare at my phone for an hour or two, it just does not notice. I have no idea how to use this data, so it does not impact the rating in any way.
    - Heart rate monitor is somewhat inaccurate as well. It can just skip intensity peaks sometimes, nevertheless it is still good for low/moderate intensity activities like jogging or trekking. I kind of expected that as this is just a smart-watch and not a professional heart monitor, so still give 5 stars.
    - Last week the app started to annoy me by offering to set up email reports, and the notification pops up every time I open the app ignoring my selection never to ask again. Hope it will be gone with one of the next updates.
    - Garmin Pay requires a separate set up. May be I would use the payment feature if it was integrated with Google Pay which I already have on my phone, but may be not :) Honestly, I'm just happy with paying with my phone.
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