Garmin Venu 2s 👉 https://mikeobrienmedia.com/Garmin-Ve...
Garmin Venu 2 👉 https://mikeobrienmedia.com/Garmin-Ve...
The Garmin Venu 2 and 2S are nearly identical watches, with the primary difference being their size. These fitness oriented smartwatches bring the best of the smartwatch world together with the best accuracy and insights of the sportswatch and fitness tracker world. For the price though, how well does this actually deliver?

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ADDITIONAL REVIEW NOTES:
PHYSICAL:
2 vs 2S = 45mm vs 40mm
Six different colors
Super bright AMOLED display
1.1” display on the smaller watch (thin bezel!)
Stainless steel bezel
5ATM water resistance
Easily swap out bands
No mic or speaker, but it does have haptic motor


INTERNALS:
Claimed 10 day battery (11 for Venu 2)
I am getting 5 days of battery with about 30 min of GPS use per day
Rapid recharge = 1 day of battery from 10 minutes of charging
Bluetooth for earbuds
Contactless payment

SENSORS:
GPS
GLONASS
GALILEO
GARMIN ELEVATE™ WRIST HEART RATE MONITOR
BAROMETRIC ALTIMETER
COMPASS
GYROSCOPE
ACCELEROMETER
THERMOMETER
AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR
PULSE OX BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION MONITOR

ACCURACY TESTING

SOFTWARE
Coaching
25 workouts (some with built in training coaches/workouts & animated exercises)
Onboard music storage from local files, Deezer, Spotify
Health snapshot
Fitness age
Body battery (more advanced now)
Pulse OX and Pulse Ox sleep tracking
Advanced sleep tracking
Respiration tracking
HR tracking
Stress, female cycle, intensity minutes, breathing exercises, etc.
Quick replies for Android, only notifications for Apple
SOS
ConnectIQ apps

INTERFACE TOUR


PROS:
Lift to wake works exceptionally well
Touch screen is responsive but not the best out there
Cable supports fast charging as well as data transfer. Very easy to add music, podcasts, or audiobooks! - Even on a Mac (with Android File Transfer)
Offline spotify!! - easy to use and a rare find in smartwatches!
Super accurate
Super in depth analytics


CONS:
GPS takes a beat to start when you want to work out
Instantaneous speed is trash
Price
Limited third party apps
No rotating bezel or crown
Garmin Pay does not work that that many cards

CONCLUSION:
Smartwatches are still finding their purpose in the world, but one definite purpose is for fitness. Counting steps, tracking heart rate, GPS, music for runs without a phone, and contactless payment for that gatorade at the end of your run. And for many people, this is the most important purpose for a smartwatch. When it comes to fitness oriented smartwatches, this should attract the same crowd as the Fitbit Sense and Versa, but the Garmin Venu 2 and 2S are far more accurate, more in depth, and more serious when it comes to fitness tracking.

This is not a smartphone replacement like the Apple and Galaxy watches try to be. This cannot field phone calls and has no voice assistant, but if what you want is an everyday smartwatch that absolutely crushes it in the realm of fitness, this is it. Much more user friendly and practical than the pro athlete Fenix watches, and much more accurate than just about any other smartwatch. This is the perfect hybrid between smartwatch and sportswatch.

The downside? The price :( The price of accuracy and wildly in depth analytics is $399




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