Look out GPS health monitoring smart watch industry, it looks like there’s a new boss in town. With its release date in early September, Garmin unveiled the new Venu Sq 2 and Venu Sq 2 Music Edition GPS smartwatches with all-day health monitoring, fitness tracking, and connected features. The Venu Sq 2 showcases a vivid and crystal-clear AMOLED display, touchscreen for easy data and control access, over 25 built in sports apps, smart notifications, and an insane battery life that can last up to 11 days. Plus, for music lovers, there is a music edition which includes on-device music storage, so you don’t even need to be connected to your phone, computer, or anything like that. Imagine not needing your phone to listen to music while you’re working out or commuting.
The Venu Sq and Vivoactive 4 has been a few top choices by smartwatch consumers and have been dominating the competition, but that may be about to change as Garmin once again have outdone themselves. The new GPS smartwatch that Garmin just introduced encompasses all the features and benefits of the best smartwatches but with so much more to offer. Furthermore, Garmin specifically designed these so they’re affordable for everyone, so you don’t need to be wealthy to be healthy. Let’s review what makes the Venu Sq 2 so special.
Health Monitoring Day & Night
- Wrist based sensors to track your heart rate 24/7 with alerts for any abnormal heart rates (high/low) when the body is at rest.
- Body Battery Energy Monitoring lets you view your current energy levels and will help you plan the best time for exercise and rest per “your” body.
- Sleep Monitoring and Sleep Score will provide insight to your body’s recovery using data from multiple sensors to give you a complete analysis and assessment of your sleep. Each morning, you will receive a sleep score for the previous nights rest with data on your different sleeping stages. You will also get a summary of your heart rate, stress, pulse ox, and respiration information.
- Stress Tracking will let you know about your day and measure the balance between calm and stress. When stress is discovered, you will receive and reminder to relax. There is also a built in breathwork activity which helps encourage positive breathing techniques by tracking your respiration, average heart rate, and any change in stress levels.
- Women’s health tracking: Use the Garmin Connect smartphone app to track a menstrual cycle or pregnancy. Log symptoms, get exercise and nutrition education and more. Plus, use the Women’s Health Tracking app on the watch to see and log details right from the wrist.
- Health Snapshot: Log a 2-minute session to record key metrics like heart rate, heart rate variability, Pulse Ox, respiration and stress. A report with those stats can be viewed directly on the watch itself or in the Garmin Connect app.
Sports Apps & Fitness Features
Offering tons of built-in sports apps and workout features, the Venu Sq 2 has everything you need to support your active lifestyle. With over 25 preloaded GPS and indoor sports apps, such as walking, running, cycling, tennis, and preloaded workout apps like cardio, strength, yoga, HIIT and Pilates, you will always find the perfect mode for you and can easily swap between modes, keeping your workout and body in peak form. There is even a preloaded activity profile that encompasses multiple timers so you can track key performance indicators to help you gauge and input the number of sets, as well as the workout and rest intervals.
Another key feature is being able to customize your own workouts using Garmin’s Connect App to download premade workouts that utilizes over 1,600 different exercises directly to your watch. There are also free Garmin Coach Training Plans which will adapt to your performance and objectives. Imagine having a personal trainer right on your wrist, helping you achieve that 5 or 10k goal. The Garmin Venu Sq 2 keeps going even when you’re done with your exercise, continuing to track your steps, intensity, calories, and vitals.
Connections and Safety features
The Garmin Venu Sq 2 will always keep you connected with live text messages, view social media posts, emails and you will have even more accessible features once the Venu Sq 2 is paired with your Apple or Android smartphone. Get through checkout lines efficiently while out shopping by using Garmin Pay contactless payment from your watch. The updated Venu Sq 2 Music Edition can now store up to 500 songs right on the watch itself and has compatibility for your playlists from Spotify, Amazon Music, and Deezer. There are even more apps from the Connect IQ Store you can download for things like watch faces and additional options for your Venu Sq 2.
Being connected using something like a watch that always stays on your person can provide you additional safety. The Venu Sq 2 uses safety and tracking features to send live location data to your chosen emergency contacts or will automatically send a message in the event your Venu Sq 2 detects an accident or incident.
Design & Specifications
Garmin kept style as well as functionality in mind when creating the Venu Sq 2. The Venu Sq 2 series features a 1.4-inch rectangular AMOLED touchscreen display with a bright clear and beautiful 320×360 pixel display resolution, and a lightweight aluminum bezel and comfortable quick release silicone band (interchangeable). These sporty silicone bands are chic, and they feel great on your wrist. Both new editions use an adjustable band size that can fit wrists from 125mm to 190mm, which will fit just about everyone.
The new updated Venu Sq 2 features a Corning Gorilla Glass 3 which means the Venu Sq 2 is durable enough for active workouts, sports, and every-day wear and tear. With a water rating of 5 ATM, you can always wear your Venu Sq 2 even in the shower or during water sports. At 38 grams, it feels like it’s a part of you never needing to take it off, unless to charge the battery.
Battery Life
The Venu Sq 2 triumphs in comparison to many other health and fitness smart watches that share the same amount of features and abilities. The impressive battery life of the Venu Sq 2 lasts up to 11 days in smartwatch mode, a battery saver smartwatch mode that extends the battery to up to 12 days, a GPS-only GNSS mode that lasts up to 26 hours, and an All-Systems GNSS mode which lasts up to 20 hours. When it comes to battery life, from an everyday lifestyle to needing pinpoint accuracy of location during an activity outing or in case of an emergency, the Venu Sq 2 is a beast. You also get 200 hours of memory and history data activity, so you can be confident that your work will always be right there helping you maintain or complete your transformation of body and soul.
Color Options
Match your style and outfits whether you’re dressed for work or for the gym, the Venu Sq 2 is available in shadow gray/slate, white/cream gold, and cool mint/metallic mint. The Music Edition has a couple other color options of black/slate, ivory/peach gold, and French gray/cream gold.
Comparison
When comparing health monitoring features of the Venu Sq 2 vs Venu Sq, you will get all previous benefits plus added features such as your Sleep Score & Insights & Health Snapshot. New daily smart features like an on device Connect IQ store, real-time settings sync with Garmin Connect mobile, and a customizable low power watch battery saver also bolsters the Venu Sq 2 to new heights. The Vivoactiove 4 is a great watch, but it is getting a bit outdated to compare the Venu Sq 2 vs Vivoactive 4. If you’ve been wearing it for a while, perhaps it time to gift it as you deserve an upgrade.
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Venu Sq 2 |
Venu Sq |
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Display Type |
AMOLED optional always on mode | Liquid Crystal optional always-on mode |
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Display Resolution |
320 x 360 pixels |
240 x 240 pixels |
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Display Size |
1.41-inch (35.9 mm) diagonal |
1.3-inch (33.1mm) diagonal |
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Weight |
38 grams |
37.6 grams |
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Water Rating |
5 ATM |
5 ATM |
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Battery Life |
Smartwatch Mode: Up to 11 days
Battery Saver Mode: Up to 12 days GPS-only mode: Up to 26 hours All-Systems GNSS mode: Up to 20 hours |
Smartwatch mode: Up to 6 days |
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