Know the real you with the Venu 3 smartwatch, the ultimate on-wrist coach designed to support your goals — whatever they may be. Featuring a bright, colorful display and up to 14 days of battery life, this GPS smartwatch is purpose-built with advanced health and fitness features to help you better understand your body. Body?Battery energy monitoring helps you keep your energy levels in check with personalized insights based on sleep, naps, stress, workouts and more. Improve the quality of your sleep with personalized sleep coaching and nap detection plus even more details such as HRV status (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked). During the day, switch up your activities with animated workouts and more than 30 built-in sports apps — including for active wheelchair users — plus advanced training features to keep you going strong. With its built-in speaker and microphone, the Venu 3 smartwatch makes it easy to make and take calls right from your wrist when paired to your smartphone — and even reply to texts by using your phone’s voice assistant. Plus, enjoy connectivity features such as music storage, Garmin?Pay contactless payments (with a supported country and payment network) and more.
Key Features
BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITORING
See your energy levels throughout the day so you’ll know when your body is charged up and ready for activity or drained and needing to recharge with restful sleep. And get even more details and personal insights on how sleep, naps, daily activities and high stress specifically impact your energy.
SLEEP COACH
Get a sleep score and personalized coaching for how much sleep you need and how you can improve. Even keep track of different sleep stages and naps — and see several key metrics over your sleep period, such as HRV status to better understand your health.
BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS
Track all the ways you move with more than 30 preloaded GPS and indoor sports apps — including walking, running, cycling, pool swimming, activities for wheelchair users and more.
BUILT-IN SPEAKER AND MICROPHONE
When paired with your compatible smartphone, make and take phone calls right from the watch. Plus, use your smartphone’s voice assistant to respond to text messages and more.
WORKOUT BENEFIT AND RECOVERY TIME
Better understand how each workout affects your body and how much time you need to recover so you can take on any fitness challenge.
MORNING REPORT
Receive an overview of your sleep, recovery, daily calendar, HRV status and more as soon as you wake up. You can even customize your report to show what you want to see.
HEALTH
NAP DETECTION
Automatically track or log your naps to see how they benefit your body and the ideal time and duration they should be.
HRV STATUS
Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health through heart rate variability while you sleep.
WRIST-BASED HEART RATE
The Venu 3S smartwatch constantly samples your heart rate, so you can stay in the know all day and night
STRESS TRACKING
Find out if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day.
WOMEN’S HEALTH TRACKING
Track your menstrual cycle and pregnancy and get exercise and nutrition education.
HEALTH SNAPSHOT
Log a 2-minute session to record key health stats, then generate a report to share with your health care provider.
PULSE OX SENSOR
Track your blood oxygen saturation while you’re awake or asleep.
MEDITATION
MINDFUL BREATHING
Start a breathwork activity to track your stress and respiration.
JET LAG ADVISER
Monitor your sleep while traveling with personalized tips to help reduce jet lag.
HYDRATION
Log your daily fluid intake as a reminder to stay hydrated.
RESPIRATION
See how you’re breathing throughout the day and night.
FITNESS
WHEELCHAIR MODE
Track your daily pushes, plus get weight shift alerts, sports apps and workouts for wheelchair users, and more.
ANIMATED ON-SCREEN WORKOUTS
Follow preloaded animated workouts for strength, HIIT, yoga and more, available in the Garmin Connect app
GARMIN COACH
Get free adaptive 5K, 10K and half-marathon training plans from expert coaches.
FITNESS AGE
WORKOUT CREATION
Create step-by-step workouts from more than 1,600 exercises in the Garmin Connect app, and send them directly to your watch.
AUDIO PROMPTS FOR ACTIVITIES
Get guided audio prompts straight from your watch for run and walk activities.
INTERVAL CREATION
Build your own interval workout for running and cycling activities.
PERCEIVED EXERTION
Record your rate of perceived exertion after each workout.
INTENSITY MINUTES
Track your moderate and vigorous activity minutes.
ACTIVITY TRACKING
Keep tabs on your daily steps, calories burned, floors climbed (not available in wheelchair mode) and more from your wrist.
VO2 MAX
See your current fitness level, and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress and more (not available in wheelchair mode).
CYCLING POWER
Venu 3 shows power data in watts when paired with your compatible power meter or indoor bike.
CONNECT
GARMIN CONNECT APP
See your health and fitness information, connect with friends and more.
SMART NOTIFICATIONS
Receive emails, texts and alerts on your watch when paired with your iPhone or Android smartphone.
ON-WRIST TEXTING
With an Android phone, respond to texts with the on-watch keyboard.
VIEW PHOTOS
With an Android phone, view photos sent to you directly from your watch’s screen.
GARMIN PAY™ CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS
Breeze through checkout lines or transit systems with participating providers.
MUSIC
Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music accounts for phone-free listening.
SAFETY AND TRACKING
If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, your watch will send a message with your live location4.
CONNECT IQ™ STORE
Add watch faces, data fields and apps to your paired watch.
TWO FONT SIZES
Choose between a small or larger font size so you can view your data with ease.
General
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LENS MATERIAL |
Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
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BEZEL MATERIAL |
stainless steel
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CASE MATERIAL |
fiber-reinforced polymer |
QUICK RELEASE BANDS |
yes (22mm, Industry standard) |
STRAP MATERIAL |
silicone
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PHYSICAL SIZE |
45 x 45 x 12 mm
Fits wrists with a circumference of 135-200 mm
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WEIGHT |
30 g (47 g with included band)
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WATER RATING |
5 ATM |
TOUCHSCREEN |
YES |
BUILT-IN SPEAKER/MICROPHONE |
YES |
DISPLAY TYPE |
AMOLED Optional Always-On Mode |
DISPLAY SIZE |
1.4" (35.4 mm) diameter |
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DISPLAY RESOLUTION |
454x 454pixels |
COLOR DISPLAY |
YES |
LARGE FONT OPTION |
YES |
WHEELCHAIR MODE |
YES |
BATTERY LIFE |
Smartwatch mode: Up to 10 days (5 days display always-on) Battery Saver Smartwatch mode: Up to 20 days GPS-Only GNSS mode: Up to 21 hours All-Systems GNSS mode: Up to 15 hours All-Systems GNSS mode with music: Up to 8 hours
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CHARGING METHOD |
Garmin proprietary plug charger |
MEMORY/HISTORY |
8 GB |
Clock Features
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TIME/DATE |
YES |
GPS TIME SYNC |
YES |
AUTOMATIC DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME |
YES |
ALARM CLOCK |
YES |
TIMER |
YES |
STOPWATCH |
YES |
SUNRISE/SUNSET TIMES |
YES |
Health & Wellness Monitoring
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WRIST-BASED HEART RATE (CONSTANT, EVERY SECOND) |
YES |
DAILY RESTING HEART RATE |
YES |
ABNORMAL HEART RATE ALERTS |
yes (high and low) |
RESPIRATION RATE (24X7) |
YES |
PULSE OX BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION |
yes (spot-check, and optionally all-day and in sleep) |
FITNESS AGE |
YES |
BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITOR |
YES |
ALL-DAY STRESS |
YES |
RELAXATION REMINDERS |
YES |
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MEDITATION |
YES |
BREATHWORK |
YES |
SLEEP |
yes (advanced) |
SLEEP SCORE AND INSIGHTS |
YES |
SLEEP COACH |
YES |
NAP DETECTION |
YES |
HYDRATION |
YES |
WOMEN'S HEALTH |
YES |
HEALTH SNAPSHOT |
YES |
JET LAG ADVISER |
YES |
Sensors
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GPS |
YES |
GLONASS |
YES |
GALILEO |
YES |
GARMIN ELEVATE™ WRIST HEART RATE MONITOR |
YES |
PULSE OX BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION MONITOR |
YES |
BAROMETRIC ALTIMETER |
YES |
COMPASS |
YES |
GYROSCOPE |
YES |
ACCELEROMETER |
YES |
THERMOMETER |
yes (tempe™ sensor required) |
AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR |
YES |
Daily Smart Features
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CONNECTIVITY |
Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® |
CONNECT IQ™ (DOWNLOADABLE WATCH FACES, DATA FIELDS, WIDGETS AND APPS) |
YES |
ON-DEVICE CONNECT IQ™ STORE |
YES |
SMART NOTIFICATIONS |
YES |
TEXT RESPONSE/REJECT PHONE CALL WITH TEXT (ANDROID™ ONLY) |
YES |
VIEW IMAGES FROM NOTIFICATIONS ON WATCH (ANDROID™ ONLY) |
YES |
MORNING REPORT |
YES |
CALENDAR |
YES |
WEATHER |
YES |
REALTIME SETTINGS SYNC WITH GARMIN CONNECT™ MOBILE |
YES |
BATTERY SAVER (CUSTOMIZABLE LOW POWER WATCH) |
YES |
CONTROLS SMARTPHONE MUSIC |
YES |
PLAYS AND CONTROLS WATCH MUSIC |
YES |
MUSIC STORAGE |
YES |
FIND MY PHONE |
YES |
FIND MY WATCH |
YES |
SMART TRAINER CONTROL |
YES |
PAIRS WITH GARMIN CONNECT™ MOBILE |
YES |
SMARTPHONE COMPATIBILITY |
iPhone®, Android™ |
GARMIN PAY™ |
YES |
BLUETOOTH PHONE CALLING AND VOICE ASSISTANT SUPPORT |
YES |
Safety and Tracking Features
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INCIDENT DETECTION DURING SELECT ACTIVITIES |
YES |
INCIDENT DETECTION ALERT ON PHONE FOR WEARABLES |
YES |
ASSISTANCE |
YES |
LIVETRACK |
YES |
Gaming Features
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GAMING ACTIVITY |
YES |
GAMEON™ APP COMPATIBLE |
YES |
Activity Tracking Features
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STEP COUNTER |
YES |
PUSH TRACKER |
YES |
MOVE ALERTS (DISPLAYS ON DEVICE AFTER A PERIOD OF INACTIVITY; WALK FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO RESET IT) |
YES |
WEIGHT SHIFT ALERT |
YES |
AUTO GOAL (LEARNS YOUR ACTIVITY LEVEL AND ASSIGNS A DAILY STEP GOAL) |
YES |
CALORIES BURNED |
YES |
FLOORS CLIMBED |
YES |
DISTANCE TRAVELED |
YES |
INTENSITY MINUTES |
YES |
TRUEUP™ |
YES |
MOVE IQ™ |
YES |
GARMIN CONNECT™ CHALLENGES APP |
YES |
Gym & Fitness Equipment
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AVAILABLE GYM ACTIVITY PROFILES |
Strength, HIIT, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Pilates, Yoga |
CARDIO WORKOUTS |
YES |
STRENGTH WORKOUTS |
YES |
HIIT WORKOUTS |
YES |
YOGA WORKOUTS |
YES |
PILATES WORKOUTS |
YES |
WORKOUTS FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS |
YES |
ON-SCREEN WORKOUT ANIMATIONS |
YES |
ON-SCREEN WORKOUT MUSCLE MAPS |
YES |
AUTOMATIC REP COUNTING |
YES |
Training, Planning and Analysis Features
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HR ZONES |
YES |
HR ALERTS |
YES |
HR CALORIES |
YES |
% HR MAX |
YES |
RECOVERY TIME |
YES |
HRV STATUS |
YES |
HR BROADCASTS HR DATA OVER ANT+® TO PAIRED DEVICES) |
yes (using ANT+ or BLE) |
RESPIRATION RATE (DURING EXERCISE) |
yoga, breathwork and meditation only |
GPS SPEED AND DISTANCE |
YES |
CUSTOMIZABLE DATA PAGES |
YES |
CUSTOMIZABLE ACTIVITY PROFILES |
YES |
AUTO PAUSE® |
YES |
INTERVAL TRAINING |
YES |
IMPROVED INTERVAL (INCLUDES OPEN REPEATS, INTERVALS DATA PAGE, REST SCREEN AND AUTO DETECTION) |
YES |
ADVANCED WORKOUTS |
YES |
DOWNLOADABLE TRAINING PLANS |
YES |
HRM RUNNING PACE AND DISTANCE |
YES |
AUTO LAP® |
YES |
MANUAL LAP |
YES |
VO2 MAX (RUN) |
YES |
WORKOUT BENEFIT |
YES |
IMPROVED RECOVERY TIME |
yes (limited) |
AUDIO PROMPTS |
YES |
TOUCH AND/OR BUTTON LOCK |
YES |
AUTO SCROLL |
YES |
ACTIVITY HISTORY ON WATCH |
YES |
PHYSIO TRUEUP |
YES |
Running Features
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AVAILABLE RUN PROFILES |
Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running
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GPS-BASED DISTANCE, TIME AND PACE |
YES |
CADENCE (PROVIDES REAL-TIME NUMBER OF STEPS PER MINUTE) |
YES |
RUN WORKOUTS |
YES |
FOOT POD CAPABLE |
YES |
RUN/WALK/STAND DETECTION |
YES |
Golfing Features
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YARDAGE TO F/M/B (DISTANCE TO FRONT, MIDDLE AND BACK OF GREEN) |
YES |
YARDAGE TO LAYUPS/DOGLEGS |
YES |
MEASURES SHOT DISTANCE (CALCULATES EXACT YARDAGE FOR SHOTS FROM ANYWHERE ON COURSE) |
automatic |
DIGITAL SCORECARD |
YES |
STAT TRACKING (STROKES, PUTTS PER ROUND, GREENS AND FAIRWAYS HIT) |
YES |
GARMIN AUTOSHOT™ |
YES |
GREEN VIEW WITH MANUAL PIN POSITION |
YES |
HAZARDS AND COURSE TARGETS |
YES |
PINPOINTER |
YES |
ROUND TIMER/ODOMETER |
YES |
AUTOMATIC CLUB TRACKING COMPATIBLE (REQUIRES ACCESSORY) |
YES |
PAIRS WITH GARMIN GOLF APP |
YES |
TOURNAMENT LEGAL |
YES |
Outdoor Recreation
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AVAILABLE OUTDOOR RECREATION PROFILES |
Hiking, Indoor Climbing, Bouldering, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, Snowshoeing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Tennis, Padel, Pickleball, Disc Golf
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BACK TO START |
YES |
TOTAL ASCENT/DESCENT |
YES |
AREA CALCULATION |
yes (via Connect IQ™) |
FISH FORECAST |
yes (via Connect IQ™) |
SUN AND MOON INFORMATION |
yes (via Connect IQ™) |
Cycling Features
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AVAILABLE CYCLING PROFILES |
Biking, Indoor Biking, eBiking, Handcycling, Indoor Handcycling
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ALERTS (TRIGGERS ALARM WHEN YOU REACH GOALS INCLUDING TIME, DISTANCE, HEART RATE OR CALORIES) |
YES |
COMPATIBLE WITH VARIA™ RADAR (REAR-FACING RADAR) |
YES |
COMPATIBLE WITH VARIA™ LIGHTS |
YES |
SPEED AND CADENCE SENSOR SUPPORT (W/SENSOR) |
yes (using ANT+ or BLE) |
POWER METER COMPATIBLE |
YES |
Swimming Features
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AVAILABLE SWIM PROFILES |
Pool Swimming
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OPEN-WATER SWIM METRICS (DISTANCE, PACE, STROKE COUNT/RATE, STROKE DISTANCE, SWIM EFFICIENCY (SWOLF), CALORIES) |
YES |
POOL SWIM METRICS (LENGTHS, DISTANCE, PACE, STROKE COUNT, SWIM EFFICIENCY (SWOLF), CALORIES) |
YES |
STROKE TYPE DETECTION (FREESTYLE, BACKSTROKE, BREASTSTROKE, BUTTERFLY) (POOL SWIM ONLY) |
YES |
BASIC REST TIMER (UP FROM 0) (POOL SWIM ONLY) |
YES |
AUTO REST (POOL SWIM ONLY) |
YES |
TIME AND DISTANCE ALERTS |
YES |
UNDERWATER WRIST-BASED HEART RATE |
YES |
Languages
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DEVICE LANGUAGES |
Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (US), Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (EU), Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (International), Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
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