Garmin Venu 2 Plus GPS Smartwatch with All-Day Health Monitoring and Voice Functionality

This would be 5 stars if Garmin could figure out how to reliably connect with Bluetooth headphones.Have tried various earbuds and most cutout when playing music.

The Venu 2 plus it's ideal for my needs. Long battery life..6-8 days; plenty of tracking details and options for my gym workouts; very useful health and sleep tracking with good accuracy; synchs with myfitnesspal app for H2O, weight and meal calories and my YMCA account. I like the having notification alerts and calling features from my pixel phone. There are many other features that I don't use like music and the Garmin Connect app presents great details on everything the watch tracks. Found a great deal on the watch thru Amazon UK site. Highly recommend this watch!

I like that it's very versatile, with a good battery life.

The pin on the watch’s band does not stay attached. I ordered extra 22mm pins for the watch, and every one of them detached from the watch.

I have had a Venu 2 in the past and was very satisfied with it but you couldn't really call it smart, as it had no speaker / mic. Enter the Venu 2 plus and now you have these. This means that you can take calls on your wrist and invoke your phone's smart assistant, whether that be Google, Siri or Alexa. However the voice assistant feature operates in a slightly unexpected way, as it simply tells your phone what to do. For example, if you say "set a timer for 2 minutes", it won't start the watch's inbuilt timer but starts one on your phone. This is OK once you realise what is going on and does have some advantages, in that for example you can take notes using the watch - something you can't do with the mighty Apple Watch. So I don't mark the watch down because of this. One bonus is that you can now have audible alarms and other sounds which is a nice touch.Where it does lose a star is the sleep tracking which has never been one of Garmin's strong cards. It basically records all the time in bed as sleep. The SpO2 readings are also a bit suspect, usually unexpectedly low, but if you tighten up the strap, they seem to become more accurate. However, it's not worth the discomfort wearing the watch so tight just to get accurate SpO2 reading over a long period, such as overnight. If you want a good sleep tracker go for a Fitbit which are cheaper but nowhere near as good for activity and workout tracking as the Garmin. It's also a shame that the watch doesn't yet have ECG monitoring.Most other boxes are ticked, as with the Venu 2, so you get great activity and workout tracking. The display is gorgeous and the watch faces provided include some very nice ones. You can download more if you aren't happy with these and even design your own. I haven't yet used any of the guided workout features but there are I gather quite a lot of these, so if that's your thing, you should be well satisfied.This version of the Venu is slightly smaller than the larger Venu 2 but is actually a better size, especially as the screen size is the same, so smaller bezels. It generally feels a bit more premium too, which is just as well given the significant extra cost.One thing I really love about the entire Venu range, including this one, is the stellar battery life. I use mine for GPS workouts for around an hour a day, sometimes a lot longer, and I reckon to get 5-6 days. Without the GPS tracked workouts we would be looking at at least a week, which is really good, compared to many smart watches which have to be charged daily, e.g the Apple Watch. The Connect app is also very good with tons of features and a nice interface.So would I recommend this? Yes, but if you aren't that bothered with the extra smart features go for a Venu 2 which is now quite a lot cheaper and likely to be discounted. And don't buy any Garmin product if you simply want good sleep tracking.Update: I have now awarded this watch the fifth star, as there has been a series of updates which seem to have dramatically improved the sleep tracking. It even now records naps. It's still not quite as good as a Fitbit for sleep tracking but hammers it in virtually every other respect and overall this is now an excellent smartwatch and a stellar fitness tracker.

Die Uhr wirkt wertiger als die Venu 2, die ich ebenfalls kurz hatte und liefert ein tolles Gesamtpaket. Trotz dem Aufpreis werde ich bei der 2 PLUS bleiben, da sie mir deutlich besser gefällt. Schicke Uhr macht Spaß!Allerdings scheint es noch Probleme mit der Helligkeit zu geben. Wenn ich die Helligkeitseinstellungen auf manuell stelle, dann bleibt die Helligkeit immer gleich, egal ob man sie rauf oder runter regelt. Ich hoffe das ist kein Defekt. Auch der Lautsprecher könnte lauter sein .Wenn das noch behoben ist, werde ich diese Bewertung auf 5 Sterne verändern.Update 2 Wochen später :Leider stürzt die Uhr immer Mal wieder ab und zeigt einige Software schwächen. Solange das nicht behoben ist - vor allem die Abstürze - lasse ich die Bewertung bei einem Stern. Gestern waren meine ganzen Schritte weg . Hatte 10.000 voll , dann der Absturz , und ich hatte nur noch 2.000 auf der Uhr . Geht gar nicht . Wenn das nicht besser wird schicke ich sie zurück .Update 25.1.2022:Bin gestern erst um 1:30 ins Bett. Laut Uhr bin ich um 23:50 ins Bett . Das muss doch eine 430 Euro Uhr erkennen wenn man noch in der Wohnung rumläuft..

è un venu 2 con microfono e speaker. se non avete bisogno di telefonare con l'orologio al momento non ne vale la pena. come assistente vocale utilizza quello dello smartphone con tutte le limitazioni del caso (esempio con schermo bloccato molti comandi non possono essere impartiti). la delusione maggiore è data dal fatto che non è possibile rispondere ai messaggi tramite voce ma solo con le solite frasi preimpostate.

The first one of these had to be replaced by Garmin who did go through some troubleshooting but it was obviously a dud one. Garmin replaced it once I got to the end of my tether with things not working.The replacement though is brilliant. Very clear and bright screen, additional sleep tracking and other useful things like health snapshot which gives a view in time of heart rate and heart function, O2 sats and stress level.Music capacity is good and if I forget my headphones I can use the built in speaker. I’m a bit deaf so the phone call function isn’t as useful as it might be for other people. The screens you get on the Vivoactive 4 are merged into one continuous feed which is much easier to use.The only irritating thing is the auto brightness function which causes the backlight to ‘warm up’ to the current light level. As the watch face is only visible with the backlight on this was annoying but easily turned off.All in all a big step up from my old Viboactive 4s and about the same size as the 4 model so not too big either.

Vivoactive Plus is a great upgrade from my previous 6s. The screen is much better, I love the touchscreen function and the speaker (soo handy when you can't get to your phone for a call)- connects only when your phone is connected. It feels like a more valued watch :) TheIt is great for everyday sport, walking, HIIT, running, pilates, indoor swimming etc. The one thing that could do more work, my option, is that there is no outdoor swimming option. I tried SUP for my outdoor swim which was 20 minutes and the watch struggled with the GPS and said I had swam 7 yards - haha!The sleeping function is great, it gives you a more detailed breakdown on your sleep!Other than that small outdoor swimming niggle, this watch is awesome!