Could be a worthy replacement for my Apple Watch 6. I dont care about apps, pay, or answering calls texts on my watch. I am just sick and tired of the overpriced one day battery life.
Exactly. I am a Series 4 owner, and while the "smart" things the Apple Watch does over like a Garmin and Fitbit are nice, that 1 day battery life is the worst. Additionally, I find the fitness and health stuff that Apple provides to be much less useful than than Fitbit/Garmin.
You prolly dont care but does someone know a method to get back into an Instagram account..? I stupidly lost my password. I would love any tips you can give me!
Once you get to a week of battery life or more, you'll never go back. I have the garmin vivoactive 4 and I love it. I used to have a Samsung watch that I'd charge every 2 days and after a while I got tired of the charging
Why is apparently no one who is reviewing a *smart* watch on UA-cam, going into details into how you can respond to text messages, whether you can initiate the opening/deletion of an email on your phone from the watch, whether there is any kind of calendar integration, etc? For some reason, every smart watch is pretty much treated as a fitness tracker only.
@@rychartz I like that it's not so bright and in your face. I like how the main form of lighting it is from an external light source, especially the Sun... I have it set up so that really I'm only relying on the back light in the dark.
@@pdWald the only thing that is holding me back on this type of displays is when you use the backlight in the dark...the colours are bad and the blue instead of black is just off-putting and looks cheap. Are you ok with that?
I have both as well and almost always go for the Vivo. Yes it doesn't look as nice as the Galaxy but the AOD and better battery life make up for it for me.
Hi I've got the galaxy watch 4 and it's pretty useless with my Google Pixel 6 Pro, I'm wondering if this Venu 2 will work better and fully? Thanks from the UK
love the details about connecting with an iphone and the livetrack function. i also like your energy Lexy, it's very positive and respectful towards the makers of the products.
If you buy a Garmin, polar, sunto. It means you want fitness and a good load of health related information, plus great battery life. Galaxy watch . Iwatch . Not need to apply
Great review, which has really helped me a lot! Thank you! One question: you mentioned at the end that if you are looking for a second screen, this watch is probably not for you.... but could you recommend a watch that would be suitable? 😊
I was looking for a watch that would show a live heart rate during swim workouts. Liked it at first and it still does a good job of doing that. I added the track workout feature but I've found that it is NOT accurate. I set the pool distance at 50 meters and the watch will frequently miss-track the distance. (outdoor pool). On a recent 4k workout, it showed a total of 4,150. (think about that.... I would have had to get out at the opposite end of the pool). I have asked Garmin how to recalibrate, no response yet.
Hello mam.. I have a vivoactive 3 wanted to know if I upgrade to venu 2 is it worth it. Coz am changing it because of the amoled display. But I wanted to know if it's really worth buying it. One thing I love in my vivoactive was the display on .. coz I can read it every single time in the day time without touching the buttons. But it looks like it's not available here .
I currently have a Fenix 3HR and was looking to upgrade later this year on Black Friday or Cyber Monday. Of the current Garmin lineup, does the Venu 2 have the most advanced/sensitive monitors for heart rate and sleep tracking? Garmin support said the Venu 2 has the 4th generation heart rate sensors, but couldn't tell me if any other series did as well *eye roll. I really like the MIP screen on the Fenix 3, but am a casual user and could probably get used to a screen switch if the monitors were more sensitive.
@@Jay151 heck yeah let me know there's 1 that tracks HR, distance and calories but not score and the one that's decent at keeping score doesn't track the other stuff and kills my vivoactive 4 battery extremely quick
For the sleep function, do you still have to put a bedtime range so that garmin can track your sleep cycles? Or does it track all sleep taken at any time ( including naps) like Fitbit does? Does anyone know? 🤷🤷🤷🤷🤷
Thanks for the info. I have the regular g arming Venu and I love it. But now, I think I love the venu 2/2s. Wish garmin would put a egg and blood pressure on they're watches.
Is there a way to see each song in a playlist- using Amazon Music on the Venu 2? I can only seem to see my playlist but when I click on it, there is not list- just the first song starts playing. have to hit next >| to see the next song. This makes it very hard to get to song #30...when you are running at 7mph! There has to be an easier way- anyone? If I used Spotify music app instead, could I then see each song on a scrollable list?
I own a Venir 2S for few days but I am not sure I receive the notificaciones correctly, when receiving one the watch vibrates and Ijust see a blue triangle for around 7 seconds, and can't see anything else. After I need to go to scoll the menú till the notificacionz to be a le to read It. Is the normal way Garmin Venus 2 works? I jave tried to go to the app and watch settings but couldn't find any way to fix thid. I would really appreciate if someone owns a venu 2 to tell me if if this is the way It works. I would hace thuoght you could drectly see the message (mail, WhatsApp or whatever directly when receiving It). Thanks in advance
....mhhhhhhhh well if ends up on a 2 max day of battery life is too expensive and can get a samsung galaxy for less and more screen responsivness. do you agree?
Would you recommend the venu 2s or AW 7 for a woman? I mainly swim and use just the basic fitness features. I’m looking for one that’s more reliable for heart rate and overall really. I’ve been looking for a while and everyone points to the Apple Watch but the reasons are because it’s Apple they never give reasons fully as why, I hope you can help. Thank you
Nah! Why would you pay $400+ for a watch that don't have a speaker, can't respond to texts, and don't have UA-cam music? Tozo makes one exactly like this for $35 only and it's water resistant lol
Funny to see watch market same as phone market while ago. Old giants Garmin, Suunto, Polar etc. getting wiped from market slowly. Specially Garmin for hanging too long own software will die out eventually.
Is there anyone that it's not fitness focused? That's why I don't own one a smartwatch for me should be an extension of the phone and not a sport gadget as they all are
@@30mattdavies imo on any watch if you don't use the sport options nor the health related ones (I forgot to mention that those are also useless to me) your not using at least 50% of what it can do
@@zaparlante Maybe I was not clear enough, I wasn't talking about this one or this brand in particular when she said that it's a fitness focused smartwatch the first thing I thought was 🤔 right coz all the other ones in the market aren't right?, imo there's so much more that we could do with a device like this besides monitoring our health, sports and what ever but no company dares to make them an extension of the phone instead they prefer to do boring tracking devices or to keep the tracking options but also add more opinion so that it could be both a tracker and an extension of the phone.
@Dont Worryboutit Several things that's why I said an extension of the phone but to give you an example to control (and I mean to physically control not with google assistant for instance) home automation like switching things on and off
Hi, how advenced are smartwatch functionalities compared to ie. galaxy watch3? for example for messenger notification will be available on watch? if Yes will i be ale to respond? if so witam online pre-defefine messages ? the same goes to smss? :)
you're comparing a Mustang to a Pickup truck. How much mulch can you carry in a Mustang? Garmin is built for sports, Apple Watch, Samsung, and Wear OS are built for being smartwatches... You would compare a Mustang to a Camaro or Challenger so compare the Garmin to a Polar or Suunto...
I just pressed like button because of your beautiful voice and eyes. I would have pressed like button too if I'd concentrated to the content cuz it seems informative and you say things and so on.. LOL
Perfect for someone like me who has literally never used a voice assistant of any kind ever. But the venu 2+ seems to have you covered on that front =)
"Garmin had always had a good sleep tracking algorithm"... Erm... I mean, they've continuesly been the worst at it, in every study that checks out sleep trackers. Hopefully it's better now that they're using firstbeats technology, but it's one heck of a stretch to say that Garmin has had a good sleep tracking algorithm 😜
for what? Fitness? No way. Smartwatch.. sure, but you get less fitness features and less battery life. I have had all 3. You can't connect a heart rate strap to either of your 2 picks which I prefer in recording my workouts. Both of your choices are limited in what fitness apps they can connect with and Garmin is not. Samsung Health and Google Fit are jokes in the real fitness world.
@@kowako but can you use it with Samsung's activities in their health suite? I was told by Samsung no... I don't want to go into 3 different apps to get my stats... I love how garmin has it all in one
@ 4:12, she was running all over the place. Running in the grass, crossing the street multiple times, and zig zagging. Maybe she was running drunk? 😜😂🤣
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How does it fare against the Fitbit sense ?
Could be a worthy replacement for my Apple Watch 6. I dont care about apps, pay, or answering calls texts on my watch. I am just sick and tired of the overpriced one day battery life.
Yeah, that 1 day battery life is a strong kick in the balls.
Exactly. I am a Series 4 owner, and while the "smart" things the Apple Watch does over like a Garmin and Fitbit are nice, that 1 day battery life is the worst. Additionally, I find the fitness and health stuff that Apple provides to be much less useful than than Fitbit/Garmin.
100%
You prolly dont care but does someone know a method to get back into an Instagram account..?
I stupidly lost my password. I would love any tips you can give me!
Once you get to a week of battery life or more, you'll never go back. I have the garmin vivoactive 4 and I love it. I used to have a Samsung watch that I'd charge every 2 days and after a while I got tired of the charging
How great to listen to someone who is articulate and focused. Very helpful.
I found it vague and unconvincing. I didn't hear anything not already on the box
I’m always happy to see this reviewer when I click on a video. She always helps me figure out what to buy and she’s never steered me wrong.
I think it's the Kiwi accent
Why is apparently no one who is reviewing a *smart* watch on UA-cam, going into details into how you can respond to text messages, whether you can initiate the opening/deletion of an email on your phone from the watch, whether there is any kind of calendar integration, etc? For some reason, every smart watch is pretty much treated as a fitness tracker only.
Having switched to the Vivoactive 4 from the Galaxy Watch 3 a couple of weeks ago I think Im preferring the transreflective always on display.
Really? How come?
@@rychartz I like that it's not so bright and in your face. I like how the main form of lighting it is from an external light source, especially the Sun... I have it set up so that really I'm only relying on the back light in the dark.
@@pdWald the only thing that is holding me back on this type of displays is when you use the backlight in the dark...the colours are bad and the blue instead of black is just off-putting and looks cheap. Are you ok with that?
@@rychartz So far yeah. I only use the backlight on the lowest setting so it helps in the dark... Otherwise I'm really relying on external lighting.
I have both as well and almost always go for the Vivo. Yes it doesn't look as nice as the Galaxy but the AOD and better battery life make up for it for me.
Viviactive 4 or venu 2 ?
Here because Lexy's review helped me pick up the Galaxy watch Active 2
I took a test on which garmin is best for me. And it told me this one. Loved the review. Helped me realize I may need this one after all
Hi
I've got the galaxy watch 4 and it's pretty useless with my Google Pixel 6 Pro, I'm wondering if this Venu 2 will work better and fully? Thanks from the UK
Nice review. Do you know how much storage the watch has? Garmin’s website didn’t say. Thanks.
7GB
That’s cool. I could use more but I can make it work. Thanks.
love the details about connecting with an iphone and the livetrack function. i also like your energy Lexy, it's very positive and respectful towards the makers of the products.
Hi, what does the watch track during the swimming? Does it measure the distance?
Your reviews are just normally awesome and on point.
Agree 100% on the busy looking screen. It's actually more difficult to read because of that.
If you buy a Garmin, polar, sunto. It means you want fitness and a good load of health related information, plus great battery life. Galaxy watch . Iwatch . Not need to apply
Is there not a notification to tell you to take your face mask off when running.....?
Please add closed captions to your videos
Hi, you can activate in the CC button when you touch the video. Have a nice day!
What color was this garmin?
Love your reviews. If you could do one for the galaxy watch 4 as well it would be great!
Galaxy watch 4 has unrealiable hearth rate monitor. It freezes all the time during workouts. If you need it for workouts garmin is way, way better
Great review, which has really helped me a lot! Thank you! One question: you mentioned at the end that if you are looking for a second screen, this watch is probably not for you.... but could you recommend a watch that would be suitable? 😊
Where did you get that watch face, its beautifull? I dont have it on my Venu 2 45 mm....thanks!
Thanks for your review. I was wondering if the touch screen unintentionally activates during sleep or is sensative to long sleeves?
All garmins have a lock function. I do that at night. Lo g sleeves will not activate the watch
Super, thanks for the fast response. Will order the 2S👌
I was looking for a watch that would show a live heart rate during swim workouts. Liked it at first and it still does a good job of doing that. I added the track workout feature but I've found that it is NOT accurate. I set the pool distance at 50 meters and the watch will frequently miss-track the distance. (outdoor pool). On a recent 4k workout, it showed a total of 4,150. (think about that.... I would have had to get out at the opposite end of the pool). I have asked Garmin how to recalibrate, no response yet.
I like the review, but i wished you segemented the video so it's easier to navigate
Hello mam.. I have a vivoactive 3 wanted to know if I upgrade to venu 2 is it worth it. Coz am changing it because of the amoled display. But I wanted to know if it's really worth buying it. One thing I love in my vivoactive was the display on .. coz I can read it every single time in the day time without touching the buttons. But it looks like it's not available here .
The venu models drain the battery because of the screen. It is so annoying that it doesn't stay on
thanx for the review Lexy
I currently have a Fenix 3HR and was looking to upgrade later this year on Black Friday or Cyber Monday. Of the current Garmin lineup, does the Venu 2 have the most advanced/sensitive monitors for heart rate and sleep tracking? Garmin support said the Venu 2 has the 4th generation heart rate sensors, but couldn't tell me if any other series did as well *eye roll. I really like the MIP screen on the Fenix 3, but am a casual user and could probably get used to a screen switch if the monitors were more sensitive.
As a person who works out everyday (weights and cardio), Is this watch worth the price? Or am I better off with the Vivoactive 4 or Instinct?
How does battery compare to the vivoactive4?
The pulse ox feature works during an exercise?
Would it kill someone to come out with even a remotely decent tennis app for these things?
@@Jay151 that plus a scoreboard that doesn't drain the battery completely in 2 hours would be nice
@@Jay151 heck yeah let me know there's 1 that tracks HR, distance and calories but not score and the one that's decent at keeping score doesn't track the other stuff and kills my vivoactive 4 battery extremely quick
Great, i have a question the display can i have on all the time like Garmin 4s? it ist Posible? thank you, nice Video.
Thanks for the detailed review. Is it possible to use the watch alone to listen to music using bluetooth earbuds?
Yes you can just make sure you’ve stored your music on it before going out of range of your phone 🙂
For the sleep function, do you still have to put a bedtime range so that garmin can track your sleep cycles? Or does it track all sleep taken at any time ( including naps) like Fitbit does? Does anyone know? 🤷🤷🤷🤷🤷
I also wanna know
Thanks for the info. I have the regular g
arming Venu and I love it. But now, I think I love the venu 2/2s. Wish garmin would put a egg and blood pressure on they're watches.
How to get the heart rate data on a graph like this? I'd like to compare the Venu 2 with a Vivoactive 3 and a POLAR HR10 sensor...
I like your reviews. Also love this watch
Is there a way to see each song in a playlist- using Amazon Music on the Venu 2? I can only seem to see my playlist but when I click on it, there is not list- just the first song starts playing. have to hit next >| to see the next song. This makes it very hard to get to song #30...when you are running at 7mph! There has to be an easier way- anyone? If I used Spotify music app instead, could I then see each song on a scrollable list?
What monitor is that please?
How is the vibration strength?
Has three settings and very noticeable even at the lowest setting
Does it have gps?
Yes!
She sleeps great, my gosh
Lol, as an SF native, I love this video :D
I wanna buy my girlfriend this watch but not sure if to go for the bigger size as its the same price please help people
I went for the bigger one in the end right decision 😎
They need new Forerunner models
Do you need the phone to be with you in order to use the GPS?
No
I own a Venir 2S for few days but I am not sure I receive the notificaciones correctly, when receiving one the watch vibrates and Ijust see a blue triangle for around 7 seconds, and can't see anything else. After I need to go to scoll the menú till the notificacionz to be a le to read It. Is the normal way Garmin Venus 2 works? I jave tried to go to the app and watch settings but couldn't find any way to fix thid. I would really appreciate if someone owns a venu 2 to tell me if if this is the way It works. I would hace thuoght you could drectly see the message (mail, WhatsApp or whatever directly when receiving It). Thanks in advance
I use the first gen and the touch screen is TERRIBLE. OMG the amount of times I’ve gone to Garmin pay n the thing’s an absolute nightmare
Are you sure your watch is not defective? I have 0 issues with the touch screen on mine. It works just as well as the touch screen on my phone.
As A Venu 1 user I am really annoyed that all the features like Sleep Tracking is available for the 2 and the Venu 1 is already deprecated.
Round watches are love ❤️
I Actually Need This ASAP.
does it work well with iOS ??
....mhhhhhhhh well if ends up on a 2 max day of battery life is too expensive and can get a samsung galaxy for less and more screen responsivness. do you agree?
I just thought want to buy a Venu SQ
Does it have an airplane mode, not bt off, real airplane mode?
Venu 3 microspeak pls.
Dunno about the watch but your are absolutely beautiful.
Hey, can you recommend a smartwatch good for strenght training?
But does it have GPS
Yes, although that will severely limit battery life. You can get about 6 to 8 hours of GPS use out of the Venu 1.
@@kooijbas you can more than double that with this watch
Would you recommend the venu 2s or AW 7 for a woman? I mainly swim and use just the basic fitness features. I’m looking for one that’s more reliable for heart rate and overall really. I’ve been looking for a while and everyone points to the Apple Watch but the reasons are because it’s Apple they never give reasons fully as why, I hope you can help. Thank you
It would look too small on me :(
This is a good review for this watch.
You convinced me to get one :)
I love tech, but i don't need a phone, a phone watch, or a watch i can talk through.
Nah! Why would you pay $400+ for a watch that don't have a speaker, can't respond to texts, and don't have UA-cam music? Tozo makes one exactly like this for $35 only and it's water resistant lol
This watch is for women or men?
Love ur accent
Can't trust CNET anymore these days, they seem to recommend almost every product they get their hands on. Just like the crappy oneplus watch.
Will CNET give me this for free?
Funny to see watch market same as phone market while ago. Old giants Garmin, Suunto, Polar etc. getting wiped from market slowly. Specially Garmin for hanging too long own software will die out eventually.
Is there anyone that it's not fitness focused? That's why I don't own one a smartwatch for me should be an extension of the phone and not a sport gadget as they all are
Just don’t use the sports functions on an apple or galaxy watch. Garmin wouldn’t be for you
@@30mattdavies imo on any watch if you don't use the sport options nor the health related ones (I forgot to mention that those are also useless to me) your not using at least 50% of what it can do
all of Garmin's smartwatches are sport-focused, or at least fitness, most likely you're not the target demographic
@@zaparlante Maybe I was not clear enough, I wasn't talking about this one or this brand in particular when she said that it's a fitness focused smartwatch the first thing I thought was 🤔 right coz all the other ones in the market aren't right?, imo there's so much more that we could do with a device like this besides monitoring our health, sports and what ever but no company dares to make them an extension of the phone instead they prefer to do boring tracking devices or to keep the tracking options but also add more opinion so that it could be both a tracker and an extension of the phone.
@Dont Worryboutit Several things that's why I said an extension of the phone but to give you an example to control (and I mean to physically control not with google assistant for instance) home automation like switching things on and off
Grate review I liked it ❤️
Hi, how advenced are smartwatch functionalities compared to ie. galaxy watch3?
for example for messenger notification will be available on watch? if Yes will i be ale to respond? if so witam online pre-defefine messages ? the same goes to smss? :)
You can set your own preset reply messages. But this only works for Android as iPhone locks everyone out.
you're comparing a Mustang to a Pickup truck. How much mulch can you carry in a Mustang? Garmin is built for sports, Apple Watch, Samsung, and Wear OS are built for being smartwatches... You would compare a Mustang to a Camaro or Challenger so compare the Garmin to a Polar or Suunto...
I just pressed like button because of your beautiful voice and eyes. I would have pressed like button too if I'd concentrated to the content cuz it seems informative and you say things and so on.. LOL
Bruh she runs a 20 minute mile. I'd go for a girl who's slightly more fit
$400 and it doesn't have a voice assistant??
Perfect for someone like me who has literally never used a voice assistant of any kind ever.
But the venu 2+ seems to have you covered on that front =)
I like her so much!
Venu 2
Nice looking circle designed but for $400 and it’s not even AppleWatch. Hmm, can you make calls and text?
I have the original venu bought 2 years ago for $250. Seems it can do 95% of what the new one does.
ECG is a joke and nobody should buy an apple watch for that
lovely,
why do you have a mask on in the middle of a field by yourself? Who is that for?
So its basically the exact same as the original venu except for the "2" after the name.
No, sleep tracking for Venu 1 is awful, the new one has Firstbeat Sleep tracking
I mean what were you expecting? It's Double the battery, bigger better screen, better sensor 🤷 seems decent enough
@@KParks yes, but it annoys me how fast they abandon older watches.
@@silvertreasure5564 it's been 2 years that's a decent upgrade path better than cell phones at least
"Garmin had always had a good sleep tracking algorithm"... Erm... I mean, they've continuesly been the worst at it, in every study that checks out sleep trackers. Hopefully it's better now that they're using firstbeats technology, but it's one heck of a stretch to say that Garmin has had a good sleep tracking algorithm 😜
Ive never seen them ranked, actually. Where can i find that?
The original Venu is TERRIBLE at sleep tracking. Agree!
@Ymse Yes... Where does one find solid ratings on wearable sleep trackers?
Geez, you sleep a lot! I would love to get 8+ hours every night. Haha, nice review.
Overpriced.
Which one that is fairly ACCURATE isn't?
D:
Samsung watch 3/TicWatch Pro 3 are much better
for what? Fitness? No way. Smartwatch.. sure, but you get less fitness features and less battery life. I have had all 3. You can't connect a heart rate strap to either of your 2 picks which I prefer in recording my workouts. Both of your choices are limited in what fitness apps they can connect with and Garmin is not. Samsung Health and Google Fit are jokes in the real fitness world.
@@nashvillenobody u can use hr belt with gw3, e.g. polar h7, h10 😃 need the sporty go watchface for it
@@kowako but can you use it with Samsung's activities in their health suite? I was told by Samsung no... I don't want to go into 3 different apps to get my stats... I love how garmin has it all in one
@@nashvillenobody everything simple, I use it for 3years, running, cycling etc.
@ronnie Kenny
So which model u recommend?
I survey a good smart watch to buy now
Wearing a mask while running 😂
G-ahhh-min
good review but outside running in a mask? lol 😂
I just bought a Garmin ......ugh
take it back
Ha ha ha pudin
Please disable your aggressive auto focus in your next review, its really distracting.
La la la la la la la
Sucks!
😎😎😎📱📱📱🥳🥳🥳
😘😘😘😘
@ 4:12, she was running all over the place. Running in the grass, crossing the street multiple times, and zig zagging. Maybe she was running drunk?
😜😂🤣
Probably put it on a dog and let him loose.
Is Garmin even trying? Loooool.