Garmin has released the Venu Sq 2 and Venu Sq 2 – Music Edition, billed as affordable GPS smartwatches with all-day health monitoring, fitness tracking and connected features.
Available now, the Venu Sq 2 comes in shadow grey/slate, white/cream gold and cool mint/metallic mint colours and has a suggested retail price in the UK of £229.99. The Venu Sq 2 – Music Edition comes in black/slate, ivory/peach gold and French grey/cream gold and has a suggested retail price of £269.99.
The Venu Sq 2 series features a bright AMOLED display, while a touchscreen allows for quick access to health stats, 25+ built-in sports apps, smart notifications and more. The Venu Sq 2 – Music Edition includes on-device music storage for phone-free listening.
The new smartwatches have up to 11 days of battery life in smartwatch mode.
“No matter what your day holds, the Venu Sq 2 series is designed to keep up with your lifestyle,” said Dan Bartel, Garmin Vice President of Global Consumer Sales.
“Packed with popular health and wellness features, smart notifications and an impressive battery life – all at an affordable price point – the Venu Sq 2 series makes it easy to stay on top of your well-being all day, every day.”
Features
- Wrist-based heart rate: track heart rate 24/7 and receive abnormal heart rate alerts (high/low) when the body is at rest.
- Body Battery energy monitoring: view current energy levels to find the best times for activity and rest.
- Sleep monitoring and sleep score: gain a better understanding of how the body is recovering with advanced sleep tracking that combines information from multiple sensors to provide a comprehensive assessment of sleep. Every morning, receive a personalized score for last night’s sleep and view the different sleep stages as well as heart rate, stress, Pulse Ox2 and respiration data.
- Stress tracking: gain insights into how calm, balanced or stressful the day has been and receive relax reminders when stress is detected. The built-in breathwork activity can also be used to encourage mindful breathing by tracking respiration, average heart rate and 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 from the wrist.
- Health Snapshot: log a 2-minute session to record key metrics such as 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.
- Offering popular built-in sports apps and fitness features, the Venu Sq 2 series is made to keep up with an active lifestyle. There are 25+ preloaded GPS and indoor sports apps – including walking, running, cycling, tennis and more.
The Venu Sq 2 series also includes preloaded cardio, strength, yoga, HIIT and Pilates workouts. For those who enjoy HIIT workouts, the preloaded activity profile features different timers to track key metrics and allows users to set the number of rounds, work/rest intervals and more.
Using the Garmin Connect app, users can choose from dozens of additional pre-made workouts or create their own using more than 1,600 exercises, then download them to the watch. Runners training for their next 5K, 10K or half-marathon can get a personal running coach on their wrist with free Garmin Coach training plans that adapt based on their goals and performance.
Designed to complement every outfit and every part of the day, the Venu Sq 2 series features a 1.4-inch rectangular, AMOLED touchscreen display with a lightweight aluminium bezel and silicone band.
