We Review the Feature Upgrades for the Garmin Venu® 2/2S Smartwatch

More Stats, More Sports Modes, More Options, More Power ... At the Speed of You!

Garmin Venu GPS watches were created for people with active lifestyles. And the time has come for the GPS watch Gurus to introduce the thoughtfully perfected next iteration in this smartwatch lineup — the Venu 2/2S!

Now you can get more advanced health monitoring and fitness features on your wrist, so you can be more in tune with your body!

Garmin has improved on some of the previous features and added some new ones to this gorgeous smartwatch, so you can next-level track your stats and find your groove while you’re on the move.

Join us for a quick and thorough run through all the new features in our Garmin Venu 2/2S sport watch upgrades review.

Smartwatches for Men and Women

The Garmin Venu 2 collection offers some of the best sports smartwatches for active men and women. And now they cater to your personal style with both size and color options!

2 Venu 2 Sizes

The main difference between the Venu 2 and the Venu 2S is the size. The Venu 2 options offer a bright 1.3" AMOLED display — larger than the previous Venu. The Venu 2S is for those who prefer the smaller, classic 1.1" display.

6 Color Schemes

The larger-screened Venu 2 offers 2 sleek color palettes: a silver bezel with granite blue case and silicone band or a slate bezel with a black case and silicone band.

The Venu 2S is a bit more adventurous with 4 fashionable color combos: a silver bezel with a mist gray case and silicone band, a slate bezel with a graphite case and silicone band, a light gold and tan case and silicone band, and a rose gold and white case and silicone band.

Not only are these smartwatches right for your wrist while you're switching up activities, but they look good in whatever mode you're in — work or play!

See the table below for size and color comparison between the Venu 2 series options: Venu 2 and Venu 2S 

Long live the active lifestyle! In keeping with this creed, Garmin fueled their Venu 2 fitness watches with twice the battery juice in smartwatch mode and gave you an hour more when using GPS and music.

One downside of the original Venu was that it only got 5 days in smartwatch mode and 5 hours with GPS + Music. With the Venu 2/2S, Garmin stepped up their battery game!

The Venu 2S gets 10 days in smartwatch mode and 6 hours with GPS + Music. And the Venu 2 gets a whopping 11 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and 7 hours with GPS + Music.  

The new Venu 2 series sports watches also have rapid recharge technology, so you don't have to wait too long to get it back on your wrist.

Connect to your Venu 2/2S with your wireless headphones for phone-free listening — Now with space for 150 more songs!

Previous Venu generations had on-device music storage of up to 500 songs. With the Venu 2 collection, Garmin boosted your beats to 650 songs.

Plus, music and offline playlists can be downloaded through your subscription-based music go-tos like Spotify, Deezer and Amazon Music.

With each new generation of smart watch, it's obvious that Garmin strives for more accurate data and user-requested features. And the Venu 2 collection is no exception.

First, this multisport smartwatch line has the latest generation of the Garmin Elevate heart rate sensor. Designed to give you the most accurate reading during exercise by filtering out signal noise, you can count on improved data from this upgrade. It is especially helpful for the sleep tracking function.

Next, the Venu 2/2S has 25 sports modes to switch between and allows you to create your own exercise modes. This next-gen fitness GPS watch is sporting 4 new modes: HIIT, hiking, indoor climbing, and bouldering.

Lastly, Garmin's added two new widgets. Fitness Age, which was available in the Garmin Connect app before, reinterprets your VO2 Max score in terms of age to make it more relatable. The Health Snapshot widget which allows users to share vitals data with doctors and coaches.