Why We Like The Garmin Venu 3
Whether we are looking to improve our health or just training for the local race, the Garmin Venu 3 is the perfect tool to get the job done. Made for all types of indoor and outdoor physical exercises, the Venu 3 features 30 built-in sports apps for sport-based training, on-screen workouts for a more interactive workout, and comprehensive data monitoring to keep track of our stats and health. The Garmin Venu 3 lets us stay connected with smart notifications and wrist-based calling and texting when paired with our smartphone, and the 1.4-inch touchscreen display makes it super easy to take control from our wrists. Whether we are trying to train for our specific sport, better monitor our health, or prepare for our upcoming race, the Garmin Venu 3 is the answer to reaching our goals.
Details
- Feature-loaded training and fitness smartwatch
- 1.4-inch touchscreen Corning Gorilla Glass is durable and responsive
- Various smart features to keep us connected
- 30 different sports apps allow us to train at our specific sport
- Numerous health and wellness features monitor our health
- Fitness-based animated on-screen workouts for interactive training
- Durable and submersible construction is suited for any workout
- GPS and tracking features record our workouts
- Item #GRMF078
- Housing Material
- fiber-reinforced polymer
- Strap Material
- silicone
- Face Material
- Corning Gorilla Glass 3, stainless steel bezel
- Movement
- digital
- Pedometer
- yes
- Odometer
- yes
- Altimeter
- yes
- Barometer
- yes
- Heart Rate Monitor
- yes
- Submersible
- 5 ATM
- Technical Features
- GPS, bluetooth, smart notifications, live track, health and wellness, fitness workouts, comprehensive data monitoring
- Dual Times
- yes
- Date Indicator
- yes
- Weekday Indicator
- yes
- Alarms
- yes
- Battery Type
- li-ion
- 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
- Includes
- Venu 3, USB-C charging/data cable, documentation
- Face Size
- 1.77in
- Claimed Weight
- 1.05oz
- Activity
- training, running, biking, swimming, golf, ski, snowboard, hike
- Manufacturer Warranty
- limited 1 year
Reviews
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Overall Rating
4.5 based on 99 ratings
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Selecting an option will reload the available reviews on the pageDecember 5, 2023
Great health watch
Great watch, accurate health monitoring. Long lasting battery. Only complaint is that its Not user friendly
Originally reviewed on Garmin
December 4, 2023
ECG app will not load after sync
Purchased a month ago replacing an earlier Garmin, specifically for the additional capability of detecting Afib. The ECM app will not load after synchronization and getting an ECM reading. Deleted and reinstalled Garmin Connect did not help. HELP!
Originally reviewed on Garmin
December 4, 2023
Incremental upgrade
I e had the V3 for a few months now and I’m quite satisfied. There are still plenty of bugs that need to be sorted. Custom Workouts interface needs improving. You can’t edit reps or weight in the watch while doing the actual workout. It just moves forward to the next exercise. Overall I would recommend this watch for the niche group it is designed fo.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
December 1, 2023
The perfect workout partner 4.5 ⭐️ so close to 5
I bought this to replace a perfectly functioning vivoactive 4. One thing about Garmin watches, they last. You’ll replace it just because you want something new, that is why I purchased the Venu 3. It was definitely an upgrade, the new screen is much brighter and the animations and tracking is better. The main reason for the upgrade was I wanted the option to answer calls and possibly voice respond to a text. The calls feature is great and has nice clarity and no delay. The voice response to texts is a disappointment. I am using a Samsung Galaxy Flip 5. I hate bixby so went to Google Assistant. I gave the watch and phone permission to access while locked, but cannot access the messages app without unlocking the phone. This could possibly work with a bixby, Samsung’s assistant, but its voice recognition is so bad, it’s not worth it. If this function worked as planned, this watch is easily 5 stars. For now it’s 4.5 Long story short, buy this watch, you won’t be disappointed and if not this one, any Garmin, you can’t go wrong.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
November 30, 2023
Love this watch
Extremely pleased with features, activities features, and battery life.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
November 30, 2023
Amazing
Such a great watch for overall fitness!! I enjoy using it daily.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
November 30, 2023
Nice surprises
I've only had this watch for a month. It has way more features than I knew I was getting. Even though I will only use a few of them it does what I wanted. I especially like the sleep score..its helping me get much better rest by making me more consious of what I need to do to sleep better And I'm sure I will learn more of the features over time. I also like the improved battery life.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
November 30, 2023
Heart features
I have been wearing my Garmin vue 3 for about 2 weeks now. It has been very insightful on why I am so fatigued at times. I have Ehler Danlos Syndrome and dysautonomia POTS and my pulse will jump 40 beats from laying to standing. My body battery often drops to 5 at the end of the day.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
November 29, 2023
Works great so far
What a marked improvement from my Fitbit Versa. So many more features, and more importantly the features work - accurate HR, I can read my HR while lap swimming, runnig, doing weights. All of these were spotty at best with that Versa. Happy with this purchase.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
November 29, 2023
Awesome and better than the original Venu
I had the original Venu and loved it for 3 years. I like the idea of the new heart features and Dick Tracy speakerphone watch. I larger font and improved user interface are worth the extra cost.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
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