
Know the real you with the Venu 3 smartwatch, the ultimate on-wrist coach designed to support your goals — whatever they may be. Featuring a bright, colorful display and up to 14 days of battery life, this GPS smartwatch is purpose-built with advanced health and fitness features to help you better understand your body. Body Battery energy monitoring helps you keep your energy levels in check with personalized insights based on sleep, naps, stress, workouts and more. Improve the quality of your sleep with personalized sleep coaching and nap detection plus even more details such as HRV status (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked). During the day, switch up your activities with animated workouts and more than 30 built-in sports apps — including for active wheelchair users — plus advanced training features to keep you going strong. With its built-in speaker and microphone, the Venu 3 smartwatch makes it easy to make and take calls right from your wrist when paired to your smartphone — and even reply to texts by using your phone’s voice assistant. Plus, enjoy connectivity features such as music storage, Garmin Pay contactless payments (with a supported country and payment network) and more.
Q: How much storage space does the smartwatch have?
A: The smartwatch has 8 GB of built-in storage.
Q: Does this smartwatch track sleep?
A: Yes, it has a sleep coach feature that provides a sleep score, personalized coaching, and tracks sleep stages.
Q: Can I make phone calls with this smartwatch?
A: Yes, you can make and take phone calls from your wrist when paired with your smartphone.
Q: Can I use this smartwatch for swimming?
A: Yes, this smartwatch is water-resistant up to 164 feet and includes a swimming activity tracking feature.
Q: Does this smartwatch have built-in GPS?
A: Yes, this smartwatch is GPS enabled.
Q: What music streaming services are compatible with this smartwatch?
A: You can download playlists from Spotify, Amazon Music, or Deezer.
Q: Does this smartwatch track sleep?
A: Yes, the Venu 3 smartwatch has a sleep coach feature that provides a sleep score and personalized sleep coaching.
Q: What is the battery life of this smartwatch?
A: This smartwatch has a battery life of up to 14 days in smartwatch mode.

Know the real you with the Venu 3 smartwatch, the ultimate on-wrist coach designed to support your goals — whatever they may be. Featuring a bright, colorful display and up to 14 days of battery life, this GPS smartwatch is purpose-built with advanced health and fitness features to help you better understand your body. Body Battery energy monitoring helps you keep your energy levels in check with personalized insights based on sleep, naps, stress, workouts and more. Improve the quality of your sleep with personalized sleep coaching and nap detection plus even more details such as HRV status (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked). During the day, switch up your activities with animated workouts and more than 30 built-in sports apps — including for active wheelchair users — plus advanced training features to keep you going strong. With its built-in speaker and microphone, the Venu 3 smartwatch makes it easy to make and take calls right from your wrist when paired to your smartphone — and even reply to texts by using your phone’s voice assistant. Plus, enjoy connectivity features such as music storage, Garmin Pay contactless payments (with a supported country and payment network) and more.

Featuring a stainless steel design, the Venu 4 GPS smartwatch provides advanced features you need — all on a bright, colorful display — to better understand your body and promote a healthier lifestyle. Keep pushing day after day with up to 12 days of battery life. Body Battery energy monitoring tracks your body’s energy levels to find the best times for activity and rest. Help improve the quality of your sleep with personalized sleep metrics, including the sleep alignment feature to understand if you’re in sync with your internal cycle. The health status feature looks for changes in your health data that could indicate added stress to your body, so you can know when you’re trending away from your usual range. Make every activity count using personalized Garmin Coach training plans for running, cycling, strength and fitness. And switch up your activities with easy-to-follow animated workouts, daily suggested workouts and more than 80 built-in sports apps — including for active wheelchair users. Log custom or preset daily behaviors — such as caffeine and alcohol intake — to view reports in the Garmin Connect smartphone app on how your lifestyle choices may impact your overall health. All smartwatch data presented is intended to be a close estimation of the metrics tracked. Plus, make and take calls right from your wrist when paired to your smartphone.

Instinct 3 is the rugged 45 mm GPS smartwatch with a 0.9” display, built-in flashlight and unlimited battery life in smartwatch mode with solar charging (assumes all-day wear with 3 hours per day outside in 50,000 lux conditions). With bolted construction, a metal-reinforced bezel and scratch-resistant lens, it can take on your toughest adventures. It’s engineered to MIL-STD-810 standards for thermal and shock resistance and is also 10 ATM water-rated. To keep you on track, the Instinct 3 smartwatch includes a built-in 3-axis compass and barometric altimeter. Plus, multi-band GPS with SatIQ technology delivers superior positioning while also optimizing battery life. Its 24/7 health and wellness features keep you connected to your body with heart rate tracking, advanced sleep monitoring, Pulse Ox and more (this is not a medical device, and data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked; Pulse Ox not available in all countries). Instinct 3 also includes Garmin Pay contactless payments (with a supported bank).

Know the real you with the Venu 3S smartwatch, the ultimate on-wrist coach designed to support your goals — whatever they may be. Featuring a bright, colorful display and up to 10 days of battery life, this smaller-sized GPS smartwatch is purpose-built with advanced health and fitness features to help you better understand your body. Body Battery energy monitoring helps you keep your energy levels in check with personalized insights based on sleep, naps, stress, workouts and more. Improve the quality of your sleep with personalized sleep coaching and nap detection plus even more details such as HRV status (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked). During the day, switch up your activities with animated workouts and more than 30 built-in sports apps — including for active wheelchair users — plus advanced training features to keep you going strong. With its built-in speaker and microphone, the Venu 3S smartwatch makes it easy to make and take calls right from your wrist when paired to your smartphone — and even reply to texts by using your phone’s voice assistant. Plus, enjoy connectivity features such as music storage, Garmin Pay contactless payments (with a supported country and payment network) and more.
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Customers express satisfaction with the Venu 3 GPS Smartwatch, highlighting its exceptional battery life, overall performance, and accurate GPS. The watch is also praised for its screen quality, sleep tracking capabilities, ease of use, design, and array of features. However, some customers have noted concerns regarding its size and connectivity issues.
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I’ve had nothing but praise for the Garmin Venu 3 since the day I put it on. It’s everything I could ask for in a smartwatch, and then some. First off, accuracy is spot on. Whether I’m tracking heart rate, sleep, steps, GPS routes, or workouts, it delivers consistently reliable data. I’ve compared it to other fitness trackers and even medical-grade devices out of curiosity, and the Venu 3 holds its own with flying colors. What truly sets this watch apart is how classy and sleek it looks. It’s got the perfect balance of modern design and premium feel, clean enough for the gym but stylish enough for a night out or the office. It’s not bulky, it’s not flashy, it’s just right. As for reliability, the Venu 3 nails it. No lag, no glitches, no connectivity issues. It syncs effortlessly with my phone, shows notifications clearly, and I never have to worry about whether it’s going to do what I need it to do. Convenience is another huge plus. The customizable widgets, long battery life (seriously, days without charging), fast charging, and intuitive interface make it easy to use throughout a busy day. Whether I’m running, lifting, working, or sleeping, it adapts to my routine and helps me stay on top of everything. And finally, durability. This watch is built to last. I’ve worn it during intense workouts, outdoor runs, bike rides in the rain, and daily wear without a single issue. It still looks and works like new. I would 100% recommend the Garmin Venu 3 to anyone looking for a reliable, accurate, and stylish smartwatch that can handle it all; fitness, health, productivity, and everyday life. Garmin nailed it with this one.
Posted by RaulC
I don't normally give reviews but felt this watch deserves it. I'm not fully up to date on all the smart watches, I don't always wear one. I'm coming from a Galaxy Watch 3 or 4, honestly forget, haha. I've worn this for almost 48 hours now, been using to track sleep, I've gone for one run so far, my battery is sitting at 83%. It takes a little getting used to coming from the Galaxy. I really like the light weight, very nice screen. I dabbled around with the golf gps and it will serve it's purpose for stats and distance if you would like to use it for that. As someone new to the Garmin and smart watch family I highly recommend this as a nice hybrid watch. I've already switched the band to something a little different. I also synced some podcasts to the watch. My only cons is the connect IQ app is a little wonky sometimes when syncing the phone and also the interface feels a little clunky but some of that is im not used to it. The galaxy I liked having the different "app widgets" you could rotate to. This you have something similar but you swipe down and put in the data you want to see. The other con unless I'm doing it wrong is i can only see the current day of my synced Google calendar but not the whole month. I can't comment on all the activities as I'm still messing around as it is setup differently than the galaxy watch. Overall very pleased. Synced with a Pixel 7 phone.
Posted by EdB1
This is my first smartwatch purchase, and I have had this device for a month. I am something of an athlete - normally swimming over a mile in flip-turn laps every other day and biking trails. Interestingly enough, I had a very rare health crisis - an autoimmune issue that hit my heart muscle - and that has effectively killed my swim/bike season and almost me. The good news is that I am expected to make a full recovery. And that is what informed my choice of this watch. I needed something that would monitor my health - but once I regain that health, will also monitor my athletic performance. Hence the title - it truly does keep watch over me. What I sacrifice are some of the app flexibility I would have gotten with a Google watch. That said, this still has everything I need - full health monitoring including a basic ECG that will detect arrhythmias, and a pulse monitor that will alert the wearer to rate abnormalities. It works well with the excellent Garmin Connect app on my phone (a Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra) - uploading to that app all the stats it measures where I get very detailed data and graphs of everything from my sleep patterns to ECG traces to calories burned to stress levels and much more. Clearly, I have not yet worked with athletic measurements, but I am confident those will be equally helpful progress measures. It even has a GPS maps, weather radar, and will send tracking information back home so that when I am on the trails, they will know precisely where I am on a map at all times. As a pilot, I've used Garmin avionics. As a gravel biker, I use a Garmin Edge 530. So I have had experience with other products from Garmin and have found consistency with regard to product durability, intelligent design, and straightforward software interfaces. After a month of use, the Venu 3 meets the same bar. Two physical attributes of note: battery life was an immediate plus in my decision to pick this watch over any of the Googles or Pixels. It has not disappointed me. And the watch itself if very durable. I've managed to hit and scrape the gorilla glass face already - not a mark on it. The options to download custom watch faces are endless. For those who may be curious, the one depicted is Fallout (by frinkr), which has all the data I need at a glance. In all, 5 stars all the way down - and I don't often do that.
Posted by LeeF