Customer Ratings & Reviews

I bought this watch after using AW for a few years. I really loved AW except for the battery. However, this Garmin watch has more features than my AWS 10 and plus the 14 days’ worth of battery. If you were to turn off a few settings like Pulse Oximeter, it might give you more than 14 days. As for the build quality, I would say it’s solid. It honestly didn’t feel cheap, and Gorilla Glass makes it look attractive and durable! I wish I got the black version instead of the white. I mostly wear black outfits, so it would’ve been perfect. I recommend this watch to anyone who’s looking for a reliable smartwatch that tracks HR, steps, and sleep accurately. If you have OCD about battery life then this watch is for you!

Good watch consistent with notifications already has a scratch on the glass which I’m not super happy about but in general it works well. The battery lasts about a week. I would recommend it. The screen is beautiful has tons of options that has lots of different watch faces, etc..

This watch is awesome. It has helped my fiancés overall health and is great at tracking workouts. The battery last days without even charging it, and then it hardly takes any time to charge it!

Great all-around smartwatch. Excellent health features, really like the health summaries that appear in the morning and evening to show your sleep quality, your energy level (Body Battery), stress level, etc. It really is like having a health coach by your side giving you quality tips to improve your health. Gorgeous high-res screen. Love the fact that I can keep the brightness level down to 10% and it is still easily readable in most situations. Being that it's an AMOLED display, I want to minimize the occurrence of burn-in and keeping the brightness down is a great way to do that. Really like the slim design and super long battery life compared to most other smartwatches. I have this paired with an iPhone so I can read texts and receive notifications and via Siri I can compose and send texts as well as place calls right on the watch, which is very handy. Working with your phone contacts, needs some improvement. On the Garmin Connect app, you can import your phone contacts but then you must move them over as a "Connect" contact for it to show up on the watch, which is limited to 50 contacts. Also I received an ambiguous "network error" message when trying to move over any contacts which had an 800 number in it or a text code. I had to create those Connect contacts manually without the numbers it couldn't handle. Hopefully they can fix that flaw in a future software update. But overall I am very impressed with the Venu 3 and am very happy with its functions and features. I found some really excellent watch faces that not only display a ton of information but look great too. Highly recommended.

I’ve only had to charge it twice in a few weeks of ownership with daily use! It’s not as easy to use as an Apple Watch but I’m still learning. Good information is available so I’m still learning. Big clear and bright screen that’s easy to see. Overall, I’m happy with the purchases

I've been a Garmin watch user for seven years now. This is my fourth Garmin watch and the best and most feature-rich. It very quickly gets GPS satellites, the screen is bright and has beautiful colors. The watch is compatible with most of the accessories Garmin sells for sport. The battery life is extraordinary. Just a great piece of hardware. The bad side is it is hobbled by the latest update of Garmin Connect. Garmin has reduced the app to a limited series of big boxes with minimal data. The app requires you to click, drag, slide and manipulate it to see what used to be available all on one screen, perhaps with a little vertical scrolling. Ironically they call it "at a glance." Further, there is less data available than in previous versions. Fortunately version 4.77 works with all devices that existed prior to the 5.0 release. I've frozen my phone on that version. Garmin makes great watches, but unfortunately, today, makes hobbled, nearly useless software.

Long time wear os user. I wanted to move onto something that had more accurate health tracking. The health tracking provess of Garmin watches are pretty well established and so I'll talk a bit more about the smartwatch portion. I was bit skeptical in the beginning about smartwatch experience and UI. But I'm pleasantly surprised by Garmins take of it. It takes a few days to unlearn the wear os muscle memory, but once you get used to it, it's pretty intuitive. The Bluetooth connection is solid with my pixel 7, better than wear Os watches and no delay in notifications. For most of the major apps like text, WhatsApp, slack, outlook, Gmail etc you get the notification with native app UI with ability to respond though that's only on android. For apps that are not supported like my eufy app for example, I get a generic notification that you can dismiss from watch and phone. The amount of apps that have native interactions are definitely limited compared to wear os, but not a deal-breaker for me as I don't respond from my watch anyway. Plenty of watche faces, even third party ones available through Garmin iq connect app. Overall a much better experience. Battery life is great by wear os standards, even with AOD, sensors on and with a slightly power hungry watch face I get about 4 days. For first time since I started wearing smartwatches I'm wearing it overnight to track my sleep. It gives you a nice morning report once you wakeup. Working out also gives a nice aftet summary of how the session impacts your health. The watch is truly designed to promote a healthier living and it is well worth the price tag. It is a great choice even as a smartwatch especially for android but often times skipped over due to niche tag that Garmin has. Cons One annoying behavior I noticed for any swipe action on the touchscreen like for example to go back a screen, you need to start it from right at the edge of the screen. This is not great if you are used to wear os. This is especially annoying if a part of your shirt sleeve is covering the display, you would have to move it out of the way for the swipe gesture to work. Overall definitely recommend!!

Love the Garmin watch. We saved a good amount since it was the Venu 3 instead of the Venu 4. Also, it was on sale for $100 off. It is working so well. It is everything that a Garmin Watch should be. It has a very long battery life and all the functions that we want. Not disappointed.

It’s been two years (12/2023) since purchasing my watch and it runs just as well as it did the day I took it out of the box. 10/10 fitting my needs. It’s fantastic on the golf course with the Garmin golf app, during hot yoga, and keeping track of my heart rate. Battery life is still over a week and I wear it daily.

I'm a long-time Apple watch user and I am loving the Garmin Venu 3. It's nicer looking, has a better/larger display and I can wear it 24/7 as it holds a charge for days. The decision points are simple... if you're just looking for the best smartwatch for comms and apps, then the Apple has an edge. But, if you're an active person who plays some sports (almost any sport, I use it for golf and cycling) this is far better than the Apple watch. The cycling function on my Garmin watch was too limiting... the Garmin allows you to customize your data fields and you can see a mirage of data for your activity. All the other lifestyle and health apps on the Garmin are just far far superior, more nuanced, more detail and more intuitive. Screen size is perfect... I have small wrists and it is a big display without looking like I am wearing a clock. N\It's not as thick as other Garmin watches either.

This is a very durable and long battery life smartwatch. Very satisfied!

I’m a runner and a total gym rat, and I’ve tried a bunch of smartwatches over the years. The Garmin Venu 3? Hands down, my favorite so far. The screen is super crisp, battery life is amazing (over a week!), and it tracks everything—HR, sleep, stress, recovery, you name it. It even gives you a sleep coach. You can take calls, control music, and it actually looks good on your wrist. No LTE and not a ton of apps, but if you care more about performance than flashy features, this watch totally delivers.

Bought for my husband he really likes it. The sleep tracking feature is nice as well as the long battery life. He realized he doesn’t sleep very well. Went from apple to this.

I was deciding between the Instinct 3 and Venu 3, and decided to go with the Venu. So far I have been happy with my choice. I enjoy the health metrics that it measures. I have not really tested if the battery lasts as long as it reports it will, since I just charge it about once a week when it gets to be around 20-30%. I was worried how durable it would be, and so far I haven't had any issues. I was not a fan of the watch band that it came with, so I got the ultrafit nylon strap and I love it.

great battery life, accurate sleep tracking, accurate body battery! only issue is that the body and metal casing scuff up pretty easy - would recommend getting the black instead of white. i got this on sale for 350usd. also both the venu 3 and venu 3s look fine on smaller wrists, i have little toothpick wrists, but the font is bigger on the venu 3. it's more like the venu 3 is the blown up version of the venu 3s, its not that you can see more on the screen, its just that everything is bigger.

I'm in the garmin universe as a cyclist and have a long love hate with them. The watch is the same. It's paired to my Samsung phone and my garmin connect. Battery life amazing 3 plus days. Display great. Phone integration moderate. I'm poor at it and i couldn't really get them to work well. Replying to texts is really tough. I couldn't figure out of there is a voice to text option Ring app integration amazing with full color thumbnail preview. However automatic activity detection for me is terrible. Won't start cycling. Seems to start running and walking mostly.

So glad i finally made the upgrade from the Venu 1. So many more features and it doesnt lie about the battery life being around 14 days. I love the larger screen making it so much easier to read multiple things on the main screen. Color and brightness is great.

I have been an avid Samsung watch user for some time now starting with the galaxy watch and most recently the watch 4. I had been looking at upgrading when Samsung came out with a software release that pretty much killed the health monitoring and decided I had enough. After a lot of research I decided to try the Venu 3 as my most important requirements are health monitoring. I should have gone with a Garmin a long time ago! After owning this watch a couple weeks I am happier with it than I have ever been with any of the Samsung watches. The battery life is incredible. The health tracking and monitoring funtions are great as are the activity trackers. The only issue I have found is it does not seem to record floors well but I believe that is an issue with me and how slow I am to go up and down due to physical issues. If you are looking for an Android compatible watch with a focus on health monitoring buy this one and just stay away from the others you will not regret it.

It’s been almost a month since I bought this watch, and I’ve only had to charge it twice so far. The battery life is honestly impressive, it lasts a long time, and you don’t need to charge it every day like many other watches on the market. While the compatibility isn’t as seamless as Apple’s ecosystem, it more than makes up for it with excellent battery performance and reliable health and fitness tracking. Overall, it’s a great smartwatch if battery life, durability, and tracking accuracy matter more to you than tight ecosystem integration.

I switched from an apple smartwatch to this garmin and im so happy I did. The battery life on these alone would be enough for me to stay with garmin. They seem to be more durable that I initially thought plus the features and ease of use automatically make this watch well worth the price