Awesome Tips Garmin Venu 2 Plus hands-on: Garmin's best smartwatch yet
Garmin’s latest watch is trying to bridge the gap between a true fitness watch and smartwatch. Spoiler alert: It’s pretty darn good. It now comes with a speaker and microphone so you can talk to your voice assistant, take quick calls and even play music from your wrist.
Garmin’s latest watch is trying to bridge the gap between a true fitness watch and smartwatch. Spoiler alert: It’s pretty darn good. It now comes with a speaker and microphone so you can talk to your voice assistant, take quick calls and even play music from your wrist.
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apple and samsung dream of that kind of a battery life.
Good afternoon. I recently bought a Garmin Venu 2 Plus model. I love it and it has everything I need. There is one problem, can you tell me what the essence is. It's about paying with Garmin Pay. I watched earlier reviews in which bloggers claimed that after the watch is put on the hand and the code is entered before payment, then in subsequent times if the watch was not removed, the code does not need to be entered. After entering the code, I still have the opportunity to pay without entering the code for 10 minutes, and then the watch asks for the code again. I deleted and relinked the card but it did not help. I tightened the belt tightly so that the watch always touched the hand, but it did not help. Is it a marriage or raw firmware? It seems that the sensor periodically does not see the watch on the hand? What do you think about this? I really hope you can give me some advice.
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Damn, i had no idea this thing existed. Wish it had a bio impedance sensor to measure BMI, and an ECG. Iโd buy it right now if it did.
And still, no one can design a smart watch screen without thick bezels since the Moto360 gen 1 and 2. Pretty sad.
Will it last more than 8 hours just playing music?
Can you fully use voice assistant now to start a workout? What actions can voice assitant do?
I am considering this ones ( both with and without speaking functionality) for my wife, which now is using a first gen. fitbit and she especially complains about battery. However I am really concerned about size (thickness), like how real is to actually sleep with this device on the wrist ? I tried couple of times with my Fenix 5 plus and it was a nightmare (they are really bulky) and giving this experience a sleep tracking is a joke for me.
Does the watch has a SOS gps feature?
Would you recommend getting this over the Pixel watch?
Hmm… The battery life for this watch is amazing, but the UI is very uninspiring. I love the Pixel Watch UI, but the battery life is abysmal… why can't I get a device with both looks and performance?
Can you send WhatsApp voice notes through the watch?
THIS was the review I needed! Thank you
Does the watch do like reminders when I need to do something and it let's me know on the watch?
Very cute and thanks !
overpriced compared to alternatives
Hi there! ๐ Is it possible to listen to music while running without taking the smartphone with us? Thank you ๐๐ผ
I've had a Fenix 5X Sapphire for the last couple of years. Loved it, but it was too heavy and I never really got used to it. Got a Venu 2+ and it's half the weight, half the price, bigger screen, and has much more functionality. Only downsides is the battery life is a slight downgrade (9 days instead of 12) and the screen is Gorilla Glass 3, which released almost 10 years ago.
i have no idea why there are like 15 garmin smartwatches and why they are so expensive.. i guess ill just get an apple watch
Is this alright to use for ocean swimming?
Who tf wears their watch to bed?๐
Why do they never talk about the apps available?
I have had the Garmin vivo move HR for a few years now. I love that the vivo move still has hands. But I need the functionality of the venu2 plus for work. I dislike it doesn't have hands its the only thing holding me back from buying it
I have the Instinct just ordered this one super excited to use it when it arrives
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