The Garmin Venu Sq 2 is a smartwatch designed for activity tracking, fitness monitoring, and smart connectivity. It features a square AMOLED display and a range of sensors to provide comprehensive health and activity data.
Function Description
The Venu Sq 2 serves as a versatile personal health and fitness companion. It tracks daily activities such as steps, distance, intensity minutes, and calories burned, with an automatic daily step goal that adapts to the user's activity levels. The watch includes preloaded indoor and outdoor activity apps for various sports like running, cycling, strength training, golfing, and swimming. For outdoor activities, it utilizes GPS for accurate tracking.
Key health monitoring features include wrist-based heart rate tracking, which provides current heart rate, a graph of heart rate since midnight, and resting heart rate values. It also offers abnormal heart rate alerts for high or low heart rates. The device incorporates a pulse oximeter to gauge blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), with options for all-day or during-sleep tracking. The Body Battery feature analyzes heart rate variability, stress, sleep quality, and activity data to estimate the user's available energy reserves. Stress level monitoring is also included, with a graph of stress levels throughout the day and guided breathing activities for relaxation.
For women's health, the watch supports menstrual cycle tracking and pregnancy tracking, allowing users to log symptoms and view cycle or pregnancy status. Hydration tracking helps users monitor fluid intake and set daily goals.
Smart features include phone connectivity for notifications, call management (accept/decline), and customized text replies (for Android phones). It supports music playback from third-party providers or personal audio content stored on the watch, requiring Bluetooth headphones for listening. The Garmin Pay feature allows for contactless payments using credit or debit cards from participating financial institutions.
The watch also offers safety and tracking features such such as Assistance, which sends a message with the user's name, LiveTrack link, and GPS location to emergency contacts, and Incident Detection for certain outdoor activities. LiveTrack allows friends and family to follow activities in real time.
Important Technical Specifications
- Display: AMOLED
- Battery Type: Rechargeable, built-in lithium-ion battery
- Battery Life:
- Smartwatch mode with activity tracking and 24/7 wrist-based heart rate monitoring: Up to 11 days
- Smartwatch mode with battery saver enabled: Up to 12 days
- GPS only mode: Up to 26 hours
- All systems GPS mode: Up to 20 hours
- All systems GPS mode with music playback: Up to 7 hours
- Always on display mode: Up to 2 days
- Operating Temperature Range: -20° to 55°C (-4° to 131°F)
- Charging Temperature Range: 0° to 45°C (32° to 113°F)
- Wireless Frequency:
- Venu Sq 2: 2.4 GHz @ 1 dBm maximum
- Venu Sq 2 Music: 2.4 GHz @ 20 dBm maximum
- Water Rating: Swim, 5 ATM (withstands pressure equivalent to a depth of 50m)
- Connectivity: ANT+, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi (Venu Sq 2 Music only)
- Sensors: Wrist-based heart rate monitor, pulse oximeter, accelerometer, GPS, 3-axis compass. Compatible with external ANT+ sensors like heart rate monitors, speed/cadence sensors, and tempe™ sensors.
Usage Features
- Touchscreen Interface: Swipe up/down to scroll, tap to select, double-tap to wake, swipe right to return to previous screen or view watch face/glances during activity.
- Buttons:
- Action button (A): Press to turn on, start/stop activity timer, hold for 2 seconds for controls menu/power, hold for 3 vibrations for assistance.
- Back (Menu) button (B): Press to return to previous screen (except during activity), mark laps/sets/poses, advance workout stages, hold for watch settings menu.
- Activity Tracking: Automatic daily step goal, move alerts for inactivity, goal alerts for steps and intensity minutes.
- Workouts: Preloaded workouts, adaptive training plans, ability to create custom activities.
- Golfing Features: Downloadable golf courses, distance to front/back/selected pin, PinPointer for directional assistance, layup/dogleg distances, hazard viewing, AutoShot™ for shot distance measurement, scorekeeping with various methods (stroke play, Stableford), stat tracking.
- Music Controls: Play, pause, skip tracks, adjust volume, change repeat/shuffle modes.
- Clocks: Alarms (single or recurring), stopwatch, countdown timer, time sync with GPS or phone, manual time setting.
- Customization: Customizable watch faces (layout, colors, data fields), customizable glance loop, customizable controls menu shortcuts.
- Connect IQ: Downloadable apps, data fields, glances, and watch faces from the Connect IQ store.
- Garmin Connect App/Computer: Sync data, view detailed statistics, manage settings, update software, download music/training plans.
Maintenance Features
- Cleaning: Wipe with a cloth dampened with mild detergent solution, then dry. Thoroughly rinse with fresh water after exposure to chlorine, salt water, sunscreen, cosmetics, alcohol, or harsh chemicals.
- Band Replacement: Compatible with 20mm wide, standard quick-release bands.
- Software Updates: Automatic updates via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi when connected to Garmin Connect app, or manually via Garmin Express on a computer.
- Troubleshooting: Tips for phone/headphone connectivity issues, inaccurate step count, incorrect language, and maximizing battery life.
- Reset Options: Reset all watch settings to factory defaults (with or without saving activity history and downloaded content). Note: Resetting deletes Garmin Pay wallet and stored music.
- GPS Reception: Tips for improving satellite signal acquisition (syncing with Garmin account, open outdoor area, remaining stationary).
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