![]() The Venu Sq 2 has the best of Garmin’s smart features on board, including NFC payments through Garmin Pay, music storage (on the Venu Sq 2 Music), notifications and weather forecasts. I’d still say you get more depth and insights from sleep tracking on Fitbit, Huawei and Polar watches in particular, but unless you’re particularly fascinated with your sleep I’d say the info you get from the Venu Sq 2 will suffice. Garmin’s sleep tracking has tended to be a little generous in my experience, but this seems to be improving lately as the Venu Sq 2 is one of several Garmin watches I’ve tested that has been more accurate in spotting the time I fell asleep. ![]() The sleep tracking on the watch shows your cycles through the night plus time spent in deep, light and REM sleep, and you get a sleep score rated out of 100, plus a sleep-quality rating like “good”. I tested this in warm weather (which results in better optical heart rate readings), but it’s the small size of the Venu Sq 2 that is likely to help in delivering improved accuracy – in my experience the bigger and heavier the Garmin, the worse the heart rate accuracy. The heart rate accuracy has been good, closely matching the chest strap readings on all my runs, and delivering consistent results in other workouts like cycles, yoga and strength sessions. I had one run where the Venu Sq 2 lost the plot on GPS entirely, but in general it produced distance and pacing stats that were similar to the Epix 2, just with a few more minor errors on the GPS track. I tested the Venu Sq 2 against the Garmin Epix 2 in multi-band GPS mode paired with a chest strap to check the accuracy of its GPS and heart rate tracking, and on both fronts it performed well. It’s easy to see the screen when running and cycling outside and you can display up to four stats on a data screen. However, all the essential stats are available for tracking activities, and you can create structured workouts to follow on your wrist. This isn’t a huge surprise since the Venu Sq 2 is an entry-level smartwatch, but given that the sports tracking is what sets it apart from smartwatches from other brands, I don’t see why Garmin doesn’t add more features from watches like the cheaper Forerunner 55. There’s no track run mode or even the basic Training Status measurement you get on sportier Garmins, for example. The Venu Sq 2 doesn’t offer the full gamut of Garmin’s extensive sports tracking features, and has little training analysis (though you can see your VO2 max in the user profile section of settings). ![]() However, smartwatches like the Samsung Galaxy or Apple Watch SE, as well as the Garmin Venu 2, are better-looking. There are a few nice watch faces to choose from too and you can find more in the Connect IQ app store. ![]() The gesture-to-wake was snappy and reliable enough for me that I only used always-on mode during activities. The screen is impressive and can be set to always-on mode, though this will reduce battery life. The plastic case has an aluminium bezel and the Venu Sq 2 is a pretty attractive watch to wear, and comfortable to have on 24/7. Other sensors include a pulse oximeter to measure blood oxygen saturation and an internal compass, but there is no barometric altimeter, which you do get on the more expensive Garmin Venu 2 smartwatch. However, the watch doesn’t offer the dual-band GPS tracking seen on Garmin’s pricier sports watches like the Fenix 7 and Forerunner 255. This allows for Garmin’s all-systems-on tracking, where the watch uses GPS, Galileo and GLONASS satellites at the same time for more accurate tracking. As with the original, the Venu Sq 2 has two buttons on the side, but has upgraded components in the form of the Elevate Gen4 optical heart rate sensor and a new GPS chipset.
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