Garmin Venu 3S
Designed to support your fitness goals, the Garmin Venu 3S has a colorful display, up to 10 days of battery life, and advanced health and fitness features to help you better understand your body.




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- Bright display gives you a more complete picture of your health
- Up to 10 days of battery life in smartwatch mode
- BodyBattery™ 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, nap detection and details such as heart rate variability (HRV) status
- Provides a sleep score, personalized sleep coaching for how much sleep you need and tips on how to improve your sleep
- Automatic nap detection and nap logging tracks your nap length during the day, providing personalized insights on how it affects your BodyBattery energy monitoring and more
- During the day, switch up your activities with animated workouts and more than 30 built-in indoor and GPS sports apps, plus advanced training features to keep you going strong
- Sports include walking, running, cycling, HIIT, swimming, golf and more
- Includes apps for active wheelchair users; wheelchair mode tracks pushes, rather than steps, and includes push and handcycle activities with preloaded workouts
- Wheelchair mode also includes animated workouts for strength, cardio, HIIT, Pilates, yoga and more
- Advanced training features include workout benefit—which helps you understand how each workout affects your body—and recovery time to know how long your body needs to recover
- Syncs with the GarminConnect™ smartphone app to give you more details on your health and fitness data plus personalized insights and more
- Create your own workouts in the GarminConnect smartphone app, or try GarminCoach free adaptive training plans to help you prepare for your next running challenge
- Additional health monitoring features include wrist-based heart rate, morning report, fitness age, stress tracking, menstrual cycle and pregnancy tracking, meditation and more
- Built-in speaker and microphone make it easy to make and take calls right from your wrist when paired with your compatible iPhone® or Android™ smartphone
- Reply to texts using your phone's voice assistant; Android users can text directly from the watch
- Provides music storage so you can download music to your watch, including playlists from Spotify, Amazon Music or Deezer (premium subscription required)
- Connects with your wireless headphones for phone-free listening
- GarminPay™ contactless payments (with a supported country and payment network) lets you pay for purchases on the go and breeze through select transit systems
- Incident detection (during select outdoor activities) and assistance can call or send a message with your live location to emergency contacts when paired with your smartphone
- Safety and tracking features like detection and assistance require setup and your smartphone to be in an area with network coverage where data connectivity is available
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Best Use | Fitness |
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Average Battery Life | Smartwatch mode: up to 10 days; GPS mode: up to 21 hrs. |
Battery Type | Lithium Ion |
Display Size | 1.2 inches |
Illumination | Backlight |
Altimeter | Pressure-based |
Compass | Yes |
GPS/Satellite Detectable | Yes |
HRM Included/Integrated | Yes |
Heart Rate Sensor Type | Wrist-based |
Average Heart Rate | Yes |
Pulse Oximeter | Yes |
Heart Rate Target Zone(s) | Yes |
VO2 Max Estimate | Yes |
Recovery Advising | Yes |
Tracks Steps | Yes |
Pedometer Type | Digital 3-axis Accelerometer |
Pace Alert | Yes |
Interval Training | Yes |
Tracks Calories Burned | Yes |
Water-Resistant Depth | 50 meters |
Pool Lap Recognition | Yes |
Stroke Recognition | Yes |
Sleep Tracking | Yes |
Alarm | Yes |
Time Display | Yes |
Stopwatch | Yes |
Preloaded Map | None |
Number of Waypoints | 50 |
Customization | Apps Data Fields Watch Faces Widgets |
Smart Device Notifications | Yes |
Data Exchange | Bluetooth ANT+ |
Compatible Fitness Accessories | Cadence Sensor Heart Rate Monitor Power Meter |
Gender | Unisex |
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Even Better Than Expected
In two weeks I’m more motivated than I’ve been in years. There are more features than I’ll ever use. But there are more features I use than ever before. I’ve been wearing a FitBit Sense for nearly three years and I’ve barely used anything other than its watch, SpO2 tracker, smart alarm, move alert, and sleep features. Perhaps because it seemed gimmicky, in spite of its accuracy. And I’ve never felt the desire to figure out and use the other available features. But it seems that my Garmin Venu 3S has added features that compliment the ones I was using on the Sense and its formatting is appealing to me. It challenges me to improve by giving me more detailed explanations and breakdowns of stats. I love the user interface, ConnectIQ, Red Shift, Body Battery, Glances, and too many other things to list. So much of what it offers is a benefit for me and I love the way it looks. I bought the Garmin Index S2 shortly after and I love the added features it brings and the integration with my Venu 3S. I’m taking my older smart scale that merely tracked weight and doesn’t sync to Garmin to my sister’s house for my long visits there. The only feature it lacks is a smart alarm. And because of that, I still wear my Sense to bed for that feature. It’s also enabled me to compare the two devices for accuracy with their SpO2 and sleep tracking. The SpO2 is always within 1%, except for the rarity of them being identical. It appears the Venu could be more sensitive with its newer sensors and tends to put more time sleeping into REM, where the Sense puts it into deep. The Sense puts more into awake, where the Garmin does light sleep. I have also compared the Venu 3S to a finger Pulse Oximeter and they run extremely close, and even more so over a timeline. I love my Venu 3S so much, I’ve even bought several watch bands to dress it up and mirror my mood. I do want to caution, I read that Garmin watches don’t work as well with leather straps, especially darker ones. But I’ve been able to resolve the issue by rolling and flexing the leather bands to loosen them up so they fit properly and allow the sensors to function properly. Without doing so the readings were always very low and didn’t come close to the Sense of finger Oximeter. Overall it appears I’m now as into the Garmin pipeline as I am Apple/MAC. And I’m seriously happy with that. Though I’m deeper into Apple, it’s only because I have more products (sans a watch). But integration, quality, features, representation of the product, user interface, etc … I’m hooked on Garmin. And I love creating watch faces.
Much better than my Apple Watch!
I bought this last week and absolutely love all the features it includes. I’m so eager to learning more and more about the features including- sleep, stress, ECG, exercise, naps, and many many more. If you don’t already I advise you getting one it’s 1000% worth the money for everything included in the app!
Absolutely in love!
I’ve been using the Venu 3s for several weeks straight now and LOVE it. This was an upgrade for me from the Vivoactive 3s which I also loved, but the Venu can do so much more. I love that I can now track my HIIT workouts (previously I just used the Strength mode since the vivoactive didn’t have HIIT mode), and I really enjoy the workout summaries right on my watch telling me how I performed and how this affects my day, and also how long it will take me to recover. I love the Sleep score, Body Battery and sleep coach. Although my husband’s vivoactive 4 also shows body battery, I think the Venu 3 gives way more detail. When I got sick, the body battery indicator really was accurate with how I felt! And the sleep stats were very helpful in understanding the rest I needed. The Venu also really does last so long - mine lasts a full 7 days without recharging (probably can last longer but I usually charge when it gets down to 30%) so I really love that! It can do a lot of “Apple Watch” like features but I personally don’t care about those things so I have those all turned off - it’s why I got a Garmin in the first place vs an Apple Watch. I love that they have the options there if you want it, but can turn off for people like me who solely care about the fitness/health tracking!
Exactly what I was looking for
I love this watch so much. I mostly wanted it for bouldering and training for climbing, which it’s been great for. It has a bouldering and indoor climbing specific activity, which I love!!! And I love that i can wear it in the water to paddle board or whatever else I feel like doing. It looks super cute and I’m really glad I got the 3s over the 3, the screen is the perfect size for my small wrist. I think I might have a sensitivity to the silicone band, which I didn’t even realize was a possibility until I saw a Reddit about it. I thought I had a bug bite!! So if you are sensitive to certain materials maybe try a different band. But overall, I’m obsessed!!
Love it!
Got this watch for Christmas and I absolutely love it! I previously had an Apple watch and have been eyeing the Garmin brand. I think Apple is a great smart watch, but this is more suited to those into fitness (which I am). I love the longevity of the battery and how quickly it recharges. I am actually able to wear it at night to track my sleep and usually only take it off to charge when I shower. Literally just charging it then keeps the battery full which is sooo nice. I also love the ability to input and track my strength workouts and how it analyzes/gives you so much data at the end. Overall very happy with this watch!
Disappointed
I bought this watch because I’ve heard great things about Garmins and the watch itself is absolutely adorable. I wanted a smart watch that was also cute. I didn’t like how harsh and loud the notification was on the watch compared to Apple Watch. I also didn’t like that I couldn’t respond to messages on the watch . In addition, when I got phone calls it would show the number of who is calling but not say the name, even if they were in my contacts. One day at 7 pm after wearing my watch all day I checked my steps and it said I only had 61 steps. I got up and walked around for a bit and checked again and it never registered those steps. What I did like about it was how cute it was, that the battery lasted for a week, and it felt comfortable on my wrist. Unfortunately, it is not worth the money and I am in the process of returning.
No Regrets!
I have never had a smartwatch before and buying one is a big monetary and emotional purchase! As an accessory to wear ever day, I did a lot of research. Not to mention, my endocrinologist suggested Garmin as a good brand to monitor my health. Some people complain that the three right buttons feel sticky, and while they don't necessarily "click", I have found that I prefer that they don't. I use my watch when I work out and I am always paranoid that I'll accidentally push the buttons and they'll mess with the current screen. However, I don't have to worry about that! This watch monitors everything I could want it to, and my Apple Watch-wearing boyfriend thinks that the screen on my Venu 3 is crisper. Love love love my Venu 3S! Posting pictures to help others get a sense of the size and color. I have a neutral olive skin tone and purchased the white with gold bezel.
Tried most of them, keeping this one
I have owned 2 Fitbits, 1 Spade and 4 and finally bought this Garmin Venu3s. I love it. So far it has been incredibly accurate and comfortable to wear. I love the traditional round face, instead of the unpredictable, mundane, rectangular one. I’ve only had it a few weeks, so hopefully it will hold up well. It was not hard to set up and personalize. Did I say I’m 78 and it was not difficult??
iPhone user do not recommend
I have an iPhone and they say it works with it but I’m not impressed. Can’t message one it or take calls, if I leave my phone in one room and go to another it disconnects. I’m very much contemplating on returning and going back to an Apple Watch unfortunately. I love that’s it’s round and hold a charge for days but do not like that it doesn’t work well either Apple iPhones really.
It's pretty but I'm not in love
For what it cost, it could be better. Voice assistant is nice but doesn't always connect/work. It hasn't detected a to nap yet. It does seem to track my steps, GPS, and heart rate during cardio well. Battery last 5 days with pulse ox on during sleep. I suggest going with vivoactive 5 if you don't need voice assistant/mic.