Venu 4: Garmin’s new life-style smartwatch with flashlight and logging perform

Following the Forerunner 570 and 970 fashions, the Venu X1, and the Fenix 8 Pro with micro-LED show, Garmin is changing the Venu 3 with the Venu 4. The new life-style watch has been upgraded in quite a few areas and is the primary Garmin watch to function a way of life logging perform that permits customers to log sure behaviors just like Whoop.

Venu 4 runs barely shorter than its predecessor

In phrases of design and screens, Garmin appears to be following within the footsteps of its predecessor: the Venu 4 seems just like the Venu 3 and is on the market with 41 and 45 mm instances and simply interchangeable leather-based or silicone straps. The smaller model has a spherical 1.2-inch AMOLED show, whereas the bigger model has a 1.4-inch AMOLED show, each protected by Gorilla Glass 3.

With the Always-on show energetic, the watches have a battery lifetime of three and 4 days, respectively, and with out it, 10 and 12 days; in energy-saving mode, 18 and 25 days are doable. Compared to its predecessors, the battery life has decreased barely.

A brand new function of the Venu 4 is an built-in LED flashlight, which was lacking from the Venu 3 and was most just lately constructed into the Venu X1 and the Forerunner 970 mannequin. The flashlight is designed to offer higher visibility at the hours of darkness.

New well being options

A speaker and microphone are additionally in-built. When the smartwatch is paired with a appropriate iPhone or Android smartphone, calls might be made or obtained from the smartwatch. Text messages might be answered utilizing a voice assistant. In addition, sure voice instructions, equivalent to “Start a workout” and “Set timer to 5 minutes,” might be activated immediately from the smartwatch with no cellphone connection.

Garmin has upgraded the well being options of the Venu 4: the life-style watch now has a well being standing function that takes numerous measurements equivalent to HRV and pulse oximetry under consideration to tell customers concerning the basic well being of their physique. Another new function is “lifestyle logging,” which can be utilized to file extra info equivalent to alcohol consumption, use of sleep aids equivalent to eye masks, and way more to search out out what optimistic or detrimental results these have on well being.

The Garmin Fitness Coach can also be on board. It can create customized exercises for over 25 actions, contemplating not solely efficiency from earlier exercises but in addition the consumer’s sleep and restoration. The Venu 4 additionally options an electrocardiogram (ECG) perform, a GPS module with Google Maps assist, an NFC chip for contactless funds through Garmin Pay, and eight GB of inner reminiscence for putting in apps and storing music immediately on the smartwatch.

The Venu 4 might be ordered from Garmin beginning September 22. With a plastic sports activities strap, the producer is asking slightly below $650, whereas variations with a leather-based strap begin at $700. The beginning worth for the Venu 3 was $550.

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