Garmin Venu 3s Full Smartwatch Specifications, Features and Price

Description

Garmin Venu 3s Full Smartwatch Specifications – The Venu 3s is a more compact version of the Venu 3 that is designed for individuals with smaller wrist. It’s an outstanding fitness-focused GPS smartwatch equipped with sensors that enable it to track your daily activities and it also boasts up to 10 days battery life. It succeeds the Venu 2 and welcomes a longer battery life, new sports profiles and a bigger storage capacity.

The Venu 3 comes in 41 and 45mm sizes, while the 41mm unit has a 1.2 inches display, the 45mm unit has a 1.4 inches display. Both sizes have an AMOLED powered display which is very colorful and easy to read even outdoors.

Beyond the awesome and rich display, the Venu 3 is also sturdily built. The frame is made of a durable fiber-polymer material while the display is protected by the popular and highly sought-after Corning Gorilla Glass 3. Meanwhile, the bezel is made of stainless steel which makes it more attractive and the straps come in silicone material. The strap which can be changed can be swapped with 18mm wide strap.

The Venu 3s is available in different colors which includes ivory, French gray, pebble gray, dust rose and sage gray colors. Meanwhile, with a 5ATM certification, the Venu 3s is also swim-proof.

In the health tracking department, the Venu 3s is equipped with the Elevate V5 heart rate sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope and other sensors that enable the watch to track your sleep, steps, stress, calories, blood oxygen and heart rate. It can also measure your skin temperature and will allow you to take ECG tests directly from your writs.

Moreover, the Venu 3s has an inbuilt GPS with support for multi-satellite systems. As a result, the watch can track your routes and locations, even in difficult terrains. Additionally, there are loads of preloaded sports modes and it features onscreen animated workouts that will allow you to effortlessly follow your favorite workouts.

The Venu 3s is equipped with 8GB storage that will allow you to add music to the watch which you can listen to offline. Supported music streaming services include Spotify, Deezer and Amazon Music.

It also has a speaker and microphone that enables on-wrist Bluetooth calls when the watch is connected to your phone. You can make and receive calls directly from Venu 3s as long as it’s connected to your phone. It also supports voice assistants like Bixby, Google Assistant and Siri.

In the battery department, the Venu 3s proud itself as one of the best watches with the longest battery life. According to Garmin, the 45mm unit can go up to 14 days in typical usage. Meanwhile, with the 41mm unit, it’s up to 10 days of battery life. And when battery saver is activated, you can get up to 20 days with the Venu 3s and up to 26 days with the Venu 3.

Garmin Venu 3s Features

• It comes with a 1.2 inches AMOLED display that is very colorful and also easy to read outdoors. Navigation is via three physical buttons and touchscreen.
• The frame is made of fiber-polymer and the bands come in silicone while Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protects the display.
• The 18mm wide band is changeable, thanks to the quick-release feature.
• Clock features include time/date, GPS time sync, auto daylight saving, alarm, timer and stopwatch.
• The Garmin Connect IQ store is onboard the watch, it will allow you to easily download apps, watch faces, widgets and data fields.
• The Venu 3s is equipped with 8GB storage capacity that will allow you to add music to the watch which you can listen to offline. Supported music streaming services include Amazon Music, Deezer and Spotify.
• With a microphone and speaker present, the Venu 3s can make and receive calls when it’s connected to your phone
• The Venu 3s also features multiple voice assistants. The supported voice assistants include Siri, Bixby and Google Assistant.
• The Venu 3s will allow you to reject calls with text responses using quick replies (Android only).
• Features Find my phone, Find my watch, remote music control and remote camera control.
• With notifications enabled, the watch will keep you connected to all that matters to you so you never get to miss important updates. NEW: You can now view images from notifications directly on the watch.
• The Venu 3s is rated 5ATM which means it can withstand water pressure up to 50 meters.
• Features Garmin Pay, a non-contactless payment system that will allow you to make payments directly with Venu 3 (not available in every country).
• Compatible with both Android 7.0 and above and iOS devices 15.0 and above. Check if your device is compatible
• Sync and upload data from your watch to the Garmin Connect community – a thriving community of fitness enthusiasts where you can connect and share.

Garmin Venu 3 Activity Tracking Features

1. Health monitoring features

Health monitoring features include heart rate monitoring with abnormal heart rate alerts. A body battery energy monitor gives you insight into your fitness level to help you know the best time to train. Also, fitness age shows your fitness status, while Pulse Ox. monitors blood oxygen saturation levels to support advanced sleep monitoring and altitude acclimation. Other health tracking features include sleep tracking, menstrual cycle tracking for women, hydration tracking, sleep coaching, nap detection, relaxation reminders, meditation, stress monitoring, and sedentary reminders.

Also available is the Health Snapshot feature that will allow you to record key stats, including heart rate, heart rate variability, Pulse Ox, respiration, and stress. You can then generate a report with those stats via the Garmin Connect™ app on your compatible smartphone to share.

Moreover, the Elevate V5 sensor in the Venu 3s enables ECG measurement directly on the watch. It also has an barometric altimeter that enables the Venu 3s to count floors climbed as well as can measure altitude changes.

2. Activity profiles

Gym activity profiles include strength, HIIT, cardio, elliptical training, stair stepping and indoor rowing. Cycling profiles include biking, indoor biking, eBiking, handcycling and indoor handcycling.

3. Safety and tracking features

Safety and tracking features include incidental fall detection, Assistance and LiveTrack

4. Activity tracking features

Activity tracking features include step counting, push tracker, sleep monitoring, calories burned, floors climbed, distance travelled, intensity minutes, TRUEUP and MOVE IQ.

5. Gym and fitness equipment

Gym and fitness equipment include cardio workouts, yoga workouts, strength workouts, HIIT workouts, pilates workouts, and automatic rep counting. Also features on-screen workout muscle maps – a detailed activity profile that shows what muscle groups you worked.

6. Heart rate tracking features

Heart rate tracking features include HR zones, HR alerts, HR calories, % HR max, and HR broadcast data to the paired device. Also features respiration rate during exercise.

7. Training, planning, and analysis features

Training, planning, and analysis features include interval training, customizable activity profiles, advanced workouts, VO2 max, GPS speed and distance, auto lap, and manual lap, Physio Trueup and shows activity history on watch.

8. Running features

Running features include GPS-based distance, time and pace, cadence (provides real-time steps per minute), run workouts and foot pod capable. Available run profiles include running, indoor track running, and treadmill running.

9. Golfing features

Golfing features include yardage to layups, measures shot distance, and stat tracking. Others include Garmin auto shot, pinpointer, hazards and course targets, digital scorecard, and round timer.

10. Outdoor recreational features

Outdoor recreational features include back to start, area calculation, sun and moon information and fish forecast.

11. Cycling features

Cycling features include alerts that trigger alarms when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories. Also compatible with Varia Lights and Varia radar.

12. Swim tracking features

Swim tracking features include Pool swim metrics which include lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), and calories. Also tracks open water swim metrics like lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, SWOLF and calories. Stroke type detection includes freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly (pool swim only). Other features include a basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only), auto rest (pool swim only), time and distance alerts and underwater heart rate tracking. Available swim profiles include pool swimming and open water swimming.

Pros

• Very compact and lightweight design.
• A comprehensive health tracker.
• Allows you to make payments on the go with Garmin Pay.
• 8GB onboard music storage.
• Up to 10 days long battery life

Cons

• Quite pricey.