Smartwatches and fitness trackers beta · Garmin
Owners keep the Venu 4 as an everyday health and fitness tracker, and the battery life stands out, with several longtime Fitbit wearers finding it a clear step up.
Battery life is clear praise, and no owner who raised it was negative. One owner who uses it only for health and sleep tracking, with notifications and smartphone features switched off, gets well over a week per charge. Another said the battery was excellent even though they later went back to an Apple Watch.
Very few owners raised sleep tracking, too few to call it a pattern, and they are divided. One finds it accurate overall and true to how they feel. Another, comparing it with a second watch worn overnight, says the Venu 4 misses large stretches of deep sleep.
The Garmin Venu 4 is a round smartwatch with a colour touchscreen that tracks your health and workouts. It is meant for people who want everyday health tracking, GPS for runs and rides, and phone notifications in one watch. It comes in two case sizes, 41 mm and 45 mm. It also has a small flashlight, plus a speaker and microphone so you can take calls when it is paired with your phone.
| Display | AMOLED touchscreen; 1.2 inch on the 41 mm model, 454 x 454 pixels on the 45 mm model |
|---|---|
| Battery life | Up to 10 days (41 mm) or 12 days (45 mm) as a smartwatch; 45 mm: up to 20 hours with GPS only, 17 hours with all satellites and multi-band |
| Water resistance | 5 ATM (about 50 m) |
| GPS | Built-in multi-band GPS |
| Health sensors | Wrist heart rate sensor, ECG app |
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| Weight | 45 mm: 38 g (56 g with band) |
| Warranty |
From the maker's spec page, checked October 7, 2026. A blank row means the maker does not state it.
5 ATM means it is fine for swimming and showers, but not for diving. You only need to charge it every week and a half or so if you mostly use it as a watch. With GPS running the whole time, you get roughly 17 to 20 hours, which covers many long runs or rides between charges. Multi-band GPS keeps your route accurate near tall buildings and trees.
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For owners coming from Fitbit, much of the appeal is having things back that they had lost: challenges, social features, badges, and a web interface instead of an app alone. They also say calorie and step counts no longer look inflated and that syncing is quick. One owner found it a big improvement for tracking brisk walks, and another moved to it after losing heart rate data from yoga sessions on their old tracker.
Watch faces become routine quickly. Several owners have settled on the stock faces and keep coming back to them after trying others, though one found a face that did not fill the screen and felt it needed work. Opinions on the look are mixed: one owner finds it cute, while another misses having extra buttons and prefers the look of the Forerunner 970. One owner noticed it was not counting side steps during a workout, but kept the watch anyway and still rates it highly.
What keeps working, in these accounts, is the battery and the syncing. No owner here reported a hardware failure. The main accuracy question is sleep data. Owners who doubt their readings are advised to try the watch on the other wrist overnight and to consider whether tattoos are affecting the sensor, and one owner was about to test exactly that.
The long-term evidence is thin. Most of these Venu 4 accounts come from owners who have had it for a few days to a few months, so there is not yet enough here to say how it holds up over years. The only multi-year account is from an owner of the older Venu 2S, who still gets about a week of battery from it and plans to upgrade to the Venu 4.
From 2 owner accounts that said how long they have had it. Own one? Add how long yours has lasted.
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Among the 2 owner accounts here that gave a duration, 0 described a failure.
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