Venu® 3 , Slate , Leather Band
Slate stainless steel bezel with black case and black leather band
WITH UP TO 14 DAYS OF BATTERY LIFE, VENU 3 FITNESS SMARTWATCH IS ABLE TO GIVE YOU A MORE COMPLETE PICTURE OF YOUR HEALTH.
TAKE AND PLACE CALLS FROM YOUR WRIST
BUILT FOR HOW YOU MOVE, VENU 3 CAN TRACK PUSHES AND OFFERS BUILT-IN WORKOUTS DESIGNED FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS
KNOW THE REAL YOU
Purpose-built with advanced health and fitness features and the ability to make calls and send texts1, Venu 3 is more than just a smartwatch — it’s your personal on-wrist coach there to support your every goal.
BRIGHT 1.4” AMOLED TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY
UP TO 14 DAYS OF BATTERY LIFE IN SMARTWATCH MODE
DETAILED HEALTH AND WELLNESS INSIGHTS
ADVANCED FITNESS FEATURES
WORKS WITH THE GARMIN CONNECT™ APP ON IPHONE® AND ANDROID™ SMARTPHONES
LIGHTWEIGHT 45 MM CASE WITH STAINLESS STEEL BEZEL
BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITORING
See your energy levels throughout the day so you’ll know when your body is charged up and ready for activity or drained and needing to recharge with restful sleep. And get even more details and personal insights on how sleep, naps, daily activities and high stress specifically impact your energy2.
SLEEP COACH
Get a sleep score and personalized coaching for how much sleep you need and how you can improve. Even keep track of different sleep stages and naps — and see several key metrics over your sleep period, such as HRV status and skin temperature to better understand your health3.
BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS
Track all the ways you move with more than 30 preloaded GPS and indoor sports apps — including walking, running, cycling, pool swimming, activities for wheelchair users and more.
BUILT-IN SPEAKER AND MICROPHONE
When paired with your compatible smartphone, make and take phone calls right from the watch. Plus, use your smartphone’s voice assistant to respond to text messages and more.
WORKOUT BENEFIT AND RECOVERY TIME
Better understand how each workout affects your body and how much time you need to recover so you can take on any fitness challenge.
GARMIN ECG APP
The ECG app2 uses sensors to record the electrical signals that control how your heart beats. It analyzes that recording to detect signs of an irregular heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation.
HEALTH
MORNING REPORT
Receive an overview of your sleep, recovery, daily calendar, HRV status and more as soon as you wake up. You can even customize your report to show what you want to see.
NAP DETECTION
Automatically track or log your naps to see how they benefit your body and what their ideal time and duration should be.
SKIN TEMPERATURE
When wearing your watch to sleep, see how your average skin temperature changes, which can be related to your recent activity, sleep environment, potential illness and more.
HRV STATUS
Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health through heart rate variability while you sleep.
WRIST-BASED HEART RATE
The Venu 3 smartwatch constantly samples your heart rate, so you can stay in the know all day and night3.
STRESS TRACKING
Find out if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day.
WOMEN’S HEALTH TRACKING
Track your menstrual cycle and pregnancy and get exercise and nutrition education.
HEALTH SNAPSHOT
Log a 2-minute session to record key health stats, then generate a report to share with your health care provider.
PULSE OX SENSOR
Track your blood oxygen saturation while you’re awake or asleep4.
MEDITATION
Help reduce stress, anxiety and more with guided meditation practices.
MINDFUL BREATHING
Start a breathwork activity to track your stress and respiration.
JET LAG ADVISER
Monitor your sleep while traveling with personalized tips to help reduce jet lag.
HYDRATION
Log your daily fluid intake as a reminder to stay hydrated.
RESPIRATION
See how you’re breathing throughout the day and night.
FITNESS
WHEELCHAIR MODE
Track your daily pushes3, plus get weight shift alerts, sports apps and workouts for wheelchair users, and more.
ANIMATED ON-SCREEN WORKOUTS
Follow preloaded animated workouts for strength, HIIT, yoga and more, available in the Garmin Connect app.
GARMIN COACH
Get free adaptive 5K, 10K and half-marathon training plans from expert coaches.
FITNESS AGE
Estimate how fit you are compared to your actual age.
WORKOUT CREATION
Create step-by-step workouts from more than 1,600 exercises in the Garmin Connect app, and send them directly to your watch.
WRIST-BASED RUNNING POWER
See how much power you’re applying during your run so you can manage effort and fine-tine your training.
WRIST-BASED RUNNING DYNAMICS
This smartwatch measures crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more to help improve your running form.
AUDIO PROMPTS FOR ACTIVITIES
Get guided audio prompts straight from your watch for run and walk activities.
INTERVAL CREATION
Build your own interval workout for running and cycling activities.
PERCEIVED EXERTION
Record your rate of perceived exertion after each workout.
INTENSITY MINUTES
Track your moderate and vigorous activity minutes.
ACTIVITY TRACKING
Keep tabs on your daily steps, calories burned, floors climbed (not available in wheelchair mode) and more from your wrist3.
VO2 MAX
See your current fitness level, and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress and more (not available in wheelchair mode).
CYCLING POWER
Venu 3 shows power data in watts when paired with your compatible power meter or indoor bike.
CONNECT
GARMIN CONNECT APP
See your health and fitness information, connect with friends and more.
SMART NOTIFICATIONS
Receive emails, texts and alerts on your watch when paired with your iPhone or Android smartphone.
ON-WRIST TEXTING
With an Android phone, respond to texts with the on-watch keyboard.
VIEW PHOTOS
With an Android phone, view photos sent to you directly from your watch’s screen.
GARMIN PAY™ CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS
Breeze through checkout lines or transit systems with participating providers.
MUSIC
Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music accounts for phone-free listening.
SAFETY AND TRACKING
If your watch senses that an incident occurred, it will send a message with your live location5. Or if you feel unsafe, you can do it manually.
CONNECT IQ™ STORE
Add watch faces, data fields and apps to your paired watch.
TWO FONT SIZES
Choose between a small or larger font size so you can view your data with ease.
Physical & Performance
Display Size | 1.4" (35.4 mm) diameter |
Battery life |
Smartwatch mode: Up to 14 days (5 days display always-on) |
Display resolution | 454 x 454 pixels |
GPS | Yes |
Weight |
30 g (47 g with included band) |
Maps & Navigation
Memory/History | 8 GB |
Features
STR3AMUP! PC tool for streaming biometrics | No |
Wheelchair mode | Yes |
3-axis compass with HSI (horizontal situation indicator) | No |
Touch and/or button lock | Yes |
Preloaded ski resort maps | No |
Wind speed and direction (requires connection to Garmin Golf app) | No |
Live Event Sharing | No |
Sleep | yes (advanced) |
Green Contours (with Garmin Golf membership) | No |
Battery saver (customizable low power watch) | Yes |
Swing Tempo | No |
Plays and controls watch music | Yes |
APNEA mode | No |
Ground contact time and balance | yes (GCT balance with accessory) |
Density altitude calculator | No |
Critical swim speed | No |
Training load focus | No |
Compatible with Varia Vision™ (head-mounted display) | No |
HR alerts | Yes |
Training effect (anaerobic) | No |
Abnormal heart rate alerts | yes (high and low) |
Easy break planning | No |
Vertical speed | No |
Lactate threshold | No |
View images from notifications on watch (Android™ only) | Yes |
Workout tutorials | No |
Number of transmitters supported | No |
MTB Grit & Flow | No |
Customizable data pages | Yes |
Configurable lap alerts | No |
Incident Detection during select activities | Yes |
Physio TrueUp | Yes |
Custom alerts | No |
NEXRAD on moving map | No |
Back to start | Yes |
Vertical oscillation and ratio | Yes |
Altimeter with adjustable baro setting | No |
Physical size |
45 x 45 x 12 mm Fits wrists with a circumference of 135-200 mm |
Move alerts (displays on device after a period of inactivity) | Yes |
Live Delta Time | No |
Automatic altitude adjustment | No |
Bezel Material |
stainless steel |
Hazards and course targets | Yes |
Truck driver workouts | No |
TruSwing™ compatible | No |
UltraTrac mode | No |
VO2 Max (Trail Run) | No |
Up Ahead | No |
Preloaded race tracks | No |
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor | Yes |
Relaxation breathing timer | Yes |
% HR max | Yes |
In Case of Emergency (I.C.E.) | No |
Gas time remaining | No |
Case material | fiber-reinforced polymer |
Team sports |
Basketball, Volleyball, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Football/Soccer, American Football, Lacrosse, Rugby, Ultimate Disc, Cricket, Softball, Baseball |
Subwave™ Support | No |
Audible alerts | No |
Color display | Yes |
Multiple bike profiles | No |
Rest timer | No |
Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second) | Yes |
Find My Phone | Yes |
PrePass weigh station notifications and bypass decisions | No |
Stride length (real time) | No |
Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) | No |
Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | Yes |
Training effect | No |
Outdoor running | Running |
Spectator messaging | No |
Advanced workouts | Yes |
Charging method | Garmin proprietary plug charger |
Trendline™ Popularity Routing | No |
Strava Live Segments | No |
Boundary enter/exit | No |
Training readiness | No |
Timer | Yes |
Courses | No |
Respiration rate (during exercise) | yoga, breathwork and meditation only |
Wirelessly receive flight plans from Garmin Pilot™ | No |
Nap detection | Yes |
Intensity minutes | Yes |
Interval training | Yes |
MOS & Meteogram | No |
Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) | Yes |
Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile | Yes |
Breathwork | Yes |
Virtual starting line | No |
Sun and moon information | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
Automatically saves dive entry and exit locations | No |
Power guide | No |
HRV stress test (measures your heart rate variability while standing still, for 3 minutes, to provide you with an estimated stress level; the scale of this is 1 to 100; low scores indicate lower stress levels) | No |
Sight 'N Go | No |
Location tracking | No |
Pulse Ox blood oxygen saturation | yes (spot-check, and optionally all-day and in sleep) |
Projected waypoint | No |
Bread crumb trail in real time | No |
Built-in mapping | No |
Customizable activity profiles | Yes |
Auto start/end dive | No |
Reference point | No |
SatIQ™ Technology | No |
Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) | Yes |
Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) | Yes |
Controls smartphone music | Yes |
Power meter compatible | Yes |
Snow & winter | Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, Snowshoeing |
LED flashlight | No |
APNEA hunt mode | No |
60-minute activity goal | No |
Manual multisport activities | No |
Chores | No |
Moving Map with aviation airports, navaids, roads, bodies of water and more | No |
Point-to-point navigation | No |
Anchor Alarm | No |
Gauge mode | No |
PacePro™ Pacing Strategies | No |
Course- and weather-specific race predictor | No |
Yardage to layups/doglegs | Yes |
TAF (Terminal Aerodrome Forecast) | No |
Auto Pause® | Yes |
Running dynamics | Yes |
Battery life (smartwatch mode) | Up to 14 days |
Gaming Activity | Yes |
Full vector map | No |
Body Battery™ energy monitor | Yes |
BLUETOOTH phone calling and voice assistant support | Yes |
Accelerometer | Yes |
Recovery time | Yes |
On the Water | Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing |
Custom dive data screens | No |
GameOn™ app compatible | Yes |
Drill logging (pool swim only) | No |
Preloaded with 43,000 courses worldwide | No |
Track timer | No |
Strap material |
silicone |
Jet lag adviser | Yes |
Race App | No |
Round timer/odometer | Yes |
Smart trainer control | Yes |
Heat and altitude acclimation | No |
Make calls and send texts via voice | Yes |
Cardio workouts | Yes |
Connected GPS | No |
Performance condition | No |
Galileo | Yes |
Distance traveled | Yes |
Manual lap | Yes |
GPS-based distance, time and pace | Yes |
Text messaging | No |
Realtime stamina | No |
Running power | Yes |
Nitrox support | No |
Assistance | Yes |
Race predictor | No |
Stealth Mode | No |
Pairs with Garmin Golf app | Yes |
Auto lap splits | No |
"Repeat on" rest timer (pool swim only) | No |
Pilates workouts | Yes |
GPS coordinates | No |
Lap Time Repeatability Score (LTR) | No |
Air integration | No |
Audio prompts | Yes |
Auto CourseView updates | No |
Downloadable training plans | Yes |
Stocks | No |
Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) | automatic |
Run/Walk/Stand detection | Yes |
Closed Circuit Rebreather (CCR) | No |
Heart rate from external HRM (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) | No |
Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar) | Yes |
Task timers (2, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes) | No |
Pool swim workouts | No |
Assistance Plus | No |
Multi-gas mode | No |
Music storage | Yes |
Race an Activity | No |
Kill switch | No |
Hot keys | No |
Single-gas mode | No |
Activity history on watch | Yes |
On-screen workout animations | Yes |
Meditation | Yes |
Auto max HR | No |
Daily suggested workouts | No |
Device languages |
Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (US), Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (EU), Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (International), Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese |
Solar Charging | No |
Foot pod capable | Yes |
Compatible with Vector™ and Rally™ (power meters) | Yes |
Phone-free text messaging | No |
Tournament legal | Yes |
Display type | AMOLED (optional always-on mode) |
Incident detection alert on phone for wearables | Yes |
Race an activity | No |
Finish time | No |
Elevation profile | No |
PlaysLike distance | No |
Workout benefit | Yes |
Aviation Alerts | No |
Virtual Partner | No |
VO2 Max (Run) | Yes |
Relaxation reminders | Yes |
Reminder alerts | No |
Wind meter compatible | No |
Racket sports |
Tennis, Pickleball, Badminton, Squash, Table Tennis, Padel, Platform Tennis, Racquetball |
Race glance/widget | No |
Training load | No |
Endurance score | No |
Touchscreen | Yes |
Chronograph | No |
Gym | Strength, HIIT, Cardio, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing |
Ambient light sensor | Yes |
Touch-targeting (touch target on display to see the distance to any point) | No |
Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only) | Yes |
Garmin ECG App | Yes |
In-flight Pulse Ox | No |
Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green) | Yes |
Calendar | Yes |
Barometric altimeter | Yes |
Unlock new step icons | No |
On-device Connect IQ™ Store | Yes |
Weather forecasts | Yes |
Auto Lap® | Yes |
Sunrise/sunset times | Yes |
Tide glance | No |
Pacing alerts (pool swim only) | No |
Floors climbed | Yes |
Respiration rate (24x7) | Yes |
Gas consumption rate | No |
Workouts for wheelchair users | Yes |
% HRR | No |
Ballistics solver | No |
On-screen workout muscle maps | Yes |
Auto rest | No |
Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) | Yes |
Outdoor recreation |
Hiking, Indoor Climbing, Bouldering, Disc Golf |
TracBack® | No |
Weight shift alert | Yes |
Advanced cycling dynamics | No |
Handicap scoring | No |
Primary benefit (Training Effect labels) | No |
Multi-band GPS | No |
HR zones | Yes |
Auto rest (pool swim only) | Yes |
Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) | Yes |
Connectivity | Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® |
Improved interval (includes open repeats, intervals data page, rest screen and auto detection) | Yes |
Sleep score and insights | Yes |
Custom targets | No |
Downloadable cartography support | No |
Available run profiles |
Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running |
Run workouts | Yes |
Stopwatch | Yes |
Worldwide airport database(s) | No |
Waypoint information page | No |
Indoor running | Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running |
GPS speed and distance | Yes |
Round-trip course creator (running/cycling) | No |
Area calculation | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
Find My Watch | Yes |
Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory) | Yes |
Connext avionics connectivity | No |
Preloaded road and trail maps | No |
Built-in speaker/microphone | Yes |
Rest Timer (Ultra Run only) | No |
Unified training status | No |
VIRB® Remote | No |
Smartphone compatibility | iPhone®, Android™ |
Dual grid coordinates | No |
HRM running pace and distance | Yes |
Expedition GPS Activity | No |
TrueUp™ | Yes |
Morning report | Yes |
Multiple time zones with Zulu/UTC | No |
Trimix support | No |
In the ring | Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts |
Compatible with Varia™ lights | Yes |
Two-way voice calls | No |
Thermometer | yes (tempe™ sensor required) |
Skin temperature | Yes |
Red shift mode | Yes |
Hydration | Yes |
Alarm clock | Yes |
Group LiveTrack | No |
Gyroscope | Yes |
Underwater wrist-based heart rate | Yes |
Countdown start (pool swim only) | No |
Push tracker | Yes |
Health snapshot | Yes |
ClimbPro™ Ascent Planner | No |
Truck plaza loyalty programs | No |
Night vision mode | No |
Swim |
Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming |
Tempo Training | No |
Power Modes - customizable in-activity battery settings | No |
Move IQ™ | Yes |
Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor) | yes (using ANT+ or BLE) |
Do not disturb/School mode | No |
Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor | Yes |
Tides | No |
GLONASS | Yes |
Smart Notifications | Yes |
Garmin Pay™ | Yes |
HRV status | Yes |
Automatic daylight saving time | Yes |
Yoga workouts | Yes |
Depth sensor | No |
Time/date | yes |
Sync dive log to Garmin Dive™ Mobile app | No |
Rewards (coins) | No |
Virtual caddie | No |
Calories burned | Yes |
Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app | No |
Garmin Live Segments | No |
HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+® to paired devices) | yes (using ANT+ or BLE) |
Fly activity emergency mode | No |
Total ascent/descent | Yes |
Auto multisport activities | No |
Last race summary | No |
Cycle Map (routable cycling-specific street map) | No |
Power curve and % FTP workouts | No |
PinPointer | Yes |
Step counter | Yes |
METAR (Meteorological Aerodrome Report) | No |
Quick Release bands | yes (22 mm, Industry standard) |
Trail run auto climb | No |
Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert | No |
Automatic rep counting | Yes |
LiveTrack | Yes |
HR calories | Yes |
Grade-adjusted pace | No |
Sleep coach | Yes |
Tides | No |
Water rating | Swim, 5 ATM |
Time and distance alerts | Yes |
Garmin Connect™ Challenges app | Yes |
XERO™ Locations | No |
All-day stress | Yes |
Tack assist mode | No |
Compatible with dēzl™ OTR truck navigators | No |
Worldwide NAVAID and Intersection database(s) | No |
Cycling | Biking, Indoor Biking, Handcycling, Indoor Handcycling |
HIIT workouts | Yes |
Future elevation plot | No |
Large font option | Yes |
Games | No |
Orienteering | No |
Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) | Yes |
Around Me mode | No |
Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect™ mobile | Yes |
Fish forecast | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
Course guidance | No |
GPS Time Sync | Yes |
Countdown timer | No |
Auto scroll | Yes |
Analog hands | No |
Compass | Yes |
Digital scorecard | yes |
Lens Material |
Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 |
NextFork™ navigation | No |
Green View with manual pin position | Yes |
Strength workouts | Yes |
Distance to destination | No |
Voice messaging | No |
Women's health | Yes |
Training status | No |
Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | Yes |
Daily resting heart rate | Yes |
Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) | Yes |
Garmin AutoShot™ | Yes |
Fitness age | Yes |
FTP (Functional Threshold Power) | No |
Dive ascent/descent rate indicator | No |
Built-in barometer and tide tables | No |
Wellness | Walking, Pilates, Yoga |
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