The Venu 3 is Garmin's AMOLED fitness smartwatch, pairing detailed health and sleep tracking with multi-day battery life and a built-in speaker. Reviewers rated it highly, but a cluster of owners have reported battery life shrinking sharply after firmware updates, sometimes even on replacement units.
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It depends on how you will use it. 66% would buy it again, which means roughly 34% would not. Battery life shrinking from about a week to a day and a half.
Most owners are still tracking sleep and workouts happily at six months, but some have seen battery life drop sharply after a firmware update.
Battery life shrinking from about a week to a day and a half. Replacement watches repeating the same drain. Fixes not clearly resolving the reported problems.
Worth it for: Fitness-focused smartwatch buyers; Sleep and recovery tracking; Venu 2 upgraders. Think twice if: App-heavy smartwatch users; Buyers wanting lte; Price-sensitive shoppers.
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| At purchase | 8.0 / 10 |
|---|---|
| First week | 7.8 / 10 |
| One month | 7.2 / 10 |
| Six months | 6.6 / 10 |
| One year | 6.3 / 10 |
| Two years or more | 6.1 / 10 |
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Recommends it for fitness-focused buyers thanks to accurate heart rate, strong battery and health features, while noting the price, thin app support and no LTE.
Several owners describe battery life falling sharply after updates, including one who went through multiple replacements with the same result.
January 2025 report on an interim firmware release following battery-drain and sleep complaints, noting no forum confirmation that it fixed them.