Take calls and send texts from the Venu 2 Plus health and fitness GPS smartwatch by Garmin

Say hello to new voice functionality — When connected to your smartphone, Venu 2 Plus puts calls, texts, and even access to your phone’s voice assistant, right on your wrist.

OLATHE, Kan. /January 4, 2022/Business Wire — Garmin^® International, Inc., a unit of #garmin Ltd. (NYSE: GRMN), today announced the Venu^® 2 Plus GPS #smartwatch that lets users take calls and use their compatible smartphone’s voice assistant to send texts, ask questions, and so much more. These connected capabilities join the robust suite of #health, wellness and #fitness features of Garmin’s Venu 2 Series, including: sleep score with insights, stress tracking, energy monitoring, Pulse Ox¹, women’s #health features and a wide variety of #fitness and workout options. With a bright AMOLED display and a battery life of up to 9 days, the Venu 2 Plus is a direct line to wellbeing. Check out the video here.

“Garmin has quite literally answered the call for adding on-device voice capabilities to the latest Venu #smartwatch,” said Dan Bartel, #garmin vice president of global consumer sales. “For the active lifestyle customer, multi-tasking is crucial, and now #garmin customers have the ability to answer a call or send a text without digging through their pocket or bag.”

Here’s what’s new for the Venu 2 Plus:

• Phone calls from the wrist: Make and take phone calls with the press of a button.
• Voice assistant control: Compatible with Siri, Google Assistant or Bixby, users can use their smartphone’s voice assistant to send texts, ask questions, control compatible smart home devices and more.

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All-day #health monitoring

The Venu 2 Plus dials into wellbeing with the broadest range of 24/7 #health monitoring features available, including: heart rate (with user-configurable alerts for high or low readings²), advanced sleep with sleep score and insights by Firstbeat Analytics^TM, breathwork activities, #fitness age, respiration, Pulse Ox, all-day stress, hydration, and women’s #health (menstrual cycle tracking and pregnancy tracking). Body Battery^TM energy monitoring shows users how “charged” their body is as well as the draining effects of stress and exercise. #health Snapshot^TM logs a two-minute window of key #health stats and generates a report users can share with a #health care provider; a great tool for capturing physiological data anytime you’re feeling off your baseline.

Customized fitness

The Venu 2 Plus pulls in all of the latest #fitness features recently introduced on the Venu 2 series including 25+ built-in indoor and GPS sports apps with favorites that include walking, running, HIIT, cycling, pool swimming, Pilates, yoga, indoor climbing, hiking, advanced strength training with muscle map graphics and more.

Keep #fitness feeling fresh with preloaded workouts on the watch, preset workouts available to download from #garmin Connect^TM app on your smartphone, and create your own customizable workouts by choosing from over 1,400 exercises. The Venu 2 Plus has 75+ preset animated workouts for cardio, yoga, strength, HIIT and Pilates that demonstrate proper form and technique in #garmin Connect and on the wrist. Whether training for a 5K or something longer, the Venu 2 Plus is compatible with Garmin Coach free adaptive training plans.

Safety and tracking

In addition to being able to quickly make a call without digging for a phone, the Venu 2 Plus also includes Garmin’s safety and tracking features like automatic incident detection (during outdoor walks, runs or rides)³ and manually triggered assistance alerts, both of which send a message with the user’s location to their emergency contacts. LiveTrack lets friends and family track the user’s outdoor activity³. Users can assign a designated emergency contact that the Venu 2 Plus can call, such as local emergency services.

Smart features on the wrist

The Venu 2 Plus keeps the essentials on the wrist with built-in music (download up to 650 songs including playlists from Spotify^®, Amazon Music, and Deezer⁴), Garmin Pay^TM contactless payments⁵, and smart notifications for calls, texts, calendar reminders, social media updates, breaking news stories and more³. Personalize the Venu 2 Plus with apps, watch faces and more available to download from the Connect IQ^TM store. Unlike many other smartwatches, the Venu 2 Plus can be used with either Android or Apple^® smartphones.

Designed for all-day wear

• The Venu 2 Plus is available in three versatile colorways with a 43mm watch case, stainless steel bezel and hardware, and a comfortable, 20mm industry-standard quick release silicone band. Mix and match bands and bezels for a customized look with Your Watch Your Way (coming soon).
• Durable Corning^® Gorilla^® Glass 3 touchscreen AMOLED display with optional, always-on mode.
• Impressive battery life of up to 9 days in #smartwatch mode and up to 8 hours in GPS + Music mode.
• Rapid battery recharge with 10 minutes of charging adds up to 1 day of #smartwatch mode battery life or 1 hour of GPS + music battery life. Extend the time further with battery saver mode.

The Venu 2 Plus has a suggested retail price of $449.99 and is available now on Garmin.com. It is a CES 2022 Innovation Awards honoree and will be on display during the show at the #garmin booth, #3643.   

Engineered on the inside for life on the outside, #garmin products have revolutionized the wellness industry. Committed to developing wearables and #health measurement tools that help people of all activity levels lead healthier lives, #garmin believes every day is an opportunity to innovate and a chance to beat yesterday. For more information, visit Garmin’s virtual pressroom at garmin.com/newsroom, email media.relations@garmin.com, or follow us at facebook.com/garmin, twitter.com/garminnews, instagram.com/garminwellness or youtube.com/garmin or linkedin.com/company/garmin.

¹ This is not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of any medical condition; see #garmin.com/ataccuracy. Pulse Ox not available in all countries.

²  See #garmin.com/ataccuracy

³ When paired with a compatible smartphone. For safety and tracking features requirements and limitations, see Garmin.com/safety.

⁴ May require premium subscription by a third-party music provider

⁵ View current supported country, payment network and issuing bank information.