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Smartwatches
Garmin Venu 4
$429.00
$449.00 -4%
Price captured 2026-09-18 · check Amazon for the current price.
Roughly 10x the battery life of Apple's watch, with deeper training metrics.
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Editor scores (0–10) — not a manufacturer spec.
| Display size | 1.4 in |
|---|---|
| Display type | AMOLED always-on |
| Battery life | 10 days |
| Water resistance | 50m (5 ATM) |
| Built-in GPS | ✓ Yes |
| Heart rate monitor | ✓ Yes |
| OS | Garmin OS |
| Weight | 52 g |
Editor's take
Garmin's mainstream fitness smartwatch, trading some smartwatch polish for roughly 10x the battery life of Apple's equivalent and deeper training/recovery metrics.
Where the Apple Watch asks for a nightly charge, the Venu 4 comfortably runs a week to ten days, which changes how it fits into daily life — sleep tracking in particular benefits from never needing to pull it off to charge overnight.
Fitness and recovery metrics (training load, recovery time, race predictors) go deeper than Apple's equivalents, though the third-party app ecosystem and overall smartwatch polish are noticeably thinner.
Pros
- Up to 10 days of battery life
- Extremely detailed fitness/recovery metrics
- Works fully without a phone nearby
Cons
- Smaller app ecosystem than Apple/Samsung
- Touchscreen less responsive than phone-grade OLEDs
Ideal for: Runners and athletes who want serious training metrics and a week-plus of battery life.
Reviews
Reviewers praise battery life and training data depth; the app ecosystem is the main trade-off versus Apple/Samsung.
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