In the Venu Sq 2, you get most but not all of the smartwatch features that Garmin has made available across the Venu range. Most notably, it doesn’t offer the latest voice features found accompanying the Venu 2 Plus, which enables tapping into your phone’s smart assistant or taking calls.

This is a great style for day-to-day wear. Taking you effortlessly from meetings in the office to evening drinks with friends, the Milanese Loop Strap will compliment just about any outfit – including both smart-casual and formal attire – and is suitable for a wide range of occasions. Fitbit has a few other things under its sleeve that you don't get on the Garmin. You will be able to take calls from the wrist when paired to your phone of Bluetooth. It also has access Alexa integration and Google Assistant support on the way to give you access to a smart assistant. In terms of how you operate this watches, there's touchscreens on both. The Sq uses a 1.3-inch, 240 x 240 liquid color display.Battery life: The Garmin Venu Sq is advertised to last six days on a single charge in smartwatch mode and 14 hours with the GPS running. That’s a decent increase over the Garmin Venu’s five days in smartwatch mode. During runs, the watch will automatically buzz when reaching every kilometre, to show you the pace over the last 1,000m. Each run summary screen displays a VO2 Max score, which is one way to quantify progress over the long term. And if you want an indicator as to whether you’re ready for a big workout or not, you can use the Body Battery mode.

If you have the version of the watch that comes with the built-in music player, then you’ll have room for up to 500 songs, which can be synced from your own collection or third-party services such as Spotify.The Venu Sq 2 benefits from those software changes, with a swipe up of the watch face for viewing your Glances (widgets), or a swipe right to access shortcut features, which could include music controls, Garmin Pay access and setting up timers, for example. However, you can also press the bottom physical button to access to the main menu screen.

Whether you are looking for a new band to match up with your newest running gear or looking to freshen up your device for work wear. You can refresh your Garmin Venu sq replacement band today with Fitstraps. Make your Garmin Venu sq band look amazing with every single outfit. Garmin Venu sq Bands Your new band should come with pins of its own. Use those and keep the old ones attached to the other bands. Simply insert the new strap into the lug and use the provided tools to screw in the screws at either end. Constructed from premium grade 316 stainless steel (rather than a cheaper alternative, such as grade 304), the Milanese Loop is durable and built to last. It is easy to keep clean and resistant to solutions of sulphuric acid, chlorides, bromides, iodides and fatty acids. The heart rate monitor performance on the whole for health and fitness purposes should serve most well, and is definitely the option to go for if you care about having accurate heart rate when it's time to get sweaty.The Sense in comparison features a 1.58-inch, 336 x 336 AMOLED display. So you're getting more screen and in our experience a better quality display overall on the Sense. It's a little sharper, brighter and nicer to view. The Sq's display certainly isn't bad, but the Sense feels like a big step up. There are a number of different setups that Garmin uses with its watches and bands. Here's the breakdown: The Venu Sq wasn’t the most exciting looking device and Garmin hasn’t really changed design tact for the Venu Sq 2. It is available in six different looks, though, offering various colour cases and strap combos. However, I’ve worn many square smartwatches that look just like the Venu Sq; it doesn’t exactly sport a memorable design.

Away from the displays, you'll get two physical buttons on the Venu Sq and at first glance, no buttons on the Sense. What you get instead is a button built into the case that we can't say we love and definitely prefer having the buttons on the Venu. You can view notifications, but you’ll need to head into the Glances screen to pull them up. You can also respond to some notifications; you can reply to messages with short preset responses, for example.With the Venu Sq, you just have the optical heart monitor, but you do have the ability to pair up an external heart rate sensor to improve accuracy during exercise. Lightweight and remarkably comfortable. Not only does the Milanese Loop Strap feel soft and smooth against the skin, thanks to its unique mesh-like construction, it allows air to pass easily through its design. It will keep you cool on the warmest of days and helps to avoid under-band sweating, a common issue with both leather and solid stainless steel watch straps.