I've used a Garmin Vivoactive4 for several years and this is a significant upgrade. For me it's the perfect combination of smart watch and activity tracker. I use it mostly for golf and pickleball and to track my sleep and daily health stats. It has not disappointed me. The new display is so nice, the watch is responsive, and easy to use. I have no regrets that I upgraded to this model. It has the perfect combination of features for my needs.

Pros: --Excellent Battery Life. --Fitness Apps and Amt of Data are accurate and amazing!! Way better than Samsung Watch 6 Classic. --Great integration with Speed Sensor 2 and Cadence 2. Accurate. --Heartbeat is accurate. --Body Battery is great. Coach is good. --Sleep app is acurrate, but I'm always getting Poor Sleep (that's on me, not Garmin). --HRV and Recovery is great. --Way more accurate that Galaxy Watch 6. --OK integration with smartphone. --IConnect is faster and more stable than better than Samsung/Wear OS. ---Has OK smartphone abilities. --Does Emails (via MS Office, and texts notifications). CONS: --Venu phone OS is not as polished as Samsung. It's built for button pushing, not for swiping. The OS really needs to be updated to modern times. --No Whatsapp integration. --Phone Volume is low. --Watch faces are OK, but could be better. Overall: --If you want a polished smartwatch, go for Samsung. But dont expect accuracy in their fitness areas. --If you want a semi hardcore fitness watch that does more than average, (not triathlonr/Pro Level, but more than average), and you are willing to trade some of the polish for fitness functionality, have basic smartphone connections, with MP3 player, and Amazing battery life (14 days max no bluetooth or constant on screen, but abt a week with constant bluetooth connections)--this is the watch to get.

I bought the venu 3 a few months ago it has everything I needed and more but yhe build quality felt cheap the buttons were like sponge when you pressed them and the app is a little clutered not at all what I expected im still on the search for the perfect watch so to be continued

I'm disappointed that the Venue 3 voice assistant won't bluetooth to so many android phones including my Galaxy S23 Ultra. I have in excess of 8 hours researching, talking with Garmin and txt chatting with Samsung regarding this issue. Garmin is and has been aware of it, but the customer doesn't become aware of it untill he/she is in the process of setting it up in the Garmin Connect app. Garmin should be up front transparent about this.

I upgraded from a Venu 2 Plus because I was looking for the extended battery life. I haven't noticed a difference in the battery compared to the Venu 2 Plus. Maybe it is me. I have had a couple different watch face options, but nothing seems to get the 15 day battery life that is advertised. Maybe if I shut off everything I could get that. I get 6-7 days out of a charge depending on how many GPS runs I go on. Making calls from it is nice when I phone is farther away. The morning report, Pulse Ox, HRV, Sleep Coach are cool. The colors and display are great.

Loveb my new V3. Big upgrade from my Vivoactive 3. Many more features than my former watch. My only disappointment if that this watch does not have a yard work feature like the Vivoactive 3 did. Would be nice to have kayaking on it as well. Not just rowing. Everything else on the watch is great! I

I wore out my first Garmin so I reached out to them for a suggestion on a replacement. I got the most helpful rep who made suggestions based on my need. I bought the Venu 3 and I couldn’t be happier. It is an amazing watch with TONS of features. Unlike the Apple Watches I read about, the Venu battery lasts for weeks before a charge is needed. I couldn’t recommend this watch more.

The watch performs better than expected. The data you get from swimming, walking, and such is great. A limitation that's annoying is you can't go below certain custom lengths on the watch. You can manually update it in the app after, but if you have it linked to something like Strava it only pulls the original recording, which makes it look like I'm world record holding swimmer. If you plan on doing indoor cycling it also doesn't allow you to manually put in a reading from a bike for distance/speed, you'll need to buy a Garmin sensor for that. Other than those two gripes I love it. I wear it to sleep and it doesn't feel heavy wearing it.

This is my third Garmin watch and the best yet. I do not need a hard core watch like a Fenix as I have an Edge 840 for tracking my cycling. But I do like a Garmin watch for track other activities and for tracking health metrics. My previous watch was a Forerunner 945. The Venu 3 was attractive to me because it's upped the ante by adding more features (temp sensor, enhanced HRV tracking, ECG app, etc.). It was very easy to adjust to the new watch especially due to the touch screen. The new AMOLED screen is BEAUTIFUL!

I have had my Venu 3 for just less than a month now. I have been impressed with its features and especially its battery life. I haven't quite figured out eveything yet for example when I go waling in the morning it seems to be fairly accurate especially compared to what my previous fitbit sense said, However, when I mow the lawn or basically just go places by walking it doesn't seem to track as well. I still haven't figured out the sleep monitoring yet, there are times when i know I have been awake for periods of time at night and in the morning it says I wasn't awake at all. Overall I am still pleased with the watch and have no regrets that I got it to replace my fitbit.