Upgraded from a Venu 2, Garmin has added some nice features so this is a good standalone watch. However, if you're counting on integrating data from the Venu 3 with other Garmin devices (e.g. a bike computer), you'll be disappointed--there is no integration in the Garmin Connect platform. This should be an easy fix, but still haven't seen it.

I’d been using Apple watches for years but I recently purchased the Garmin Venu 3 and I love it. The fact that I don’t have to charge every 3-4 days is awesome. Garmin is really stepping up in term of smart watches and in my opinion, they should be one of the best smart watch producers out there instead of Apple; that one is just for the brand.

I’ve had my watch for just over 3 weeks and love everything about it except the sleep functions. No matter what times I enter in the sleep schedule it insist on going into sleep mode all night while I’m work. I turn it off and sleep mode will just turn back on. I sleep 7-8 hours during the day and it won’t pick it up or give me a sleep score data. It just shows no data for my day sleeping hours. Very disappointed.

Great looking and comfortable. Health apps give lots of info on what is happening with your body. But, I wonder about the sleep app and the body battery. It tells me I took a nap when I’m not and I didn’t when I did. Plus I don’t like the workout app for the gym. It wants too much input while working out. It is a very complicated watch but I’m getting better understanding the functions as time goes on.

This watch works as advertise, but is a bit underwhelming. The clock faces are difficult to read and lack nicer sophisticated look. The controls are also complex to set or understand. The watches needs a way to convert exercising such as elliptical into total steps as well.

The best smartwatch/ sports watch I have ever owned! I'm an apple user for years. But this is in my opinion 10x better than apple watch even the ultra. Battery life is the best in about two weeks before charging! Constantly measuring my health and sleep. Great device, I'm so glad of my purchase!

I bought this to work with my Android phone and I bought an Apple Watch for my wife to work with her I-phone. She has to recharge her phone daily, and I only need to charge after a week or two even though I tend to do it once per day. It's nice to know I don't have to recharge it daily. My wife and I are still comparing our applications and their performance. I like to use a stationary cycle, but the app doesn't allow me to input the calories burned based on the computer output from my cycle. Maybe I need to learn more about the applications and I will find a way to record stationary cycle activities better. We both like our sleep apps, but the Garmin provides more information than the Apple watch. OK, my Garmin will not receive calls without my phone Bluetoothed to it and her Apple watch doesn't require her phone to be nearby, but I don't pay an additional monthly fee to my service provider for the Garmin. I wanted her to have phone access because she does HIIT in our neighborhood and doesn't need to be carrying her phone at these times. Men have pockets, so carrying my phone is not an issue. I like the many choices of watch faces! I like the fact you can create your own even though I use one that's provided on the Garmin IQ. I could go on but this is all the time I have for the review today.

I gifted this smart timepiece to myself after returning the purchase of GOOGLE Pixel 3 for defects unexpectedly. I never had a smartwatch, fit but or any type of tech watch because I always believed a "watch is a watch" lol...however, March 2025, GARMIN made me a believer. The easy set up, the advanced health and fitness tracking with a user-friendly design and long battery life. I appreciate its accurate heart rate tracking, particularly during strength training, and its ability to monitor various metrics like sleep stages and blood oxygen. The Venu 3 also offers a good balance of smartwatch features, including notifications, calls, and text messaging.

Happy to be back with a long-battery life garmin watch, but in terms of features outside of battery life it is not better than Fitbit's sense/versa offerings. Previously with fitbit, I had a better-than-average waking experience with the smart wake feature. For some reason Garmin doesn't include this, despite tracking all of the body data that would make it possible. Third party apps support the functionality somewhat, but at the cost of overnight body data tracking which in turn removes a lot of the body battery / etc feedback on the watch. It is frankly embarassing that Garmin hasn't implemented this feature in 2023. If you're a busy person that doesn't always have a consistent bedtime then you'll need to find another alarm solution to make up for Garmin's feature oversight. Currently wearing my older fitbit to bed to make up for this.

I bought this 2 weeks ago switching from Fitbit. Battery life is the best hands down. Features are plenty for a fitness watch. The only complaint that I have is being able to reply back to Facebook Messenger through the watch. And I've had some disconnect issues once in a while. Still early with the device but other than that it looks great and feels great on my wrist.