Garmin Philippines announced the availability of its latest Venu 2 Plus GPS smartwatch, which is packed with new features and functionalities that will enable people to crush their fitness goals this year.

The Garmin Venu 2 Plus lets users take calls, access their compatible smartphone’s voice assistant to send texts, control compatible smart home devices, and more. These voice-controlled functionalities are the latest addition to the suite of health, wellness, and fitness features of Garmin’s Venu 2 Series. The latest offering from Garmin is built with AMOLED display and battery life of up to nine days.

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Quick Look

• Voice assistant control: Compatible with Siri (iPhone), Google Assistant (Android), or Bixby (Samsung)
• Health monitoring — heart rate, sleep with sleep score and insights by Firstbeat AnalyticsTM, breathwork activities, fitness age, respiration, Pulse Ox, all-day stress, hydration, and women’s health
• Body Battery energy monitoring
• Health Snapshot
• Intelligent voice control support, multiple professional training programs
• 9-day battery life

Fitness

• Over 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.
• Preloaded workouts
• Customizable workouts (with over 1,400 exercises)
• More than 75 preset animated workouts
• Compatible with Garmin Coach’s free adaptive training plans

Safety and tracking

• Automatic incident detection
• Manually triggered assistance alerts
• LiveTrack lets friends and family track the user’s outdoor activity
• Users can also assign a designated emergency contact that the Venu 2 Plus can call, such as local emergency services.

Smart features

• Built-in music (download up to 650 songs including playlists from Spotify, Amazon Music, and Deezer4)
• Smart notifications for calls
• Personalization(apps, watch faces, and more available to download from the Connect IQTM store

Everyday wear

• 43mm watch case
• Stainless steel bezel and hardware
• 20mm industry-standard quick release silicone band
• Corning Gorilla Glass 3 touchscreen AMOLED display with an optional, always-on mode.
• 9 days in smartwatch mode and up to 8 hours in GPS + Music mode.
• Rapid battery recharge with 10 minutes of charging
• Battery saver mode.

The Venu 2 Plus is now available in the Philippines for P25,695 in Black, Ivory, and Powder Gray color variants.

The Venu 2 Plus was recognized at the recently concluded CES 2022 global tech event as an Innovation Awards honoree.