New Delhi: Refreshing its advanced technology and precise health and fitness solutions, Garmin India on Wednesday launched its new Venu 2 Plus smartwatch, its first one packed with voice-calling function and hands-free voice assistance in the country. This smartwatch was originally unveiled at CES 2022 show. The Venu 2 Plus arrives with a robust suite of health and fitness features under the concept of "Dear Body - Work On A New Look", according to the company.
The Garmin Venu 2 Plus is priced at Rs 46,990, and is available in three colours in India: Graphite Black, Cream Gold and Powder Grey.
The Garmin Venu 2 Plus also features an in-built Health Snapshot aspect in the watch that enables the users to log a two-minute session to record key health stats, including heart rate, heart rate variability, pulse Ox3, respiration and stress and generate a report via the Garmin Connect app to monitor the statistics.
“The wait is over for our first ever smartwatch with voice functionality. Venu 2 Plus is designed and developed with Garmin’s deep experience in health and technology. The smartwatch has also been honoured at the CES 2022 Innovation Awards for outstanding design and engineering. Our users can now enjoy health and tech in a single dial on their wrist. Venu series is one of the most popular series in our portfolio," Ali Rizvi, Director, Garmin India, said in a statement.
"And, now with new features like phone calls, voice assistant control integrated with all-day health monitoring and customized fitness options, the smartwatch will enhance the experience of the users."
Garmin Venu 2 Plus features and specifications
The Garmin Venu 2 Plus features a 43mm watch case with durable Corning Gorilla Glass 3 on top and a stainless steel bezel and a 20mm industry-standard quick release silicone band. There are more than 25 built-in sports applications with preloaded enhanced high-intensity workouts, updated intensity minutes, animated cardio, strength, yoga and pilates.
The smartwatch features the broadest range of 24X7 health monitoring factors like the Body Battery Energy Monitor, which measures the body's energy throughout the day. The Pulse Ox3 monitors the blood's oxygen saturation in the body and the smartwatch is also packed with other features including, stress tracking, advanced sleep with sleep score and insights by Firstbeat Analytics, breath-work activities, pregnancy and menstrual cycle tracking, respiration tracking, fitness age, as well as other health monitoring metrics to track the user's fitness goals and progress.
The Garmin Venu 2 Plus also includes the company's safety and tracking features like automatic incident detection (during outdoor walks, runs or rides) and manually triggered assistance alerts, both of which send a message with the user’s location to their emergency contacts. LiveTrack feature lets friends and family track the user’s outdoor activity. Users can assign a designated emergency contact that the Venu 2 Plus can call, such as local emergency services.
According to Garmin, the smartwatch offers enhanced battery life up to 9 days in smartwatch mode, up to 24 hours in GPS mode and up to 8 hours in GPS with Music mode. Ten minutes of charging can provide up to 1 day of smartwatch mode battery life or 1 hour of GPS with music battery life.
Download songs on Garmin Venu 2 Plus
The GaVenu 2 Plus comes with built-in music and that means the user can download up to 650 songs including playlists from Spotify, Amazon Music, and Deezer as well as make Garmin Pay contactless payments and smart notifications for calls, texts, calendar reminders, social media updates, breaking news stories, etc. The Venu 2 Plus can be personalized with apps, watch faces and more features that are available to download from the Connect IQTM store. The Venu 2 Plus can be paired with either Android or Apple smartphones.