Garmin Venu SQ GPS Smartwatch Review (Music Edition)

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Garmin launched its first rectangular shaped watch in a while to extend their series of lifestyle oriented smartwatches. The Garmin Venu SQ is the smaller and cheaper sibling of the Garmin Venu and it offers mostly the same features too. I’ve been using the Venu SQ for a while and now I'm going to share my thoughts on this watch with you guys.
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@kobyrothschild899 2 жыл бұрын

Very professional, to the point, flowing, and does not dwell on the technical specifications, but on the use and accuracy, which is exactly what I am looking for in the review ,thank you.

@user-oi9to7ux7k 3 жыл бұрын

Terrific video. Great information and excellent editing. I can't believe you don't have more subscribers.

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Matthew 👍 Subscribers will come eventually...or at least I hope they will 😁

@vermasau 3 жыл бұрын

Simple but brilliantly delivered review. You got one more sub.

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Saurabh much appreciated 😎

@crnyilmaz 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for so clear and broad explanations!

@AndysTechTone 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Ceren 👍

@jasonwright2641 3 жыл бұрын

Super high quality video, liked and subbed 👍

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jason 👍

@alejandroperalta1982 3 жыл бұрын

Greeeat review! I now have this watch on my Amazon cart,Thank you!👍👍

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Alejandro, I'm glad if I could help 😎

@xrrider650 2 жыл бұрын

You will regret buying one. I do.

@ben2285 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, very in detail. Thanks! Do you know if the watch links with Microsoft Outlook for email and calendar, please?

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben, but I don't use Outlook unfortunately. Hope someone else can answer you that question

@keithjackson6614 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant info 👌 👏

@zoe-ei4cj 3 жыл бұрын

Superb Editing!!

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Zoe 😎

@barbaratillmann2825 2 жыл бұрын

Nagyon jó kis összefoglaló volt, segített eloszlatni néhány kételyemet, illetve megválaszolt néhány kérdést is, szóval nagyon köszi! Egy ideje már szemezgetek a Garmin órákkal, jelenleg a Venu SQ és a Vivoactive 4s között vacillálok...igazából olyan órát szeretnék, ami főleg sportóra, de mégis rendelkezik okosóra funkciókkal is (értesítések kijelzése, hívóazonosító megjelenítése, zenehallgatás), van benne saját GPS és nem a telefonét használja, valamint pluszpont ha még fizetni is lehet vele. Ezután az összefoglaló után nagyon úgy érzem hogy a Venu SQ Music verziója lenne a megoldás. Neked van esetleg tapasztalatod a Vivoactive 4s-el? Mennyire különbözhet a kettő? Annyi review és összehasonlító videón vagyok már túl hogy lassan szétesik a fejem az információtömegtől 😅

@AndysTechTone 2 жыл бұрын

Sajnos soha nem használtam a Vivoactive-ot, úgyhogy lehet, hogy Te már többet tudsz róla, mint én 😳

@barbaratillmann2825 2 жыл бұрын

@@AndysTechTone Mindenesetre köszi a választ :) Azért a leírt feltételeknek szerinted is megfelelhet az SQ? Illetve mondjuk saját sportot hozzá lehet adni ha az nem szerepel éppen a listában?

@sandeepdehariya 3 жыл бұрын

Very good and precise details 👍

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😎

@Petira89 2 жыл бұрын

Great review bro.thanks for sharing

@AndysTechTone 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching 👍

@leepeter7411 Жыл бұрын

The video content is so excellent, congratulations

@AndysTechTone Жыл бұрын

Glad you like it, thanks for watching 👍

@collettdave 3 жыл бұрын

Great video👏Made me a believer in your channel, I subscribed!!! Thank you again! Mine will be here tomorrow💪

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave and hope you'll enjoy your new watch 👍

@tyronebartley2693 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent review, I've had my venus Sq for about 3 weeks but didn't realise is did all the stuff you mentioned. But one thing, you can use curve card on the watch which allows you to load most bank cards via the curve app and change the card when necessary so that's one way of getting around the card issue.

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tyrone. I believe I could use Revolut for Garmin Pay too but still it would be great in general if my bank supported it. They only launched Google and Apple Pay support recently so there is little hope...

@JJKingZH 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome review!

@AndysTechTone 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Roman 👍

@mishatashin6084 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome review, like Everytime

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael 😎

@SuperRl7 3 жыл бұрын

Great video thanks!

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Leila 😊

@FherArmas 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, new subscriber!

@AndysTechTone 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy, welcome on board 👍

@KC-UT4rmAZ 3 жыл бұрын

Any watch can be for a hard core runner if the watch is accurate and has a good enough battery life. Which it sounds like this watch is both.

@USSBARBEL 3 жыл бұрын

Solid review - thank you for sharing.

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Steve 👍

@USSBARBEL 3 жыл бұрын

@@AndysTechTone ended up picking up the Venu during Prime on Amazon today. Pretty slick. hard to beat the price.

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

@@USSBARBEL That's how it's done 👍 enjoy your new watch Steve 😎

@TheRedthecat 2 жыл бұрын

I like setting up Run 10 minutes, Walk 1 Minute and enjoy having a countdown of how many more minutes I have to run until the next walk break. Is it possible to set this up in the Venu Sq? I am having trouble finding this information. I know with the Forerunner 45 I need to set it up a long way by setting up workout intervals instead of the built in Run/Walk feature. Many thanks!

@De_La_Soto 2 жыл бұрын

How would you compare this to the Forerunner 55? They're similar in price

@Bboyrj100 3 жыл бұрын

Good content just good review.

@petercruz1993 2 жыл бұрын

This dude has 12k subs. Unbelievably well shot for that amount

@AndysTechTone 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Peter, glad you like it 👍

@claramuhlbauer5250 3 ай бұрын

Does the watch has a pacer or Running Coach which will tell you if you are running a certain pace per kilometer?

@hattahakimi314 3 жыл бұрын

good reviews 👍

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks HATTA 😎

@balazsmuller9367 Жыл бұрын

Can u mention other watches they play mp3? Thx. For my activites its the most beloved feature. Actually i dont know why is so few watches on the market with this music option. Thx again.

@lexipoolovesyou22 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! I currently have the first fit bit versa. My versa poorly calculates my distance on the treadmill. For example, I run a 5K and it tracks it only at 4K or less! How accurate was the distance when you ran on the treadmill using this watch?

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

No watch is accurate enough on the treadmill unless you can connect it to the treadmill itself somehow

@79claudiomares 3 жыл бұрын

Better him or Active 2?

@eveningstarbright 2 жыл бұрын

hi, thank you for the expansive review. 2 questions: 1 - can you sync your exercise sessions with Strava? 2 - can you modify your music DURING a workout? change tracks or volume? Thank you

@AndysTechTone 2 жыл бұрын

You can control your music playback during a workout. Strava syncs with the Garmin Connect app so that works too

@kezcauchi 2 жыл бұрын

great video!! Are you maltese by any chance? haha getting on board this watch this week!

@AndysTechTone 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm Hungarian 😎

@brucelin5842 3 жыл бұрын

I used for one day and 3 hours gym session with music and the battery died before I go to sleep at 11pm?

@GreatIaker 3 жыл бұрын

Good review, thanks. I have that watch and I like it. One bug though: the navigate to saved location and back to start do not work on mine. It just shows an arrow that always points to the top of the screen. Garmin says it is a known bug they are working to address in a SW update.

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

I've never got around to test the navigation feature but thanks for the info 👍

@GreatIaker 3 жыл бұрын

Garmin has released software version 2.4 which fixes the navigate function. The compass arrow now rotates to point to the destination. Yay!

@balazsmuller9367 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! Great stuff and good job! Is it compatible with apple airpods? Thx

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

The Airpods support SBC so they should work just fine

@guadalupegarcia8149 Жыл бұрын

Did you say we can or can't download our own playlist to the watch

@viviansings 3 жыл бұрын

Such a cool video, thanks a lot! Is it also possible to switch off Bluetooth and wifi?

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you can turn those off

@viviansings 3 жыл бұрын

@@AndysTechTone thank you so much for your quick reply!

@user-sn8jx4mk6i 10 ай бұрын

Can i use garmin venu sq to send notification in my social message?

@juancarlosmiranda6830 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, how many data fields can you set in swimming profile? And can you change pages with wet hands. And finally, can you track drills in swimming profile?

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

You can use the touchscreen with wet hands as it doesn't lock like it does on the Fitbit Versa for example. You can track intervals/rest on the watch but no drills per se. I don't remember exactly how many data screens you can have for swimming specificly but I believe it tops out at three for most activities.

@keithjackson6614 3 жыл бұрын

Does the GPS automatically kick in when u start your running,cycling work out ... i done a cycle and it didn't track distance am I missing something in settings

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

I believe it won't start tracking cycling automatically but walking and running only. Not 100% sure though...

@carriec5376 3 жыл бұрын

i heard in another review that you could not use any of the music controls on the watch without ending whatever exercise tracker you were currently using. did this happen to you or did you find a way around it? this might determine if i get the music one or not... thanks for your help and awesome review!

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

No I had no such trouble, the music app worked in the background just fine

@carriec5376 3 жыл бұрын

@@AndysTechTone thank you so much! subscribing :)

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Carrie C 😎

@Return2Running 6 ай бұрын

can i sink my earbuds to this watch. and do i need my phone to play music or can i leave my phone at home an dplay music from this?

@carlossaldua5298 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone know can I sync with my Google calendar??

@g.d.12 2 жыл бұрын

Does the Venu Sq Music require you to have your phone (data, LTE or wifi )near by when you send an emergency alert or can the watch send text without phone/data/LTE/wifi? Furthermore, the gps tracking and sports features are all available on the watch just syncing it is required to be near the phone correct? This is going to become my first smartwatch so I am unsure how it all works.

@AndysTechTone 2 жыл бұрын

You can download songs from your Spotify and use the Music offline, no phone needed. GPS is built in, no phone needed again, only for syncing. The only feature that will need data or cellular connection is the emergency alert

@wallabysteww 3 жыл бұрын

Can you link it to strava

@claireshearman7658 2 жыл бұрын

Does the pool swim have gps function? So I could use it for ocean swim? Thank you

@AndysTechTone 2 жыл бұрын

Pool swim only tracks pool length there is no GPS

@tatendamarvel9756 Жыл бұрын

Is it compatible with NRC

@OKFishing 2 жыл бұрын

hi i have a question: do you have use a smartphone to connect to spotify?

@AndysTechTone 2 жыл бұрын

You have to connect your spotify account first so you can download some offline content to the watch and then you will not need to use a phone to listen to music on the watch

@TheGregOry_ 3 жыл бұрын

nice video isn't the sound quality of music depending on the headphones you use instead of the watch itself?

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

Course it does but if you feed any earbuds with low bit rate, heavily compressed files they will sound bad regardless of what buds you use

@TheGregOry_ 3 жыл бұрын

@@AndysTechTone ahh okay, so the watch automatically compresses my files?

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGregOry_ I don't know what happens in the watch for sure, I'd rather say it downloads a low bit rate version of the songs to save storage space but that's just what I think. I could be wrong, but there is not much information out there regarding to this. Or if there is I couldn't find it yet...

@TheGregOry_ 3 жыл бұрын

@@AndysTechTone okay thanks for the answers :)

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGregOry_ no worries Senpai Gregory 😎

@smartanand100 3 жыл бұрын

Can you share your heart rate data in swimming pool. Good review

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

Not sure what you mean, but sharing or broadcasting any data would require BT connection which does not work in the water.

@jamesfoley3541 3 жыл бұрын

Hey I'm from ireland, I have watched both venu videos and I am planning on getting the venu for Christmas! Would you recommend it compared to the Samsung Galaxy watches or other smartwatches?

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

I'd rather buy a fitness watch from Garmin if my focus was exercise and performance tracking which the Venu SQ does brillaintly. If I was interested in more lifestyle and smart features than I'd think about buying a galaxy watch or fitbit or something. Other than that it comes down to what features you need. The Fitbit Versa 3 lasts 2-3 days longer with one charge than the Venu SQ for example. But I prefer the feature set and basically everything else in the Venu SQ. If you don't need music playback you can get it for less money, so there is that too. And there is the form factor. Square or circular? Touchscreen or no touchscreen? Sorry buddy, I'd need some caffeine to answer your question properly... 😁

@jamesfoley3541 3 жыл бұрын

@@AndysTechTone Just bought the Venu in a black friday sale 230 euro! Unfortunately I must wait until Christmas to use it! If possible can you do a Tips and Tricks Vid? Your videos are very clear and informative :D

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesfoley3541 Good move James! 😎 I'm not the tips and tricks kind of guy but I'm sure there are plenty other videos you can learn from. But I'll be here should you have any questions

@1bojanbojan 3 жыл бұрын

For cycling, dose it show u speed as u cycle and average speed. Wish there was a video for cycling

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

Sure, as far as I can remember it does show you speed, avg speed, distance, heart rate, time, lap time, cadence(with sensor) and all that

@112rorz 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. I just bought this watch and went for a run, but I realised it didn't register in the connect app under running. Do I have to manually start the run exercise? Have you tried the auto start feature for exercises? And does it have a big impact on battery?

@AndysTechTone 2 жыл бұрын

With MoveIQ enabled the watch is supposed to track running automatically. Not sure how it effects the battery life but honestly, I’d rather start my activities manually all the time

@birozoltan9796 2 жыл бұрын

Szia Andy! Szeretném megkérdezni, hogy mp3-at lehet-e rátölteni az órára illetve mekkora a belső tárhelye? Köszönöm

@AndysTechTone 2 жыл бұрын

mp3, m4a, aac, wav are all supported and you get ~3.4GB of storage

@zoltanbiro5146 2 жыл бұрын

@@AndysTechTone Thanks,köszönöm

@flameoftheforest9242 3 жыл бұрын

Contemplating buying Fitbit Versa 2 or Venu Sq or Sq Music. Which would you get?

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

I'd pick the Garmin

@vicsmedventure2422 2 жыл бұрын

@@AndysTechTone can i ask what's your reason?

@AndysTechTone 2 жыл бұрын

I mostly use my watch for exercise tracking and the Garmin gives you more flexibility and more options. The Fitbit might be a better smartwatch but not as good as a fitness tracker in my opinion.

@vicsmedventure2422 2 жыл бұрын

@@AndysTechTone okay thank you. I am not that into exercise and am more interested in the smart watch functions.

@rashaun_elway Жыл бұрын

Do you need headphones to hear the music?

@nikourasu2023 3 жыл бұрын

Just curious can users answer calls directly from this watch?

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

You can answer phone calls on the watch but you'll have to use the phone for talking

@jelynecatalasan5163 3 жыл бұрын

Is there a spotify app built in on the watch? And another question can i answer calls and reply to messaging apps

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

You can download Spotify from the Connect IQ store. You can respond to messages but cannot answer phone calls on the watch

@jelynecatalasan5163 3 жыл бұрын

@@AndysTechTone thanks a lot

@SailajaPraveen 3 жыл бұрын

How is the GPS tracking?

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

GPS tracking is accurate

@gloomyfox3168 3 жыл бұрын

Is it compatible with any bluetooth headphones?

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

It is supposed to work with any bluetooth buds

@grahammitchell9915 3 жыл бұрын

Is it possible to run and leave phone at home whilst listening to Spotify with this watch?

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

Yep

@grahammitchell9915 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother, great reviews on your platform 🎉

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

@@grahammitchell9915 Thanks Graham 👍

@KanninAshlee 3 жыл бұрын

Can you reply on the watch with an IOS phone

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

I believe it only works with Android

@brucelin5842 3 жыл бұрын

Can u send mp3 file from ur phone to venu sq music ?

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

Only from a computer

@brucelin5842 3 жыл бұрын

@@AndysTechTone out of which would u recommend between galaxy watch 3 , watch active 2 and this venu sq?

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

@@brucelin5842 having not used any samsung watch before it's hard to say

@1cluelessfitness 3 жыл бұрын

Can this watch upload an image and set as a background? Thank you.

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

You can create custom watch faces with any background in the Garmin Connect app and then download it to the watch

@1cluelessfitness 3 жыл бұрын

💪💪

@1cluelessfitness 3 жыл бұрын

Does it monitor blood pressure? Thank you.

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

@@1cluelessfitness No, it doesn't

@DIFFIEH 3 жыл бұрын

That's salthill in galway?

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

That's Salthill indeed 😎

@wjkkwjkf2980 3 жыл бұрын

Can it be used without a phone?

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

Sure, but you'll need a phone to sync your tracking data with eventually

@wjkkwjkf2980 3 жыл бұрын

@@AndysTechTone But do you need to keep your phone with or near you at all times?

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

No you don't have to have your phone with you all the time, the watch works on its own just fine. Of course you'll loose some smart features without internet connection

@wallabysteww 3 жыл бұрын

Can you leave your phone at home and listen to Amazon music with your AirPods

@AndysTechTone 3 жыл бұрын

You can, of course, as long as you live in one of the countries in which Amazon Music actually is supported. USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Japan, India according to Garmin's website