Garmin beefs up battery for new Venu Sq 2
by Victoria Song from The Verge - All Posts on (#634SN)
The new Venu Sq 2 has a slightly bigger screen and nearly double the battery life. | Image: Garmin Garmin is launching two new wearables at IFA 2022. The $249.99 Venu Sq 2 is an update to its affordable GPS smartwatch line, while the $89.99 Black Panther version Vivofit Jr. 3 gets a new special edition band.
The Venu Sq 2 is mostly an iterative refresh. The OLED screen is a smidge bigger at 1.4 inches. It's also included its Health Snapshot feature, which lets users log a two-minute session that simultaneously records metrics like heart rate, heart rate variability, blood oxygen levels, respiration, and stress. Both of these updates are fine, but the most significant change is that it's nearly doubled battery life from six days to 11 days. Like the original Venu Sq, it'll also come in a Music version that can store up to 500 songs on...