Hi everyone welcome to wesknows tech news and reviews! the stigma in the market today is that
if you want a decent sport watch or multi-sport watch you have to splash out a lot of dosh
when you think sport watch you usually think the polar vantage polar grit maybe the sunto 7? what
about the garmin fenix series or maybe the garmin venu but what if I told you that you could get a
garmin multi-sport watch for half the usual price for a sport watch please meet the garmin the new
sq and today i will be sharing the 10 secret weapons of this monster! if you are new to
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and share hacks and tricks along the way! the venue sq was released by garmin in september 2020
and it came in with a bang because it costs just 180 pounds or 200 bucks it came into a very busy
space where we have very sporty smart watches as well as budget sport watches but it brings along
the flagship frills of the garment venu but with slight shortcuts being made and we'll cover some
of them just now to ensure that the garmin venu stays the flagship of the venu and the venu sq
some cut corners had to be made for the sq. such as the sq actually features a 1.3 inch lcd screen,
so bye bye amoled! because on the venu you do get a 1.2 inch amoled display, we also lost the
barometric altimeter now a gps one is used, garmin also removed the gyro sensors as well as the live
watch faces! but i can say that unless you are a pro athlete you will be very unlikely to notice
any of the difference between the venu and the venu sq. well, except for the amoled screen and
the live watch faces of course and now let's kick off and cover the 10 secret weapons of the garmin,
the new sq the garmin venu SQ combines the comfort and convenience of a fully touch activated display
with two buttons on the right hand side for additional efficiency it has a simple
but ergonomic design it's square in essence going back to the garmin vivo series roots.
dimensions are 37 by 40 millimeters and it's only 11 millimeters thick. it weighs just 39 grams
and that's feather light for a full-fledged multi-sport watch. sleeping in it and wearing
non-stop for long periods of time is just too easy it's mega comfortable on your wrist.
the display is a double edged sword but i actually see it as a positive because
shortcuts have to be made so it's not amoled but you still get a full color 1.3 inch lcd screen.
there are three brightness levels let's be fair the colors do look more washed out than
amoled screens but the viewing angles are still excellent there's more than enough space for
the menus and check it out when using garmin pay entering your four digit code is as easy as pie
on this large screen for health metrics it's got an optical hr sensor for continuous heart
rate monitoring with pulse ox aka sp02 or blood oxygen saturation tracking on the back. mind you
the pulse ox function on the garmin Venu SQ is not as simplistic as just on-demand measurements,
oh no, it can actually track your continuous pulse ox during the night, during the day or on demand
if you do need it just at a point in time. having your spo2 metrics continuously measured overnight
provides much more insight into your breathing patterns and respiratory health and can even
forewarn of medical and lung conditions such as bronchitis asthma and sleep apnea. you also get
dual gps on the garmin venu SQ with galileo and glonass the lock-on is quick and the signal holds
steady for the length of your workout with onboard gps you don't require having your phone with you
while cycling running or trail hiking and even open water swimming is possible because the watch
is waterproof up to 50 meters. sleep monitoring is important as ever and the garmin Venu SQ takes us
to a whole new level not only does it monitor light deep and rem sleep the garmin connect
app shows a sleep stage timeline with overlays available for movement pulse ox aka sp02 and your
breathing rate for a deep down analysis of your sleep patterns. the garmin Venu SQ also brings
about a very advanced feature called body battery and if you recall we saw that on the polar ignite
this body battery is smart tech that tracks the exercise you perform during the day
looks at your heart rate measurements spo2 and prior night's sleep data to give you a score
that represents how much charge you have for the new day ahead. the great thing about this
is that it's not a screen that shows your day in retrospective, it's a live reading and at any time
during the day you can see how much charge has drained and is remaining. what we usually don't
see on a full-on sport watch is smart features such as nfc well with the venu sq you do get
garmin pay contactless payments. with garmin pay is a joy to use register in the garmin connect app
tapping the code on the watch face and off you go tapping away i find this way more convenient than
pulling out my bank card when i buy lunch jump on the tube or pay for any other item under 40 quid.
the venu sq in front of us here today does not have music storage just music controls to
control music from your smartphone so it saves you pulling the smartphone out of your pocket
but if you do spend 50 bucks more and get garmin venue music sq you will get 4gb allocated storage
for music. notification management is something sport watchers are usually not very good at well
the venue skew has a surprise it's actually very good at it unlike the budget smart watches and
sport watches you get to see a list of your text and emails in the notification screen these are
color coded for different sources the texts don't disappear once you read them only if you clear
the particular message or the full list another major plus is that you get more rows of the text
than the usual three to five rows seen on other brands. i'm sure you've heard of dedicated sport
and coaching apps from other brands well garmin being the multi-sports champion offers a much
more personalized approach helping you reach your running goals using garmin coach you choose your
running target b to run faster or longer or both or whatever you actually get to choose your coach
there are videos introducing the coach and their training methodology tons of experience
qualifications and a practice routine in place join the program and enjoy the downloadable
structured workout support with garmin coach! so you also get female health tracking you also get
access to one of the most complete wearable ecosystems in the world, you get access
to garmin connect iq you've got a myriad of watch faces there, apps, widgets that you can download
to your watch. the venu SQ can also connect to ant+ and bluetooth sensors for your treadmills and
gym workouts. just an fyi we have actually done a full review of the venu sq as it was released in
September 2020 so if you do want to check it out i will leave a link in the description below the
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