Garmin Venu 4 The Garmin Venu 4 bridges the gap between fashion and function better than any of its predecessors or any other activity-focused smartwatch, giving casual-to-serious athletes a reason to stay within Garmin’s ecosystem instead of drifting to Apple or Google. It’s a pricey buy, but it packs excellent fitness and health tracking into a premium, polished package with the best of Garmin’s in-house training tools.
Garmin’s Venu smartwatch line has always been the company’s most approachable entry point. It’s sleek, balanced, and far less intimidating than its button-laden siblings.
With the Venu 4 ($549.99 at Amazon), Garmin is leaning even harder into that identity, merging lifestyle polish with the serious training tools athletes actually want.
In a market where rivals keep stepping up their own fitness game, the evolution is well-timed, but it comes at the cost of a $100 price increase over the excellent Venu 3. Thankfully, it’s easily the brand’s best smartwatch to date, and one of the most powerful fitness trackers below the “Ultra” tier of watches that push beyond $600.
Design and comfort
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Garmin has largely stuck to the same blueprint as the Venu 3 for its successor, refining the details rather than redrawing them. The Venu 4 comes in two familiar sizes, 41mm and 45mm, meaning it should be easy for most shoppers to find a good fit. I tested the 41mm build and found the case and display both comfortably sized.
This time, though, both models now feature a full metal chassis. The subtle upgrade makes a big difference in hand (and on wrist). It feels sturdier and more premium, like a watch you notice for style as much as specs. If you aren’t into the futuristic domed display of the Pixel Watch 4, it’s probably the best option for a minimalist, circular build. In short, it finally aligns the Venu line with the elegance of other leading smartwatches.
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To that end, the overall design is cleaner too. Garmin dropped one of the 3’s physical buttons, slimming the layout to a two-button setup. The subtext is that this is a watch for shoppers who are comfortable using a touchscreen. I personally didn’t miss the extra tactile cue, and overall input still feels streamlined and intuitive.
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