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Garmin Launches Venu 4 With Health Status, Adaptive Fitness Coach and LED Flashlight

The pricier Venu model targets Apple Watch shoppers by emphasizing battery longevity plus on‑wrist coaching.

A photo of the Garmin Venu 4 on a man's wrist as he does weighted push-ups.
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Overview

  • Sales begin September 22 with a starting price of $549.99 in the U.S. and £469.99 in the U.K., with leather-band variants costing more.
  • The watch comes in 41mm and 45mm sizes with a metal design, a built‑in LED flashlight, and a speaker and microphone for calls and voice assistant use.
  • New health tools include Health Status tracking of overnight heart rate, HRV, respiration, skin temperature and Pulse Ox, plus lifestyle logging for caffeine and alcohol; Health Status is currently in beta on the watch and in Garmin Connect.
  • Garmin Fitness Coach delivers personalized, adaptive workouts and daily suggestions across more than 25 activities, adjusting based on activity history, sleep and recovery.
  • Battery life is rated up to 12 days in smartwatch mode, dropping to about four days with the always‑on display, with GPS runtimes listed at up to 20 hours or 17–19 hours in higher‑accuracy modes.