Garmin Venu X1

Garmin Venu® X1

The Garmin Venu X1 is a square-format Garmin smartwatch in the Garmin Venu series, introduced as Garmin’s thinnest and most lightweight AMOLED watch to date. This Garmin watch is designed to provide a comprehensive set of fitness, health, training, and smart features in a compact yet durable form. It combines a large, high-resolution AMOLED display with multi-band GNSS capabilities, built-in offline maps, and a wide range of physiological and training metrics, all while supporting voice communication and music playback from the wrist.

The Garmin Venu X1 features a 2.0-inch AMOLED touchscreen with a 454 × 498 resolution, making it the largest and most pixel-dense display among current Garmin watches. The display is nearly edge-to-edge and is protected by a sapphire crystal lens. The device case is constructed with a fiber-reinforced polymer, and the rear cover is made from titanium, enhancing durability. The case measures 49 × 47 × 7.9 mm and weighs approximately 34 grams without the strap and around 40 grams with the included ComfortFit nylon band.

The watch uses a standard 20 mm Quick Release band system, making it compatible with other Garmin straps of the same specification. The design is rated to 5 ATM water resistance, supporting use during swimming, showering, and in wet environments.

From a power standpoint, the Garmin Venu X1 includes a lithium-ion rechargeable battery that delivers the following runtimes under standard conditions:

• Smartwatch mode: Up to 8 days with the display off
• Always-on display mode: Up to 2 days
• Battery saver mode: Up to 11 days
• GPS-only GNSS mode: Up to 16 hours
• All-systems GNSS: Up to 14 hours
• All-systems GNSS with music: Up to 7 hours

The Garmin Venu X1 supports advanced training analytics such as VO₂ max, training readiness, training status, HRV status, endurance score, hill score, and ClimbPro ascent management. These features are accessible through the watch itself and more extensively through Garmin Connect, Garmin’s central data platform and app for workout planning, performance review, and daily activity tracking.

Health tracking on this Garmin smart watch includes 24/7 wrist-based heart rate monitoring, Pulse Ox blood oxygen saturation readings, stress tracking, respiration rate, and skin temperature variation. Additional features include advanced sleep monitoring with sleep coaching, nap detection, hydration tracking, and menstrual cycle or pregnancy tracking. The Morning Report feature summarizes sleep quality, recovery, daily training outlook, and more at the start of each day.

The device comes preloaded with over 100 activity profiles including walking, running, cycling, swimming, hiking, golf, strength training, HIIT, skiing, and indoor cardio. The onboard mapping system includes TopoActive maps for route navigation, point-of-interest (POI) searching, round-trip routing, and popularity-based routing using heat map data. The golf feature includes over 43,000 preloaded golf course maps worldwide.

Connectivity options include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and ANT+ for pairing with external sensors, headphones, or smartphones. When paired to a smartphone, the Garmin Venu X1 can make and receive phone calls directly from the watch using its built-in speaker and microphone. It also supports voice assistant interaction for setting timers, launching workouts, or controlling smart home devices (through connected assistants).

In terms of smart features, this Garmin smartwatch supports Garmin Pay™ for contactless payments, notification mirroring for calls, texts, and apps, onboard music storage with syncing from services like Spotify and Amazon Music, and safety features like LiveTrack and incident detection.

Sensor support includes:

• Wrist-based optical heart rate monitor (latest Elevate Gen 5)
• Barometric altimeter
• Compass
• Gyroscope
• Accelerometer
• Thermometer
• Ambient light sensor
• Pulse Ox sensor
• Multi-frequency GNSS (including GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou)

The device firmware is regularly updated via Garmin Connect, which also facilitates device setup, data syncing, and deeper analysis of health, wellness, and performance data. Users can also use Garmin Connect IQ™ Store to download additional apps, widgets, and watch faces.

Because of its combination of compact form, high-resolution display, offline mapping, training analytics, and smart capabilities, the Garmin Venu X1 sits at the intersection of sport and daily lifestyle use. Its advanced feature set aligns it with the best Garmin watch options in Garmin’s ecosystem for users who need a lightweight but fully capable multisport and health tracking tool.

Main Features of the Garmin venu X1

• 2″ AMOLED edge-to-edge display (≈448×486 px) – Garmin’s largest yet
• Ultra-thin case (~7.9–8 mm) with sapphire crystal lens and titanium caseback; weighs ~40 g with band
• Up to 8 days battery in smartwatch mode; GPS modes vary from 7 to 16 hours
• 24/7 health monitoring: Body Battery™, HRV status, advanced sleep tracking, Pulse Ox, breathing variation and Morning Report
• 100+ sports apps preloaded (running, cycling, golf, strength, hiking, etc.)
• Advanced training metrics: Training Readiness, Training Status, Endurance Score, Hill Score, ClimbPro, race planning, VO₂ and more
• Offline maps and navigation: onboard TopoActive maps, course management, round-trip routing, POI navigation, Strava Live Segments
• Smartwatch capabilities: music storage, Garmin Pay®, notifications, voice commands, and built‑in speaker/mic for calls
• LED flashlight with white and red modes for visibility in low-light situations

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