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Venu 3 and 3S Battery Life Assumptions

The battery life of your Garmin watch may be affected by how you use the watch. The information in the tables below is intended to outline the conditions used to determine estimated battery life specifications.  Usage beyond what is listed below may result in reduced battery life. The information presented below is a reference-only guide for general use of the Venu® 3 and Venu® 3S smartwatches.

The following usage assumptions were used to determine the estimated battery life for the Venu 3 Series. Unless otherwise stated, all default software settings and configurations are assumed for battery life specifications.

Smartwatch Mode Usage Assumptions

Notifications per Day

50

Number of Interactions per Day

32

Device-Generated Alerts per Day (Move or Goal Alerts)

10

Hours per Day Outside of Bluetooth Range of Phone

1

Display Brightness & Timeout

Default Settings

Watch Face¹

Default

Number of Gestures per Day

750

Pulse Ox Mode

Disabled by Default

Number of Minutes of Music Streaming

0

Number of Timed Activities

0

Venu 3 Smartwatch Mode Battery Life

Up to 14 days

Venu 3S Smartwatch Mode Battery Life

Up to 10 days


Smartwatch Mode Usage Assumptions – Display Always On

Average Number of Hours Spent Outside²

5

Watch Face

Default

Average Number of Hours per Day Sleep³

8

Display Timeout

Always On

Venu 3 Smartwatch Mode Battery Life

Up to 5 days

Venu 3S Smartwatch Mode Battery Life

Up to 5 days


Activity Mode Usage Assumptions

Number of Interactions per Hour

10

Minutes of Interaction Post-Activity

1

Number of Gestures per Hour

25

Display Brightness & Timeout

Default Settings

Assumed Temperature Range for Battery Life Specifications

10C – 40C

Venu 3 GPS-Only Mode without Music Battery Life

Up to 26 hours

Venu 3 All Systems (Default) Mode without Music Battery Life

Up to 20 hours

Venu 3 GPS-Only Mode with Music Battery Life

Up to 13 hours

Venu 3 All Systems (Default) Mode with Music Battery Life

Up to 11 hours

Venu 3S GPS-Only Mode without Music Battery Life

Up to 21 hours

Venu 3S All Systems (Default) Mode without Music Battery Life

Up to 15 hours

Venu 3S GPS-Only Mode with Music Battery Life

Up to 10 hours

Venu 3S All Systems (Default) Mode with Music Battery Life

Up to 8 hours


Battery Saver Feature

The Venu 3 and Venu 3S also supports a feature called Battery Manager. Enabling this feature changes the behavior of the watch and disables certain functionality (see table below for some examples) to help prolong battery life. The table below summarizes the estimated battery life when Battery Saver is enabled.

Smartwatch Mode Usage Assumptions with Battery Saver Feature Enabled

Phone Connection

Disabled

Number of Interactions per Day

32

Device-Generated Alerts per Day (Move or Goal Alerts)

10

Display Brightness & Timeout

Low/Short

Watch Face¹

Low Power Watch Face

Number of Gestures per Day

Gesture Mode Disabled

Pulse Ox Mode

Disabled

WiFi Usage

Disabled

Music Playback Through Bluetooth Headphones

Disabled

Number of Timed Activities

0

Auto Activity Start

Disabled

Wrist Heart Rate

Disabled

Venu 3 Smartwatch Mode Battery Life

Up to 26 days

Venu 3S Smartwatch Mode Battery Life

Up to 20 days



1The “default” watch face is the watch face present on the device when it is taken out of the box. The Venu 3 Series products are designed to work with a variety of native watch faces as well as compatible Connect IQ watch faces.  The usage of watch faces other than the default watch face may impact the battery life experienced in smartwatch mode.

2This device utilizes an ambient light sensor to automatically adjust the display brightness to an acceptable level depending upon the level of ambient light. Using the device outdoors in bright environments may reduce battery life. 

3The average number of hours per day of sleep is determined by the user-configured bed and wake times (a "sleep period"), not the number of hours the user actually sleeps. During this sleep period, the device's display is turned off. As a result, setting a shorter sleep period may decrease the battery life experienced in display always on mode.