No 05
The Venu Sq 2 is the smartwatch for someone who does not want a smartwatch. It tracks steps, sleep, heart rate and workouts with GPS, shows them on a bright AMOLED screen, and then runs about eleven days on a charge, which is the number that matters to a person who will not charge a watch nightly. Notifications from the phone show up; the rest of the phone stays in the pocket.
It is the retirement gift for a parent whose doctor mentioned walking, a Christmas gift for a husband who tried an Apple Watch and gave up charging it, and the thing a mother wears every day without thinking about it.
It pairs with the Garmin app on iPhone or Android, has a square face in a few colors, and the band swaps easily. Expensive for a step counter, fair for a watch that tells them how they slept for the next three years.
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