The Garmin Venu 2 Plus is a new health and fitness GPS smartwatch that helps to keep people connected with the ability to take calls, send texts and access a phone's voice assistant. The device boasts a bright AMOLED display and a battery life of up to nine days.
This addition to the Garmin’s Venu 2 Series adds value with sleep score insights, stress tracking, energy monitoring and more. As Dan Bartel, Garmin vice president of global consumer sales, says "For the active lifestyle customer, multi-tasking is crucial, and now Garmin customers have the ability to answer a call or send a text without digging through their pocket or bag."
The newly announced Garmin Venu 2 Plus is being exhibited at the Consumer Electronics Show CES 2022 Innovation Awards honoree.
Assistive Wellness Smartwatches
The Garmin Venu 2 Plus is a CES 2022 Innovation Awardss Honoree
Trend Themes
1. Assistive Wellness Smartwatches - The Garmin Venu 2 Plus sets the trend for health and fitness wearables that prioritize connectivity and productivity alongside physical health monitoring.
2. Advanced Health and Fitness Tracking Features - The inclusion of unique features such as sleep score insights, stress tracking, energy monitoring in health and fitness wearables presents a trend towards more personalized and comprehensive wellness guidance.
3. Extended Battery Life - The extended battery life of up to 9 days in the Garmin Venu 2 Plus sets a trend that addresses the user need for a reliable wearable everyday device.
Industry Implications
1. Wearable Technology Industry - The wearable technology industry continuously benefits from the development of more advanced features and greater connectivity options in health and fitness wearables such as the Garmin Venu 2 Plus, providing room for disruptive innovation opportunities for manufacturers.
2. Healthcare Industry - The trend towards the inclusion of unique health and wellness features in wearables such as stress tracking, sleep insights, and energy monitoring, presents disruptive innovation opportunities for the healthcare industry to leverage on these features for medical purposes and preventive healthcare.
3. Telecommunications Industry - The integration of call-taking and text messaging features in smartwatches presents disruptive innovation opportunities for the telecommunications industry to leverage on wearables as the preferred communication device for consumers on-the-go.