Smartwatches · 2025 · Garmin

Garmin Venu 4 (45 mm)

Name: Garmin Venu 4 (45 mm)
Brand: Garmin

A GPS watch focused on workouts, sleep and daily activity. It combines an AMOLED display, multi-band positioning, an LED flashlight and phone-connected calls. The 45 mm version has a different display and battery life from the smaller model.

010-03014-00 · Slate case / black silicone band

Garmin Venu 4 (45 mm) — Venu 4, 45 mm, Slate case and black silicone band (010-03014-00). — Venu 4, 45 mm, Slate case and black silicone band (010-03014-00).

Specifications

Specification	Value	Reference
Launch	Announced 17 September 2025; sales began 22 September 2025	Garmin
Display	1.4-inch AMOLED; 454 × 454; touch, optional always-on mode	Garmin
Cover glass	Corning Gorilla Glass 3	Garmin
Case and band	Stainless steel / fibre-reinforced polymer; 22 mm quick-release band	Garmin
Weight	38 g case; 56 g with silicone band	Garmin
Storage	8 GB; music storage	Garmin
Positioning	Multi-GNSS, multi-band GPS and SatIQ automatic selection	Garmin
Battery	Up to 12 days in smartwatch mode; 20 hours GPS-only; 17 hours multi-band	Garmin
Always-on display	Up to 4 days, according to Garmin	Garmin
Water resistance	5 ATM; suitable for swimming	Garmin
Connectivity and calls	Bluetooth, ANT+, Wi-Fi; speaker / microphone, paired compatible phone required for calls	Garmin
Health and training	Heart rate, HRV, sleep, skin temperature; training readiness and recovery tracking	Garmin
Software 18.32	Includes fixes for resets when changing screens during activities and Spotify playback after skipping tracks with Bluetooth headphones	Garmin

From the manufacturer

Garmin highlights daily health tracking, training guidance and multi-band GPS. Garmin

Strengths and limitations

Wareable found GPS distances close to its Forerunner 970 and typically reached the fifth day with the display always on. Navigation uses breadcrumb tracks and return-to-start rather than full maps.
Review test conditions; battery life depends on usage.
Wareable: Garmin Venu 4 long-term review

Owner experiences and issues

Best Buy buyer JohnWick finds the health tracking and flashlight useful but dislikes the feel of the stock band.
Verified, incentivized review; 2 weeks of ownership.
Best Buy: Venu 4 45 mm owner reviews
Eddie.The.Man and Fritz W. report rapid battery drain; Fritz associates it with firmware 16.37, especially off-wrist. These reports do not establish a hardware defect or failure rate.
Separate users in the Venu 4 thread; case size unstated. Replies about other models are excluded.
Garmin Forums: Strange battery behavior — battery draining fast
On 18.30, m4ggo reports a freeze while running with Soundcore Sport X10 headphones. Gregoire.Favre instead reports music stopping with Aeropex headphones without a watch reboot. A Garmin representative confirms investigation of Bluetooth-music crash reports.
Different symptoms are kept separate. The related 18.32 fixes do not establish that all these cases are resolved.
Garmin Forums: 18.30 — Venu 4 still crashing with Bluetooth music

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