MUSIC STREAM PLAYER FOR GEAR S2 UPDATE
MUSIC STREAM PLAYER FOR GEAR S2 PLUS
MUSIC STREAM PLAYER FOR GEAR S2 SERIES

MUSIC STREAM PLAYER FOR GEAR S2 PLUS

– Added new bezel detailing, plus all metal surfaces now have PVD (better protection) – Switched to a stainless steel rear case – Slightly increased GPS battery life (24 hours for Venu 2 Plus, versus 22 hours for Venu 2 previously) – Slightly decreased daily battery life (9 days for Venu 2 Plus, vs 11 days for Venu 2 and 10 days for Venu 2S) – Same Garmin Gen 4 ELEVATE Optical HR sensor

– Slightly increased weight to 51g (Venu 2 was 49g, 2S was 38.2g) – Changed size to 43.6mm, a middle-ground between the Venu 2 (45.4mm) & smaller 2S (40.4mm) – Added ability to hold down watch face complications and get directly to deeper widget data – Added some new Venu 2 Plus-only watch faces

– Added/changed a pile of tones throughout the system to sound prettier (since now speaker versus just beeper on other Garmin watches) – Added new option for Assistance and Incident Detection to *call* an emergency contact (previously just text) – Added ability to make calls from watch (without headphones) – Added ability to receive calls from watch (without headphones) – Added ability to playback music on watch speaker (without headphones) – Added Voice Assistants: Apple Siri, Google Assistant, Samsung Bixby – Added a 3rd button to side, which is customizable So, let’s dive into this briefly before we start into the review pieces: the vast majority of the differences here are related to the voice assistant and speaker aspects, plus some external finishing bits (as well as that third button).

MUSIC STREAM PLAYER FOR GEAR S2 SERIES

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There are lots of details to cover, and I’ve been using this watch for more than a month now – putting it through its paces in all assortment of conditions. Further, a slate of minor things like switching out materials for nicer ones – such as going with a stainless steel rear case, and going with 20mm industry standard quick release bands.īut let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Meaning, they’re things like adding in a third button (in the middle), and splitting the difference in sizes between the previous Venu 2 and 2S. Plus you can now listen to music using the speaker on the watch if that’s your thing, and it’s surprisingly not horrible.īeyond that, the changes are almost entirely industrial design related. However, most interesting in my opinion is the ability to take calls on your wrist, and even trigger emergency assistance and safety alerts using voice (which is new to Garmin as well). This is the first Garmin watch to offer any sort of voice assistant integration, and out of the gate it supports Apple’s Siri, Google Assistant, and Samsung’s Bixby.

MUSIC STREAM PLAYER FOR GEAR S2 UPDATE

The Garmin Venu 2 Plus aims to be an incremental update over the 7-month-old Venu 2/2S, with the core new features being voice assistants and a speaker for making and receiving calls.

Music stream player for gear s2