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(Pocket-lint) - The Garmin Venu Sq is getting an update, with the announcement of the launch of the Garmin Venu Sq 2.

The Garmin Venu Sq 2 will move to an AMOLED display, offering always-on functionality, while pretty much doubling the battery life over the previous version; the new model is said to last for 11 days.

The Venu Sq was a strange addition to the Venu family. Having set out to offer a rival to other smartwatches, the Venu took all of Garmin's fitness tech and fronted it with an AMOLED display.

The Venu Sq then adopted the family name, but took a sort of "lite" approach. It was designed to be a Garmin smartwatch that was more affordable and accessible - while also adopting the style of the Apple Watch's square display - but it was LCD.

The move to the Garmin Venu Sq 2, means there's now an AMOLED display with 320 x 360 pixels and measuring 1.41 inches, which is slightly larger than the original Venu Sq. It's protected by Gorilla Glass 3.

The boost in battery life is pretty remarkable, as the watch size is basically the same as the previous version, but Garmin has added an additional 5 days of life to it - something we'll definitely want to test in a future review.

Otherwise, the Garmin Venu Sq 2 looks to be much the same as other Garmin devices. It pretty much has the same features and functions as previous Venu devices, allowing all that fitness and lifestyle tracking, but with convenience features like Garmin Pay thrown in. The addition here is support for HIIT workouts.

Again there will be two versions of this device, the regular model and one that offers offline music support from services such as Spotify, Amazon Music and Deezer.

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Corrections - [01/09/2022] This story was originally published based on leaks, but was updated to reflect the official details which Garmin shared soon after we had published. We have replaced the original story with the correct official information.

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