“my venu4 is regularly restarting and boot looping. Often over night and I wake up with the blue triangle on the screen. I've already reset the watch, but it didn't help.”

43% of 96 verified owners recommend the Garmin Venu 4.
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“my venu4 is regularly restarting and boot looping. Often over night and I wake up with the blue triangle on the screen. I've already reset the watch, but it didn't help.”
“Venu 4 is soooo nice like this, yes it's still not the slimmest watch of all time but it somehow makes a real difference compared to the Fenix. It feels lighter on my wrist too. And looks great!”
“I like it a lot, but I’m still trying to figure out some of the screen in the evenings. It feels like it dims overly aggressively and takes its time in brightening back up”
“I have the same watch and use pulse ox ( BTW - not very accurate ) all with no issues. Run about 23 miles per week and take it off just to shower.”
“I went from OG Venu to Venu 4 and as you would expect it is a massive upgrade particularly with the new OS they are using. I use the flashlight function every night”
“The Sleep Tracking is interesting but I can wake up feeling like I got the best sleep of my life and my score is 34 with a “non restorative”. It’s just flawed science”
“I got mine the first day while running and it randomly restarted. Then it was often restarting - especially during the night showing up as gaps in the body battery.”
“Battery depletion at 2/3 brightness, AOD, BT checking out different watch faces, torch, calls etc was around 2.5% per hour while testing.”
“I’ve been loving it so far- looks amazing, has all the training stats, and the flashlight is awesome as well. No complaints about the battery life either”
“But last week I woke up to the blue triangle, read online to troubleshoot, called Garmin, and they essentially tell me my watch is shot and send me a new one.”
“I HATE the Garmin app. It’s my least favorite of all the watches I have, but the watch itself is probably my favorite of the brands”
“I’ve had all kinds of Garmin watches and the Venu 4 is my favorite. It’s a great combination of a touch screen watch with superior training features”
“Ive had the garmin venu 4 since end of December and havent had one issue, my pulse ox is off at all times and I get about a solid 12 days of battery”
“It's absolutely tiny and barely noticeable. Still, I wanted to mention it because it happened so soon after I unboxed the watch.”
“Same issue since day-1 and on every firmware version that I've been updates to: doing an activity and listening to music, watch freezes.”
“The metal body and more premium feel are definitely what sparked my upgrade. I’m also really enjoying the new training metrics”
“The treadmill distance tracking is not working properly, i have save and clibrate it many times, the wrist gesture works intermittently”
“I don't find the UI clunky because I'm not constantly trying to use the watch for things I could be doing on my phone”
“she prefers the UX better, overall aesthetic, and less bulk. Even gained a few extra features over the Epic 2 pro”
“it’s definitely a lot thicker and heavier than my Apple Watch which will just require some getting used to”
“First one the battery only lasted 3 days. On this one I get the black screen and no response. I need to reset so I can get it back on.”
“only kept it for a about a month and then switched to a Fenix 8. Main reasons were the curved screen which was not going to last long”
“It's a great watch, one thing though is that the screen isn't sapphire so you gotta be a little careful with it”
“the Venu 4 is so sleek that it does look smaller/more insignificant than prior models”