Garmin Venu X1 smartwatchFitness~$700

Garmin

Garmin Venu X1

Android; iPhone with limitsPaid tier: Garmin Connect+

A 2-inch rectangular AMOLED screen on an 8 mm-thick case sets this one apart from every round Garmin. Garmin pairs it with a sapphire lens, a titanium caseback, preloaded maps, an LED flashlight and a speaker for calls. It carries no ECG app and no multi-band GPS, both of which the cheaper Venu 4 has.

Approx. price

~$700

maker's list price, not a live price

Battery, smartwatch mode

8 days

the maker's headline

Battery, always-on display

2 days

25% of the headline

Battery, GPS workout

16 h

maker's figure

Works with

Android; iPhone with limits

see the limits below

Weight

34 g

Garmin spec: '34 g (40 g with ComfortFit band)'

Best for: Someone who wants maps on a large, thin screen and prefers a rectangular watch

Battery: the claim and the other two figures

Claimed (smartwatch mode)
8 days
With always-on display
2 days
GPS workout
16 h
  • Headline: Garmin: 'Smartwatch mode: Up to 8 days'.
  • Always-on: Garmin: '(2 days display always-on)'.
  • GPS: Garmin: 'GPS-Only GNSS mode: Up to 16 hours'; 'All-Systems GNSS mode: Up to 14 hours'.
  • Garmin: 'Battery Saver Smartwatch mode: Up to 11 days'; no multi-band mode

The ring’s outer track is the headline claim; the inner two are the always-on and GPS figures as a share of it. An empty track means Garmin does not publish that figure. Why the figures differ

Phones, paid tier and updates

iPhone:
Yes, with limits.
Android:
Yes.
Garmin's spec table marks text replies and reject-call-with-text as Android only; iPhone owners get notifications but cannot reply from the watch
Paid tier:
Garmin Connect+, $69.99/year.
No watch feature requires it: Garmin's chart keeps activity details, health stats, performance metrics, Garmin Coach plans, courses and LiveTrack in the free app. Connect+ adds Active Intelligence AI insights, nutrition logging, a desktop performance dashboard, live activity on the phone, 3D maps and offline Garmin Trails downloads
Watch plus two years of Garmin Connect+: ~$840.
Software updates:
Garmin does not publish a guaranteed number of update years for this model.

Cleared health features

Garmin cites no regulator clearance for a health feature on this model. Its heart-rate, sleep and blood-oxygen readings are wellness features.

A clearance says what a feature is allowed to claim, not that it replaces a doctor. Cleared versus wellness features

What the extra money buys: Against the Garmin vívoactive 6, the extra ~$400 buys full topo maps and a flashlight. See the Garmin vívoactive 6.

Specifications

Approx. price
~$700 (Venu X1, $699.99 list on garmin.com/en-US/p/1510465 (launched at $799.99 per Garmin's June 2025 release))
Type
Fitness
Platform
Garmin
Case sizes
41 x 46 mm
Weight
41 x 46 mm: 34 g (Garmin spec: '34 g (40 g with ComfortFit band)')
Battery, smartwatch mode
8 days (Garmin: 'Smartwatch mode: Up to 8 days')
Battery, always-on display
2 days (Garmin: '(2 days display always-on)')
Always-on keeps
25% of the headline figure
Battery, GPS workout
16 h (Garmin: 'GPS-Only GNSS mode: Up to 16 hours'; 'All-Systems GNSS mode: Up to 14 hours')
Battery note
Garmin: 'Battery Saver Smartwatch mode: Up to 11 days'; no multi-band mode
Works with
Android; iPhone with limits
iPhone
Yes, with limits
Android
Yes
Phone limits
Garmin's spec table marks text replies and reject-call-with-text as Android only; iPhone owners get notifications but cannot reply from the watch
Paid tier
Garmin Connect+, $69.99/year
What the paid tier gates
No watch feature requires it: Garmin's chart keeps activity details, health stats, performance metrics, Garmin Coach plans, courses and LiveTrack in the free app. Connect+ adds Active Intelligence AI insights, nutrition logging, a desktop performance dashboard, live activity on the phone, 3D maps and offline Garmin Trails downloads
Update years
Not published by the maker
Cleared health features
None the maker cites
Display
AMOLED
Always-on display
Yes
Dual-band GPS
No
Maps
Full topo maps on the watch (Garmin: 'Preloaded road and trail maps', full vector map, routable Cycle Map, round-trip course creator)
Music on the watch
Yes
LTE
No LTE version
Contactless pay
Yes
Flashlight
Yes
Water rating
Swim, 5 ATM
Case
fiber-reinforced polymer with titanium caseback
Released
2025

Features, per Garmin

  • 2-inch AMOLED display, 7.9 mm thick
  • Preloaded road and trail maps
  • LED flashlight
  • Speaker and microphone for calls
  • Sapphire lens, titanium caseback
  • 32 GB storage

Where the specs put it ahead

  • The 2-inch screen makes maps and notifications easier to read than on any round Garmin in this list
  • Preloaded maps and route creation that the Venu 4 lacks
  • At 7.9 mm it is thinner than any other Garmin in this catalog

What it gives up

  • Eight days per charge, two days with always-on, shortest among Garmin's AMOLED models here
  • No ECG app; the cheaper Venu 4 has it
  • No multi-band GPS
  • One size only

The two lists above are drawn from the maker’s own pages and prices, not from owner reports. Where owner discussion has been read it appears in its own section below, so the two are never mistaken for each other.

What owners say

No owner discussion has been read for the Garmin Venu X1 yet. This section stays empty until there is something real to put in it.

Others in the same part of the catalog

Garmin Venu 4 smartwatch
Garmin~$550

Garmin Venu 4

Fitness · Garmin

Android; iPhone with limitsPaid tier: Garmin Connect+ECG app, FDA-cleared
smartwatch mode
10 days
always-on display
3 days
GPS workout
15 h
  • FDA-cleared ECG
  • Flashlight
  • 12-day battery (45 mm)

Best for: A health-focused iPhone or Android user who wants an Apple Watch-like design with a week-plus battery

Garmin vívoactive 6 smartwatch
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Garmin vívoactive 6

Fitness · Garmin

Android; iPhone with limitsPaid tier: Garmin Connect+
smartwatch mode
11 days
always-on display
5 days
GPS workout
21 h
  • 11-day battery
  • 5 days always-on
  • Music + Pay

Best for: A gym-goer or casual runner who wants music, payments and sleep tracking at the lowest Garmin price with both

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