Garmin · 2020
Venu Sq Music EditionSize, Dimensions & Wrist Fit
Case Width
40.6mm
Thickness
11.5mm
Lug-to-Lug
37mm
Weight
37.6g
The Garmin Venu Sq Music Edition sits best on flat wrist widths of about 39–53mm (≈ 10.4–14.2cm wrist circumference). Adjust the slider below to check your wrist.
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The Venu Sq Music Edition in short
The figures that decide whether this watch suits you, pulled out of the full specification sheet further down.
- Rated for 14 hours of use per charge.
- Water rated to Swim, 5 ATM.
- 11.5mm thick. Thinner than 67% of 41mm watches, so it slides under a cuff more easily than most of its size.
- 1.3" (33.1 mm) diagonal Liquid crystalOptional always-on mode display.
- Fibre-reinforced polymer case, Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 glass.
Does the Venu Sq Music Edition fit your wrist?
Drag the slider to your wrist width and see the Venu Sq Music Edition overlaid at true scale. Lug-to-lug — not case diameter — decides whether a watch overhangs your wrist.
Watch Fit Tool
For sports watches, lug-to-lug (L2L) is what matters most — it decides whether a watch overhangs your wrist. Bulky is fine; overhang is not.
Measure at the point where you wear your watch — typically just below the wrist bone.
Flat width — lay your arm on a table, palm facing up, and measure straight across the top of your wrist with a ruler. Bone to bone; do not follow the curve down the sides.
Around — wrap a tape measure snugly round the wrist. No tape? Wrap a strip of paper, mark the overlap and hold the strip against a ruler.
Width ≠ circumference. They are different numbers — around 170mm is about 64mm across — so set the toggle to whichever one you actually measured before you type it in.
Garmin Venu Sq Music Edition
Case 40.6mm · Lug-to-lug 40.6mm · Thickness 11.5mm · 38g
Understated
40.6mm on a 55mm wrist
Well inside your wrist on every measurement — you have room to go a size up if you want more presence.
On a 55mm wrist the sweet spot is 47–53mm lug to lug. This one is 40.6mm, so you could go bigger.
Measure where you wear it, just below the wrist bone. Either of these works — the tool converts between them.
- 1. Flat width — arm flat on a table, palm up. Measure straight across the top of the wrist, bone to bone, ignoring the curve down the sides.
- 2. Around — a tape, or a strip of paper marked and held against a ruler, snug the whole way round.
Leather: Attaches at the lugs, so the case back rests on your skin. Thins and softens with wear. Typical figures, not this model’s own.
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- Across the wrist7.2mm spare each side
Comfortable, with visible skin either side.
- Off the wrist11.5mm off the skin
Normal sports-watch height for a wrist this size. (11.5mm case, back against the skin)
- How it seats~3.6mm under the rim
Seats well, with the case back following most of the wrist.
- Weight on the wrist38g
Light enough to forget you have it on. (0.7g per mm of wrist)
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Check offer2D Dimension Schematics
The Venu Sq Music Edition drawn to scale — from above, and in profile against the wrist.
- Garmin Venu Sq Music Edition40.6mm × 37mm · 11.5mm thick
3D preview
Garmin Venu Sq Music Edition on a wrist
On an arm sized to your own wrist — the view a product photo never gives you.
Shapes are built from published measurements, not manufacturer 3D models — accurate proportions, generic dial.
Venu Sq Music Edition battery life
The runtime the manufacturer publishes for everyday use.
- Smartwatch14 hours
How the Venu Sq Music Edition ranks on battery
Against the 296 Garmin watches in our database, ranked on each figure Garmin publishes.
- Everyday use6 days#260 of 285
- GPS tracking14 hours#223 of 267
Venu Sq Music Edition specifications
The figures that decide a purchase, followed by every line Garmin publishes.
- Battery life
- Smartwatch mode: Up to 6 daysGPS mode with music: Up to 6 hoursGPS mode without music: Up to 14 hours
- Display
- 1.3" (33.1 mm) diagonal
- Resolution
- 240 x 240 pixels
- Water rating
- Swim, 5 ATM
- Case material
- Fibre-reinforced polymer
- Bezel
- Anodised aluminium
- Glass
- Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
- Strap
- Silicone
- Storage
- 200 hours of activity data
- Charging
- Garmin proprietary plug charger
Full specification sheet
141 published lines across 20 groups, unedited
Overview
- Family
- Garmin
General
- Battery life
- Smartwatch mode: Up to 6 daysGPS mode with music: Up to 6 hoursGPS mode without music: Up to 14 hours
- Display Size
- 1.3" (33.1 mm) diagonal
- Case material
- Fibre-reinforced polymer
- Lens material
- Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
- Bezel material
- Anodised aluminium
- Colour display
- Memory/history
- 200 hours of activity data
- Strap material
- Silicone
- Charging method
- Garmin proprietary plug charger
- Display Resolution
- 240 x 240 pixels
- Quick release bands
- Yes (20 mm, Industry standard)
Sensors
- GPS
- Compass
- GLONASS
- Galileo
- Thermometer
- Yes (tempe™ sensor required)
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor
- Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor
Product Info
- Main SKU
- 010-02426-12
- Product ID
- 707225
- Product Name
- Venu Sq Music Edition
- Release Date
- 9/23/2020
- Product Variation
- Light Gold Aluminium Bezel with Navy Case and Silicone Band
Clock features
- Timer
- Stopwatch
- Time/date
- Alarm clock
- GPS time sync
- Sunrise/sunset times
- Automatic daylight saving time
Cycling features
- Compatible with Varia™ lights
- Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor)
- Yes (using ANT+ or BLE)
- Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar)
- Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
Golfing features
- PinPointer
- Digital scorecard
- Garmin AutoShot™
- Round timer/odometer
- Yardage to layups/doglegs
- Hazards and course targets
- Green View with manual pin position
- Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory)
- Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green)
- Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit)
- Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course)
- Automatic
Running features
- Run workouts
- Foot pod capable
- GPS-based distance, time and pace
- Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
What You'll Love
- Touchscreen
- Water rating
- Swim, 5 ATM
- Garmin Pay™
- Music storage
- Watch display type
- Liquid crystalOptional always-on mode
- Battery life (smartwatch mode)
- Up to 6 days
- Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation
- Yes (spot-check, and optionally all-day and in sleep)
Activity profiles
- Gym
- Strength, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Indoor rowing
- Swim
- Pool Swimming
- Cycling
- Biking, Indoor Biking
- WELLNESS
- Walking, Pilates, Yoga
- On the water
- Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing
- Snow & Winter
- Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing
- INDOOR RUNNING
- Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running
- Outdoor running
- Running
- Outdoor recreation
- Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing
Swimming features
- Time and distance alerts
- Underwater wrist-based heart rate
- Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only)
- Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only)
- Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories)
Outdoor recreation
- Back to start
- Fish forecast
- Yes (via Connect IQ™)
- Area calculation
- Yes (via Connect IQ™)
- Sun and moon information
- Yes (via Connect IQ™)
Daily smart features
- Calendar
- Connectivity
- Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®
- Find my phone
- Find my watch
- Weather forecasts
- Smart Notifications
- Smartphone compatibility
- iPhone®, Android™
- Controls smartphone music
- Plays and controls watch music
- Compatible with Garmin Connect™ Mobile
- Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only)
- Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps)
Security Information
- Security updates until at least (YYYY-MM-DD)
- ########
Activity tracking features
- TrueUp™
- Move IQ™
- Step counter
- Calories Burned
- Intensity minutes
- Distance travelled
- Automatic rep counting
- Garmin Connect™ Challenges app
- Yes (optional Connect IQ app)
- Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal)
- Move alerts (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it)
Workout and Training Plans
- Yoga workouts
- Cardio workouts
- Pilates workouts
- Strength workouts
Health & Wellness Monitoring
- Sleep
- Yes (Advanced)
- Hydration
- Breathwork
- Fitness Age
- Yes (in app)
- All-day Stress
- Women's Health
- Respiration Rate
- Resting heart rate
- Relaxation reminders
- Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts
- Yes (high and low)
- Relaxation Breathing Timer
- Body Battery™ Energy Monitor
- Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second)
Safety and tracking features
- Assistance
- Incident Detection during select activities
- Incident detection alert on phone for wearables
Kid activity tracking features
- Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app
- Yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app)
Training, planning and analysis features
- % HR Max
- HR Zones
- HR Alerts
- Auto Lap®
- Manual lap
- Auto scroll
- HR Calories
- Physio TrueUp
- VO2 Max (Run)
- Advanced workouts
- Customisable screen(s)
- GPS speed and distance
- Touch and/or button lock
- Activity history on watch
- Downloadable training plans
- HRM running pace and distance
- Customisable activity profiles
- Auto Pause® automatic timer halt
- Respiration Rate (During Exercise)
- Yoga and breathwork only
- HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+® to paired devices)
- Yes (using ANT+ or BLE)
Alternatives to the Venu Sq Music Edition
Watches that cover a similar amount of wrist, with the measurements that separate them.
Garmin
Venu® Sq 2
- Width
- 40.6mm
- Thick
- 11.1mm
- Weight
- 38g
Garmin
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- Width
- 40.6mm
- Thick
- 11.5mm
- Weight
- 37.6g
Garmin
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- Width
- 40.4mm
- Thick
- 11.9mm
- Weight
- 28.3g
Garmin
Venu® 2S
- Width
- 40.4mm
- Thick
- 12.1mm
- Weight
- 38.2g
Garmin
Venu 4 41mm
- Width
- 41mm
- Thick
- 12mm
- Weight
- 33g
Garmin
Venu X1
- Width
- 41mm
- Thick
- 7.9mm
- Weight
- 34g
Venu Sq Music Edition — Frequently Asked Questions
Will the Garmin Venu Sq Music Edition fit my wrist?
The Garmin Venu Sq Music Edition looks balanced on flat wrist widths of roughly 39–53mm (about 10.4–14.2cm circumference). Drag the slider above to check it against your own measurement.
How long does the Garmin Venu Sq Music Edition battery last?
Garmin rates it at 14 hours per charge in everyday use.
How does the Garmin Venu Sq Music Edition battery compare with other Garmin watches?
At 6 days in everyday use it ranks #260 of the 285 Garmin watches in our database — below the middle of the range. The full ranking, including GPS and power-saving figures, is on our Garmin battery life comparison.
Is the Garmin Venu Sq Music Edition thick for a 41mm watch?
At 11.5mm, thinner than 67% of 41mm watches, so it slides under a cuff more easily than most of its size. Thickness, not case width, is what decides whether a watch catches on a shirt cuff.
What other watches are the same size as the Garmin Venu Sq Music Edition?
TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph Glass Box 41 Stainless Steel / Black, Zenith Defy Skyline Tourbillon Skeleton Rose Gold / Blue, Huawei Watch GT 6 - 41mm, Google Pixel Watch 4 - 41mm all sit within half a millimetre of the Garmin Venu Sq Music Edition's 40.6mm case, so they cover the same amount of wrist.
What is the lug-to-lug of the Garmin Venu Sq Music Edition?
37mm, against a 40.6mm case width. Lug-to-lug is the measurement that decides overhang: if it exceeds the flat width of your wrist, the lugs sit past the edge no matter how modest the case diameter looks.
