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SKUs. Original Garmin Venu 3/3S six-page datasheet and family manual separately corroborate the 3S column. 45 mm Venu 3 is excluded.","case_material":"Primary housing is fibre-reinforced polymer. Bezel metal is recorded separately in material description, not substituted for housing.","weight_with_strap_g":"Exact maker 40 g with included silicone band. Leather package 34 g is excluded. Bare-body mass is not published and is omitted.","display_technology":"Published AMOLED. No LTPO panel, refresh limits or peak brightness inferred.","positioning":"Exact published satellite-system sensor list. All-Systems runtime does not establish dual-frequency hardware.","band_sizes":"Included Venu 3S silicone band wrist range 110 to 175 mm. Optional replacement straps and larger-watch bands are not inherited.","in_the_box":"Exact per-SKU In the Box tab lists watch, USB-C charging/data cable and documentation. Complete list has no mains adapter. Proprietary four-pin watch connector is not USB-C on watch.","markets":"NZ maker exact SKU pages establish NZ. Original US launch separately establishes US model availability. Variant rows explicitly retain NZ scope and do not inherit US from base.","status":"Exact current maker NZ SKU is marked sellable and offers Add To Cart. No discontinued status inferred from successor launch.","variants":"All five exact represented Venu 3S SKU Specs/In the Box tabs independently compared. Same hardware and included silicone bands, different finishes. Only NZ market proved per exact current SKU. Original US launch proves model-level colour package prices, not every regional SKU offer.","band_name":"All five exact current NZ finish descriptions explicitly include a silicone band. This generic published name applies to those five rows. Optional leather packages and separately sold replacements are excluded."}},{"url":"https://www.garmin.com/en-NZ/p/pn/010-02785-00/","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["case_sizes_mm","gyroscope","barometer","ecg","skin_temperature","speaker","calls_on_watch"],"notes":{"case_sizes_mm":"Exact maker selected case option 41 mm for all five represented Venu 3S finishes. Separate 45 mm Venu 3 SKUs are excluded.","ecg":"Current exact Venu 3S maker specification marks Garmin ECG App yes. Country eligibility, age, compatible phone and updated software required. Hardware capability and current app support do not assert ECG was enabled at 2023 launch.","skin_temperature":"Current exact maker Skin temperature yes. Current software function, not a core-body thermometer or launch claim.","calls_on_watch":"Maker explicitly paired compatible smartphone required for call audio. No independent cellular calling inferred."}},{"url":"https://www.garmin.com/en-NZ/p/pn/010-02785-00/","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["health_features","fitness_features"],"notes":{"health_features":"Exact current health rows and original launch corroborate continuous HR, high/low alerts, Pulse Ox, HRV, advanced sleep, stress and women health. Sleep stages explicitly in original manual. Pulse Ox and ECG, where present, are country-restricted. No training readiness or skin-temperature ovulation algorithm inferred.","fitness_features":"Exact current capability rows and manual activity chapters. Move IQ can auto-start timed walking/running after configured thresholds. Swimming is corroborated by recording chapters. Current manual page 51 explicitly supports wrist running power and running dynamics. These are current software features, not original launch promises. Straight-line Back to Start does not establish TracBack or course-following."}},{"url":"https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/GUID-9CC4A873-E034-4A06-B2E0-636DCFE760EE/EN-US/Venu_3_OM_EN-US.pdf","kind":"manual","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["manual_url","battery_life_claimed","water_resistance_atm","operating_temperature_c","button_count","hardware_buttons","emergency_sos","live_tracking","external_sensor_types","sar_eu_limb_w_kg","health_features","fitness_features","fall_detection","wifi_bands","gesture_controls","band_compatibility"],"notes":{"manual_url":"Exact current original maker Venu 3 series Owner Manual, 82 pages. Hardware, controls, health, activity, charging, safety and sensor chapters apply to Venu 3S. Size-specific runtime and SAR columns explicitly separated. No 45 mm Venu 3 values inherited.","battery_life_claimed":"Exact manual Specifications/Battery Life Information for Venu 3S column, printed page 73. The 10-day smartwatch mode includes activity tracking and continuous wrist heart rate. All durations are maker up-to maxima. Always On is a separate 5-day claim. Battery saver, GPS-only, all-systems GNSS and all-systems with music have separate rows. Actual duration depends on notifications, GPS, connected sensors and other enabled features. No sibling-model runtime transferred.","water_resistance_atm":"Swim 5 ATM, pressure equivalent to 50 m. It is not a supported scuba depth or dive-mode claim.","operating_temperature_c":"Published operating range. Separate 0 to 45 C charging range is not stored as operation.","hardware_buttons":"Exact named operating controls from Overview, printed page 6. Action, Back and Custom/Voice Assistant buttons. No names from newer watch manuals borrowed.","emergency_sos":"Assistance sends message/LiveTrack/GPS to configured emergency contacts through paired phone and Garmin Connect. Phone data plan and coverage required. App does not contact emergency services on behalf of user.","live_tracking":"Current LiveTrack chapter, configured sharing and connected phone required. Generic activity incident detection is not stored as all-day fall detection or vehicle crash detection. It is disabled in wheelchair mode.","external_sensor_types":"Exact Wireless Sensors table, printed page 50, supports external heart-rate straps, power meters, speed/cadence sensors, foot pods and smart trainers. Additional published golf-club, eBike, light, radar and tempe accessories are not mapped because the schema has no corresponding enum slots. They are not built-in sensors or box items.","sar_eu_limb_w_kg":"Exact Venu 3S EU limb SAR 0.45 W/kg from manual Specifications. Venu 3S torso 1.94 W/kg and larger Venu 3 limb 0.36 W/kg are not substituted.","fall_detection":"Current manual limits Incident Detection to certain recorded outdoor activities. It requires a paired phone and data, and is unavailable in wheelchair mode. The schema excludes activity-only incident detection from general fall detection. CHIP’s broader Sturzerkennung label describes that restricted feature.","wifi_bands":"Exact family specifications list 2.4 GHz radio alongside separate 13.56 MHz NFC. Current Venu 3S maker page explicitly has Wi-Fi. A04542 SAR report explicitly identifies Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz b/g/n modes, distinguishing those from BT and ANT. No 5/6 GHz band or universal regional channel permission inferred.","gesture_controls":"Manual introduction and Touchscreen Tips describe swipes and taps. Display settings explicitly name raising and turning the wrist to wake the screen. No gestures from newer watches are added.","band_compatibility":"Manual Changing the Bands, page 71, explicitly gives Venu 3S standard 18 mm quick-release bands and spring-bar instructions. The larger Venu 3 has 22 mm bands. This is distinct from QuickFit."}},{"url":"https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/GUID-9CC4A873-E034-4A06-B2E0-636DCFE760EE/EN-US/Venu_3_OM_EN-US.pdf","kind":"manual","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["voice_assistants"],"notes":{"voice_assistants":"Overview hold Custom/Voice Assistant button activates assistant on paired phone. It is not an independent onboard assistant or generic Siri/Alexa compatibility promise."}},{"url":"https://www.garmin.com/en-US/newsroom/press-release/sports-fitness/reach-your-health-and-fitness-goals-with-new-venu-3-gps-smartwatches-from-garmin/","kind":"press_release","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["announce_date","launch_price_usd","release_date","markets","variants"],"notes":{"launch_price_usd":"Original US maker launch explicitly available now with suggested retail price. Original colour packages share price. US amount excludes local sales tax. No euro VAT scope inferred from a retailer-hosted UVP table.","release_date":"Original dated maker release explicitly Available now, which establishes actual retail availability rather than a planned future date."}},{"url":"https://www.garmin.com/vi-VN/newsroom/press-release/news-2023-nov-garminpay-release/","kind":"press_release","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["nfc"],"notes":{"nfc":"Original maker Vietnamese Garmin Pay release explicitly lists the Venu 3 series, which includes Venu 3S, among NFC-integrated watches. Current exact Venu 3S SKU table independently marks Garmin Pay supported. No regional transit-card feature or universal bank compatibility inferred."}},{"url":"https://cms-public.1ntersport.com/968279dd-dbfe-4eaa-b315-366e3c9b34a1/Datenblatt-Venu-3-Serie.pdf","kind":"manufacturer_pdf","accessed":"2026-10-05","fields":["gtins","heart_rate_sensor","variants"],"notes":{"gtins":"Original Garmin six-page Venu 3/3S datasheet page 5 lists all five exact represented Venu 3S silicone SKUs and EANs. Separate Venu 3 and leather bundles excluded.","heart_rate_sensor":"Original maker datasheet names the fifth-generation HR sensor for Venu 3 series including Venu 3S. Current exact 3S SKU table independently lists Garmin ECG App support, with country, age, software and paired-phone requirements."}},{"url":"https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/data-sheet/IMXRT500EC.pdf","kind":"manufacturer_pdf","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["chipset","cpu_core_count","cpu_clusters","gpu"],"notes":{"chipset":"NXP exact orderable-part/marking table page 7 maps fitted photo mark to RT555. Family GPU/clock options not inherited into watch fields.","cpu_core_count":"Fitted RT555 identified in actual Garmin FCC board photo. NXP block diagram has one Cortex-M33 CPU. Exact RT555 row disables the optional DSP, unlike RT595. One general CPU core. Component maximum clock is not transferred to watch runtime.","cpu_clusters":"Exact RT555 orderable-part row and block diagram establish the single Cortex-M33 configuration. No DSP core is included. Maximum frequency is omitted because the original part retailer lists 200 MHz while current family datasheet says up to 275 MHz, and exact watch clock is unpublished.","gpu":"Exact RT555 table row enables Graphics. Datasheet Graphics/Multimedia identifies the 2.5D vector graphics unit. Fitted part is matched through actual board marking. No GPU clock, software acceleration guarantee or RT595 DSP inherited."}},{"url":"https://www.chip.de/artikel/So-testet-CHIP-Smartwatches_182876255.html","kind":"measurement","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["battery_life_measured"],"notes":{"battery_life_measured":"Linked CHIP method uses maximum brightness and a notification each minute, with time-lapse observation until battery shutdown."}},{"url":"https://www.digitec.ch/en/page/garmin-venu-4-tested-a-smart-combination-of-sport-and-health-40273","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["successor"],"notes":{"successor":"Own comparison of the author’s prior Venu 3S and the 41 mm Venu 4 explicitly identifies the predecessor. Existing catalog successor has 41 and 45 mm variants."}},{"url":"https://www.garmin.com/en-US/compare/?compareProduct=873214&compareProduct=886689","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["weight_g"],"notes":{"weight_g":"Maker comparison product ID 873214 explicitly separates 27 g from 40 g with the included band. The current NZ product page only publishes the latter. Digital Citizen independently says 27 g without the band. All five existing finish rows have the same 41 mm housing."}},{"url":"https://www.bestbuy.com/site/garmin-venu-3s-gps-smartwatch-41-mm-fiber-reinforced-polymer-stainless-steel-and-french-gray-2023/10101797.p","kind":"retailer","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["back_material"],"notes":{"back_material":"Exact 010-02785-02 French Gray retailer row states the rear housing material. Typographical polymner is normalized to polymer. Sensor window and ECG contact material are excluded from this housing description."}},{"url":"https://fccid.io/IPH-04542/User-Manual/User-Manual-ISPI-6769765.pdf","kind":"manual","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["warranty_years"],"notes":{"warranty_years":"Actual Garmin Important Safety and Product Information supplied with A04542 US Venu 3S states one year of consumer warranty for non-aviation products. US scope. Exact US retailers agree. NZ Noel Leeming and Dick Smith also state one year, but European terms are not generalized. Statutory rights are separate."}},{"url":"https://www.phonearena.com/reviews/garmin-venu-3-review_id6021","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["platform","eda_sensor","cellular"],"notes":{"platform":"PhoneArena explicitly states that its sample is the smaller 41 mm Venu 3S despite the shortened review title. Its own software description identifies Garmin’s proprietary OS.","eda_sensor":"The own review of the actual 41 mm Venu 3S explicitly excludes EDA sensing. ECG electrodes do not establish EDA.","cellular":"PhoneArena actually reviewed the 41 mm Venu 3S and explicitly excludes cellular. CHIP lists no SIM, eSIM or cellular. Maker calling requires a paired phone. All five represented finishes use the same noncellular hardware."}},{"url":"https://forums.garmin.com/sports-fitness/healthandwellness/f/venu-3-series/429866/venu-3-series-software-version---17-05","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["os_latest"],"notes":{"os_latest":"Official Garmin staff states that version 17.05 for Venu 3/3S has reached 100% stable release. Later release searches found no qualifying newer stable version. Current access date defines the researched version."}},{"url":"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/garmin-connect/id583446403","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["phone_os_requirement"],"notes":{"phone_os_requirement":"Garmin’s current App Store listing version 5.30 requires iOS 18.2. This is a current app requirement, distinct from launch compatibility. The watch manual confirms Android and iOS Bluetooth phones. A current numeric Android minimum could not be recovered from the support article."}},{"url":"https://www.garmin.com/en-US/newsroom/press-release/wearables-health/garmin-expands-ecg-app-to-additional-smartwatches-including-its-flagship-epix-pro-and-fenix-7-pro-series/","kind":"press_release","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["medical_clearances"],"notes":{"medical_clearances":"Original October 17, 2023 maker release extends its FDA-cleared ECG App to the Venu 3 series. Exact Venu 3S maker specifications and the supported-model list corroborate. US use requires age 22 or older and eligible phone, country and software. Clearance is for the app. FDA K221774 corroborates the app identity."}},{"url":"https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/08/garmin-venu-3-in-depth-review-more-sleep-analytics-power-meters-and-more.html","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["led_flashlight","dual_frequency_gnss"],"notes":{"led_flashlight":"DC Rainmaker explicitly tested both sizes and distinguishes the screen flashlight from a dedicated LED. Current family manual independently says to turn on the AMOLED display as a flashlight.","dual_frequency_gnss":"Own launch review explicitly covers both sizes and distinguishes multi-GNSS from multi-band reception. PhoneArena’s actual 41 mm review independently says there is no dual-band GPS support. This does not assert that a dormant chip feature is physically impossible."}},{"url":"https://www.bestbuy.com/product/garmin-venu-3s-gps-smartwatch-41-mm-fiber-reinforced-polymer-stainless-steel-and-dust-rose-2023/6551504","kind":"retailer","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["wifi_standard"],"notes":{"wifi_standard":"Exact Venu 3S 010-02785-03 hardware row states N, normalized to Wi-Fi 4. FCC A04542 report independently tests 802.11 b/g/n. Model hardware function across the five represented finish packages. No rated throughput inferred."}},{"url":"https://www.chip.de/test/Garmin-Venu-3S-im-Test_185043588.html","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["crown"],"notes":{"crown":"Exact Venu 3S own review explicitly says it has no rotating crown. Its three push buttons remain separate controls."}},{"url":"https://www.androidcentral.com/wearables/garmin-venu-3-review","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["rotating_bezel"],"notes":{"rotating_bezel":"Review describes the absence of a bezel used for interface navigation, while separately describing the decorative metal bezel. It explicitly says the Venu 3S shares these features. The source tested the larger watch, so only this stated shared control feature is adopted."}},{"url":"https://fccid.io/IPH-04542/Internal-Photos/Internal-Photos-6709359.pdf","kind":"regulatory","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["battery_capacity_mah","chipset"],"notes":{"battery_capacity_mah":"Original Garmin 361-00162-00 battery label in manufacturer FCC internal photos, page 1, states rated 220 mAh and 0.85 Wh. The label was visually read at 300 dpi. CHIP and MediaMarkt independently corroborate 220 mAh for the 3S. The larger watch and aftermarket cells are excluded.","chipset":"Garmin FCC internal photos page 2 show the fitted NXP marking MRT555SFF. NXP IMXRT500EC Rev. 4 table 1 maps MRT555SFFOC to MIMXRT555SFFOC, the RT555 in FOWLP249. The RT595 is a distinct part. PhoneArena’s MediaTek MT6739 database claim conflicts with the actual board and its own review’s Unknown row. Device RAM and clock are not inferred."}},{"url":"https://www.chip.de/test/Garmin-Venu-3S-im-Test_185043588.html","kind":"measurement","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["battery_life_measured"],"notes":{"battery_life_measured":"CHIP’s actual 41 mm Venu 3S table gives 83:18 hours, tested November 7, 2023 with firmware 7.07. Linked method sets maximum display brightness, sends one phone notification per minute and records a time-lapse until battery shutdown. Review says no GPS. AOD and phone/radio settings are not explicit. Other represents this lab workload. The 86-hour larger watch is excluded."}},{"url":"https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/GUID-9CC4A873-E034-4A06-B2E0-636DCFE760EE/EN-US/Venu_3_OM_EN-US.pdf","kind":"manual","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["phone_os_requirement","led_flashlight"],"notes":{"phone_os_requirement":"Exact Venu 3 series Bluetooth phone compatibility Android/iOS. Current iOS minimum comes from the Garmin Connect developer App Store listing.","led_flashlight":"Controls menu explicitly describes an AMOLED display flashlight."}},{"url":"https://fccid.io/IPH-04542/RF-Exposure-Info/SAR-Report-6709373.pdf","kind":"regulatory","accessed":"2026-10-07","fields":["wifi","wifi_standard","wifi_bands"],"notes":{"wifi":"The same radio-mode table lists Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz 802.11b/g/n, so a Wi-Fi radio is fitted.","wifi_standard":"Exact A04542 Venu 3S maker-filed SAR report, RF Output Power operating-mode table, explicitly lists WiFi 2.4 GHz 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11n. Intrinsic radio capability corroborates exact Best Buy Venu 3S N row. No throughput or regional channel entitlement inferred.","wifi_bands":"Same exact radio-mode table expressly identifies WiFi 2.4 GHz, separately from Bluetooth. Native family manual lists 2.4 GHz radio and 13.56 MHz NFC. Regulatory numeric SAR and identifiers are not transferred across unresolved regional SKU scope."}}],"fields_filled":95,"updated":"2026-10-16"},"meta":{"api_version":"1","docs":"https://arkivo.dev/api"}}