Garmin's Venu is the Apple Watch rival you needn't charge every night

Things on the battery front are thankfully getting better and if you don't want to have to remember to reach for another cable before you drift off to sleep, the Garmin Venu may be the smartwatch of your dreams That's not groundbreaking in smartwatch terms, but it does put the £330 Venu more in line with the competition You can expect up to five days when using smartwatch features such as viewing notifications and accessing music features.

Trying to pay your way Those heavy health and fitness features are married with smartwatch staples, such as viewing notifications from Android phones or iPhones and letting you load your own music or playlists from streaming services such as Deezer and Spotify They're not dealbreakers, but you can get those features from other smartwatches if you crave them The Venu feels like Garmin's first proper smartwatch now that it's added a colour display into the mix.

It's feature rich and offers better battery life than most similarly priced smartwatches out there. . Source