I have a garmin venu that can track swimming and GPS, so why not open water swimming?
I have a garmin venu that can track swimming and GPS, so why not open water swimming?
Hard to tell, but possibly because the conditions for capturing the GPS position are exceptionally difficult during swimming. The watch is above the surface only for a very brief time, during which it has to receive and process the GPS signal. It does not receive any signal when submerged. Not every watch is equipped with a sufficiently performant hardware to allow it. Anyway, you can see the list of devices compatible with the OW swimming in the following document, and Venu is indeed not among them: [Which Garmin Watches Can Record Swimming Activities?]