AW has Strain and Recovery

I understand that Apple’s marketing let’s you believe they invented something new. I saw the announcement. They call it a “game-changing new experience”. Just look at the specs of the fenix 5, released January 2017. 

In the short term, it won't affect Garmin at all.  The longer term risk, in my opinion, is that there are many casual and even competitive athletes where the Apple Watch is "good enough" and does what they need from a sports perspective plus includes the smart features that they want.  Apple adding these features gives less reason for them to try or need a Garmin watch.

Metrics are cool . But sometimes I wonder what to do with them . I just go workout . If I don’t feel well just take it easy .

Maybe Garmin will finally bring Training Load / Status to the Venu series. 

That could be a nice improvement...less fragmentation of the metrics and less models overall.

I have training readiness and recovery on my epix 2. How is this different from strain and recovery?

I was an AW user for many years. I switched to the Epix 2 Pro for the better battery, round watch, and more customization, not because the Epix tells me how long to recover for and when I’m ready to train. While these are nice to have, your body will give you the same info more reliably than Garmin and Apple. 

Debauch said:

While these are nice to have, your body will give you the same info more reliably than Garmin and Apple. 

Not always true, although the adage is still well respected.

For example, your body will not tell you that your tendons are getting inflamated because of overuse, until you start feeling pain and then you are at the injury stage. Meanwhile, all things being equal, your HRV will start decreasing because of the overuse way before you feel the pain. Studies have shown that combining HRV trend with acute load ratio is a good way to detect early a risk of injury.

Unfortunately, there are some issues or limitations. HRV reacts to many stressors, not only training. The acute load ratio that Garmin's provide doesn't reflect well the anaerobic efforts (except for running and cycling, when the pace/power, Max HR, LTHR etc. are accurate). A good example is people doing a bunch of HIIT or strength training. They will see an under-estimation of their training load which might reduce the usefulness of the acute training load vis a vis injury prevention.

I have training readiness and recovery on my epix 2. How is this different from strain and recovery?

That day when the batteries from Apple watch or Galaxy watch last about one week or even only a few days Garmin is out of business with their actual software problems.

Up to now the battery life is still great compared to those competitors. But if one reads about current developments in battery technology this advantage will be lost latest in several years...