Venu 2 Plus : Battery Drain Issue!

Only do that what Garmin tells you and it works. This is a software bug.
Delete all Apps and Watchfaces, reset your watch by a master reset (google is your friend), removing it from smartphone in app and in settings.

After that be happy witch a working watch.

For example, I had done exactly as Garmin says and is not working. As you can see more people in this thread had done the same but not getting the expected results.

This is an issue known for more than 2 months and Garmin hasn't released an official fix. And by official I mean a firmware update or software update.

Glad to know it worked for you! 

No, it doesn't. Happy that it worked out for you, but for others it doesn't work. Google is you friend for people that have/had issues, just like me. So please have a bit of respect for those that are trying to fix major issues with an otherwise really nice watch. 

That's what Garmin support unswered

Russell: we may need to exchange the device, you will want to contact Garmin UK

Very helpful (not really)

Hello all. I purchased and unboxed my Venu 2 Plus on 16.03.2022. It came with %91 battery out of the box. Except pulse ox all the sensors are active and wearing the device 7/24; 1 sec HR on, sleep on, gesture on, bluetooth is mostly off (only using outside).

Today is 24.03.2022 (day 8) and the watch has still %16 battery left. I use auto brightness and brightness settings is on minimum. I'm using the latest software 8.12. In the past 8 days i've made 3 indoor (3x45 min (gps off) and 2 outdoor (2x30 min (gps on) activites. I perform approx. 10 pulse ox readings on demand during the day. So far my battery experience is great. 

Your setup sounds good except for the part that your bluetooth is mostly off. I need mine on in order to get notifications. But still having issues with my battery. 

I end up resetting my watch every few days but nothing helps and it all started after a recent software update.

According to my observation, bluetooth doesn't have a significant impact on battery life. Actually it drains my phone battery much more, i'm using Iphone SE 2020.

I know how you feel because i used to experince the same situation with my previous watches FR 245, Vivoactive 3 and some times Vivoactive 4. I hope your problem is solved soon.

I have only a few 3rd party watch faces installed; Crystal, ActiFace and Lachesis. I'm sharing these just because the problem may be resulted from 3rd party watch faces or applications. They may keep the gps on or cause the processor overwork or sth like that.

I think you should write with this issue to some other branch of Garmin forum.

All I can say is that Garmin sucks. If I had known about the upcoming problems with this watch and the complete disregard from support - I would never have wasted $500 on it.