Firmware 17.04 Specifics ???

You can go here to search for the release notes by beta version, nothing really huge ...

https://forums.garmin.com/beta-program/venu-2-series/f/announcements

and this well known site - http://gpsinformation.net/allory/garfeat3.htm#venu2plus

Thanks, but this doesn't really give any details.  I'd really like to know what the "improvement" are.  SInce not listed, I'm guessing we're not getting things like nap function, morning report, or recovery time among others.

Probably some code modifications and cleaning. Nothing that will be visible for the end user, except maybe some bugs fixed or some tweaking in the performance

Very frustrating. A "lower" level device should not receive features not available in higher level device. Not good customer relations. 

Sometimes Garmin puts new features on the newest hardware. Then possibly will push it to older watches.

• vivoactive 5 released September 2023
• Venu 2 Plus releasted January 2022

Sleep assistant, snooze detection, is there a chance this will also appear in the venu 2 plus ?

Looking forward to adding "inline skating" that was added to Forerunner 965

As of the last firmware update, available on 965, 265, 955, 255, Tactix 7, D2 Mach 1, Marq 2, Fenix 7, Fenix 7 Pro, Enduro 2, Epix (Gen 2), Epix (Gen 2) Pro, and Approach S70.