Smartwatches are increasingly popular, but many are bulky and less suited for smaller wrists. Fortunately, Garmin offers models designed specifically for women, combining style and functionality. Below, we highlight five of the best Garmin smartwatches for women.
Garmin Lily
The Garmin Lily is designed by and for women, offering elegance and a compact size perfect for smaller wrists. Available in two variants—Garmin Lily Sport with a silicone strap and aluminium case, and Garmin Lily Classic with a leather strap and stainless steel case—the Classic is pricier due to its premium materials. The Sport comes in dark purple, white, or sand, while the Classic is available in black, taupe, or white.
The Garmin Lily lacks an always-on display, activating only when you turn your wrist. However, its screen is highly readable in bright sunlight, a significant improvement over the Vivomove series.
Tailored for women, the Lily tracks menstrual cycles and pregnancy via the Garmin Connect app, which provides nutrition insights and symptom logging. It also monitors steps, calories burned, heart rate, and distance or pace during runs or other activities. A drawback is the lack of built-in GPS, requiring your phone for distance tracking, which can be inconvenient during workouts.
The Lily displays notifications and allows responses on both iPhone and Android devices. It shows weather updates, controls music playback, and features incident detection, which auto-dials a preset contact if the watch remains motionless for a period (cancellable if unnecessary). With a battery life of up to five days in smartwatch mode, it’s impressive for its size, partly due to the absence of GPS. However, it lacks contactless payment support.
Specifications: Garmin Lily Sport
| Display Material | Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Case Dimensions | 34.50 x 34.50 x 10.15mm |
| Suitable for | Wrists with a circumference of 110–175mm |
| Screen Size | 24.5mm x 21.3mm |
| Screen Resolution | 240 x 201 pixels |
| Weight | 24.0g |
| Colour | Dark Purple, White, Sand |
| Battery Life | Up to 5 days without sleep tracking |
| Water Resistance | 5ATM (suitable for swimming) |
Specifications: Garmin Lily Classic
| Display Material | Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Case Dimensions | 34.50 x 34.50 x 10.15mm |
| Suitable for | Wrists with a circumference of 110–175mm |
| Screen Size | 24.5mm x 21.3mm |
| Screen Resolution | 240 x 201 pixels |
| Weight | 24.0g |
| Colour | Black, Taupe, White |
| Battery Life | Up to 5 days without sleep tracking |
| Water Resistance | 5ATM (suitable for swimming) |
Garmin Vivoactive 4S
Looking for a smartwatch to track your health and achieve fitness goals? The Garmin Vivoactive 4S is a top choice. This compact 40mm smartwatch, perfect for women’s wrists, builds on the Vivoactive 3, addressing its shortcomings to deliver an exceptional sports watch. It features two side buttons for control alongside a touchscreen, ideal for sweaty workouts when touch sensitivity may falter.
Available in light gold, black, silver, and rose gold cases, it supports activities like swimming, skiing, fitness, yoga, and golf, plus mindfulness exercises for relaxation. It tracks steps, stairs, calories burned, and distance. Unlike the Garmin Lily, the Vivoactive 4S has built-in GPS for accurate distance tracking without a phone. It also monitors heart rate and sleep quality, lasting up to seven days in smartwatch mode or five to six hours in GPS-plus-music mode.
Like the Lily, it tracks menstrual cycles, and measures stress, body battery, and sleep. The Garmin Coach feature optimises workouts with tailored exercises. Connect via Bluetooth or WiFi for a seamless experience. The Vivoactive 4S is a stylish, practical choice for daily use.
Specifications: Garmin Vivoactive 4S
| Display Material | Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Case Dimensions | 40 x 40 x 12.7mm |
| Suitable for | Wrists with a circumference of 110–175mm |
| Screen Size | 27.9mm |
| Screen Resolution | 218 x 218 pixels |
| Weight | 40g |
| Colour | Light Gold, Black, Silver, Rose Gold |
| Battery Life | Up to 7 days in smartwatch mode Up to 5 hours in GPS mode with music |
| Water Resistance | 5ATM (suitable for swimming) |
Garmin Venu 2 Plus
The Garmin Venu 2 Plus is Garmin’s first smartwatch with Siri, featuring a built-in microphone and speaker for phone calls. This makes it thicker and pricier than its predecessors but ideal for staying connected or rejecting unwanted calls.
With a traditional round design, its plastic case has stainless steel bezels in gold, silver-grey, or black. The 43mm size suits most wrists. Three right-side buttons provide quick access to functions, including the voice assistant, watch face, and activity tracking.
The 416x416-pixel AMOLED display is touchscreen-controlled but activates only via buttons, not direct touch. To use Siri, establish a Bluetooth connection with your phone, which must remain nearby for calls. Siri handles queries like weather updates but delegates complex tasks (e.g., location searches) to your phone, which can be slower than manual lookup. Unlike predecessors, the Venu 2 Plus allows initiating calls, not just answering them.
Features include GPS, compass, altimeter, heart rate monitor, accelerometers, and ANT+ sensor pairing. It tracks wellness, sleep, recovery, and menstrual cycles. Enjoy music via Spotify, Deezer, or Amazon Music, and make contactless payments with Garmin Pay (supported by select banks). Battery life reaches up to nine days in smartwatch mode, or 24 hours with GPS.
Specifications: Garmin Venu 2 Plus
| Display Material | Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Case Dimensions | 43.6 x 43.6 x 12.6mm |
| Suitable for | Wrists with a circumference of 125–190mm |
| Screen Size | 33mm |
| Screen Resolution | 416 x 416 pixels |
| Weight | 51g |
| Colour | Gold, Silver-Grey, Black |
| Battery Life | Up to 9 days in smartwatch mode Up to 10 days in power-saving mode Up to 8 hours in GPS mode with music Up to 24 hours in GPS mode without music |
| Water Resistance | 5ATM (suitable for swimming) |
Garmin Venu SQ
The Garmin Venu SQ positions Garmin as a competitor to Apple and Fitbit with its everyday sports watch design. Unlike its round-screen predecessors, the Venu SQ features a square display but retains two side buttons, a bottom charging port, and sensors. Its plastic case has an aluminium bezel, protected by Gorilla Glass.
It tracks steps, distance, calories burned, and heart rate across activities. A key advantage is contactless payments via Garmin Pay, perfect for forgotten wallets. The built-in GPS tracks distance without a phone, though it doesn’t navigate to destinations (unlike the Garmin Venu). Notifications are viewable but not actionable. The Venu SQ Music edition allows offline music playback for a small premium, making it a well-rounded sports watch.
Specifications: Garmin Venu SQ
| Display Material | Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Case Dimensions | 40.6 x 37.0 x 11.5mm |
| Suitable for | Wrists with a circumference of 125–190mm |
| Screen Size | 33.1mm |
| Screen Resolution | 240 x 240 pixels |
| Weight | 37.6g |
| Colour | Gold, Shadow Grey, Purple, Black, Light Sand, Navy Blue, Army Green |
| Battery Life | Up to 6 days in smartwatch mode Up to 6 hours in GPS mode with music Up to 14 hours in GPS mode without music |
| Water Resistance | 5ATM (suitable for swimming) |
Garmin Fēnix 7
The Garmin Fēnix 7 resembles its predecessor, the Fēnix 6, but introduces key design upgrades. The strap lugs now use screws for added protection and space, and a guard protects the buttons from accidental presses.
Requiring 22mm straps, the Fēnix 7’s 47mm case is easy to customise. It’s available in standard, Solar (with a solar-charging screen), and Sapphire Solar (with a durable, scratch-resistant lens) editions. The standard model features a 260x260-pixel display.
The touchscreen is responsive, allowing swipes and double-taps for map navigation. A multisport watch, it supports running, cycling, swimming, trail running, mountain biking, open-water swimming, and triathlon modes, with tailored metrics. Features like ClimbPro (for incline tracking), PacePro (for pace improvement), and Real-Time Stamina (for endurance insights) enhance workouts. It’s ideal for indoor exercises, with visual guides for workouts like Tabata and AMRAP.
The Fēnix 7 measures blood oxygen, stress, body battery, respiration, heart rate, and sleep quality, offering a quick health snapshot in minutes.
Specifications: Garmin Fēnix 7
| Display Material | Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Case Dimensions | 47 x 47 x 14.5mm |
| Screen Size | 33.02mm |
| Screen Resolution | 260 x 260 pixels |
| Weight | 79g |
| Colour | Silver |
| Battery Life | Up to 18 days in smartwatch mode |
| Water Resistance | 10ATM |
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