Garmin Lily 2 Review // Fitness, Style, Health, and Smarts! 

would love if they made something like this for men as well. Not everyone likes that super-sporty look.

This is cool. I’m still screaming to the rooftops: why hasn’t garmin made a whoop style band the uses the gen 4 or 5 sensor for people who want 24/7 monitoring but still want to wear a traditional watch for $150-$200. They are seriously missing an untapped market.

Yes please I would love a video which covers the menstural and pregnancy tracking features. This facet is missing from many wearable reviews and personally it is something that I would love to see covered more.

Seems like a very good choice as a first smartwatch for my 65 yo mom, which has an Android phone. I dont think she would ever use the missing sports features.

Bought and returned. For a watch that is made to function like a fitness and also look like a classic timepiece its disappointing that they didn’t include an always on display. I found it annoying to have to do a wrist gesture to see the time. Knew about it not having GPS and decided since I have my phone on me anyway during long walks I didn’t need it however it never could piggy back off the phone. I also don’t think the marketing is clear on the differences of the versions that offer garmin pay. I assumed it was the leather band that made that version more and didn’t realize my version did not have garmin pay. I found the band too skinny and I was in between the 7th and 8th hole with the 7th being too tight and the 8th making the watch face too lose to where it rotated off my wrist. I also noticed the aluminum does scratch up/ nick pretty easily. The older heart rate sensor also perplexes me. I was drawn to the watch based on concept and the fact that the display is all in white font as I find colors distracting. Needs a re-design. Might try the Venu 3s as I haven’t given up on finding the right garmin for me. It wasn’t this one.

I love the look of this watch! but the pedometer is way off on mine. Over-counting by about 3k steps so I'm planning on returning unfortunately

This is actually a classy, gorgeous watch. Love it.

The smoothness and the way each icon animates is so nice on Lily 2. It is almost Apple like!

Hopefully you are at CES and going to get us a Garmin update for what's coming in 2024! Saw another reviewer post the new Garmin App update at CES. Looks like they are going with a more simple style and view. Thanks for all the amazing reviews!

I wish there were more small smartwatches like this one! I really wanted the venu 3S but it felt huge on my wrist.

Very nice design. Was looking to buy my girlfriend something like this as she is just getting into running, but the lack of GPS is a dealbreaker. It's a shame because some fitness bands for 60 dollars now have GPS support.

I have had two original lilly watches and I am absolutely raging because of the system malfunctions. The white triangle malfunction on both. How will the lilly two not make the Same mistakes?

I was curious about the original lily but wasn't sure about it (especially cause it was a model from a few years ago and pricier than I expected), glad they finally made a sequel and even made it look a step nicer than the original! definitely gonna look at picking one of these up when my current watch kicks the bucket

can you turn off the mobile's notifications and calls and sms so you don't get them on the watch? my mother doesn't like it

The Lily is very cute. I like my Fenix 6s a lot but it felt very bulky during last week’s NYE’s festivities.

I cant even wear my Apple watch for long, my whole arm starts feels weird 😭

No GPS is crazy. I was going to recommend for my wife but she would want gps, shame.

Hmmm....horizontal navigation. I wonder if Lily is showing a future interface that could be adopted by other watches, like Venu? It would definitely be more natural for those of us coming from WearOS or Fitbit (and maybe Apple? I don't know, I don't have AW). Ugh, no indoor cycling? Any ANT+? Otherwise, this looks like a winner.

Thanks Des! Does it support naps? Also, kudos to Dusty the feminine insights (again). "The look is gorgeous, you can wear it with anything" wouldn't have had the same vibe from you I guess 😀

Lily 2 or vivomove trend?

Will you do a video about the redesign to the Connect app?

I am now using the Vivoactive 5 but I have Very small wrists so I think this Watch would fit nicer. Do you think I Will be disappointed with the Watch in comparison to the Vivoactive 5?

Is the pool swimming has custom mode for pool length? The current Lily only has preset standard pool lengths, and it's quite a bummer as someone often go swimming at not-standard pools and wants accurate length reading

Does anyone know if the timer on this version of Lily is hh:mm:ss or only mm:ss?

Can you make calls from the Lily 2? I mean, does it have a speaker and a microphone to make calls?

How is the gramin after sales service and warranty service?

can you connect the lily2 with strava?

How is the sleep tracking?

how is it compared with polar ignite 3?

Since it has no built in GPS, how is your run recorded if you’re not running with a connected phone on hand?

Hi!! Do you think the steps are more accurate than the original lily ?

I cannot unseen your feminine side! 😅

Do you think we should expect a Vivosmart 6 anytime soon? I am kind of waiting for that but if it takes too long, I might go for the Lily2…. Thank you @desfit !