No audio prompts

If the Garmin Connect app is not running in the foreground, audio prompts during an activity are not to be heard anymore.

Only with an open Connect app, audio prompts can be heard.

That's not how it should be. Nobody has the Connect app open and activated during an activity.

(Android Samsung S25 Ultra, Connect app v 5.17.1, connected to Forerunner 955, with Google TTS activated)

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Brisk Walker 8 days ago +7

Garmin-Laurie Three full weeks have now passed, and the audio prompts still aren't working properly. Sometimes they work, sometimes they're silent from the start, sometimes they stop mid-run. Dear…
macnuts 26 days ago in reply to Jurgen dW +6

While it all is about audio prompts, that problem is new and was introduced with the GC 5.17.1. No audio prompts unless GC is running in the foreground (= phone screen on and displaying GC).
seilogramp 23 days ago +6

Similar threads throughout the forum, including this one with a response from Garmin - Audio prompts

Garmin-Laurie said:
I am sorry to hear you are having trouble with the audio prompts. There is a potential…

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0 johneric8 4 days ago in reply to nicorellius

Well, I never bring my phone when I workout outside wearing my enduro 3. So, I never get voice alerts, but they're supposed to work..

0 5536292 2 days ago

Great, now the audio prompts are all over the place. They rarely work as they should, most of the time I get incomplete info, only a heartbeat zone prompt, or pace prompt, sometimes nothing at all. Same run, btw. This is ridiculous. And why is the app being forced to open in order to "work"? It used to work just fine in the background! Garmin is regressing.

0 johneric8 6 hours ago in reply to 5536292

Yes they have regressed. I'm having to download and use connect software from April just to get timed voice alerts on my 1050. Their new software as we all know is pathetic.

0 6580935 1 hour ago

as mentioned here, uninstall garmin connect, download version 5.11.2 apk (search "garmin connect 5.11.2 apk"), the latest version with working audio prompts. I downloaded from uptodown website. Install the apk. Voilà, works like it should.

I use speed prompt for kayaking. In the middle of the ocean, with no nearby reference point and paddling against the wind, it's difficult to estimate your speed and how many hours it will take to reach land (and decide to abort/alternate). I consider it an essential feature. It's ridiculous that the audio prompts have been experiencing issues for several months, and the company managed to break something that worked and leave it at that. Sounds like something is deeply flawed, I bet Amazfit has better engineering.