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1 month ago

Shame on Garmin for locking the comments on the first feed.

The changes made in the Connect 5.0 app made it prime for a premium version. Anyone who looked at it logically then could see this coming. The way they removed so much of the customization and limited what users could put on their dashboards, how they decimated the web version with that update, this was always going to happen. They just started out slowly getting users warmed up to the idea by introducing the premium watch faces. 

How long until they start putting the more robust training features behind the paywall and users who don't subscribe are left with the basics like heart rate, steps, and sleep? I am betting 6-12 months. Connect+ is already limited to which watches it works with - Venu3/3s, Vivoactive 5. FR165/255/955/265/965, Fenix7/7Pro/8/E, EpixProGen2, Quatix7, Tactix7/8, Marq2, and D2Mach1/Pro according to DesFit. Now users who actually want the subscription features and don't have one of those watches are going to have to upgrade - everyone knows that Garmin watches are already overpriced. In Canada the price of the Fenix 8 has been going up since it was released not down. Even the sale prices are exaggerated for what you get. 

  • 0 16 days ago in reply to Bullet
    Bullet said:
    Not for map of satellites and future position.  It gets it from internet like connect or express. It does not get anything else from gps except time and postion

    It does. Ephemeris data is a part of the GPS signal broadcasted by the satellites. Just it takes much longer than when you get it from the Internet. From GPS signals - Wikipedia: 

    GPS signals include ranging signals, which are used to measure the distance to the satellite, and navigation messages. The navigation messages include ephemeris data which are used both in trilateration to calculate the position of each satellite in orbit and also to provide information about the time and status of the entire satellite constellation, called the almanac.

  • 0 16 days ago in reply to Bullet

    No, it gets ephemeris data which is valid for around 2 hours and gets almanac data valid for six days. It gets 3 subframe of ephemeris and 2 subframe of almanac and almanac were 25 pages I remembe so it takes time to get the whole almanac.

  • 0 16 days ago

    That is just a money grabber and puting bad mark on good brand name that Garmin had.

    When is Battle pass? ???? LOL! Microtransactions!!! 

  • 0 1 day ago

    I’ve just cancelled. Garmin should not be charging for these features. If they want to stay ahead of the game with the competition, these features should be standard. They’re certainly not premium. The only thing that would have been of use to me is the Live Activities, which really only highlights the poor interaction up until now between the watch and Garmin Connect, and should really just be included in the next update. The fact that the performance dashboard takes you to a website and is not incorporated into the app is a joke, they should be embarrassed that they’re charging people for that.