Explore app v4 bad too worse

Well I have it installed and what s"""" show... Sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow... 4 hours and STILL NOT DOWNLOADED a 1.1gb  map .. ANd then there's the app am map sizes  4x bigger than previous and NO damn option to store maps on SD card ... Yep they look prettier and may be upto date but if you can't install what you need due to LACK of storage what the heck is the point;;

Moving around the app is slow and I frequently have the wait of force close message...  I also now have an extra collection I don't and should not have...No idea what or where it is from... Everything else is there but I now have this odd new one... And reinstalling previous version though wasn't great at least it was quick and not storage hungry and you can move the whole thing to sdcard(unlike v4)

A huge MIss yet again by garmin,,,,

Seriously what is garmin doing with is eco system going from ok to BAD very quickly

And those are the issues I reported in a previous now locked post..

None of them have been addressed.. and more and more on other groups as well as in the store are reporting issues left right and centre as well as tell folk to NOT update.. The biggest issues are PERFORMANCE, Features  NOT WORKING and POOR MAPS and very slow downloads regardless of the data/wifi connection, NO external map support now maps are far Bigger with once FREEE ones ow a subscription one!!!

And yes I tried v4.04 etc and they are confirmed...

GARMIN sort your app out... You are not helping us you are making things worse...

PLEASE REPORT YOUR ISSUES HERE, Google Play and in email too garmin and anywhere else such as social media etc...

  • In addition to what u report, I psrsonally hate the new UI f9r managing collections amd activities, whicj is totally tile-based. Tiles may be fancy, but no one seriously involved in managing/browsing lots of entries will prefer tiles over list!

    Then guess what? I have a collection gathering my "everyday activities". I happen to travel across europe and japan and (sorry about that) doing some running in both places. What s the tile thumbnaiSweat smile?? Wellll...AFGHANISTANSweat smileRofl exactly halfay b/w europe and japan

    Genius garmin programmers are.

  • I had not updated my Explore app since mid-Sept. Seems Gamrin is still Garmin. LOL

    I updated today, and your post pretty much hits the nail on the head. From a map perspective, there are just simply better platforms for maps out there, so I can't really justify (expense) for what Garmin presently provides. From a communication perspective, I suppose my Mini 2 will become just a comm device for emergencies. But I think the rest of the world is catching up. I'll stick with my watch and paper for now.

    in similar fashion to your initial post, I kinda got fed up with Garmin a couple of years ago. I used to buy their stuff all the time, but when that happened, I told myself I wouldn't buy any more devices from them, without some significant improvements in these apps. It's kinda like giving someone your money for a mixed bag of trick, and broken promises. Well, I still have not, and doesn't look like I will any time soon.

    I'll say it again... the rest of the world is catching up.

  • Yep, it is a disaster. I cant use it with my FR955. Old one has UI from stone age but was working. Now... 

  • This is one of the reasons why I downgraded...   

    Like all their apps at late they take them break them and then expect us to be ok with it... Its almost like they want to dumb down their apps etc and kill them off...

    I have yet to actually meet in real life a single user who,likes the new versions  and stuck with them... Every single one( I am an outward bound instructor/guide so meet quite a few)  has downgraded to what worked as they needed.

    They may not  be as pretty and not always  perfect. but they are far better then the newer versions...

  • Might  surprise you too know I have done 12 reports direct too support...  and oddly nothing ever came back... And infact each release has gotten worse...  Garmin are not listening... I doubt they will...