I would greatly appreciate it if Garmin could add a simple feature to the Explore app. Specifically, I would like the app to prompt me before downloading and installing a software update on my GPSMAP device. If I choose to cancel the operation, the app should do so.
Updating the software via Bluetooth with Explore honestly takes too long. I prefer to do it via USB with Garmin Express on my computer before syncing activities, collection and other data between Explore and the device. However, I might want to sync even when I don’t have a computer at hand, such as during a hike. If a new firmware version is released in the meantime (perhaps half an hour earlier), Explore will start downloading and transferring it to the device without prompting.
At the moment, the only way to interrupt the transfer (the most time-consuming phase of the entire operation) is to abruptly close Explore or disable Bluetooth. This would arguably be the third-best solution (after a preliminary prompt, as suggested above, and a Cancel button to safely abort an ongoing transfer) if I were confident that the system handles this incomplete state correctly. For instance, if I return home and switch to Express to update, will Express detect and delete the incompletely transferred file, and start the operation anew? Or will I encounter misleading error messages and strange behavior that prevent me from completing the update and force me to perform a master reset?
