I would like to share my frustration since updating to version 24.56. I purchased the Edge Explore 2 with software version 10.27 at the beginning of this year. Everything worked very well. Since updating to version 24.56, the heart rate from my Venue 2 is only updated very sporadically on the Edge. A Dual HRM was tested for experimental purposes. Unfortunately, this was also unsuccessful. Even with this, the heart rate was only updated very sporadically when it could be paired. Out of desperation, the beta version 27.14 was also tested. Unfortunately, the same behaviour occurred here as well. This behaviour was observed not only on my Edge Explore 2 but also on a colleague's device. Garmin therefore has massive software problems in connection with heart rate sensors.
My conclusion: Without reliable heart rate display, the Garmin Edge Explore 2 is not recommended!
Has anyone else observed this behaviour? Is there a workaround to solve this?