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When will CIQ SDK 3.1.0 get released?

markdotai

Just wondering when CIQ SDK 3.1.0 might get released (out of beta) if anyone knows or has hints? Slight smile Presumably it will need firmware updates to get released for all watches first.

I'm really looking forward to trying out some of the new features! (But don't have a Fenix 5+ for the beta)

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    When released it will actually be 3.1.1 (the last 0 indicates beta).  There could be more beta version, or the next version could be 3.1.1 - Only Garmin knows, and I'm sure it depends on how well things are working.

    As far as device FW, I expect a few will have a 3.1.x VM when 3.1.1 is released, but for other devices, it will be over a bit of time.  I kind of expect the newest devices might come first, say the fr945, MARQ, etc, with older devices coming after that, but again, just a guess.  In the case of the Rino and Oregon, they got 3.0.x just a couple months before 3.1.x was announced.

  • 0 in reply to jim_m_58

    Like Jim said, only Garmin knows for sure, but if you want to look at History, 3.0 was announced in April last year, with final release of 3.0.1 in August.  Note, I am not saying that 3.1 will follow the same timeline, but it is a benchmark for comparison.  For sure it will not be released before a few devices have new FW with the 3.1 VM, but not all will have the 3.1 VM at release.  Probably the key devices I would monitor for when 3.1 is about to be released is the MARQ, FR945, and the F5+ series.

  • 0 in reply to sabeard

    Cool, thanks both of you - that is useful info Slight smile

    I think I see now how it works with individual devices too - apps compiled with new features from the 3.1 SDK will only run on devices that have been updated to a 3.1 VM.

  • 0 in reply to markdotai

    Yes, so for new 3.1 features, the device itself may or may not have a 3.1 VM yet, so you need to be a bit careful.  And even if the ROW ("Rest of world") version of a device has 3.1, the APAC ("Asian-Pacific") variants might not.

    I typically use "has" for things that may or may not be available on a given target device.  That way when the FW on the device is updated with a 3.1 VM the app will take advantage of the new feature without building a new app for the store.