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over 1 year ago

FW 20.75+ has fixes to backgrounding for Fenix 6 devices.

Fenix 6 with background app watchface doesn't update

A user has reported my watchface doesn't work with his Fenix 6 but does with his Vivoactive 3. So, he's been helping me debug it a bit and it appears that after the background process (which does a webRequest) calls Background.exit(data), the app's onBackgroundData() method isn't called, until something else, like a smart notification, happens on the watch.

He sees the same behavior with both firmware 9.0 and 10.10 on the Fenix 6. I don't see this problem on the simulator and this is the first report I've received about it.

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  • over 2 years ago

    I just recently purchased Fenix 6 base model and tried background apps. They still do not update. A new firmware was released (20.0) during this week but the issue does not seem to have been resolved. I returned to the retailer yesterday. I am a bit at loss on what to buy instead. I want a sturdy watch with a long battery life, I do not need maps or music streaming and I think that touch screen is a disadvantage... Maybe I will go for the Fenix 6 Pro, but it feels a bit unfortunate to pay more than 100 Euro more, and I think that the Fenix 6 base model looks better than the Pro...

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  • over 2 years ago

    I just recently purchased Fenix 6 base model and tried background apps. They still do not update. A new firmware was released (20.0) during this week but the issue does not seem to have been resolved. I returned to the retailer yesterday. I am a bit at loss on what to buy instead. I want a sturdy watch with a long battery life, I do not need maps or music streaming and I think that touch screen is a disadvantage... Maybe I will go for the Fenix 6 Pro, but it feels a bit unfortunate to pay more than 100 Euro more, and I think that the Fenix 6 base model looks better than the Pro...

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