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Do we get the new SW updates from 945?

RunningM over 6 years ago

Can someone from Garmin elaborate on this? I really want the new training load feature.

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Former Member over 6 years ago in reply to Odie21 +8

What is your problem? You are willing to accept that your watch, that is perfectly capable of getting the update and using the features won't get them because some big corporate decided so. How is that…
lj50 over 6 years ago in reply to Odie21 +8

Some of us do run businesses, fairly substantial ones in some cases. And we understand the imperative of driving short-term revenues. But we also understand the balance of driving away repeat customers…
Former Member over 6 years ago +7

Dear Garmin Team, I totally agree with the below comments: Since I just bought a "Fenix 5 Plus Saphire" end of March 2019 for 800€ I would be really disappointed to not benefit in any way from the new…

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0 JanH over 6 years ago

An argument pro-update (at least of some of the metrics):
New research on e.g. Training Load might find that the old method was wrong. This means that the watch didn't really have a feature that Garmin claimed it would have (exaggerating a little). Or, in other words, the release of a new watch (945) with better metrics takes away the ability of the old watch to *accurately* (regarding the current state-of-the-art) determine e.g. Training Load.

Another point (a little disconnected):
some features of the watch (e.g. maps) are still full of bugs. For example, on my last two trips, I could not use Navigation because there were no maps shown. Today it worked again, I have no idea why (didn't change anything). As Garmin does not seem to be capable to reliably provide the features they sold the watch with (navigation was one of my main reasons to get this watch), at least they could compensate by giving the watch the software metrics that they found now to be more accurate.

0 rob-tech over 6 years ago in reply to RunningM

That's right, proper competition would force them to get their act together, effectively what happens when you have weak competition.

0 Odie21 over 6 years ago in reply to rob-tech

Competition is there, but generally people are selfish or don’t care. Example:

Back in the 7.10 update for the 5+ series, Garmin quietly added in “Assistance” and “Incident Detection”. This was a feature that they back ported from the Vivoactive 3 that was introduced at CES in January. This particular feature would probably benefit almost every single Fenix+ series owner here, more than any requested feature in this thread. Did a single person here, create a thread or even a post thanking Garmin for doing this? No...

Whether it’s Garmin, Suunto, Polar, Coros, etc, you’ll never be able to make 100% of the customer base happy. “That’s great, you added this great new feature 3 days ago, what are you doing for me tomorrow?”

Thats why you buy the product for what it has now, not for what it COULD have tomorrow.

0 Patk over 6 years ago

Well, just got a great deal on a 945.

0 Patk over 6 years ago

Well, just got a great deal on a 945.

0 Patk over 6 years ago in reply to JanH

Yes I agree, I just got my 945, its so small...I have big wrist ....looks like plastic women's watch

0 Former Member over 6 years ago in reply to Patk

Congrats!

0 muness over 6 years ago in reply to Patk

Where? I haven't even looked for deals since it's so new.

0 Former Member over 6 years ago in reply to muness

Slightly marked. May still have some splattering of blood

0 patk over 6 years ago in reply to Former Member

Got it from ebay.Anyway, first impression is that body battery doesnt need pulse ox because it was off for 24hrs and body battery is giving me metrics...maybe pulse ox makes it more precise...So this feature is possible on all fenix 5 devices.

First impression, will prob keep my fenix 5x plus since the 945 is too small (I know I am a 250 lbs athlete) and doesn t feel as solid.

Will probably sell the 945... I now know that fenix 5x plus could do everything the 945 does...this makes me even more p@!!! at garmin for no telling us that my 8 month old fenix 5x+ will not get these updates....

I want the flagship to be flagship ....now when the f6x will be out...make it hardware updates not just a f5x+ with new software features you can get on cheap plastic watches.

I would be a fenix customer for life....

Now, let's see if apple or another company gets into the fitness game for real...I feel garmin is acting like this because of the lack of real competition (they make excellent products btw)...firstbeats metrics can be ported to prob an apple watch or another device ...