Fenix 5/5S Plus - 7.51 Beta Release

Hello Fenix 5/5S/5X Plus users,

We have new beta software ready for your upcoming adventures!

Fenix 5S Plus: https://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=14333
Fenix 5 Plus: https://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=14331

Note: Please allow for the updates to propagate across all servers. There is no need to post that the link does not work. It will after a bit of patience.

7.51 Change Log Notes:

Fixed an issue where the device could crash during a cycling activity when paired to a cadence sensor.
Fixed an intermittent issue where the device could crash when fetching calendar information from the smartphone.
Fixed an issue where the device was reporting incorrect treadmill calibration values.
Fixed a couple of minor issues with golf.
Improved the reliability of Wifi syncs.

Please note, the beta updates released on these forums are not suitable for APAC region devices.

Please send all bug reports to [email protected], and indicate which model of the fenix 5 Plus series you have in the subject line.

0 Tyler over 6 years ago

It looks like we paid a premium price for a Garmin watch and it turned us from an end user to a Garmin tester.

0 RobKenjiwhe over 6 years ago

And Garmin is consistently ignoring the battery issues.

0 Gr4z over 6 years ago

I've installed this as I am suffering from odd issues when playing golf.

But, 7.00 was 4 months in development. Immediately after release there was 7.10 to fix issues and now a few days later we have this beta. Frustration levels are rising here.

0 a1234.garmin over 6 years ago

First time Garmin Pay menu called - device hanged completely. Power button reset made. 2 cards were added previously and worked without issues long time on all betas.

0 Gr4z over 6 years ago

First time Garmin Pay menu called - device hanged completely. Power button reset made. 2 cards were added previously and worked without issues long time on all betas.

Garmin Pay working for me fine.

0 a1234.garmin over 6 years ago

Map panning speed is still an issue.

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

Is there anyone who finds the wifi problem solved with "Improved reliability of Wi-Fi syncs."?

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

When will we see the updated features from Firstbeat used in the forerunner 945? There is no reason that this premium watch cannot support those features.

0 SAHO over 6 years ago

We won't see them in the Fenix 5+, at least not according to DCRainmaker's review of the 945 and he has that information directly from Garmin.
You're correct that there's probably no technical reasons why, it's probably more of a business strategy reason and maybe some FirstBeat licensing issues as well.

But we can always hope that Garmin will change their minds of course ;)
However, my best guess is that we wont see these features in a Fenix until they roll out an updated device featuring the new GPS chipset and the new OHR sensor.

0 carl.andersson over 6 years ago

As far as I'm aware Garmin have never back ported Firstbeat technology into previous watch models, which is far more likely to do with licensing (and obviously also a desire to make you upgrade) than it is a hardware reason.

There's been some pretty steep discounting on the Fenix 5+ in recent weeks so you'd think a minor upgrade is probably just around the corner (called Fenix 5.1 Plus? Or Fenix 5 Plus Plus? Or you know.... Fenix 6? lol)