Firmware Release Cadence?

I agree. I would also like fixed:

Garmin Coach widget

Night altimeter calibration.

Are you kidding me? Days?

Firmware 6.0 came out more than half a year ago. It quickly turned out that it had huge problems with power spikes from some third party power meters, for example the Stryd running power meter. Garmin quickly fixed that in a beta - only took a few weeks from the problem was discovered.

So now they had a solution and could soon release a stable version, right?

No, the stable version took an additional 6 months - for fixing a problem, which they had an existing solution for all the time.

So don't worry about days for fixing problems, which don't yet have a solution. Worry about months for problems, which have a solution.

maybe its because they are adding these new features...??? lets hope

You are too optimistic...

The 5+ has received 6 updates since July of ‘18, not counting numerous beta's. That averages to roughly every 2 months for an update.

Try being a Descent Mk1 owner, we’ve had 4 updates since January ‘18, with no beta’s. Garmin will continue to support the 5+ series for about another 1-2 years. Buying a software related product will always have a shorter shelf life, that a regular watch.

> Try being a Descent Mk1 owner, we’ve had 4 updates since January ‘18, with no beta’s.

Not that I want to one-up you (or perhaps it's a one-down) but try being a D2 series owner -- our watches get outdated every year in July when a new one is released at Oshkosh, after which the release cycle withers out.  And, we too have no betas.

As you point out though, such is the way that software/hardware/technology devices are. But the product is good (some issues with using in metric countries) and the Aviation Support group is great.

dxbydy said:

Night altimeter calibration.

What's this about?

Try being an Epix owner....

The altimeter should calibrate during the night when connected to a mobile. Used to work like clockwork but now it never does.