Fenix 5 Plus series - 16.71 Beta Release

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

We have new beta software ready for your upcoming adventures!

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.

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
Fenix 5X Plus: https://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=14335

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.

16.71 Change Log Notes:

Added a time zone option for Beijing.
Fixed a battery drain issue related to pairing an inReach device.
Fixed an issue with the drawing of golf greens.
Fixed a potential issue with altimeter data during rapid ascent or descent.
Fixed a potential crash while using ClimbPro.

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

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

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0 Hawk88 over 3 years ago

I was on a short 1 mile run while using bluetooth headphones (Soundcore Neo Liberty) connected to the watch (no phone in the equation) and a little over halfway it rebooted on me. I have never had it reboot during an activity. Once it rebooted, the bluetooth was cutting in and out as well, had to keep my watch closer to the headphones. I am not sure if it was just a fluke or not.

0 CommanderKeen over 3 years ago

I've noticed that the red direction arrow will almost always point to the bottom of the watch when following a course (or navigating to a saved location), even when the course direction is being properly followed. If it does correct itself during the course of the run, it will revert to pointing to the bottom of the watch again after taking a turn in the course.

Additionally, if a course is started and then stopped Strava segments will NOT show when approaching them.

0 mgrandi93 over 3 years ago in reply to sducati

I have huge altimeter errors with v15.40, is this solving that? I

0 Tisztul_A_Visztula over 3 years ago in reply to 1587148

I confirm that for some time the gesture detection (not during activities!!!!) has been worse than before.

I can’t confirm whether it started with 15.40 or not, but until May it worked well. Recently I started to use again gesture backlight and another thing related to arm movement (custom watchface showing a 2nd page after the gesture), but both are unstable and illogical.

My best bet is that it works well, but if I am inactive for an hour or so, my watch goes to sleep as regards gesture detection.

It may be the reason why gesture detection is still perfect during activities.

0 -- over 3 years ago

I haven't found major problems so far. Battery life is good, altimeter behaves nicely despite changeable weather. Only that course scrolling bug is still there. (displays course-2, course, course+1 while scrolling down). Minor thing, I'll report it for the n-th time.

0 AlbertPallas over 3 years ago in reply to ronand

Sorry but Nokia died because of Android and also its lack of anticipation, it had nothing to do with the time the models lasted.

0 toni-rg over 3 years ago

It seems that this beta has solved, for me, the problems with the altimeter present in the latest official versions.

0 Vasich over 3 years ago in reply to ronand

Compare to classic wathes. It is pricey, and had one feature: time. But classic watch company still here. Like Rolex, Omega. Tissot, Luminox etc.

0 Sigmar_26inch over 3 years ago

since the update i have some problems during a workout with my map, sometimes it jumps to a place i was a few minutes ago...

0 Oxygene77 over 3 years ago in reply to Sigmar_26inch

Is Fenix 5 Plus lost and forgotten for good? No software updates?