4 hours ago is available new software, but via cable i can't download still not visible for me via Garmin express webupdate , mobile app. My watch is no APAC so should be visible. How long should I wait?
When are we going to get a camera selfie button widget on the $600 Fenix 5? my son's $100 watch has a button that allows you to take a selfie on the iPhone. Why is this feature like music control not available until now? is there a technical reason? If I can control my music why can't I control my iPhone camera?!
I didn't notice any battery drainage or performance issue after FW 8.0 if not a battery improvement. I like the addition of sunrise and sunset, and the time zone widgets addition. I am all about adding more smart features and make this great watch smarter. Why not adding a quick text response features? like "I can't answer the phone right now" or "I will call you later" or customize a quick reply to text messages? those are the things I am looking for in a major FW update.
Its really embarrassing that's what it is. The whole thing with these software updates that cause more problems than solve ones, must stop! Since the update to FW 8.0 I had every single problem that is meantioned to this thread. Plus, when I disconnect my watch from my Mac book pro, the watch freezes. When I manage to defreeze it with a soft reset, it goes back 5 min. Nice. Additional, resting HR is leattery gone. Any questions?????? .
Today first time after one month detected LTHR . but simulation from Garmin show me I should run 10 km in 46 minutes and it was 45 minutes. So I think if for you simulation is too high I can say you can faster :-) this is happen for me many times example last year Fenix 3 show me marathon in 3,30h It was 3,18h now on the Fenix 5 the same .
Dunno whether this is FW 8.0 but I'll put it down to that since this never happened before: I did a 14 km run this morning. Synced with GC - hey presto, the map shows a GPS track that stops at km 10+, so about 4km gap between start and end. Footpod kept recording (hence I have total distance), as did watch (heartrate, cadence, time etc.) - just not the GPS. So what on earth was that?
Today first time after one month detected LTHR . but simulation from Garmin show me I should run 10 km in 46 minutes and it was 45 minutes. So I think if for you simulation is too high I can say you can faster :-) this is happen for me many times example last year Fenix 3 show me marathon in 3,30h It was 3,18h now on the Fenix 5 the same .
After update to version 8 first time I was been on the swimming pool . First it was issue to download hr from hrm tri now I can export to Garmin connect do you have any solution for that?
When are we going to get a camera selfie button widget on the $600 Fenix 5? my son's $100 watch has a button that allows you to take a selfie on the iPhone. Why is this feature like music control not available until now? is there a technical reason? If I can control my music why can't I control my iPhone camera?!
Thank you
Seriously? The most wanted feature of a GPS sports watch is ...here it comes ... a camera selfie button? You gotta be kidding.
As for the impact of the update, I updated to 8.00 quite some time ago and i experience an improvement of GPS accuracy for the last couple of runs, i hope that sticks. I haven't noticed any problems with battery drain. Though It did have a huge impact on RHR monitoring, it decreased quite a bit since the update and i don't think it is me having a lower RHR. Since the algorithm of RHR calculation was a little bit weird i think thats actually good news.
8.0 broke my watch, battery got depleted to the tune of 1% per 5 minutes in watch mode, reinstalling the software and do a reset didn't help, Garmin confirmed they have mailed me a brand new unit so fingers crossed no issues this time!
