Fenix 5S/5 - 8.54 Public Beta

Hello Fenix 5S/5 users,

We have new beta software ready for your upcoming adventures!

Fenix 5S: http://www8.garmin.com/support/downl...s.jsp?id=11661
Fenix 5: http://www8.garmin.com/support/downl...s.jsp?id=11663

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.

8.54 Change Log Notes:

Added the Kayak app.
Added support for Connect IQ SDK v2.4.2.
Added the ability to save Stopwatch recording as an activity. Go to the Stopwatch control, and start the timer. Stop the timer, and select Done. You can then save your activity, which will appear in your History.
Enabled the Auto Set setting for Strength activities. To access this setting, go to your Strength Settings, and select Auto Set. When enabled, sets automatically advance during free Strength activities.
Enabled the Edit Weight setting for Strength and Cardio activities. To access this setting, go to your Strength or Cardio settings, and select Edit Weight. This setting will control whether or not you can edit the weight when editing sets.)
Fixed an issue causing an incorrect time to be displayed.
Fixed an issue preventing time zones with Arabic characters from being displayed in the Time Zone widget.
Fixed a potential crash when using Group LiveTrack.
Fixed an issue resulting in high cadence and calorie values when using some power meters.
Fixed an issue preventing Rep Counting activities from advancing correctly when the Lap key is disabled.
Fixed a potential issue causing the 'Wheel Size Computed' notification to appear frequently.
Fixed an issue causing the Elevation graph to not update frequently.
Fixed an issue causing some workout prompts from a Training Calendar to be repeated after completing the workout.
Fixed an issue where the grade data field was displaying incorrect data.
Fixed an issue with calendars details page where the title and location information were not displaying properly.

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

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

0 Talkabout over 7 years ago

Interaction with notifications seems to be improved. The "discard" option now is the preselected one, which is great. Also it seems that several apps have more options to select from. Thanks Garmin!

Bye

0 rasto77 over 7 years ago

Anyone having issues with backlight not to turn on with gesture set to turn on? Sometimes it works, sometimes it does not. On my Fenix 3 it worked like charm, so there must be some other problem than me I guess :)

0 chloe2 over 7 years ago

Beta 8.54 and/or sensor hub 6.0 broke indoor cycling. My Garmin speed cadence sensor connects and shows speed/cadence, but no distance accrues after starting activity. Saved activity shows correct cadence in graph but no speed graph and heart rate drops with a steady slope from start to end. Tried regular bike app and same thing happened (no gps of course).

Distance stays at 0.00 ... connect iq data screen does not show distance or average speed, but shows speed and cadence - heart rate is off too.

Reverting back to 8.00 fixes this issue. Kept Sensor hub 6.00 so I know it was 8.54 that broke distance accrual in indoor bike for me. This is a pretty bad BUG for people that use indoor bike and Beta 8.54. I sent 3 emails to Garmin Fenix 5 Beta with details. Hope they can find it and fix it - probably has something to do with setting the wheel size that was updated in this Beta.

0 renton82 over 7 years ago

Reverting back to 8.00 fixes this issue. Kept Sensor hub 6.00 so I know it was 8.54 that broke distance accrual in indoor bike for me. This is a pretty bad BUG for people that use indoor bike and Beta 8.54. I sent 3 emails to Garmin Fenix 5 Beta with details. Hope they can find it and fix it - probably has something to do with setting the wheel size that was updated in this Beta.

Is there a way to revert back a previous version of sensor hub firmware?

0 Ma73ko over 7 years ago

Garmin SW team are you trying to address the OHR problem during High intensity Training / Activities?

0 MyFenixS5 over 7 years ago

Brilliant! Finally we paddlers get a Kayak app just in time for my overnight trip. Thank you beta team!

0 Former Member over 7 years ago

I'm seeing an occasional freeze when removing Connect IQ watchfaces. Needs a reboot to restart. Other than that, nothing

0 nikolas620 over 7 years ago

Good job, now please work the Instantaneous speed....... 310x and 620 were better... thx