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Fenix 5X - 8.54 Public Beta

Hello Fenix 5X users,

We have new beta software ready for your upcoming adventures!

Fenix 5X: http://www8.garmin.com/support/downl...s.jsp?id=11665

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 where GPX files with a certain data format could not be parsed by the device and would display a blank map.
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 Dexter101010 over 7 years ago

They are busy with doing a watch for easter bunny :))))

0 renton82 over 7 years ago

Always believe into the good things ... this is what I would do after a version like that ...

Worst beta (and stable ) ever!

0 Former Member over 7 years ago

I can not believe this lousy company is milking the way out of this release 8.0, it has been 1 month and 2 weeks out of this worthless firmware. These dudes they really got no dignity, not even an apology. I have to admit I buy garmin due to ant+, Suunto and polar don't do it.

0 renton82 over 7 years ago

I can not believe this lousy company is milking the way out of this release 8.0, it has been 1 month and 2 weeks out of this worthless firmware. These dudes they really got no dignity, not even an apology. I have to admit I buy garmin due to ant+, Suunto and polar don't do it.

Thinking to sell my Fenix 5X for Spartan Ultra (that i owned some time ago), it has less options but all its functions works almost flawlessly! I'm tired to report back error to beta team and wait months until they decide to fix them, most of times fixing bugs means introduce new ones... unacceptable! The only thing for now that stop me to buy a Spartan Ultra is that i'm a swimmer and Suunto hasn't swim drill log.

0 dpfulg over 7 years ago

I can not believe this lousy company is milking the way out of this release 8.0, it has been 1 month and 2 weeks out of this worthless firmware. These dudes they really got no dignity, not even an apology. I have to admit I buy garmin due to ant+, Suunto and polar don't do it.

If you are still buying then they are doing a good enough job. Agree that firmware bugs are annoying and that it sometimes takes forever to fix "simple" things.

But after all the 8.0 release is quite stable, at least the features I use.

Personally I like the betas they provide, even if I somtimes have to live with some issues like the battery drain in the latest 8.54 beta release.
Guess this will be fixed in the next stable release.

0 Former Member over 7 years ago

If you are still buying then they are doing a good enough job. Agree that firmware bugs are annoying and that it sometimes takes forever to fix "simple" things.

But after all the 8.0 release is quite stable, at least the features I use.

Personally I like the betas they provide, even if I somtimes have to live with some issues like the battery drain in the latest 8.54 beta release.
Guess this will be fixed in the next stable release.

While you may be right about buying from them, I have to admit it was "the luck of it", my wife bought it for me and I was thinking about exchange it for the Spartan one. I didnt, so, it is my fault as well for being stuck with it. I just think even if the next one is a present I will exhange it for another one. The watch looks very good, many things work properly, but there are way too many bugs.
The last "stable release" is very alpha for my taste, not even beta.

This product, the fenix 5x,, I dont know if it is doing well on sells, but for sure there are many customers that arent happy. At least that i know for sure 8 guys didnt buy this watch because of me telling them about bugs.While I can not trash watches I dont have for sure I trash this one until it works properly.

0 DB00 over 7 years ago

I’ve had my 5x for about 8 months. I Think it looks good and is solid hardware. The functionality is very useful and motivational. However, I would not and don’t recommend it due to the consistent beta-like buggy nature of both beta and released software versions. Same is true of Garmin Connect Mobile: plenty of good features that are often and regularly undermined by the regular bugs. I could recommend this watch and its ecosystem if only it could be stable most of the time.

yes this thread is about an actual beta, so we should expect bugs, but I’d really like the developers to consider how the could introduce some periods of stability into the public non-beta releases. If that can’t happen I’ll move on from Garmin after I wear out the 5x. If not many agree with me then, of course, Garmin has nothing to worry about.

0 Ikhanton over 7 years ago

Now, when I get out of the car I reach my flight of stairs goal, I'm kicking ass :-)

0 Ikhanton over 7 years ago

I noticed that during a pool swim my phone received a call. When I finished my pool swim workout I saw the phone call notification on my fenix, but instead of allowing me to dismiss the notification it is stuck on telling my to accept or reject the call though it will not allow me to do anything but cancel out of the screen.

0 grahamjose over 7 years ago

Why are the betas not suitable for APAC? I purchased my watch in the US, but I am now in Australia.