Complicated : watch BT pairing drops out / radio stops playing after taking a call / during activity while wearing headphones - Garmin does not give exercise updates / phone notifications are weird

iPhone 11pro - latest iOS.  / Garmin Fenix 5S

Pairing seems flaky - i wear my watch constantly. My phone is never far away. For some reason the watch is often disconnected.

If i am listening to my radio app - and take or make a phone call - the radio app stops playing after the call. I know this could be the radio app. Not sure if this occurs with Apple Music app.

During an activity - i usually listen to the radio app. Yesterday, i was getting garmin exercise updates through my BT headphones which was great, this was the first time in a long time this has worked. Today - no garmin updates, i checked, the watch was connected via BT. In the past i used corded headphones during my exercise and never get garmin exercise updates during the activity. Often i exercise with a friend who also have a garmin fenix - i can hear his exercise updates while mine are silent.

I'll often miss calls or texts as my phone does not ring or beep even when volumes are turned way up etc. My garmin watch sometimes gives call or text notifications - just seems flaky when it does.

I understand that there is a lot to interconnect, but Apple isn't going to change their software to suit Garmin. Garmin have to code correctly to suit the Apple iOS.

I am a fan of the Garmin fenix, but the unreliability is almost a deal breaker.