I bought a Garmin instinct in March 2019 after having many garmin forerunners. I am a runner and Nordic skier and a bit of a cycler. Can you please add vo2 max to the next software upgrade? Thanks.
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Please add this feature is very important
Not that I would not love to have VO₂Max on my Instinct, but I can tell you with almost certainty, that it won't happen, regardless how many petitions there are. The VO₂Max is calculated using algorithms and technology developed by Firstbeat, and it is subject of license fees. It means even if Garmin decided to retrofit old models like Instinct with this technology at their cost, and even if it was possible technically, Garmin would have to pay additional license fee to Firstbeat for every Instinct watch sold. I beleive that even the most optimistic petitioner would realize that from Garmin it would be an economical suicide.
Edit: well, I just see it was already mentioned previously, for example by AllanOlesen67, so I apologize for repeating it, but seeing new posts come here all the time, it may have sense anyway.
there will be a future update for this watch.