Heart rate with swimming now works?

DJGShef over 4 years ago

I just noticed that, for the first time, my swim has recorded my heart rate. That's nice, but I didn't know it did.

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DJGShef over 4 years ago +2

Just swam again today and my HR was recorded (pool swim). I hope this continues - the readings give good correlation to effort so I'm happy with the readings and estimate of effort, calories, etc.
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5067057 over 4 years ago in reply to tsark0ff +2

For the Fenix 6? We’re talking specifically about the Instinct...
5067057 over 4 years ago +1

Same happened with me on my Garmin Instinct. I really hope it’s not a bug...

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0 4906382 over 4 years ago

Has anyone with the latest v.11 firmware had hr count during swimming? In all my tests no heart rate now

0 DJGShef over 4 years ago

With firmware 11 update it appears to have reverted to not recording HR during pool swim.

0 Alex over 4 years ago in reply to DJGShef

Yes same to me...with firmware 11 no hr during pool swimming...bah..i hope garmin will put it back on the next firmware release

0 tess over 4 years ago in reply to 9058036

9058036 said:
How you take back a feature you just gave to your costumers even if it was by mistake?

What do you mean? It's their product and they can do what they want with it. If you're employer mistakenly over pays you do think you have the right to keep the money?

9058036 said:
We actually demand from Garmin to enforce that feature and saying ***... And for sure not to take it back.

You're in no position to demand anything from Garmin. You're only recourse is to go to another manufacturer if you don't like it.

0 trux over 4 years ago in reply to tess

tess said:
You're only recourse is to go to another manufacturer if you don't like it.

You can also roll back to the old firmware, and avoid updating to v11

0 kidney_thief over 4 years ago

I find it really funny that changelog does not mention fixing this issue not surprised at all. I wonder how would a changelog entry look like - something along the lines "we're broken the bug that enabled users to swim with HR monitoring"

0 tsark0ff over 4 years ago

As per ChangeLog for F6 12.20 ( https://forums.garmin.com/outdoor-recreation/outdoor-recreation/f/fenix-6-series/243394/system-software-12-20-sensor-hub-gps-updates ) there is a mention: "Fixed an issue where time in zones information could be incorrect for pool swim activities." So, HR is available as a feature and not gonna be eliminated at all. Since almost all high-price watches do use equal sensors and software functionality - then Swim HR should work and be back on Instincts.

0 5067057 over 4 years ago in reply to tsark0ff

For the Fenix 6? We’re talking specifically about the Instinct...

0 2790324 over 3 years ago in reply to trux

Hey trux, how can you rollback? I cannot find where to download 10.72.

0 trux over 3 years ago in reply to 2790324

2790324 said:
I cannot find where to download 10.72.

You have to find someone who kept the beta installation package Instinct_1100Beta.zip which included also the 10.72 rollback version.

Originally it was on the URL https://download.garmin.com/software/Instinct_1100Beta.zip, but it was already removed.