ECG in Europe

matej787 8 months ago

So Garmin tell us if you intend to enable ECG in Europe and if so when.

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e7andy 4 months ago in reply to 1062417 +5

It just takes few minutes to activate the ECG app in Europe by faking the location of your phone and then it works. No point in lowering yourself to an Apple Watch
trux 4 months ago in reply to Schtutz +5

BTW, from https://forums.garmin.com/outdoor-recreation/outdoor-recreation/f/fenix-8-series/400905/ecg-now-available-in-eu-and-australia

Garmin expands ECG App to customers in Australia and the European…
trux 8 months ago +3 suggested

matej787 said:
So Garmin tell us if you intend to enable ECG in Europe and if so when.

As soon as they get the approval from the EU authorities. And if you ever had some personal experience with the EU bureaucracy…

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0 trux 8 months ago

matej787 said:
So Garmin tell us if you intend to enable ECG in Europe and if so when.

As soon as they get the approval from the EU authorities. And if you ever had some personal experience with the EU bureaucracy, you may realize that it can take its time.

0 1062417 4 months ago

I solved the problem by buying an Apple Watch. Sorry, Garmin, I had enough of your sloppy, clunky trash.

0 e7andy 4 months ago in reply to 1062417

It just takes few minutes to activate the ECG app in Europe by faking the location of your phone and then it works. No point in lowering yourself to an Apple Watch

0 284a0d7360784a5ca52341c0f26c1d13 4 months ago in reply to 1062417

Excellent idea! Having to charge the watch every evening keeps you perfectly focused on the important stuff.

(also rather good for us, since there is one less moaner on the forum ...)

0 Schtutz 4 months ago in reply to e7andy

I second this and I can confirm it's working. I used this guide to do it: https://tinyurl.com/56cxmk5k

0 KrapfenKringel 4 months ago in reply to e7andy

Will you also get your weather reports from the new location?

0 e7andy 4 months ago in reply to KrapfenKringel

No, you just have to fake the location during the setup of ECG. After that is done you turn off the faked position and everything will work as before + a working ECG app.

0 Schtutz 4 months ago in reply to KrapfenKringel

If you keep the location faked, of course, but ideea is to fake it, use it once, and after that you can revert it back to real location and it will keep working wihtin EU.

0 trux 4 months ago in reply to Schtutz

BTW, from https://forums.garmin.com/outdoor-recreation/outdoor-recreation/f/fenix-8-series/400905/ecg-now-available-in-eu-and-australia

Garmin expands ECG App to customers in Australia and the European Union

0 Schtutz 4 months ago in reply to trux