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Any chance to introduce a setting that respect people with weak eyesight or difficulties to see all colors?

Matt.47
over 2 years ago

I really like to see the option to set font type and size, at least in I would say 3-5 different modes. Also a set of 2-3 color schemes. Both independently.

I guess, I am not the only one with over 45 that has difficulties to see some small fonts sizes on my Epix 2 and also I feel that the sharpness and clearance of the current font is much worse than e.g. the one of the Venu 2 Plus. Also not every young one has 100% strength of the eyes in the age of computer and laptop work.

Would appreciate if you could think about introducing such feature as some competitors it already have.

Best regards, Mathias 

  • +1 over 2 years ago

    I have the same question. I have never been able to upgrade from my Forerunner 35 because I can't find another Garmin I can read without glasses. My vision is good, but I'm at the reading glasses stage of life.

    I'm an Android user. Galaxy 5 has a Zoom option, but I really prefer Garmin, if I could just find one I can read. It's very frustrating that so many Garmin watches seem to not provide basic accessibility for buyers over 50.

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    There are many, many ways you can customize the display to make it easier to read.

    The fewer the number of fields you have, the larger the font. And apart from the size of font, fewer fields also means a less cluttered display, and makes it easier for ageing eyes (mine included) to quickly pick out the relevant detail.

    So focus on the fields you really need to monitor your performance on a regular basis - eg. pace, distance, heart rate. All the other information that you may only need to check once or twice in a run you should move to a second screen, that you scroll to if needed.

  • +1 over 2 years ago in reply to mcalista

    It is not only about the activities interface - which as you described can be remedied by fewer but bigger fields per screen. 

    But this is related to general interface - reading messages, notifications, reading widgets contents. I have been raising this numerous times, through this forum, through feature request channel. 

    They simply don't give a f..k.  

    I'm done waiting. Been using Garmin watches since Garmin Forerunner 405 (15 years). Moving to other platform. 

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to bgrenda

    I totally agree. Its about the general display interface. From a 500-1000EUR/USD device , I expect such thing out of the box. Not by customizing each possible data viww (by the way system screens cannot be customized anyway) and it is NOT magic to program it. Just giving respect to customer who need this and giving customers the decision. 

  • 0 over 2 years ago
    Matt.47 said:
    some competitors it already have.

    As one of those older folks I'd be interested to know which Garmin competitors have introduced the option to set font type and size on their sports watch. Would you provide a link to such a watch please?

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to Dr Phil

    Depends how you define "Garmin competitor". 

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to bgrenda

    Ask the OP. He’s the one who said others have it. 

  • +1 over 2 years ago in reply to Dr Phil

    One may obviously state that watches as Apple Watch Ultra or Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro, or Suunto 7 are not direct Garmin competitors - because these cannot run week(s) on battery, does not support external sensors, other blah blah.  Well, I guess even Garmin might even state it. 

    But I guess on internal market analysis they perfectly know that Apple and Samsung have entered their territory. And if they don't - they are blind. 

    And yeah - the watches I mentioned have accessibility features - like font scaling. 

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to bgrenda

    I would also emphasize that up to around 500 million people on this planet have a red-green disability. So an up to date accessibility feature should also include this