New sw 18.14 Battery Drain

I don't understand why Garmin released this version if in beta program it is fully bug inside....and the major issue is battery drain!!

Anyone has tried to update at this version?
Feedback?

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Garmin-Laurie 11 months ago in reply to eezytiger +6 verified

Update September 25, 2024:

Our engineers have discovered a concern with incident detection remaining active, after ending an activity recording. They have released a BETA software fix, version 18.15 that…
Garmin-Laurie over 1 year ago in reply to 9741221 +-1 verified

Hello,

I am sorry to hear you are having trouble with rapid battery drain since installing Software version 18.14. Our engineers would like to investigate this concern further. Since this researching this…
Garmin-Laurie over 1 year ago in reply to MirceaForce +4 verified

I do understand the concern with battery drain. And this is something that Garmin is concerned with addressing as well. It is not a question of how many people are reporting this, but since it doesn't…
bluefish over 1 year ago +5

Faby said:
I don't understand why Garmin released this version if in beta program it is fully bug inside....and the major issue is battery drain!!

Quite simply: Garmin has not created a ticket. Obviously…
3348090 over 1 year ago +5

I am now experiencing battery drain for the first time after latest update

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0 Skordilovich 11 months ago in reply to the_mushter

Garmin make great hardware? Garmin put simple hardware and simple software. Nothing more.

0 SETM 11 months ago in reply to Former Member

the fact that the Epix line is being phased out

It will not be phased out differently than for Fenix 7. They share the same software; only the display type that differs. Epix will be supported equally long as Fenix 7 will be supported.

0 6336168 11 months ago

Hello, I tried the reset of the watch as suggested by some people and this seems to have fixed the issue for me.

0 Former Member 11 months ago in reply to SETM

Understood. But I'm sure their main software focus right now is the fenix 8 line, and it may be a while before they get to these types of issues, and I wanted to return the Epix before the return period ran out.

0 the_mushter 11 months ago

Does anyone know if Coros watches have the same issues with software updates being 'buggy'? I'm just wondering if this is a Garmin specific thing, or a market wide thing?

0 Former Member 11 months ago in reply to the_mushter

the_mushter said:
Does anyone know if Coros watches have the same issues with software updates being 'buggy'? I'm just wondering if this is a Garmin specific thing, or a market wide thing?

I've tried Coros, Polar, Suunto, AWU, and GWA. They all have bugs, but Garmin has more features than anyone else right now.

If this is of any help.

0 1820357 11 months ago in reply to Garmin-Laurie

My epix gen 2 is the same went from 10 days of battery from my daily use down to 5

0 Paulo_Goulart 11 months ago in reply to 6336168

I just received my 3rd Epix2 (replacement), this time a Sapphire. No problem at all with the battery after update, on the contrary…I never saw such low consumption, unbelievable…

0 depleted 11 months ago

Same problem here. Around 0.5 %/h or 12% per day. I used to get around 5% per day. Already deactivated Garmin Share and restarted a few times but that didn't fix it.

I wonder why they only started collecting data a few days ago when the bug was reported several times more than a month ago in the beta phase.

Did they even check this bug during beta?

0 Le_paulo 11 months ago

Epic Pro Gen 2 Sapphire 42mm - updated to 18.14 via WiFi and have no battery drain issues - getting about 9 days with HR and PulseOx sensors on but not many activities or GPS.

Seems the same as before with 17.28. No issues for me.