Just a theory, but...history is repeating somehow..

Over the years i kept testing Fitbit devices. From Ionic to Versa, Charge, Versa 2, Lite....all in all good devices castrated by appalling software.
Long term bugs not fixed, SpO2 sensor built-in but not enabled for 2 years. Only good thing were steps counting and sleep analysis.
Developer and support was in a coma-induced state. Then news broke out that Fitbit is acquired by Google.

Something tells me we may be seeing history repeating. What do you think?
It's getting ridiculous seeing a $1000 watch plagued with so many bugs and quirks. Maybe they don't care anymore?

  •  I have not experienced any of these on my F6X. Is this your experience with your watch? Have you contacted Garmin about your issues? If your unit is defective, consider getting it replaced.

  • go out and play if u want a flame, u wont get it here.
    the question was addressed to the poster, troll somewhere else. thank you.

  • go out and play if u want a flame, u wont get it here

    I have no idea what that means.  Go out and play if I want a flame???

    troll somewhere else

    You asked a question and it was answered.  Just because someone doesn't agree with you doesn't make them a troll.

    pick your another favourite one from these forums

    You have made it apparently clear that you believe every post about a supposed bug is legitimate and affects everyone.  Others have responded and told you that this isn't the case.  You refuse to believe this and take the stance that Garmin no longer cares and therefore will be bought out by another company.  Is that a fair summary of your post?

  • I dropped fitbit because their step counting was really bad.  But it was bad in a way people didn't complain, as it over counted, and therefore people hit their goals easier.  I was getting 30% more steps on the FB than every over brand I compared it to.

  • There isn't a perfect working wereable on the market. First fact. This is a technology in development (second fact). 

    The watches around are worst that the fenix 6 (third fact). If you don't believe it read tens of reliable technical reviews online. 

  • I am done. Enjoy your watches.

    I bet this isn't true. You switched to an AW a while ago and you are happy with it. That means you made the right choice, but why you are still posting (a lot) on this forum (which is fine), but for what purpose??

    Most of your posts are about how good an AW is and how bad Garmin is. This might be true for you (and a few others) but not for most people here. 

  • I  was once a big fan boy, I am done.

    If this is who I think it is (O.A.D), you'll be back.  You've jumped back and forth from Garmin's side of the fence to Apple's, you probably spend more time pulling splinters out of your ass than anything else. Lol. 

  • I had a 935 and got a 6S. sold the 935 and was very happy with the 6S. when it came, it got updated to 5. I loved the build, the feel of the buttons and the look. I have a hrm-tri and was very happy with all the metrics biking. The ohr when i started an activity was perfect to the elliptical and soon. then i read the complaints about the ohr not starting an activity. So i did my testing. when the elliptical was showing 130, the hr widget would show 70. i went up and down the stairs, rose my hr and the widget was 20 beat lower. the weird thing is that the day after, i did the elliptical test again. i always wear the watch higher on my forearm. well, the ohr was perfect. it would match the high intensity number. That did not make any sense. i did more testing in the 10 days i had the watch and i was not able to replicate the excellent behavior. i called support and was told that the watch handles hr differently when you start or not start an activity. i assume the polling frequency is higher when you start an activity. It may be solve by a firmware update but did not want to wait for something that may take a long time to happen. if it does get fix, i may consider getting another one.

  • While I absolutely love what the Fenix 6 does while running (the stats), I am very disappointed with everything else.  Having a heart rate of 90 while just sitting there is inexcusable from a stability perspective and along with the "iffy" sleep tracking, I can't get myself to wear it more than a couple of days in a row before I but back on the AW.  While the AW has nothing close in the sports side, their platform is much more stable.  Coming from a Marq, these issues aren't new to the F6 since they are based on the same hardware, from what I see they have just been ignored in order to push more product (plagued with the same problems).

    I think it is a combination of outsourcing their software development and trying to bring too much too fast.   They let cost cutting get in the way of the customer experience and that never ends well for a company.  How many people got a better experience when the company they work for outsourced IT?????

    If Garmin could just focus on making the heart rate believable and improve the sleep tracking it would be something I would never consider taking off my wrist.

    If Garmin is actually listening, communication is key right now - admit the problems and tell your users what is being done to resolve it.

  • I think it is a combination of outsourcing their software development

    I've hear that Garmin has gone downhill ever since they outsourced over and over again. This grabbed my attention and I decided to look into it further. After doing a Google search for "does Garmin outsource", "Garmin outsourcing software", etc. I have found nothing. In fact, the only articles the search brings up is how Garmin is the only company that doesn't outsource anything in regards to their wearables (don't know about other products).  So, is this just a myth someone started and people bought into, or is there any fact of Garmin outsourcing when it comes to wearables?  Please reply with references we can all verify (anyone, not you specifically Rick) and not opinions or rumors. I'm not saying this isn't happening, I'd just like to read it for myself.