How easy does backlight gesture activate for you?

It used to work perfectly, but not anymore

See forums.garmin.com/.../wrist-gesture-since-update-21-00

I’m in the same boat as you. Although I think we might be suffering a hardware fault not a software fault
Reason being, why does no one else have the issue? I tested comparing with my sons forerunner over a 1km run. The Fenix backlight was on nearly the whole time. The forerunner came on briefly once and then off.

I’ve raised a support ticket with Garmin and will let you know if/when it gets resolved.

I have it set for After Sunset and during an activity. After Sunset works spot on where as during activity it is very inconsistent, sometimes it's great and then other times it's almost impossible.

In the gym is where I have the most difficulty, when I have activities like walk or hike it's great.

I still believe it's a problem with firmware 21.00, but maybe we could perform a hard reset and go back to an older version and see what happens

What was the firmware immediately prior to that one? I do recall my watch functioning perfectly during the previous season after sunset during an activity. But during the summer time I was running during daylight hours, so I don’t know when it stopped working

Im with v23.0 now and during activity, when gesture back-light is set for gesture and after sunset it stays lighten all the time...Did not happen in the past but I don't know how was during earlier updates (after May 2022) as I did not run earlier after sunset since June this year.

Im with v23.0 now and during activity, when gesture back-light is set for gesture and after sunset it stays lighten all the time...Did not happen in the past but I don't know how was during earlier updates (after May 2022) as I did not run earlier after sunset since June this year.