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Garmin Fenix - Intermittent Sleep Tracking (Sleep tracking fails)

paulkeary
over 2 years ago

have used Garmin for years and never had problems with the sleep tracking function until the last 8 months. Has there been an update that has changed the way the Fenix Sleep tracking works?

 

I had a Fenix 6s that always worked perfectly until approximately 6-8 months ago. Since then my sleep tracking has been intermittent. It will track probably 1 out of 3 nights. I actually replace my Fenix 6 with a Fenix 7 as I assumed the sleep tracking inside the watch was broken but the Fenix 7s Solar intermittently misses full nights sleep also.

Has anyone experienced anything similar?

 

I have followed all the instructions Garmin provided – ensure Oxy was enabled, disabling power save, ensuring it’s fitted correctly etc.


Does anyone have any other ideas?

It seems strange that the sleep tracking would function perfectly for many years and then start to fail on multiple Fenix watches.

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    I've recently experienced the same.  Been spotty for about a month (ish) now. With intermittent sleep tracking missing here and there along with very odd low breathing (4 brpm) with high SpO2 which makes no since.Also showing low SpO2 a lot lately too. And as of late, now missing a complete night of sleep tracking on Oct 14th and now last night. Band leaving marks on my wrist like always. Only different is updates to watch since bought in April. Also this morning, I have the night time watch face and was up before it turned off and this time it would not let me turn it off. As soon as I tried the minus symbol disappeared. Things are getting weird. And to add,after a charge, it shows 18 days of battery. Seemed to me I was getting twice that with sleep, 24/7 SpO2 but might have change a setting??

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    If you want to see real nonsense try using a Fenix 6 and working around the clock shifts - 6am/2pm, 2pm/9pm, 9pm/6am.  I do not think any sleep tracking device could ever handle this and frankly after 30 years of doing it (or similar shift work) neither could I.  Retirement fixed it.  But you are right - an afternoon nap is enough to defeat the tracking.  Not the most important thing in the world but surely not beyond Garmin to fix.

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to bromhidrosis

    My wife works nights and wanted a garmin and I told her it wouldn't work for her. I just test  positive covid for the first time. My lungs are jacked can't beath, cough up crap. And for the first time I've ever seen my watch give me 100% on SpO2.....never had a prefect score until I can breath..

    Not everyone are athletes, I old, like to hike etc etc nothing to harsh and the watch is getting a little goofy