Hello all!
I've been having some issues with the GPS of my Fenix 7. It turns out that when I go hiking in the mountains or around the place where I live, it doesn't measure well. Suddenly, after apparently working well for a while, it starts giving changes in the location of the watch that make no sense. Despite walking in a straight line or along a path, it continuously makes changes from right to left with distances that are impossible to cover on foot so quickly. I've noticed that sometimes it tries to take me back to the path. It's like the watch tries to return to the point where I am but makes very frequent straight lines from one side to the other.
At the beggining I thought that it could be a feature of the watch to help people find the path easier or whatever, but I haven't found anything related to that on the settings. I'm running in the 16.22 version and despite I've looked for software updates on both the watch and the computer (connecting the watch to Garmin Express) it just says that the software is updated. I've read that Garmin has already released a 17.20 or even 17.22 stable update for the Fenix 7 series, so that it's also kind of weird. Anyway, regardless of the version, this thing with the GPS is getting quite annoying, because activities end up being longer than expected just because the GPS goes around making straigth lines from here to there.
I attach some pictures so its easier to understand. In one of them, I add a comparison of an activity recorded simultaneously with a Garmin Fenix 6 Pro. (Picture 1 vs. Picture 2). Then, pic 3 and 4 are just the thing that I've noticed. All activities were recorded on clear days, easy and known mountains, nothing special.
Has anyone else noticed this kind of issue? I've tried emailing Garmin but got no response so far.
Thank you!
