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Swimming rest screen unreadable after update to 20.16

kevi_cz
6 months ago

The rest screen “repeat on” field became almost unreadable with black screen - it has orange background and white numbers. I will have to change the background color to white to be able to see the numbers. Anybody else having this issue?

  • 0 5 months ago in reply to leafrookie
    leafrookie said:
    According to Support, this is "by design"...

    That is one of their default answers now for whatever bug or lack of function is reported.

    By this reply, they dismiss actual bug reports by implying that user misunderstands the intended behavior, while they completely disregard reported probem. Complete lack of support!

  • 0 5 months ago in reply to Vizi

    This seems to be the company's official position:
    The illegible fields are a deliberate action by Garmin and the company doesn't care that users can't read these fields...

    forums.garmin.com/.../1916832

  • 0 5 months ago in reply to gaterobs

    I have created a report in the Beta Program. Please vote. Maybe we can bring this problem to the attention of the Fenix ​​7 Beta Program admin ;)

    forums.garmin.com/.../unreadable-swim-rest-screen

  • 0 4 months ago

    Noticed the same issue. It’s annoying. Hopefully gamin fixes the issue of the outline they added around the rest timer making the rest timer illegible. I did find a workaround. Go to the garmin connect app, open the watch settings and do two things:

    1. Activities & Apps (Current Activity if you have the swim app open on the watch) > Pool Swim > Background color, change it to black, now the rest timer outline is red and much easier to read.

    2. Go back main setting screen then to System > Display > During Activity > Brightness, adjust to a higher setting so it’s easier to read.

    This helped me, hoping it’ll help others while Garmin gets it together and fixes the issue as it shouldn’t take all this :)

  • 0 4 months ago

    I found a workaround. In the garmin connect app, open the watch settings and do two things:

    1. Activities & Apps (Current Activity if you have the swim app open on the watch) > Pool Swim > Background color, change it to black, now the rest timer screen is white and the outline around the rest timer is red and much easier to read.

    2. Go back main setting screen then to System > Display > During Activity > Brightness, adjust to a higher setting so it’s easier to read.

    This helped me, hoping it’ll help others while Garmin gets it together and fixes the issue as it shouldn’t take all this Slight smile

  • 0 4 months ago in reply to 3355284
    3355284 said:
    while Garmin gets it together and fixes the issue as it shouldn’t take all this

    According to Garmin, this is "by design", as referenced on posts on previous page of this thread. Garmin is the only one who does not see problem here. So they will not fix it.

  • 0 4 months ago in reply to Vizi

    I still can't believe that Garmin employees directly admitted that it is illegible due to design.

    And I can't understand why it is such a problem to improve this readability.

    It's a bit hard for me to believe that they are trying to annoy their users in such a stupid way...

  • +1 4 months ago in reply to gaterobs

    Moderator: This thread was locked as it is a duplicate. You can access the other thread to continue this conversation here: https://forums.garmin.com/outdoor-recreation/outdoor-recreation/f/fenix-7-series/404705/background-color-on-swim-fields-is-buggy/1916832#1916832