Fenix 7 battery issues after 20.22 update

I just made the update a week or so ago and I'm losing 10-20% battery life per day with no changes in my activity or settings. Normally I would get the 18-20 days out of each charge. Anyone else encountering this issue?

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Jakub Holy 7 months ago +2

This problem start last year (9/24) normaly was quality of battery about 18-20 day like you. But since that time is maximum battery life 3-4 days. It is sad, that garmin developers don´t fix this problem…
Ryan M Vickerman 7 months ago in reply to 8924630 +1 suggested

Thanks! I actually rolled back to 17.28 using this thread. https://forums.garmin.com/outdoor-recreation/outdoor-recreation/f/fenix-7-series/372868/downgrade-to-stable-16-22---instructions#fromHistory
Ryan M Vickerman 7 months ago in reply to 6423099 +1

You can find it here: forums.garmin.com/.../downgrade-to-stable-16-22---instructions

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0 Jakub Holy 7 months ago

This problem start last year (9/24) normaly was quality of battery about 18-20 day like you. But since that time is maximum battery life 3-4 days. It is sad, that garmin developers don´t fix this problem. Problem which have several peaple throuht garmin users :-(

0 wouteroosterveld 7 months ago in reply to Jakub Holy

Do you happen to know what the last firmware version was without the battery drain issue? This renders my watch unusable for an upcoming ultra race....

0 8924630 7 months ago in reply to wouteroosterveld

17.28 is fine and I have it for the 7X if you want to DM me.

There's another guy on here who has other versions. His name is something like Socorscu.

He is a fairly prolific poster so you should come across him and he is happy to provide

You doing the UTS?

0 Ryan M Vickerman 7 months ago in reply to 8924630

Thanks! I actually rolled back to 17.28 using this thread. https://forums.garmin.com/outdoor-recreation/outdoor-recreation/f/fenix-7-series/372868/downgrade-to-stable-16-22---instructions#fromHistory

0 2166192 7 months ago

My watch went from 8 days to turning off right before I was headed to the gym. Not liking this update

0 3199014 7 months ago

Same issue with my 7X Pro. I subscribed to the beta program in order to see if the upcoming upgrade will fix the battery life issue, but so far I need to plug it in at least every five days.

0 3199014 7 months ago

Same issue with my 7X Pro. I subscribed to the beta program in order to see if the upcoming upgrade will fix the battery life issue, but so far I need to plug it in at least every five days.

0 6423099 7 months ago in reply to 8924630

Hey, could you share 17.28 for 7X pro? I'd downgrade my watch as well, hoping to see Bluetooth issues fixed

0 Ryan M Vickerman 7 months ago in reply to 6423099

You can find it here: forums.garmin.com/.../downgrade-to-stable-16-22---instructions

0 Nuntee 7 months ago in reply to Ryan M Vickerman

I tried to find a link to the 17.28 version, but I can only find the 16.22, which I am currently running. I'd like to get up to 17.28, am I just blind and can see the links?