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Fenix 8 List Of Software Issues

Odie21
6 months ago

First & foremost, this is a new watch and there shouldn’t be a single person who bought the watch that doesn’t expect hiccups in the beginning of a release. That said, I’d like to create a thread where we can centralized peoples problems based on your own usage. Maybe this helps Garmin as long as this thread stays on track and avoids arguments

Diving App - 1. The Compass heading (top widget) is too small, it needs to increase in size. 2. No Fly Time (Surface Interval) to include the option of a 24hr (no fly time). This is an option on the MK3i. 3. When you hit the button combo to save a heading, the screen occasionally changes.

  • 0 6 months ago

    Jumpmaster app/activity missing on fenix8 51mm saphire

  • 0 6 months ago

    Jumpmaster app/activity missing on fenix8 51mm amoled saphire

  • 0 6 months ago

    It’s just easier to say half of what the watch does has a bug tied into it in one way or another. I mean when you boot a watch for the first time and think you got a faulty display someone the product was rushed out plain and simple. I bet in the last 5 years I sent about 20 emails where i was supposed to including one on one of their all star faces with zero response. It’s almost insanity to think that not one single time anyone responded. It literally just goes into no mans land.

  • 0 6 months ago

    Morning report shows up on 23:00
    No sleep recorded, even if body battery does go up
    Move alert emits beep, no vibration
    Can not save control buttons - can add/remove but reorder does not work

  • 0 6 months ago

    This is the most *** Fenix watch launch. I had all of them since Fenix 3 in the very first weeks and this one is so *** im happy i still have Epix 2 PRO. There is no sense to write all the bugs as there is so many of them. Will wait till new software.

    There is one that makes this watch unusable - AUTO DIMM OPTION when in low light environment, it makes watch unusable during night activities. Next week Im running Julian Ultra Trail by UTMB, 120 km and for the first time im not going to use my newly bought watch.

    Hello Garmin - there was Suunto once (its still there but...) not to mention the Coros, there was Nokia, Blackberry - please reconsider your actions towards customers !!!!

  • 0 6 months ago

    Calendar bug.

    Nap bug.

    Weather bug.

    No Youtube music.

    Low sound speaker.

    Low sound Phone assistant.

    Low light in the dark (unreadable). Bright light in daylight (excessively bright).

    Swiping watch faces with your fingers is laggy.

    Garmin Pay shows no sign of payment.

    Connecting headphones to the watch and hearing sound from the watch and from the headphone at the same time.

    Appstore looks like a cheap excel sheet from 1985 with useless apps.

  • 0 6 months ago

    "Garmin" said at the presentation of the fenix 8 in the live event : https://youtu.be/oGDvwrUpsVI?t=911

    "trust is hard to earn, but easy to lose"

  • 0 6 months ago in reply to socorsu

    I didn't hear anything from them that helped me out over all the issues this watch has..

  • 0 6 months ago

    I don't understand. The company that produces air navigation systems that are used by almost all modern planes, including commercial and private ones, has a huge problem with all its software. let's look at Garmin connect. the app is absolutely terrible. as if it was made by an amateur in a garage. GarminIQ also looks very backward and outdated, and the applications that are there are mostly unusable on new devices and also absolutely outdated. it needs new applications, lots of new models, I recommend watching when you're already asking so much money for it. Garmin we want more modern apps and more apps. I feel that the company does not pay enough attention to the content. I will buy a product for €1200, I will download the Water reminder application, which almost does not work on the touch screen and looks like it is from 1980. Old applications are not compatible with new touch devices at all. maybe you need to think about changing the programmers or take a few dozen people to the team so that the content is good for such expensive devices!!!!!! or then there are other competitive brands to which your customers may switch over time.

  • 0 6 months ago

    A few days ago, I purchased a Garmin Fenix 8, but unfortunately, it has a series of bugs, including a reboot loop. During the night, it also started switching autonomously between activities in a loop, forcing me to perform continuous reboots. I have also tried a reset but without success.