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More watchfaces *Sign under campain*

Kjell-H.
8 months ago

This is a sign-under campaign.

Fenix 8 is a fantastic watch. But, as almost every reviewer and owner knows- the watch faces here on the watch is a completely DISASTER and we (singned under here) requests for better alternatives and the watch face quality we are used to see on those devices.

"I hereby agree and sign that garmin have to make better or more watch faces to the 8. My opinion is these watch faces are not good enough. I request Garmin to provide better or more faces, at least include the Epix-amoled faces from earlier AMOLED-watches on the 8. Or make new unique, but better faces"

  • 0 7 months ago

    SIGNED!

    "I hereby agree and sign that garmin have to make better or more watch faces to the 8. My opinion is these watch faces are not good enough. I request Garmin to provide better or more faces, at least include the Epix-amoled faces from earlier AMOLED-watches on the 8. Or make new unique, but better faces"

    I now tried the Fenix 8 43mm because of my worse getting eyesight, I'm a total fan of MIP normally but can hardly read it anymore with no glasses on. This is the main reason I got an amoled version which solves the problem.

    I am SHOCKED of how bad these watchfaces are. There is no comparison to the watchfaces of Fenix 6 or 7. These look like watchfaces for children and teens. The more colorful the better. Pahh...

    GARMIN, THIS IS A SPORTS WATCH!!!!!

    There is no clean analog and digital watchface anymore. Just time. I am really shocked what they have done to the watchface collection of the lineup. Shocked. The only watchface I can remember form before which looks like a sports watchface is the last one red/white which was introduced with Fenix 6 (pro?).

    I guess they want us to sign for their watchface shop. I never use ConnectIQ because of battery drain issues etc.

    This is the worst watch I ever owned regarding watchfaces. Even the Garmin lifestyle watches have WAY better watchfaces now. WTF has Garmin done here? Again: Shocked.

    Plus you can't even really edit the watchface anymore. Before with amoled Garmin you could change the background to black and other stuff. You could change analog watch hands. Now you can only edit data and some insignificant colors. OMG.

    If the battery drain doesn't stop (with 12.09) I'm thinking about sending my watch back.

    Some people don't wanna use ConnectIQ, GARMIN!!!!!

    Where is the plain simple digital watchface which have been there for a decade or longer? And other sport watchfaces?

    Even Apple Watch has WAY better watchfaces now.

    Garmin: Please bring back the simple digital watchface (just big digital time and some data fields) which has been there for decades. I use it for many years.

  • 0 7 months ago in reply to 4284668

    Fully agree. Children’s watch faces on a £1000 smart device for training. No thanks. One of the most disappointing aspects of my upgrade from a Fenix 6X Pro Solar to a Fenix 8 51mm Solar has been the watch faces. It’s crashed out a few times, and I am guessing that they will sort that, but I want my smart device to look… well… SMART rather than coloured in !

  • 0 7 months ago in reply to 4284668

    this is a subjective opinion. just because you don't like watchfaces doesn't mean they're bad!!!! you have many watch faces to choose from on Connect IQ. and if you don't want to use it, that's your problem!! I like Watchface. they are modern and do not look like watch faces from old models. it's 2024 and not everyone likes retro. if you like the watchface on the Applewatch, then buy an Applewatch and not the Fenix ​​8. thumbs up for me for refreshing the user environment and the Garmin watchface.

  • 0 7 months ago in reply to 6085704

    As you say, subjective… I’m on my 4th Fenix and based on all of my previous experiences, they ‘felt’ like much more grown up watches. That may be subjective, but I wish I’d have known the watch faces I’d be ‘buying’ on my fancy new watch would look convincingly like a downgrade before I spent £1000.

    Didn't expect to have to check the ‘Watch face’ spec as well as the new features list. Once bitten, twice shy as they say.

  • 0 6 months ago

    Agree & signed.  The hardware is fantastic, but clearly the sw was rushed judging by the number of updates since launch - and the watch faces were given low priority in the process.  Please bring back some ‘grown up’ options like those on the previous Epix or copy some of the Marq faces.

  • 0 6 months ago in reply to Kjell-H.

    Progress for sure, but it’s good looking Analog faces, with more data I want !