Filed a bug report for the To Low Speaker Volume during phonecalls

Good news!

They replied in the bug thread, and are working on a solution now - temporary fix in the thread:

https://forums.garmin.com/beta-program/fenix-8-series/fenix-8-family-enduro-3-fenix-e---public-beta-reports/i/public-beta-11-8x/11-81b---speaker-volume-during-phone-calls

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We are working on a solution for this issue.

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For Android users, please note a few steps that will help in the meantime:

• Start/answer a phone call or initiate Phone Assistant using your Fenix 8 watch.
• While your watch speaker is actively presenting audio from your phone, increase the volume on your phone using the phone's volume buttons.
• Your phone should then increase the volume for the paired accessory (your Fenix 8 watch) which will result in louder audio from the watch itself.
  • When making the adjustment, you should see the volume indicator on your phone show a symbol to indicate that you are adjusting the volume of a Bluetooth device. Some phone models may show an icon for the Assistant (i.e. Bixby).

Once this volume adjustment is made, your Android phone will remember your volume selection for the next time you use connected phone features on the watch. In other words, you should only need to make this adjustment once.

Note that if your Fenix 8 watch is unpaired from the phone, you would need to repeat these steps after re-pairing. (Un-pairing will cause the phone to forget the selected volume level.)

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Please also note this nuance about the Volume menu on the Fenix 8 series: the volume slider for "Voice" controls all phone-connected features: phone calls and phone assistant. Meanwhile the "System" volume slider controls everything else, including music playback and Audio Prompts for workouts/navigation. The default for both volume sliders is 50%. Phone Call and Phone Assistant volume will benefit from increasing the "Voice" slider to the max setting. I wanted to mention this here just in case any users had only increased the "System" volume setting.

Thanks,
Mel
Garmin Outdoor Quality Team