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New Edge 1040 Series Version 12.16 Now Available is BETA!

f|33tStA over 3 years ago

Hey,

why is the official 12.16 release in Beta?

www8.garmin.com/.../download_details.jsp

i don't want Beta-Testing, buit it is already installed!

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MikeF-Swiss over 3 years ago +1

Garmin-Matthew posted:

This is now Live at 100% (7/8/22)

Anyway 3 fixes that will not affect the majority! What about all the other bugs that do affect most of us?
BeneGi over 3 years ago +1

12.16 was first released as an beta and appeared to be stable enough to become a stable, so Garmin switched its status from beta to stable. They also renamed the forum thread here. This is not the first…

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0 krazyeone over 3 years ago

o god ....

0 MikeF-Swiss over 3 years ago

Garmin-Matthew posted:

This is now Live at 100% (7/8/22)

Anyway 3 fixes that will not affect the majority! What about all the other bugs that do affect most of us?

0 f|33tStA over 3 years ago in reply to MikeF-Swiss

either it's a beta or not, there's been a new Garmin beta program for a while where you have to sign up, I didn't sign up, i don't want Betas on my devices!

0 ttalonso over 3 years ago in reply to f|33tStA

naive, in garmin there are no differences between final firmwares and betas... none is free of bugs

0 BeneGi over 3 years ago

12.16 was first released as an beta and appeared to be stable enough to become a stable, so Garmin switched its status from beta to stable. They also renamed the forum thread here. This is not the first time such a switch happened, habe seen in a few times with my watches.
The new Alpha/Beta system is only available for a few watches, the Edge division does it „old school“.

0 f|33tStA over 3 years ago in reply to BeneGi

so for me a Beta can't have the same version number as a public release!

0 f|33tStA over 3 years ago

How to enroll for Public Beta Program
Garmin has introduced a public beta software program that, when enrolled on a compatible product, will automatically send software updates to your device. Enrolling in the beta program gives you access to:

Software updates and features not yet publicly available
Automatic access forum channels to provide feedback and discuss the beta software......

forums.garmin.com/.../how-to-enroll-for-public-beta-program

0 krazyeone over 3 years ago in reply to f|33tStA

Do you see any Edge in there?

Stop trolling

0 f|33tStA over 3 years ago in reply to krazyeone

i don't troll, i don't understand that Garmin have no guidelines for their software releases if public or not, they act like they want, one team works different like the other, thats the thing that the quality of their releases is often bad!

0 krazyeone over 3 years ago in reply to f|33tStA

They have guidelines for their software releases .

For Fenix watches they have dedicated way to enroll in Beta program , for EDGE everything is manual

If you want to install BETA for EDGE its your choice, if you don't want then wait the live version

You will not receive Beta from the sky or someone from Garmin will put on your device beta , that's absurd

Live and Beta have the same number, you will receive Live version not Beta

I know this: if I don't like an product , I will not buy it , or wait until software is stable , or return it , or sell it , simple as that .