New unannounced firmware 26.17. discussion

Kocur 2 months ago

both unannounced firmware 26.11. and 26.17.

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Kocur 1 month ago in reply to flocsy🤠 +1

Beta forum is read-only .... According to Garmin, there is no beta active...that's why I wrote here
MrSquid 1 month ago in reply to bikepc01 +1

I'm not subscribed to the beta program and have received the 26.17 firmware update on my Explore 2 unit.

So far the only change I noticed is a pretty reskin of the compass data screen.
flocsy🤠 1 month ago in reply to Kocur +1

It's not official unless they announce it somewhere. Until then it's still - according to my theory - an accidental release, because someone checked the wrong checkbox in some form and nobody in Garmin…

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0 2dmartin 1 month ago in reply to rbclass

Yep I expect that'll be the case. I really hope that it will be possible to block updates for days if not weeks. When I'm away and relying on battery and phone SIM for a long time, an update coming in is not good news.

0 rbclass 1 month ago in reply to 2dmartin

You can download the update through Express and keep canceling it at every startup of the unit. It will not update automatically.

0 2dmartin 1 month ago in reply to rbclass

I think I understand that now. In the past Im sure mine has updated via bluetooth with my phone - something I'd prefer didn't happen. But I need the bluetooth connection to sync ride data.

0 Ultra 1 month ago

For Edge 1040 and 26.17 it says

Fix setting bike alarm
Fix duplication of data screens in some cases.

0 ARBAL 1 month ago

I'm also not in beta program and have 26.17 updated.

0 n.goldi 1 month ago in reply to flocsy🤠

I got it on the Edge 1040 only. It does not show as an available update on Express

0 4331402 1 month ago in reply to ARBAL

Same here. I checked I am not enrolled in the beta program and got 26.17 today.

0 rbclass 1 month ago

I think the Explore 2 thread is missing a moderator. If you look at the 540/840/1040 threads, everyone got 26.17 officially.

0 bikepc01 30 days ago in reply to rbclass

Now even an unannounced & undocumented version 26.18 for the x40-series and 12.18 for the 1050 - Connect IQ bug fixes and improvements (info NOT from Garmin). Still no info for the Explore 2. What a mess ...

0 8414002 24 days ago

26.17
After the last update, there were errors "live track", a friend says he doesn't see my trace and can't follow me. Explore 2, automatically starts activity.