I can’t get messages to my kids Garmin bounce with any reliability despite paying the LTE plan. Why is this so dicey?? It’s a key reason I’ve for the product. Thanks.
I can’t get messages to my kids Garmin bounce with any reliability despite paying the LTE plan. Why is this so dicey?? It’s a key reason I’ve for the product. Thanks.
I've been experiencing this issue for a year now, ever since we first got the Bounce for my kids. Messaging and location tracking updates are routinely delayed, often by hours. These devices are completely…
I am having this same issue. Did you find a solution? Super disappointed!!
We got our eldest a Bounce for Christmas. It’s been utterly unreliable for all 3 months. I hoped things would get sorted out. We live in Toronto, so I’m sure the network infrastructure is OK.…
I am having this same issue. Did you find a solution? Super disappointed!!
I was advised to remove the product from the Garmin app and Bluetooth and reinstall. Didn’t resolve. Waiting for a response from Garmin as was escalated to an engineer for advice or possible product replacement.
My messages seem to take over 5 minutes to reach the Bounce from the app. However, when messages sent through the Bounce to the app it is almost instantaneous. Very frustrating.
I am also having this issue and wonder if anyone has found a solution or an explanation from Garmin?
It seems to be working as expected today. Messages are going through quickly, but will be concerning if the delay is happening frequently.
I just connected my son’s watch for the first time. Very disappointing.
Ours is working excellent now. I would say it took a day after initially setting it up. Now locations and messages are going through instantly and have been since Christmas.
We are having the same issue with a brand new Bounce with the latest firmware update. The bounce sends messages just fine to all phones that are connected in the family. The app sends messages, but they are only received on other phones in the family, not on the Bounce. Sometimes, if I restart my phone, the messages will then be received by the Bounce. We will give it a couple of days, otherwise it's going back and I'll request a refund for the $100 a year subscription. If it were an adult watch, I might be more inclined to mess around with it, but my son is losing interest in wearing a device that doesn't work as advertised...
Also having this issue. We have two watches for our two boys. One watch works great the other takes 45 min - 1hour to receive a message from the app, or for the app to get a location update on that watch.
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Please review this FAQ: Bounce: Messaging or Location Tracking Latency
If you continue to experience this disruption, reach out to your local Garmin Support team.