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Venu 2 Series - Public Beta 5.18 Now Available

Garmin-Zac over 3 years ago

Venu 2 Download

Venu 2s Download

Notes:

Although this software is believed to be reliable, it has not yet been released for production and should be used at your own risk.
Please provide feedback to [email protected]

Change History

Changes made from version 4.67 to 5.18:

Added five new watch faces inspired by the Garmin Outdoor, Fitness, Aviation, Marine, and Automotive segments
Fixed WiFi sync issue reporting Error 030
Support added for HR broadcast over BLE
Added setting to turn off rep counting for Strength, Cardio, and HIIT
Fixed gesture behavior on CIQ watch faces
Various stability and user experience improvements
Improved translations

Installation Instructions

Connect your Venu 2 to your computer using the USB cable.
Download and unzip Venu2_518Beta.zip. Place the GUPDATE.GCD file into the \GARMIN directory of the device. Place the GUP370500.GCD and D853500.zip files into the \GARMIN\RemoteSW directory on the device.
Disconnect your device from the computer, approve the update on the watch, and wait for the update to finish.
If you would like to revert to the last public release software, place the GUPDATE_467.GCD file in the \GARMIN folder. Rename GUPDATE_467.GCD to GUPDATE.GCD before disconnecting your device. NOTE: If you revert to an older version of software, all of your settings will be reset to defaults.

Top Replies

MarioBozz over 3 years ago +3

I am under 5.18 and my watch is off today morning!

All Replies

0 Listen over 3 years ago in reply to fallingrock

what do u mean broadcasting HR over BTLE? whats HR and BTLE

0 3295822 over 3 years ago in reply to Listen

Broadcasting HR (Heart Rate) over BTLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) means you can now broadcast your optical wrist sensor HR reading over Bluetooth. In the past you could only broadcast over ANT+ which is a dying protocol (no longer supported for Android 11 and later).

0 jim_m_58 over 3 years ago in reply to Listen

The FW for APAC devices comes after the FW for World Wide devices, and betas usually aren't available for APAC devices at all. Only production FW.

0 Bryan over 3 years ago

Does this version fix the problem discussed in thread "Venu 2 Display Turns Off/Freezes/Crashes After 4.67 SW Update"? How long will it be before Garmin releases this beta version to production?

0 Listen over 3 years ago in reply to Bryan

do u have issues installing? i tried the 1st time on 3.4 to 5.18 but only installed the touchscreen. i placed the folders again and they dont install anymore. is it ok to update from 3.4?

0 Al P over 3 years ago

Garmin-Zac said:
Fixed gesture behavior on CIQ watch faces

Just me? Gesture behavior is much much worse. Sometimes have to move my wrist 2 or 3 times to get the full power CIQ faces.

0 Johhny over 3 years ago in reply to Al P

Same here I had issues with my gestures this morning had to turn my watch off and on to get it to work again

0 Al P over 3 years ago in reply to Johhny

I tried a hard reboot by holding the a button. It did not help. I reverted back to the current version and emailed the support account. I hope they charge it, it will drive me nuts. Even a double tap on the screen was only working sporadically.

0 andschuster over 3 years ago

Can anybody confirm, that the crashes after synchronizing sleep data disappeared with 5.18?

0 Musko over 3 years ago

Yesterday I installed beta fw and ...

... wifi error 030 is gone.
After one day I haven't problem with freezes after morning synchronization
Gestures on CIQ watchfaces working fine
Back to start function still not fixed