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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

  1. Connect your Venu 2 to your computer using the USB cable.
  2. 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.
  3. Disconnect your device from the computer, approve the update on the watch, and wait for the update to finish.
  4. 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.
  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to DaveM

    I can confirm missing translation.
    But other work well.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to DaveM

    Did you report your feedback to the email in the Notes section above?  If not, please do, they are very responsive to feedback that is given to them that way.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to gogoglets

    Well... I reported my issue that way and got no response :(. I also reported it here (watch will not consistently go to high power when lifting wrist or double tapping face) and it seems like maybe it was just me so maybe they only respond to issues reported by multiples.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to DaveM

    Try a simple reboot…. Hold the top button in for about 15 seconds (until the watch switches off).  Restart the watch. This worked for me when my battery was draining super fast.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to DaveM

    Try a simple reboot (hold the top button in for about 15 seconds (until the watch switches off). Restart the watch with the top button. This worked for me when the battery was draining super fast.

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    Watch freezes on the always on display (pressing the top button to start an activity unfreezes it).

    Also there is some lagging in the transition between screens that was not present on the previous version.

    Other than that, seems to be stable so far

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    Couple things I really like:

    Broadcasting HR over BLE is a big one and I've been waiting for this since day 1.  Don't take this away!!

    While broadcasting HR I can now swipe back to the watch face.  Thank you, I never understood why it was necessary to lock me into the HR screen before.

    The only major bug I've noticed is when I receive a phone call (iPhone 8 plus on iOS 15)  the green answer call button gets stuck on the watch screen for some time.  Re-starting makes it go away, otherwise the icon remains on the watch screen for a random amount of time.  This seems to happen every time, I have tried going into a menu or activity but when I go back to the watch face the icon is still there.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to CrusinUSA

    Yes, I experienced this yesterday. I was out in the daylight and flicked my wrist. Display was on but very dim. Took a few seconds to come to full brightness. I had previously been on 4.67, and hadn't changed any settings.

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    Can't install this beta from France it seems, nothing happen when I put the files.

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    Battery life great before 4.67

    Bad with 4.67

    Extremly bad with 5.18

    Please fix this!!!