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Why is there no disable Wi-Fi feature or airplane mode?

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over 1 year ago

Dear Garmin,

This should be standard functionality on any smartwatch / health wearable 1. For health reasons and reducing exposure to RF frequency during sleep 2. For optimisation of battery life.

Please could you add this simple feature request to your update roadmap. The on/off function exists as it is toggled during battery saver mode, so simply present the option to the user. I do not wish to use battery saver mode as I wish to keep my HR monitoring and pulse OX tracking etc.

User should have the ability to develop a custom battery / power profile of features they do/do not want tor value.

Thanks

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to 8292380

    Please read the page here https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=p5O72z9aPT4KRMfecjagl7&identifier=873008&tab=topics as posted by 

    As described on that page, wifi turns on only when needed, it is not on continuously (this would quickly run down the battery). Wifi turns on automatically if you have "auto upload" enabled when there is data to sync. If it does not find a network, the device will continue trying to connect every five minutes for one hour, and then give up. Once the data is synced, wifi will be switched off. If you disable auto upload, wifi will not turn on in this way.

    Otherwise, wifi turns on only when requested, for a software update or to sync music (usually done when charging).

    I have confirmed this behaviour on my Venu 2 by checking the admin page on my router, which shows a list of the devices connected. The watch is not connected except as above.

    So, if auto upload is disabled, your watch will not enable wifi unless you do something to specifically request it.

    I'm not sure what more a function to disable wifi would do.