Heart Rate Way Off after 13.17

Former Member
Former Member

Venu 3 automatically updated to the 13.17 software. After update, my heart rate data is not even close to accurate. It's worse when doing activities (watch says 60s, Heart Rate is 130s) but also off when not in activity by +-20.

contacted Garmin support multiple times and they tell me there has been no issues with the update and heart rate. My data was fine before I updated and very accurate 

anybody else have this problem?

  • I am a Venu3S user, just bought this as an upgrade from my Fitbit Versa2.  I find the heart rate readings lag behind greatly and are too low at times. I wore both devices for a few days and noticed this.  I also think the calories burned may be too high for certain activities but that wouldn’t be a result of lower heart rate so I don’t know if it’s the algorithm they run for each activity or what.  I’m also having issues with Voice Assistant not connecting.  

    I love the vision of the watch and expect that Garmin as a brand would be top notch.  They’ve been at this for so long that it’s hard to understand why something as basic as heart rate is hard to get right.  I am not sure I will keep this.