The update for 16.05 is buggy and occasionally it does not show the steps walked and the compass is also not working properly. Attached are two videos to show the issue. In the first video, I am walking but the steps counter does not update, it takes more than a minute to update (happened like 5 times so far). After 10 seconds of the video, the steps suddenly updates from 1881 to 1936 and then it takes another minute to update to new value.
In the second video, the compass is totally useless, I did a full 360 degree rotation but the compass hardly changed. Did a restart of the watch and nothing changed, this is literally broken and never works even now.
Other issues I noticed is a drop in battery life (almost 15% per day vs 10-12% before the update), I have also noticed a change in stress readings, but this cannot be blamed on Garmin as it is tough to prove, my stress levels are considerably higher than average like before the update vs after the update. There could be more issues, I am yet to fully explore what Garmin has broken.
We all know Garmin hates to give proper updates to Venu 3 users, because they have given zero updates to this 450$ watch, but breaking existing features is a new low for Garmin. Hopefully these will be addressed in the upcoming update.