Software version 8.30

SfD 4 months ago

My VA4 just updated a couple of hours ago to sw 8.30.

Any change log, is it beta, final version?

There's no info anywhere, not in this forum, nor in the beta program section.

Note: I am enrolled in the beta testing program.

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5089691 4 months ago +8

I have version 8.3. Since I updated the battery it lasts 1 day. My average has always been 4 days. The real problem is that at night it drains my watch by 40%. I've had my watch for 3 years and I never…
f-garmin 4 months ago in reply to Garmin-Inder +4

My VA4 just updated to sw 8.30 and I am NOT enrolled in the beta testing program.

?

Edit: added screenshot from Garmin Connect
2098422 2 months ago +4

After this installed, my battery drains in less than 6 hours. Prior to the change, 5-6 days without using activities. this is the worst update in my opinion. My step count for today is 0 - after wearing…

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0 monk 4 months ago in reply to 5089691

can't confirm. my watch is over 4 yrs old and the battery capacity has decreased, with about 2-3 days of use now (depending on how many runs I take). This seems unchanged after updating to 8.30

0 roxetak 4 months ago in reply to 5089691

It could be a VO2 Max switch on during sleep monitoring maybe ???

0 5089691 4 months ago in reply to roxetak

No, everything disabled. And I haven't changed any clock settings currently. It's strange to go from 4 days to 1 and with my same daily behavior. My watch is 4 years old

0 monk 4 months ago in reply to 5089691

Maybe it needs a few charge-discharge cycles to calibrate the battery reading.

0 3703373 4 months ago in reply to 5089691

I have the same problem of fast draining and slow gps lock

0 1458846 3 months ago

Same problem here. From 4-5 days to less than 1 now :(

Can you rollback or provide a fix ASAP ?

0 5089691 3 months ago in reply to 1458846

A user gave me this solution: https://forums.garmin.com/apps-software/mobile-apps-web/f/garmin-connect-web/355158/troubleshooting-guide-for-high-battery-drain

Today, miraculously, the watch didn't drain 40% overnight. Only 15%, which is normal for me. So, I don't know what happened because I didn't change any settings. If the watch fails again, I will try this solution."

0 SfD 3 months ago

No battery or GPS problems here, after the update, everything stayed the same.

Watch also 4 years old.

What I can confirm is that if you leave the watch plugged in for a while after it shows 100% charged, the battery discharges slower. At least in the 100-90% range.

If I unplug it right after reaching 100%, in the first 2-3 minutes it discharges to 99-98%.

0 5164154 3 months ago in reply to 5089691

Same problem, plus when I try to do something over wifi, my Garmin randomly turns off, so I can't go back to the older version.

0 Vizi 3 months ago in reply to Garmin-Inder

Fix for what exactly?

Why is this version not publicly announced as previous versions?