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Garmin watch is loosing Bluetooth connection on Android 13

Yesyerday my Pixel phone updated to Android 13 and I noticed the 2-nd time that it lost connection with the watch. Is this a google bug or a garmin bug?

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Garmin-Kevin over 2 years ago in reply to floppyrom +1 verified

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floppyrom over 2 years ago +5

Issue is tracked here: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/242755161?pli=1
mmmotors over 2 years ago +5

An Android patch is out - claims to help resolve Bluetooth issues - hopefully this helps. It hasn't been pushed to my P5 at this exact moment, but if this helps anyone, sound off and let us know:

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floppyrom over 2 years ago +4

It's all probably related to the new Bluetooth stack from Android 13 https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/wwo4ld/android_is_using_a_new_bluetooth_stack_for/

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0 Wikison over 2 years ago

Same thing happening to me, Pixel 5 user upgraded on Monday to Android 13.

If I reboot the phone it connects for a little while but it eventually disconnects again.

0 mmmotors over 2 years ago

Same problem, Pixel 5 & Vivoactive 3. Turning Bluetooth on and off again will sometimes reconnect them for a minute or two.

0 floppyrom over 2 years ago

Anyone from Garmin reading this? This bug is happening daily on Android 13. I just had to reboot my phone.

0 Grumpy from dawn till dusk over 2 years ago in reply to floppyrom

Ok, seriously guys.

You all stated that it worked before, then GOOGLE updated their smartphone, problems occurred and now GARMIN should fix something?

Really?

Have you maybe tried to contact Google?

0 CanoeBeyond over 2 years ago

I'm reading about the same problem on Fitbit devices with Android 13, My Garmin Fenix 6X and Vivosmart 4 are constantly losing connectivity since installing Android 13 (final version). I've never seen this problem before. Sometimes I can get them to work by turning Bluetooth on and off. Sometimes I have to reboot my Pixel Pixel 4a 5g to regain connection. Wish I stayed with Android 12.

0 fedmadcl1 over 2 years ago in reply to CanoeBeyond

Any updates?? Happen to me with pixel 6 and Foreru ner 645...

Restarting phone helps but after some time does not reconnect if mobile was away...

0 GrenWW over 2 years ago

Same here. Pixel 5 an FR245. Reboot of phone fixes it temporarily but is becoming annoying.

Apparently a permanent fix is to reset WiFi/mobile/Bluetooth in the settings menu but I'm not sure I want to re-enter all my WiFi passwords.

0 6792067 over 2 years ago

Same issue. Is Garmin going to put out a solution?

0 bhwilkins over 2 years ago in reply to 6792067

If it's happening to even Google's watches, it's probably not Garmin's fault.

0 CanoeBeyond over 2 years ago in reply to bhwilkins

Good. If it's happening to Google's watches maybe we'll get a solution faster. Fitbit watches too BTW.