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[Bug] - Move Alert Bar missing in step widget on 12.23

my40789
over 2 years ago

The move alert bar was still there before the 12.23 update, it is supposed to be at the bottom of the step widget.

Please fix this feature on next update...

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to Garmin-Sierra

    This sounds like nonsense.

    Movebars are still available on many 3rd party watch faces. I prefer not to use 3rd party watch faces especially on such a crash prone product /firmware.

    I'll explain why your suggested approach does not work. Once the move bar is full you will receive no more alerts. You are thus in a position where you have no idea if the movebar is full or empty without a 3rd party face. The only way is to shake your hand around for a few hundred steps to get the brief "move bar cleared" message.

    I do not believe you that someone decided for this to happen as a design improvement feature.

    I would be buying a Fenix7 Pro right now if my experience with my 255S Music hadn't been abysmal since I bought it at release. (I returned to training with my 6XPro and have used my 255 as a recovery tracker since last October). I'm absolutely never buying a Garmin product at release again and frankly will be moving wholly to Polar once they have onboard music.

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to smashsmashsmash

    This, I wouldn't be upset if they at least kept alerting you every hour until you reset the move bar. It's how the same feature works on Fitbit and I like that behavior.

    I don't understand why Garmin keeps changing things that already work well.

    Anyway, the Enduro Like Plus is a great 3rd party watchface and it supports the move bar Smiley

    Enduro Like Plus | Garmin Connect IQ

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to Garmin-Sierra

    Thanks for the official statement. Was there any significant reason to remove that? So many people are waiting here for that feature to come back. Please publish a quick poll here on this forum - do you want to have the move bar displayed on the standard watch faces? Yes/No and let’s see the results. I haven’t seen any single post thanking you for removing the bar…

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to 5148720

    I would not want it showing, but I would prefer to have the possibility to decide it myself in the watch settings.

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to ovekvam

    This would not be on the main watch face. You’d have to go to glances/steps to see that bar.

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to 5148720

    I think they might have removed it to "streamline" and "simplify" the user experience because many people found the move alerts annoying. I was in that camp as well, until I read studies that showed how important it is for your health to not sit for extended periods of time, in some cases, moreso than actually exercising. The whole point of these alerts is to annoy you and to get you off your ass.

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to Garmin-Sierra

    @Garmin-Sierra in such case it would be great just to have a dedicated Move Bar Glance that we could add to the Glance Loop, showing a simple bar and a down counter to give some idea how much steps do we need to take to reset it.

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to glitch_in_the_kernel

    This about the move bar in the Steps Widget, not the move alert. There is a setting under Health & Wellness to switch off move and goal alerts. The Steps widget can also be removed.

    I understand peoples frustration with the removal of the move bar from the steps widget. The current time is now missing on the bottom of Rest pages for Strength activities. Like the removal of the move bar, it has been replaced with blank space. Strangely, they have kept the current time on Rep pages, the time when it is difficult/impossible (pull ups, barbell squats, bench press, etc)  to look at your watch.

    Apart from maps/battery life, it's these little features that make Garmin a better sport watch than smart watches like the Apple Watch. It would be wise for Garmin to not remove them.

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to Aslam

    Poll: Bring back the move alert bar - Forerunner 255 Series - Running/Multisport - Garmin Forums

    Made a poll for this, maybe if there's enough support Garmin would consider bringing it back.