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New features for swimming - Request

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3 months ago

I already tried to send the suggestion using the dedicated form (www.garmin.com/forms/ideas) but I write also here.

Maybe other users agree or can add some other ones or we can start a discussion on functionalities.

In my opinion the swimming functionalities, both on firmware side that Connet app side, can be improved by adding:

  • personal records for 25, 50, 200, 800 m (these are classic distances in every competition)
  • personal records for every style
  • possibility to create a new challenge based on a time to beat (only distance allowed for now)
  • possibility to share planned workouts (currently are private only)
  • automatic frequency recovery calculation (now we had to stop the session and select the voice for starting calcuation)
  • 0 3 months ago

    My Garmin watch wiil not still detect my real swimming distance correctly, let alone adding new records title for different distances and styles Slight smile

    (PS: This is not my problem only. It has been mentioned several times on forums. one of the guys was claiming he had a m uch better degree than Michael Phleps, according to Garmin Calculations :)

  • 0 3 months ago in reply to joelnx

    Recording my pool swim distances is not an issue for me. Typically mis-reads happens because of break in the swim style, which may be the strength (inside pools don't always have good GPS signals) and the weakness: Garmin measures each pool lap by auto detecting swim movements. For example, when I do a kick set I measure by "Drill" because the watch is not measuring my arm moving (obviously). I also get mis-reads when I'm in a workout and take an unplanned stop (my friend walked in while I was in the middle of a 400 and I stopped to chat and maybe wiggled at the wall like pulled on my cap and the watch detected the movement and assumed I just swam a 25). 

  • 0 3 months ago

    I agree with all of these except the last one. I don't understand that one.

    Sharing planned workouts would be amazing. If this functionality exists, request Garmin write a how-to.

  • 0 16 days ago in reply to 2427271

    I meant that during a swimming session if I stop after an hard workout with high heart frequency I have to click con start / stop button, scroll down and select the option for starting the recovery heart rate calculation. Then the watch starts the 2 minutes monitoring.

    Would not be this calculation automatic?

    Anyway I'm still waiting for the implementation of personal records improvement.

    Now that I'm thinking on it, it should be done for every style since the watch is able to detect the style.

    Is there any way to keep in contact with any developer? Just to understand if they will ever implement the improvement or I have to develop by myself a separate app with the SDK...

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member 16 days ago

    I think this is good advice!