Problem with firmware update 27.09 seems to be solved with update 27.10 // FR265

Nope.  No luck.  I sync'd my watch via Garmin Express this afternoon and I am still on v2.09.

where did you get the 27.10 update for the FR265 watch? neither my watch nor express can see this update, the latest available version is 27.09

I can confirm I have gotten it on the 165 and it's a rollback to sensor hub 34.13. Maybe they are working on a better solution for the more premium watches. Or they are just in disarray which wouldn't be surprising.

Ah, ok.  That explains the confusion then.  Well fingers crossed whatever solution Garmin pushed out for the 165 can be adapted for the 265.

It does look like the original poster got it on the 265, but maybe that was a mistake by them

Ever notice how Garmin essentially never comments about the problems, like why they continue down the same old route instead of going back to a previous Optical HR solution that worked. There must be a reason. But in the absence of information it feels like being strung along, instead of a glimmer of hope.

That’s an easy one, it’s because it’s not a priority and from the top they don’t care

I wonder if it would be possible to download the update file for the 165, extract whatever the key component is of the file, and then just replace that file on the 265.  Ideally that would fix the issues withe 265 and at the same time update the 265 to v27.10.

If anyone know of a way to do this, please share.

I don't think there is. Although Garmin could, since they have the source code, tools, etc.