4.07 Beta firmware - fixes and improvements user reports

Maciek over 3 years ago

Hi all. Lets Add all the user experience with the 4.07 Beta here. Here's mine so far:

New stuff:

Body battery 2.0 - looks great, works great
Activity called Health Snapshot. I hope I will be able to see HRV in Intervals.icu (or TrainingPeaks.com). Previously this type of data had to be synced manually.

Fixed:

SUP, Indoor rowing - stroke count works - FIXED
Compass calibration - still fails couple of times before it says successful but at least it is possible to calibrate. Previously watch had to be restarted in order to be able to calibrate the compass - PARTIAL FIX
Heart Rate Gauge Data field in 4 data field layout is now tiny and is not quickly readable - Heart Rate Gauge Data field in 4 data field layout is now very small!!! Used to be big? Now you have to switch to a three data field layout to get the bigger hr number? There is no way I can see this while I am running! Why did this change?! - Forerunner 945 LTE - Running/Multisport - Garmin Forums - FIXED
Battery life during normal activities like "Bike" with LTE and LiveTrack on. It is consuming right now roughly 1% per 7 minutes which should give around 11,5 hours - manual says 10 hours

Fishy:

HealthSnapshot is not visible on Garmin Connect app nor web. Probably because this feature is beta on 945 LTE

The bad:

New HealthSnapshot activity eats through battery like crazy. 1-2% per one measurement
HealthSnapshot activity has back-light on during the whole 2 minutes measurement. Makes no sense
HealthSnapshot activity when paired with chest strap won't measure HRV. Not only it doesn't make sense but also chest strap should be preferable during measurement. Watch sensor is not good enough for reliable HRV measurements
Battery on open water with LTE on devoured 25% in one hour
New/Changed Strength watch face is better but after a finished set editing values works worse than the previous version. In the previous version the default value for weight was the previous weight. Now it is 0. Should be previous weight. Otherwise it is a better functioning and better looking face
Scrolling through the widgets is laggy, especially when scrolling down from body battery and up from notifications
LiveTrack with LTE turned on, is not paused when activity goes into Resume Later mode. LiveTrack should be paused or stopped to save the battery which is the purpose of Resume Later mode.

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0 Hanzzzie over 3 years ago

Trainingload is not working. It gives very low values with high intensity training. So for now it's useless. Also the calories are way to low. Looks like only the metrics from the usual health tracking (like steps and movement) are used instead of the heart rate and intensity of the workout itself

0 4704782 over 3 years ago

Anyone else having issues changing the autolap settings on this beta? It's not possible for me.

0 2837775 over 3 years ago

What do you see as a difference with Body Battery 2.0?

0 2837775 over 3 years ago in reply to ajmitchelluk

Do you have a venu 2 as well? I can’t see it in my iOS connect app

0 Maciek over 3 years ago in reply to 2837775

Right now it is only visible on the watch. Probably when it will exit Beta it will appear on Android, OS apps and web. It shows you a nice chart with body battery and a second chart with body battery and stress together.

0 Maciek over 3 years ago in reply to Hanzzzie

Check your MAX HR, FTP... Those values are being used to compute the intensity of the workout. Maybe they got changed for some reason. If possible check on a machine like a smart trainer and do 15m workout with half your FTP. Your load should be around 12,5.

0 Convel over 3 years ago

Scrolling through the widgets is laggy in this version, especially when scrolling down from body battery and up from notifications.

0 Maciek over 3 years ago in reply to Convel

Confirmed

0 Hanzzzie over 3 years ago

I finaly figured out what the problem is with the trainingload en calories problem. It's when I record a workout with my chest strap. The calories and trainingload are way to low when recorded with a chest strap. A walk without are recorded correctly. This problem occur after updating the watch with te new firmware. Any recommendations?

0 Maciek over 3 years ago in reply to Hanzzzie

I just checked with my indoor trainer. The training load seems to be computed correctly with the chest strap on. Please confirm this with Garmin.