Changes in 6.04 beta

just in case people are curious...here is the change log. my 945LTE is in the hands of my friend since i upgraded to the 955, but i have an interest in these updates so that he has the best possible experience with this being his first Garmin watch:

Changes made from version 5.07 to 6.04:

Added Real Time Stamina feature
Added Sleep Insights feature
Added Run/Walk Detection feature
Added Cross Country Ski power zone editing support
Added coordinates to navigation menu
Added Control widget page and bike lights camera settings to support RCT715
Added 'Idle Time:' to activity summary
Added message when VO2 Max value is stale
Added prompt to pause media during Wi-Fi sync
Added UpAhead Navigation Data Field Menu Item
Improved Daily Suggested Workout phrases
Updated Heartrate & Power Settings
Disabled ability to connect to headphones while in airplane mode
Removed support for WiFi access points which use WEP security
Changed primary volume name to 'Internal Storage' when device is connected to a computer
Added ability to reset sport specific power zones
Improvements to media playback reliability
Fixed issue where the UpAhead data screen was missing labels
Fixed issue where the activity details page could show interval data without multiple split types
Removed course-related pages from timer loop when the course ends
Fixed issue where empty data fields would appear when changing data page layout
Fixed issue where the Intensity Minutes graph was displaying invalid data
Prevent overwriting FTP user settings after initial setup
Prevent showing indoor climb difficulty selection after selecting difficulty scale
Fixed ordering of HIIT set screen
Fixed preview of tomorrow's calendar when there are no more events in the current day
Fixed crash when climb grading system is not set
Fixed issue with swim lengths data field displaying incorrect data
Fixed Auto Distance sub text for Track Run menu option
Moved muscle diagram to workout preview loop
Fixed issue where the timer loop would change pages during navigation
Fixed crash when deleting PacePro plan
Fixed no LTHR when using running HR zones
Fixed breathing visualizer workout behavior
Other minor bug fixes and improvements

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0 9386496 over 2 years ago

They left out Training Readiness, this watch does not stand beside the 955 and 255.

0 nord0296 over 2 years ago in reply to 9386496

I think they may have left out many of the 955 new features DCR noted in his review that weren't on the fenix 7 (yet), but claimed they were all coming to the 945 LTE...

A) HRV Status
B) Daily Training Readiness
C) Acute Training Load
D) Morning Report
E) Native Running Power
F) Race Calendar & Race Event Widgets
G) Daily Suggested Workouts now accounting for races on the calendar

(source: https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/05/garmin-forerunner-955-solar-review.html)

0 derek87 over 2 years ago in reply to nord0296

good point. these may come out with the quarterly roll outs. yet, the timeline that DCR proposed is starting to get stretched as we are getting to the end of June. it really seems like the 945LTE team is under-resourced, even if the intention is to bring it up to speed with the Fenix 7 and ultimately the 955.

0 ajmitchelluk over 2 years ago in reply to nord0296

All the good bits I won’t upgrade for.

0 nord0296 over 2 years ago in reply to ajmitchelluk

Certainly those items alone would not get me to upgrade to a 955 either, but I was excited to have the HRV based items to play with (not rely on) and possibly hoped the race based training suggestions could be an improvement.

Native running power... meh. I use a Stryd and plan to continue to do so. I do have an HRM-TRI so could dual-record or something weird but am more used to the Stryd data.

0 erockem over 2 years ago

Missing features may be because this is actually an Alpha, not even a Beta.

0 nord0296 over 2 years ago in reply to erockem

I think with the “new” beta/alpha program they said the versions labeled beta would be release candidate and the versions labeled alpha would be equal to what was formerly called beta…

0 erockem over 2 years ago in reply to nord0296

Good to know. Thanks. Cheers.

0 Vaya1989 over 2 years ago

What is sleep insights ?
afaik the newest sleep algorithms where on the Watch at release

0 7850706 over 2 years ago

Disabled ability to connect to headphones while in airplane mode

LOL

That is not an 'ability'. Was a bug. Come on, Garmin haha It's not happening in Fenix models, so airplane mode in Fenix are bugged? It's like a joke

I'm glad that 1 year after this bug should be fixed