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15.19 Ruined Steps on the watchface

I'm simple. I have whatever default watchface is there. I like steps. I like 15,278 or whatever number I have. Telling me 15k is asinine. V15.19 now tells me steps in the 1,000s only. What if I only need 300 steps left to get to say 30,000 for the day? now I have to take out my phone? BS.

I tried playing with the watchface but can't get back normal human useful feedback information. How can I do this? What is 15k? is it 15,0001 or is it 15,999? who knows? Useless.

Garmin has pretty much ruined the best thing about the watch for daily use.

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0 9610916 over 2 years ago

They really manage to screw up those little details with each update, don't they? Same with the font sizes or the colours in the navigation chart. Stuff that worked perfectly fine in the beginning are changed for the worse while serious bugs remain for months.

0 8015067 over 2 years ago

Don't take out your phone, you can use the steps' widget. I agree that it's nonsense to change this with an update...

0 jambongris over 2 years ago

Personally I like the change. It simplifies the watch face with what I consider a very minor reduction to the granularity of step data. I don’t really see the value in knowing my exact step count, especially since there are decently sized uncertainties on those values that mean the exact value isn’t even meaningful.

I’d imagine that it also helps save a bit of battery since it’s refreshing far less often.

That being said, they could have let users have the option to display the full value or a truncated value.

You can also long press on the step value to bring you directly to the step widget on the watch so it’s only one press away.

0 nowster over 2 years ago

The default watch face now allows you to long tap on any field and the associated widget will open.

0 7853542 over 2 years ago

I agree. I'm pretty disappointed with this change. Why change something that was already good as-is?

0 Mark_v_E over 2 years ago

I've put this issue as an idea a couple weeks ago: https://forums.garmin.com/beta-program/forerunner-955-series/public-beta-bug-reports/i/forerunner-955-series-bug-reports---beta-15-xx/watchface-step-counter-shows-xxk-instead-of-full-count-above-10-000-steps

They should revert it or at least make this a opt-in setting.

0 GarminMarathoner over 2 years ago in reply to jambongris

I can't see it saving any significant battery at all since it has to still calculate the exact number of steps and refresh the number constantly but to a slightly smaller pixel count.

Maybe we're different and that's okay but if I'm at 11,200 steps maybe that's good enough for me. But if I'm at 11,900 I'll often try to go for 12,000. That feedback is "lost". Extra steps is not a solution. Steps and current HR are really the only thing I want in a watchface.

+1 Garmin-Sierra over 2 years ago

All,

If you press and hold the step value from the watchface, you'll be automatically directed to your Step Glance which will show the exact step count. Nonetheless, we are tracking the amount of users who would still like the exact step count to be featured on all watchfaces again. Please comment or vote UP if you would like to be added to the impact.

FYI, some default watches still show the entire step count.

0 Mark_v_E over 2 years ago in reply to Garmin-Sierra

It looks that the stepcounter change has been reverted in beta version 16.09. My watchface now shows the amount steps in full detail again. Thanks for listening to your customers Garmin! Greatly appreciated.