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5805901 3 months ago

20.26 battery consumption increases, 19.18 consumes 3% per day, now 5%. Garmin Share,Bluetooth,wifi all close

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Garmin-Sierra 3 months ago +-6 verified

All,

I'm very sorry if you are experiencing increased battery drain. Please see Tips to Extend the Battery Life on a Garmin Fitness Watch, and if the tips do not help please reach out to Garmin Product…
5407156 3 months ago +8

Yes, this is a known problem with the 20.xx firmware and we've been complaining about it throughout the beta phase.
JoeMilewicz 3 months ago in reply to Garmin-Sierra +6

Have to admit I’m not impressed with this answer from Garmin. Sorry for your battery drain but switch off lot’s of stuff that you bought the watch for in the first place to save battery. Not really the…
5805901 3 months ago +5

The full battery is 100%. The power-saving mode drops by 3% overnight. It only costs 1% before upgrading. Can the developer of garmin explain the reason?

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0 Martin Serafín 3 months ago in reply to socorsu

They could start fixing the software after all these years.

0 Maurice 3 months ago in reply to socorsu

Why is there no response from Garmin yet? Garmin-Sierra Please give some feedback?

0 3052631 3 months ago

I had the same problem. 5-10 % drain during the night. Turning off HRM and Jabra in-ears under Sensors & Accessories seems to have fixed the issue for me. Maybe the watch is constantly searching for HRM and Jabra after updating to 20.26?? Not a permanent fix, but I will stick to it until Garmin releases a permanent fix...

0 FlipStone 3 months ago in reply to socorsu

At least that's encouraging, hope this is common base code and the same can be applied to the FRx55 and FRx65 series too. Hoping for a quick fix/release!

0 macsimc 3 months ago in reply to 3052631

Thanks, disabled my HRM and now it seems to stay at 0.4%/h

0 JoeMilewicz 3 months ago in reply to macsimc

Not really a relevant fix for me. Disabling functions to extend battery life is not the answer. I will just charge the watch twice a week instead of once until an update to resolve the issue.

0 9657567 3 months ago in reply to macsimc

wristHRM or external Ant?

0 macsimc 3 months ago in reply to 9657567

External ant, i have one configured but i don't use it often. I just turned it off until it is solved

0 Sicken 3 months ago

Why isn’t Garmin addressing this? It’s totally unacceptable with this drainage! My long term percentage has gone from 4,15% to 5,05% in just a couple of days. And I’m not even working out because of a cold.

0 jmto 3 months ago in reply to Sicken

Interestingly Fenix 8 got fix that sounds pretty relatable to this case.

Fenix 8 System Software 11.64 - fēnix 8 Series - Wearables - Garmin Forums

So probably, similar fix should come to others also...