Is the 970 with 6.18 stable enough to purchase?

IainSaunderson 2 days ago

What does everyone think?

I don't usually customize the watch that much with custom watch faces and apps.

thanks

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7900330 2 days ago +3

It is not. I also don’t use custom watch faces and apps and didn’t have any issues for the past month. I thought I was lucky, but started seeing battery issues a few days ago and the watch finally…
ustangex 2 days ago +3

I am 100% satisfied. Stock watch face, touch disabled (I am kind of old fashioned), pulse and sleep tracking enabled. 3 gps enabled exercises per week with HRM pro paired. Works like a charm. Nothing to…
Fozzee1970 8 hours ago in reply to dtunney +2

I think the people saying their watch is fine aren't using all the features of the watch.

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0 7900330 2 days ago

It is not. I also don’t use custom watch faces and apps and didn’t have any issues for the past month. I thought I was lucky, but started seeing battery issues a few days ago and the watch finally crashed during an activity today (luckily nothing important). I don’t trust it anymore and I am switching away. If you want a rock solid watch, go for 965 or another brand.

0 ustangex 2 days ago

I am 100% satisfied. Stock watch face, touch disabled (I am kind of old fashioned), pulse and sleep tracking enabled. 3 gps enabled exercises per week with HRM pro paired. Works like a charm. Nothing to complain. I have always on display switched off and I get roughly 2 weeks of battery life out of one charge.

0 Thomas 2 days ago

No problems with mine, custom watch face

0 7204821 2 days ago

Except for reboots when trying to use phone assistant (but this is not the most important feature of the watch at all) my watch works like a charm. I'm using stock watch face and the only installed app is the brand new Google Maps and Spotify.

0 svaza 1 day ago

No issues here

0 dtunney 1 day ago

Is it stable and does it fully work. Two very different questions.

0 dtunney 23 hours ago in reply to dtunney

I can do runs with it and it won’t always crash.
sleep detection — worse rush 955

altimeter — still junk

Volume control — as long as you like the system sounds reverting to full blast, then great

a myriad of issues for me, none affect the stability of the watch. But they do affect the enjoyment of using. And I fear that they won’t be sorted.

considering returning mine

0 Fozzee1970 22 hours ago in reply to dtunney

Yep which is why it went back for me. I'm glad it did as well as I can't believe only one hot fix has been released in 6 weeks!

0 Yoder 19 hours ago

Since the update mine has been fine. No more ghost touches. Only thing mine still does is about 25% of the time it reboots when using virtual assistant. Garmin hasn't released a fix for that yet. I don't have any custom apps or watch faces and only use it for running.

0 dtunney 19 hours ago in reply to Yoder

Does your voice assistant work reliably?

does yours make an occasional popping noise?

What about changing volume levels permanently?