Feature Requests and Suggested Improvements

Would love if the back-light activation by wrist turn could be set to only be active while doing an activity.

+1

or a shortcut double taping the light button

iOS Music Control

Please let us manage whatever is playin on our iphone. I use Spotify or Podcast for run, and i can't control them from my FR235.
(bluethoot headphones deal perfect with that, then it's not an iOS limitation)

I want to sync my watch to Garmin Express, without being afraid, that the firmware will be updated to the latest available version automatically. Or at least allow to go back to the firmware version that has been installed before the update.

I want to sync my watch to Garmin Express, without being afraid, that the firmware will be updated to the latest available version automatically.

As things are today, the firmware may be downloaded from Garmin's servers and uploaded to your FR235 automatically upon connection and syncing with Garmin Express, but it is not installed/updated automatically; the user is always given the options immediately upon disconnection whether to:

• Install Now
  
• Remind Me Later
  
• Dismiss
  

with the first in the list being the default. If you don't want to update the firmware, then you take care not to ‘automatically’ press the (Select) button upon offered the choice.

Please let us manage whatever is playin on our iphone. I use Spotify or Podcast for run, and i can't control them from my FR235.
(bluethoot headphones deal perfect with that, then it's not an iOS limitation)

I expected this to be possible out-of-the-box.

As things are today, the firmware may be downloaded from Garmin's servers and uploaded to your FR235 automatically upon connection and syncing with Garmin Express, but it is not installed/updated automatically; the user is always given the options immediately upon disconnection whether to:

• Install Now
  
• Remind Me Later
  
• Dismiss
  

with the first in the list being the default. If you don't want to update the firmware, then you take care not to ‘automatically’ press the (Select) button upon offered the choice.

I know about the option to dismiss the downloaded firmware on the watch, so let me rephrase that:
It would be nice to have the option in Garmin Express to disable the auto upload of a new firmware onto your device. Much more user friendly, than having to having to press several buttons on the watch, after it has already been downloaded.

I expected this to be possible out-of-the-box.

Have you found something?

Pace Zones

It would be great to be able to set zones for pacing instead of manually entering a pacing range for intervals during run workouts.

Power and heart rate zones are easy to create workouts for but when I do a run workout and want to keep certain pacing, it's laborious to manually enter the pace range each time.

Have Garmin actually implemented a single one of these yet? I dont recall seeing anything.
Thread started in October.
Another complete waste of time.

I looked at the very first request
"Speed Source from Foot Pod on outdoor runs please!"

They did that.

So not a waste of time.