Garmin Forerunner 265 and Forerunner 965 receive bug fixes before new stable update

The Forerunner 265 and Forerunner 965 have received new beta builds, following last week's release of Beta Version 4.15. To recap, Garmin launched both smartwatches at the start of March with AMOLED displays and other design tweaks from their predecessors. Since then, Garmin has released two beta updates so far with extensive changelogs.

In comparison, Beta Version 4.17 contains only two bug fixes. According to Garmin's changelog, it has addressed an issue that could cause CIQ watch face crashes. Additionally, Beta Version 4.17 should resolve a problem in Beta Version 4.15 that could corrupt course prompt text.

Please note that Beta Version 4.17 is the second Release Candidate after its predecessor. Thus, Garmin may soon release the former as a new stable update, provided that it does not observe any critical issues during public beta testing. If that is the case, then all Forerunner 265 and Forerunner 965 will receive the same improvements as Beta Version 4.17, as well as the following other changes from Beta Versions 4.12 and 4.15:

• Adds additional shortcuts to glances from some watch face data fields.
• Adds support for accessing a cycling event's associated power guide from the race widget.
• Adds support for Connect IQ System 6 watch faces.
• Adds support for entering a decimal weight value during a strength activity.
• Adds support for showing the course point name on course point toasts.
• Adds support for the battery life remaining in days field on CIQ watch faces.
• Fixes a layout issue with the strength workout timer screen.
• Fixes an issue causing Connect IQ watch faces to wake up the screen even with gestures disabled.
• Fixes an issue causing the Performance Condition alert to play a tone with alert tones disabled.
• Fixes an issue that could cause a flat line graph for heat acclimation.
• Fixes an issue that could cause segments not to be ended correctly.
• Fixes an issue that could cause sleep data and HRV not to be calculated overnight.
• Fixes an issue that could cause the device to not allow language selection during initial setup after a device reset.
• Fixes an issue that could cause the device to reset when changing the plot time on the barometer glance.
• Fixes an issue that could cause the device to reset while panning or zooming the map during an activity.
• Fixes an issue that could cause the seconds value on a watch face to be slightly cut off.
• Fixes an issue that could cause the stopwatch not to sound an alert even though alert tones are enabled.
• Fixes an issue that could prevent activities synced from other devices from loading correctly when viewed in History.
• Fixes an issue where AutoShot data could fail to be detected correctly when golfing.
• Fixes an issue where cycling ability was unavailable without a course profile.
• Fixes an issue where exercise videos were not available to preview before starting a workout.
• Fixes an issue where images used on the Virtual Partner page were cut off.
• Fixes an issue where incident detection could be turned off but not on again on the device.
• Fixes an issue where low battery alerts could fail to sound a tone or cause a vibration.
• Fixes an issue where pace was not properly filtered during a navigate activity.
• Fixes an issue where stride length or vertical ratio data from a running dynamics pod could sometimes be missing or inaccurate.
• Fixes an issue where sunrise/sunset times could be inaccurate.
• Fixes an issue where the calendar glance could show an all-day event as scheduled one day ahead of the correct day.
• Fixes an issue where the device could fail to route to a saved location with an error about missing routable roads.
• Fixes an issue where the device could show a phone connection error.
• Fixes an issue where the map orientation could change from track up to north up when panning or zooming.
• Fixes an issue where the privacy setting was incorrectly affecting tones and vibration for notifications.
• Fixes an issue where workouts with time-based steps could have an incorrect total distance.
• Fixes an issue with auto pause not working correctly on lifts for skiing and snowboarding.
• Fixes an issue with resuming golf activities at a later time.
• Fixes an issue with the data screen layout not refreshing when the layout is changed.
• Fixes an issue with the edit workout menu not refreshing following changes to intervals.
• Fixes an issue with the layout of the training page shown during a custom HIIT or strength workout.
• Fixes an issue with touch controls on maps not working correctly.
• Fixes other minor issues.
• Improves the wording used for cycling daily suggested workouts.
• Provides workout suggestions for upcoming bike events.
• Updates translations.

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