Garmin adds new features and refinements to smartwatches with latest update release
Garmin has issued a new beta update for two of its recent mid-range smartwatches. Rolling out as Beta 17.19, the new update is the second that the company has issued to the Venu 4 and Vivoactive 6 during this beta development round. Based on past performance, at least another 2-3 beta updates will arrive before Garmin transitions v17.xx development to its stable software branch.
As far as we can tell, Beta 17.19 contains eight shared changes for the Venu 4 and Vivoactive 6 (curr. $299 on Amazon). For instance, Garmin claims to have resolved an issue that caused the turn arrow to be missing when navigating a course. Additionally, the new update should improve UI responsiveness when starting a timer.
The Venu 4 has received three specific changes of its own, too. On the one hand, Beta 17.19 updates the smartwatch's mute settings so that only persist during a current phone call but not afterwards. On the other hand, Garmin has fixed a bug that prevented the Venu 4 from accepting an incoming call and another bug that broke back and down key functionality when using the bouldering and indoor climb activities. Please see the changelog below for more details.
Venu 4 & Vivoactive 6 changelog
- Adds support for Approach CT1 club sensors.
- Allows LiveTrack to be enabled automatically on a per activity type basis.
- Fixes an issue that could cause the turn arrow to be missing when navigating a course.
- Fixes other minor bugs.
- Fixes send off time not vibrating during swim workouts.
- Fixes various issues that could cause the device to reset.
- GCM Translations - 3.80
- Improves responsiveness when starting the timer.
- Prevents automatic track detection during trail run activities.
Venu 4 specific changelog
- Updates mute setting to only persist for the current phone call.
- Fixes a possible issue where the back and down key would not work for indoor climb and bouldering activities.
- Fixes an issue that could result in not being able to accept an incoming call on the watch.
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