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Garmin delivers more than a dozen changes to ultra-thin smartwatch with new update

The Venu X1 is now eligible to download a new beta update globally.
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The Venu X1 is now eligible to download a new beta update globally.
Garmin has released a new update to one of its thinnest smartwatches. Available globally, the firmware contains over a dozen fixes that should improve the overall user experience in multiple areas.
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Garmin has released a new update for the Venu X1 (curr. $699 on Amazon). To recap, the company started 2026 by updating its ultra-thin smartwatch with a new colour option. Sold as Soft Gold with Titanium Caseback, the new version also contains a French Grey nylon band and brings the total number of Venu X1 colours to three.

Since then, Garmin has furnished the Venu X1 with numerous beta and stable updates. For instance, the company issued Beta 18.19 at the end of July with alleged battery life improvements. Now, it has transitioned beta development to Beta 18.23, the fourth v18.xx firmware released so far, starting with Beta 18.12 in early July.

In a forum post, Garmin clarifies that Beta 18.23 makes 15 changes from Beta 18.19. Of those, 2 are dedicated to improving the recent "Ok, Garmin" voice controls feature. Additionally, Beta 18.23 is said to refine Morning and Evening Report functionality while also fixing numerous other issues that caused device resets on older builds. The full changelog between Beta 18.19 and Beta 18.23 is as follows:

  • Fixes an issue that causes the device to crash during an incident detection.
  • Fixes an issue that causes the morning and evening report to not time out.
  • Fixes an issue that could cause the device to reset after receiving an audio spectator message.
  • Fixes an issue that could cause the device to reset when saving an activity.
  • Fixes an issue that could cause the device to reset when viewing the morning report.
  • Fixes an issue that could result in pace/speed dropouts, especially during interval training.
  • Fixes an issue where an audio spectator message could fail to play while music is paused.
  • Fixes an issue where device fails to detect Wake Word.
  • Fixes an issue where device fails to respond to commands after Wake Word is triggered.
  • Fixes an issue where other voice output could fail to sound after receiving an audio spectator message.
  • Fixes an issue where the device will reboot sporadically.
  • Fixes an issue where the volume slider in music controls bounces around and becomes unresponsive.
  • Fixes other minor issues.
  • GCM Translation - 4.30
  • Updates translations.

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