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Garmin releases new stable update with fix for music app

Garmin’s Approach S44 and S50 (pictured) smartwatches are receiving system software 8.04. (Image source: Garmin)
Garmin’s Approach S44 and S50 (pictured) smartwatches are receiving system software 8.04. (Image source: Garmin)
Garmin system software 8.04 is now available for two of the brand’s smartwatches. This new update tackles a range of issues with the wearables, one of which is linked to the music app. Plus, this release also addresses a range of golf-related problems faced by users of the Approach S44 and Approach S50 watches.
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The Garmin Approach S44 and Approach S50 golfing smartwatches are receiving a new update: system software 8.04. This release arrives around three months after the last stable update, version 7.16, which fixed an activity data handling related issue.

With system software 8.04, Garmin is bringing four more bug fixes to the Approach S44 and Approach S50 smartwatches. The first tackles a problem with the PlaysLike mode, experienced by S50 users, where the toggle on the hazards and layups screen was not working as expected. The second, for all users, addresses an issue with the PlaysLike distance received from a linked rangefinder.

Garmin has also fixed a bug which could cause incorrect hole and par information for a course. Plus, the company has resolved a problem which meant that users could not adjust the volume in the Approach smartwatch’s music app.

In a recent post in the Garmin forum, a representative for the brand confirmed that system software version 8.04 was now available for all users of the Approach S44 and Approach S50 smartwatches (curr. $399.99 at Amazon). The update can be installed via the Garmin Golf app or with Garmin Express.

The change log for system software 8.04 for the Garmin Approach S44 and S50 smartwatches. (Image source: screenshot from Garmin forum)
The change log for system software 8.04 for the Garmin Approach S44 and S50 smartwatches. (Image source: screenshot from Garmin forum)

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