Garmin releases new updates for AMOLED and MiP smartwatches with promises of fixes for ongoing crash issues
Garmin is gradually building towards delivering a new stable update for the Instinct E, Instinct 3 AMOLED and Instinct 3 Solar (curr. $449.99 on Amazon). To recap, the company issues System Software 8.09 in mid-March for the trio with a host of changes. Shortly afterwards it moved on to v9.xx development, which it started publicly with Betat Version 9.07.
Now, the company has moved ahead to Beta Version 9.13 for smartwatches enrolled on its Beta Program. In a forum post, Garmin clarifies that the update will be sent out automatically as an over-the-air (OTA) update. Consequently, one should receive a notification to download Beta Version 9.13 within the next few days either via Garmin Connect Mobile (GCM) or Garmin Express when syncing an Instinct E, Instinct 3 AMOLED or Instinct 3 Solar to using desktop software.
According to the company, Beta Version 9.13 contains fixes relating to Body Battery and watch faces. Also, Garmin Share should no longer crash on AMOLED models, nor should Solar or E models crash when plugging them into a computer. Incidentally, Garmin has bundled updated Sensor Hub firmware too, which has reached v34.10 as of today's build. The full changelog for Beta Version 9.13 is as follows:
- Change log from Beta Version 9.09
- Fixed body battery and stress data missing on watch.
- Instinct E/Instinct Solar specific:
- Fixed crash while plugged in to computer.
- Fixed watch face month abbreviation.
- Instinct 3 AMOLED specific:
- Fixed crash when viewing body battery widget at midnight.
- Fixed crash in Garmin Share.
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