The Garmin Instinct has surprisingly received a few notable new features that have previously been rolled out to Garmin’s higher-end models. These are
- new BODY BATTERY Widget
- low ABNORMAL HR setting
- AUTOREST detection during pool swim
- ALTIMETER CALIBRATION improvements
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The full list is further below but those are the main ones. I suspect that the Instinct won’t see too many more features from now on, although that will depend on exactly what is in this year‘s Garmin INSTINCT Solar…will that be a wholly new INSTINCT with several new hardware goodies or just a solar boosted version of the current one? My bet is the last one.
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