BIG Updates to Fenix 7 and Epix 2

Lots of Garmin updates go live today. If you define ‘BIG’ to mean ‘lots of feature updates’ then Garmin Fenix 7 and Garmin Epix 2 owners have definitely just got a big firmware update. However these are very much in the realm of tweaks and fixes….literally 10s and 10s of them. I counted over 50 bug fixes too.

Must Read: Garmin Fenix 7 Review

Must Read: Garmin Epix 2 Review

Fenix 7 and Epix get these

Links Fenix 7 firmware and Epix 2 firware

• Added palm screen support while in Connect IQ apps.
• Added to and improved ability to modify settings in Garmin Connect mobile app.
• Added Adventure Race start and end time to post activity summary UI.
• Added Acclimation, Pace, Detailed Speed, Bouldering Metrics, Strength Metrics, and Indoor Climbing Metrics to post activity summary UI.
• Added ability to perform Map Manager wifi map downloads when connecting to a computer as well.
• Added download time estimation to map manager.
• Added support for preloaded maps to update via map manager (Golf and Ski maps, etc.)
• Added ability to toggle smart notifications in notifications and alerts menu.
• Added ability to change the record activity setting mid-round for Golf.
• Added new watch face data field types: 1, 2, 3 item raw data fields, sunrise/sunset, calories, alternate time zones, body battery, steps.
• Added ability to go back to a Connect IQ watch face while in an activity.
• Added prompt when user tries to start a Connect IQ app that records an activity when an activity is already being recorded.
• Added option menu to Heart Rate app.
• Added Stamina fields to the Adventure Racing activity.
• Added a message that displays when heart rate dependent features are launched when Heart Rate tracking setting is disabled.
• Added prompt when accesssing PulseOx glance when wrist heart rate is turned off.
• Added Fitness Age display to User Profile settings.
• Added Streak display to Steps widget.
• Added Connect IQ System 5 support.
• Added Fish activity.
• Added Green Contours support to golf.
• Added Horseback Riding activity.
• Added support for TM2 position formatting.
• Added a side options menu to the sleep widget.
• Added Compass settings to the Adventure Race options menu.
• Added support for the following Extended Display data fields: Stamina, steps, active calories, and battery hours.
• Added Enhanced Strength functionality, which includes an improved workout preview with a map of muscles that will be used, improved User Interface in free mode and workouts, and improvements to the Rep and Weight editing experience.
• Added ability to access action menus via touchscreen tap.
• Changed backlight keys setting to Keys and Touch – disabling Backlight response for button presses will now also prevent the backlight from responding to Touchscreen input.
• Changed wording of “Stand” time to “Idle” time.
• Improved initial pairing flow in some cases which would cause the user to be stuck at the Garmin Connect logo.
• Improved map UI when selecting a point while on the map.
• Improved timer alarm design.
• Improved sleep detection.
• Improved User Interface (UI) of InReach app.
• Improved power mode UI.
• Improved touch support in some places.
• Improvements made to map manager map download.
• Improvements and fixes made to Health Snapshot.
• Improved wording of sleep mode touch setting to be “auto” and “off.”
• Removed haptic feedback for watch face data fields that do not launch anything (i.e. “epix” logo.)
• Updated support for Shimano Di2.
• Plus 54 individual fixes!

Enduro gets these

Link: Garmin.com

• Added support for Connect IQ system 5.
• Added a new tip to inform the user each time a new emergency contact is added from Garmin Connect.
• Added a new tip that will recommend the user to reboot the device if the GPS is unresponsive while waiting for a fix before an activity.
• Added a new tip to notify the user that the Wrist Heart Rate Sensor is disabled. This tip will be displayed whenever accessing a heartrate-related glance while the wrist heartrate sensor is turned off on the device.
• Added the Horseback activity.
• Added the new Easyhunt feature to the DogTrack app.
• Added the Resting Heartrate True-Up feature. RHR data now gets trued-up so that all devices tied to the same account will have the same RHR value.
• Added enhanced strength functionality, which includes an improved workout preview with a map of muscles that will be used, improved UI in free mode and workouts, and improvements to the rep and weight editing experience.
• Added animation to progress arc when viewing Intensity Minutes widget.
• Updated incident detection to better distinguish between supported and unsupported activities.
• Updated inReach messaging to now allow the watch to send messages up to 160 characters in length.
• Updated support for Shimano Di2.
• Improvements made to on-device sleep detection and sleep staging.
• Improvements made to Run/Idle detection algorithm, particularly when detecting when the user has stopped

Fenix 6 gets these

Link: garmin.com

• Added support for Connect IQ system 5.
• Added a new tip to inform the user each time a new emergency contact is added from Garmin Connect.
• Added a new tip that will recommend the user to reboot the device if the GPS is unresponsive while waiting for a fix before an activity.
• Added a new tip to notify the user that the Wrist Heart Rate Sensor is disabled. This tip will be displayed whenever accessing a heartrate-related glance while the wrist heartrate sensor is turned off on the device.
• Added the Horseback activity.
• Added the new Easyhunt feature to the DogTrack app.
• Added the Resting Heartrate True-Up feature. RHR data now gets trued-up so that all devices tied to the same account will have the same RHR value.
• Added enhanced strength functionality, which includes an improved workout preview with a map of muscles that will be used, improved UI in free mode and workouts, and improvements to the rep and weight editing experience.
• Added animation to progress arc when viewing Intensity Minutes widget.
• Updated incident detection to better distinguish between supported and unsupported activities.
• Updated inReach messaging to now allow the watch to send messages up to 160 characters in length.
• Updated support for Shimano Di2.
• Improvements made to on-device sleep detection and sleep staging.
• Improvements made to Run/Idle detection algorithm, particularly when detecting when the user has stopped.

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