Garmin Fenix, Edge, Forerunner Updates Leaked for 2025 Q1

Garmin is getting ready to announce the rollout of some of the features we trailed on this site last year: strength workouts for coach, workout execution score and, finally, the syncing of Body Battery info over Physio TrueUp 2.0.

Strange omissions are the lack of updates for the Fenix 7, 7 Pro, Epix Gen 2 and Epix Gen 2 Pro families. We can only assume they will be added in Q2.

Some notes

Garmin Passcode – A PIN code is required to enable Garmin PAY, which stays active if the watch is continuously worn. The new PASSCODE functionality could be a theft prevention mechanism or a privacy feature. If the latter, the PASSCODE would be required before any personal data is shown. For example, on the Apple Watch, complications for personal biometrics do not display the information unless bio authentication has already been passed (or a passcode has been entered).
Workout Execution Score (WES) – I don’t quite know what’s going on here as these were trained and added to the Forerunners last year, missing from the table above. I’ve coincidentally looked at WES a bit over the last month and noted it needs improvement; in my mind, it should focus only on scoring the more important effort periods in intervals and develop a better understanding of how we might run to the start of a structured workout and then run back home at the end – 2 parts of the activity that don’t need scoring.
Strength Workouts – The strength coach was added to Forerunners in Nov 2024, and the Strength training plan at a similar time. Adaptive Plans also gained explanatory improvements. We now see strength workouts incorporated into Garmin Run Coach and Garmin Cycling Coach.