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Garmin’s Newest Fenix 7 Series Public Beta Is Here Packing Sleep Tracking Fixes

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Summary

  • The latest Garmin update adds sleep-tracking improvements.
  • The ECG feature has been reintroduced in beta software for select watches.
  • A critical bug causing boot loop issues remains unpatched in this version.

Garmin is one of the leading wearables and smartwatch brands in the market today, and even if you have one of the older models, you’re likely still receiving updates. The Fenix 7 is a little over three years old, and still receiving updates alongside other Garmin watches. One of the updates was released last week, and now Garmin has followed up with another update for several watches packing sleep-tracking improvements. However, it still doesn’t address one of the biggest problems with the current software.

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The company just put out a new beta software update bearing version number 21.06 for the Fenix 7 series, Epix series, Enduro 2, Quatix 7, and MARQ Gen 2. The official changelog for this version reintroduces the heart rate or ECG tracking feature in the beta (via NotebookCheck). Garmin cautions this will happen in beta software toward the end of quarterly beta cycles, but ECG will remain available on Live software updates.

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This update specifically packs UI fixes and improves the breathing variation tracker page for the watch, since the previous version last week (v21.05). Breathing variation is a subset of the sleep analysis section on Garmin wearables, but the company has not specified what is changing in this section.

Rolling out now, but a critical bug remains unpatched

Fix needed urgently

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While Garmin’s effort to keep up the beta release cadence is commendable, the company still hasn’t addressed a glaring firmware-level flaw that has been bothering users. Since version 21.04, several models get stuck in a boot loop when you try shutting down the watch, or when you’re using Coach workouts or running trackers. This hasn’t been fixed yet. Moreover, version 21.06 adds to the concerns with users reporting issues with Garmin Coach training plans not working as expected.

The sole hope is that Garmin will resolve these issues before the software is shipped as a stable update to compatible devices worldwide. When that might happen is anyone’s best guess. Lastly, the Taxtix 7 and MARQ Aviator Gen 2 are not compatible with public beta builds.

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