- Garmin has released its latest public beta
- The update includes strength and body battery improvements for Garmin users
- It also includes an important fix to heart rate zones on the Forerunner series.
Garmin recently released the latest public beta for all the top Garmin watches, and a fix for Forerunner models might be enough to encourage users to download it themselves.
Public beta version 22.14 has started rolling out to devices this month. While it brings a hefty Body Battery and Strength workout upgrade to some models, the company has since confirmed that it also includes an important fix for its Forerunner models and Heart Rate Zones.
In its release notes, the company says that 22.14 includes a fix for a potential crash when editing HR zones. More importantly, it says it has fixed a wrong time in HR zones problem and a wrong heart zone problem.
Broken HR zones are obviously not a disease you’d expect from the best running watches on the market, so if you’ve been having issues with your Forerunner, you might want to consider signing up for the public beta so you can get this latest fix.
Garmin’s Forerunner fix
This fix has been issued for the Garmin Forerunner 165, 255, 265, 955 and 965, the 265 and 965 release also includes a fix for missing app icons in the notification tray. If you’ve had issues with the HR zone on your Forerunner, you can sign up for the public beta on Garmin’s website or wait for the full rollout.
As mentioned, the new beta also includes a number of exciting new features Garmin users can expect later this quarter.
Garmin adds strength training to its running and cycling plans, so you can supplement endurance training with strength training. It also brings its TrueUp feature to Body Battery, so your score will be drawn on measurements and data from multiple devices, if you happen to have them.
One of the biggest new additions being quietly added to this release is the introduction of passcodes for some Garmin watches, specifically the Fenix 8, Enduro 3, the aforementioned Forerunners, Venu 3 and Vivoactive 5.
