- Garmin begins his beta -update cycle for Garmin Instinct 3
- Among 30 updates are eight new features
- These features include rucking, passwords and Garmin Connect+
Garmin starts rolling updates to the new Garmin Instinct 3.
Garmin Instinct 3’s new features that are currently only available to members of Garmin’s public beta program such as beta version 9.07 will roll out to all watches when testing is completed. While there are a total of 30 updates, the eight significant new features are listed below:
- Garmin Connect+ support
- Rucking training profile
- Package weight option added to the jerking profile
- Password support
- Breathing variations
- Daily suggested training recordings added to the training app to the sun/instinct e
- Morning Report Animations
- Extra locations in Weather Widget
The rest of the changes are corrections to different bugs and prevent potential crashes. Of the eight significant changes above, password is a large one that allows you to lock your watch for extra security, and Rucking is a good training profile for those who want to make their hiking more challenging by adding a weighted backpack. The weight functionality of the gasket is a nice touch that allows you to track your improvements by weight in addition to distance.
We reported earlier about Garmin and added Rucking and was, to say the least, surprised that it did not come as part of instinct 3 at the launch as this chunky watch is tailored to rough paths. However, it simply may not have been clear, or the weight functionality of the gasket may have created additional complications when designing the training profile.
However, support for the Garmin Connect+, Garmin’s new Premium subscription service, will probably have a somewhat mixed reception, to put it mildly, while the other features are expected to be welcome changes for instinct 3 owners. If you followed the Premium Tier’s launch, you know that Garmin Connect+ was met with huge setbacks that we reported after spending two days of fielding reader comments and E emails.
Users’ biggest concerns are with the relatively basic and unhelpful AI advisory service, active intelligence and the risk of future new features being placed behind the GC+ Paywall. Users feel strongly about having to fork over additional monthly fees to get the most out of Garmin, even after buying an expensive watch.
Fortunately, none of the new features listed above have been mentioned behind the Garmin Connect+, which is good news for Ruckers and those interested in protecting their watches with a password.
