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Delete your Garmin Messenger account before you give up a phone number
Garmin Messenger restores your old chats with just a text code, no password. Whoever gets your recycled number could read them.
Friday, Oct 23
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Third-party Garmin watch apps can now use the microphone and speaker
Apps on the Fenix 8, Venu 4 and Forerunner 970 can now record and play sound, but only while open and only after asking you.
Thursday, Oct 22
Garmin's CIRQA band now buzzes for calls and texts, after Garmin said it wouldn't
Garmin said at launch the $199.99 CIRQA wouldn't buzz for calls. Firmware 4.20 changes that, though its support page still says otherwise.
Wednesday, Oct 21
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Garmin reopens its Connect API, with free personal keys and a fee for big apps
Anyone can now get a key to their own Garmin data in seconds. Apps with more than 1,000 users will pay Garmin per user.
Friday, Oct 16
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Garmin's September update turns on OK Garmin, and it can cost days of battery
Garmin's new always-on voice wake word cuts battery life 35 to 50% on several watches, enabled by default.
Tuesday, Oct 13
Garmin's new MARQ starts at $2,500 with LTE and satellite SOS
DC Rainmaker's hands-on found MARQ Gen3's biggest upgrade isn't the titanium case, it's a new route-less ClimbPro.
Monday, Oct 12
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Garmin's own support pages already list a MARQ Gen 3
Garmin's own support pages just gave away MARQ Gen 3, four years after the last one shipped.
Thursday, Oct 8
Garmin says a fix is coming for the Fenix 8's stuck-bright screen
Garmin admits the Fenix 8's screen can stick at full brightness indoors, and its fix doesn't have a date yet.
Saturday, Oct 3
Some Fenix 8 owners lose heart rate after Garmin's 23.39 update
Fenix 8 owners say update 23.39 killed their heart-rate sensor, and a 90-second power-off only brings it back for some.
Monday, Sep 28
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Garmin buys Moxy, the muscle oxygen sensor maker, and Muscle Battery suddenly has hardware
Garmin bought the company that's been feeding its watches muscle oxygen data since 2014. Muscle Battery just got its engine.
Thursday, Sep 24
Garmin's Venu 4 can now keep fall detection on all day
Until now it only watched for falls during some outdoor workouts. Version 17.25 could take a few weeks to reach every watch.
Friday, Sep 18
Tapping End can delete your Garmin CIRQA workout
Garmin's CIRQA deletes your entire workout if you tap End, tap Resume instead and pray you remember next time.
Thursday, Sep 17
Russian paperwork names the unreleased Garmin tactix 9 and Enduro 4
Russia's regulatory database named the tactix 9 and Enduro 4 weeks before Garmin does, same database that outed the fēnix 9 early.
Thursday, Sep 10
Garmin's app names a Cirqa Smart Band Pro with two buttons
Garmin's own app code names a CIRQA Smart Band Pro with two buttons and spoken stats, so a screen-free band would talk to you.
Tuesday, Sep 8
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Garmin registered ten model numbers for an unannounced ring
Ten sizes turned up in the filings. Garmin isn't testing a smart ring, it's stocking shelves for one.
Tuesday, Aug 25
The Fenix 9 Starts at $1,000 and Orders Open August 28
Garmin Epic stitches 92 days of hikes, climbs, and rides into one story instead of 30 orphaned workout files.
Garmin is streaming a launch Tuesday without naming the product
Garmin's own Taiwan site listed the 47 mm Fenix 9 Pro, then took it down. Titanium case, 3,000 nits, 18 days of battery.
Monday, Aug 24
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A Garmin smart ring turned up in an Indonesian filing
Garmin's never sold a ring, but Indonesia's certification database has one listed by model name, and the entry didn't stay up long.
Saturday, Aug 22
Garmin booked August 25 with Enduro 4 in its app
Garmin's app code already lists Fenix 9 in three sizes before the August 25 "Play Harder" event even starts.