Garmin has started rolling out Beta version 14.12 to Forerunner 255 and Forerunner 955 series smartwatches. While Garmin has dedicated forum posts for both smartwatch series, the pair receive the same changes. As always, Garmin will distribute the new updates via its GCM servers. Typically, smartwatches check GCM daily for new updates. Hence, your smartwatch may not have started downloading the update yet. Updates can take hours to download and transfer to paired smartwatches too, compounding delays.
According to the company’s forum posts, Beta version 14.12 contains nine major changes from v14.08, the last public beta build. The changelog from v14.08 to v14.12 is as follows:
- Body Battery Stress graph fix
- Fixed touch setting not honored in Timer loop
- Fixed Stryd Data not logging
- Fixed an issue with HR Glance
- Fixed Strength Activity not remembering weight
- Data Field improvements and fixes
- Various crash fixes
- Add Lactation Threshold in Track Run
- Emergency Contacts improvements
Garmin adds that Beta version 14.12 is a Release Candidate build. In other words, the same build should soon reach stable status, unless the company observes any critical issues during public beta testing. This also means that devices running Beta version 14.12 will receive a functionally identical build to devices running on Garmin’s stable software branch. Please see Garmin’s forum posts for more details.
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