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“Wiggle own a lot of companies a lot of money, including Haribo”
I thought Wiggle had actually acquired Haribo there until I realised it was a typo.
Yeah, and I’ll have a majority steak with fries, please.
Automatic transitions is probably the first post-launch feature update that’s coming first to Forerunner series and not to Fenix series. It’s a very nice addition, curious (and skeptical) to see how it works in real life.
The app UI update is kinda disappointing. More empty space and less data visible on a single screen.
Ray are you aware of any widespread issues with the Garmin weather app on the 965 not working? If so, is it widespread or isolated? Mine hasn’t been working correctly since Christmas. It currently shows -1 degrees when it’s actually 30 degrees. I called Garmin and they added me to “the case”. I’ve done all the steps they asked me to but to no avail?
Hmm, odd. Mine is showing 30*F, and it’s actually 30*F outside. This is on the latest public beta though (linked above from a few days ago), so perhaps the production build has had issues?
I’m not on any beta so I guess I’ll have to wait it out. I didn’t realize how much I look at the weather till it was useless. :)
Is it showing Celsius (-1) and you are expecting degrees Fahrenheit (30)?
Patrick, Thank you so much. That was the issue. I don’t know why/how it changed in December and the Garmin folks didn’t have that on the checklist of everything they wanted me to check. 😀
thanks
Curious on how to enroll on the beta of both Garmin Connect Mobile and Web, as there doesn’t seem to be a way as far as I’ve looked around. Most probably it will be on a random A/B testing basis. Let’s see
I don’t think you can. As I understand it, the beta app is being rolled out “randomly” to users.
Any plans to review the Decathlon smart bike and trainers?
link to road.cc
The bike can be an amazing deal given the price.
Thanks
Ray, do you happen to know the story why Apple Music is not available on Garmin Watches?
Is it because Apple wants us to buy Apple Watches?
My understanding from past Garmin discussions is that’s fully on Apple’s plate, as Garmin is ‘more than open’ to that happening. I’d imagine though that Apple doesn’t see the value in giving Garmin watches access to it.
I’m very curious about you view on “Lap Undo”.
According to The5kRunner it only works for manual laps in regular activity and does not work for structured workouts where the accidental lap press is more of a problem as double press may result in skipping an interval or rest break.
It works beyond just manual laps, for example for automatic transitions too. But no, not for structured workouts.
More soon…
Are you planning on testing decathlons domyos challenge 1500w bike? Would love to hear your thoughts about it.
Please, this could be a game changer. It looks really solid but is useless it the power senor is flaky and/ or it’s crap on Zwift. Please review.
Already chatting with Decathlon about getting various units in. Hope to have more details next week.
Hi,
Any news on when/If the Domyos 1500w review will be coming please?