Also nap tracking is awesome, I've been wanting that feature for literally years now. I'd love to get a full video or deeper dive on that if possible!

@Dcrainmaker

6 ай бұрын

...so, you're telling me I need to take more naps for the purposes of a video? Deal, I'm game.

Awesome video! My favorite part? "We keep our house really cold in the winter because it cost too much to turn the heat up in the winter" - you are my hero of genuineness. Doubles the subscriber following in two years but still doesn't waste money on excess things!

@lyfandeth

6 ай бұрын

I had a housemate who was adamant about lowering the heat. He gave up after I pointed out that if we just SHUT the heat for two weeks, we'd save enough to stay warm all winter. It wouldn't have bothered me, I had serious winter gear.

@Dcrainmaker

6 ай бұрын

Haha...yeah, things got incredibly expensive last winter for heating (radiators using gas). Mind-boggling expensive. The rates are a lot lower this winter, but I haven't bothered to change all the smarthome automation routes/systems I put in place (which halved our bill last winter, literally overnight). As Des can attest the last few weeks, it's a weeee bit chilly in the house.

@hotgreenx

6 ай бұрын

I too agree with the point

@UncleMike6653

6 ай бұрын

@@Dcrainmakerwithout disclosing your personal setup would love to hear you go thru options such as this on a video. Could help save a lot of people some money it sounds like.

@tommydj5704

6 ай бұрын

Garmin sleep tracking isn’t that accurate. It often thinks I’m in rem sleep even I know for sure I have been awake multiple times. I already have the sleep streak badge 15 times 🙆🏻‍♂️😴

I love your reviews. Great to have all the new features in one place. A lot of them just came on my Epix. Great

Just realized how he's rocking back and forth while talking, and now I cannot unsee it.

I would add that Oura uses the temperature readings to determine if you’re potentially sick. I’ve often received the “are you feeling okay? You might want to turn on rest mode because your body temperature was elevated last night” kind of prompt from Oura and it’s usually if I am sick or starting to get sick.

@Dcrainmaker

6 ай бұрын

Haha, it must have given up on me. I've never gotten that! 😂

@del1313

6 ай бұрын

Due to small children and midwest winters I do give Oura plenty of attempts to detect me being sick 🤧@@Dcrainmaker

I saw the skin temp update in the app this morning and wondered what Ray has to say about it. I ended up learning about several other new features I missed 😂. Thanks!

For hobby astronomers who need to keep their night vision unimpaired the redshift watchface is a welcome featured. This might also be useful for endurance athletic events that extend well into the night.

@Dcrainmaker

6 ай бұрын

Interesting, hadn't though of that use case!

@pdurys

6 ай бұрын

And this is only available for Outdoor group + AMOLED. Relatively easy to do for MIP watches, but for some reason not implemented yet.

I love that you can see two very distinct watch tan lines. one for each wrist.

Dang, I was hoping Red Shift would be for when I run near the speed of light. Oh well, all these other features are good nonetheless. Thanks Ray!

@PureNRG2

6 ай бұрын

Don’t forget blue shifting when you’re approaching the finish line.

I love this new trend of Garmin adding features to their watches post launch. I have owned three watches now, and my epics is the first one to ever receive any sort of significant new features after launch.

Well done. I can't believe how many watches Garmin makes. 😜

Watching this episode while my watch ask to begin the update 🎉

Great overview of these new features, thanks for your thorough coverage. Any chance the Venu 3/3s will get training readiness/status/load? Personally, those would be much more useful day to day than the running dynamics? Also, we gals would love to hear more about your wife's experience with the "S" watches she tries out...(hint hint). 😁

Umm This thumbnail is 🔥 👏

It's an interesting strategy... I wonder how many people decide to upgrade watch because of this sort of update, rather than waiting for the next watch. For example, I didn't feel the Fenix 7 was worth it over a 6 at launch, but I find myself thinking about it now rather than waiting for the 8.

Got excited for a sec as I'd thought my flagship latest-and-greatest epix 2 would surely get this feature, but of course it's just for the ultra-premium epix 2 PRO version.

Good job

Tell us about the ECG and whether it will become available in Europe and the UK

Thank you

Thanks for clarifying that My girlfriend was curious. Hope gsrmin gets that updated.

Is there any official link for those update? Thanks for your videos🎉

thanks for cool video! maybe you know how I can find changelog and version for latest firmware for Fenix 7x?

Any news on the sleep coach for the Epix Pro? I would gladly trade the temperature feature for that at least it gives a bit more data :) Funny thing is that when i slept with my hand in the electric hot water pillow i get a Oura pop up asking if i want to turn my rest mode cause my temperature went high so yeah that's one of the situations where it will fail but at least i knew the reason since i felt fine :D

Hey! I have a question about the forerunner 965 and wondered if you have heard anything from garmin about it. I’m a x-country skier and noticed that they removed the auto pause feature from the Nordic skiing activities in this firmware update. I used this feature all the time and can’t understand why they would remove it 😢 //Markus

Some nice features in Venu 3 I guess. Is it gonna make me replace my apple watch series 8? 😮

I have the fenix 7 S whats the difference between the temperature thats already on my watch with the new skin temperature feature they added? What exactly is the temperature that my watch already have measures?

I so much regret that I was fast and got the FR 945. Some time after the FR 965 came out, and it happens again and again, that the FR 945 gets neglected, as if its almost "the forgotten watch" in the FR series. To try and remedy it, I'm in the Beta program, but not sure I get any more from that.

It is still worth to get basic Fenix 7? Or should I aim for fr955 or even smth else? Trying to get halfmarathon next year but im not running in forest/high building areas. Also hitting the gym quite often

​ @Dcrainmaker could you make short video about new Multi-location Weather glance? Are you able to add locations further than 200km from your actual position? Try Tokyo, or Sydney

Can you do a video on boxing garmin profile and what i can track and use it for

Ray Wil of ga je ook een review maken van, en met deze update,s als deze van toepassing zijn op de nieuwe Garmin Descent MK3I

Any chance you will be reviewing the Garmin MK3? :)

Moon phase is back!

Can you do a video on calories please. Comparative to the apple tracking. Resting cals burned and active burned. Accuracy etc Thanks

Wow, oura ring review coming up?

I don't get the skin temperature on my Fenix 7 but to be honest I don't really know what I would do with it anyway as I am already getting loads more data than I really need. That said I think the nap tracker is a very useful addition as this should provide a much fuller picture of total sleep per day.

@shepshape2585

6 ай бұрын

I'm old and I train quite a bit, a nap tracker would be REALLY helpful. But alas, I have an old 735xt and it doesn't get any of these updates. Or any updates. You know how these big companies roll. "Buy our expensive products, and even though they're still perfectly fine 6-8 years later, we're going to force you to buy a new product because we won't provide any support for your old product." Really makes me mad.

@trepidati0n533

6 ай бұрын

In the US, I would avoid any tech for women that can be used to figure out their cycle. Too many old white men in red states have less than good intentions with that data if they can get their hands on it.

Thanks for news, at last it takes in to account the afternoon nap or siesta, that was available on much cheaper watches. As to weather locatiions not much good as garmin are not capable of providing a good weather location data. I use the watch for cycling and can never get weathet location for where i live. And there is a weather station and weather apps that give me the correct data, garmin just gives me the weather of Alicante airport 60km away. Took up the matter with garmin spain but they said that was normal, it also happened to them, 0 proactvity to pass the information up the chain. Are you in contact with the development team?

Will the Garmin, like the Apple Watch 8 & 9, continue taking body temperature EVEN IF you turn off the HR? Same question with O2 as well…

As word on if these are coming to the Descent Series

I'm just waiting for the large font option for the 965 or Epix Pro (Gen 2).

@SquashPile

6 ай бұрын

That has been out for a while now. "Added large font mode which can be accessed in System > Display menu."

@tonybowen455

6 ай бұрын

What SquashPile said. It's been out.

Does enduro 1 got this update too?

Will Enduro 2 be included?

I just wish the yoga app was structured differently. It has "Pose 1" like it's expecting me to click a button in between poses. I don't really see any instance where someone would do that - in a yin class, I'd be too busy breathing through the poses, and in my more usual flow / power classes, the change of pose happens too frequently.

No sleep coach for the epix pro?

With this update, they removed a feature: Manual weather location. Where I live, there is a military airport that gives wrong weather info, so I was manually selecting somewhere else that is close. But they removed this from the Connect app. Now I am stuck with that airport, and the info is way off, which messes up my VO2Max calculations...

Why are there never updates for the Enduro2?

No ECG in europe?

When will Garmin watches be able to accurately measure room temperature without being affected by body temperature?

An you synchronize your activities from oura smart ring, to Garmin app?

@Dcrainmaker

5 ай бұрын

No

Epix from last yr?

Any of this coming to FR945 LTE?

@Dcrainmaker

6 ай бұрын

Definitely not the skin temp bits (not right sensor), but checking on the rest. Historically the FR945LTE lags like 30-60 days behind, due to carrier approval portions.

@mikeb7117

6 ай бұрын

945LTE is getting Body battery enhancements, Ski activity enhancement, Nap detection and Smart notification images (but not skin temp).

Garmin is really focussing on sleep nowadays, lol. I hate wearing my watch while I sleep.

Are they coming to the fenix 6 line up?

@Dcrainmaker

6 ай бұрын

No, it lacks the required new sensor hardware.

@nxel2

6 ай бұрын

Was referring more to the nap thingy@@Dcrainmaker

Not sure why you didn't mention Galaxy watch 6 pro, it's been tracking temperature and period prediction for over a year now

Even the Instinct 2 got training readiness... will the 255 get it in the future?

@Dcrainmaker

6 ай бұрын

No plans for FR255. Seems silly if you ask me though...

@lowzyyy

6 ай бұрын

hrv, sleep, recovery time and your feel would be enough for you to assess your readiness

Is the skin temp for the Epix gen2 (non-pro)?

@Dcrainmaker

6 ай бұрын

Nope, lacks new sensor hardware.

What was the name of that arm band that you're using?

@mikeb7117

6 ай бұрын

Whoop

@apriljohnson6191

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!!

How do you get the skin sensor reading chart to appear on the sleep timeline chart ? Mine has been recording average skin temperature readings, but there is no button option underneath to view the graph

@Dcrainmaker

6 ай бұрын

Do you have 3 nights yet? Or technically, the fourth night.

@alexlook8017

6 ай бұрын

5 nights with a number and 3 nights before that with 'calibrating'

@Dcrainmaker

6 ай бұрын

@@alexlook8017and Garmin Connect app is full up to date?

@alexlook8017

6 ай бұрын

@Dcrainmaker yeah it's up to date on the app store. Oh well, maybe it will appear at some point. It doesn't seem to be very useful anyway. That's why I searched your video to try to make sense of the readings and how they could be used.

DC, when will the new Forerunner come out?)

@Dcrainmaker

6 ай бұрын

Likely on Tuesday at 7AM EST. Or, a Wednesday at 7AM EST. Rarely but occasionally a Thursday at 7AM EST. But, I can say it'll be at 7AM US eastern time. Unless they decide to do it timed to international running day again, in which case it's some wonky hour. However, overall, my crystal ball is unclear on exactly which Tues/Weds/Thurs at 7AM it'll be - unfortunately.

@666lBlackDeath

6 ай бұрын

So is it spring-summer or is it unclear?@@Dcrainmaker

Meanwhile, Coros has only just introduced a weather widget 😂

@ultrarunnerEST

6 ай бұрын

Welcome in the skin temperature game Garmin / Polar 😅

No skin temperature and moon phases for 965 😢

@cyclingjack

6 ай бұрын

Lol. Don’t think you miss that much.

No love for the Enduro 2?

@Dcrainmaker

6 ай бұрын

It's considered a Fenix 7 in this conversation.

Pretty annoying they've stopped adding any new features to the Venu 2 Plus. I get that they want to sell new watches, but that doesn't mean they should totally forget slightly older ones. Especially such expensive ones. But I guess that's consumerism for ya...

Hold on. Ray with zero watches on.. call the newspaper. What’s going on?

@Dcrainmaker

6 ай бұрын

Shhhh....

It's a bit rubbish that this doesn't come down to the Epix gen2. It has a temp sensor built in, it just isn't used. Seems it's an arbitrary choice by garmin to push people to upgrade

@Dcrainmaker

6 ай бұрын

That had an ambient air temp sensor, basically a small hole to detect air temp. This is a sensor plate against your skin, to detect skin temp directly.

@MrUled

6 ай бұрын

Oh, I did not realise. Thank you for sharing! I stand corrected

I really can't stand when companies like Garmin and Apple use forced obsolescence on their products. They both make great products, don't get me wrong, which is why I buy them. So why do they then want to punish me for having a 735xt by not allowing any of these updates to be supported by my watch? I get that I don't have certain hardware features that would allow some of these updates to function, but some of them would. So eventually I have to sell or store a perfectly good running watch because it's now obsolete. Same with my VERY expensive phone. And then they think that after being treated like that I'm going to run out and buy their latest and greatest model? Not even the slimmest of chances.

Still waiting for my first period.

ECG and skin temp. Anyone get the feeling we are gearing up for the next lockdown? 😂😂😂

Still waiting for nap tracking here on my FR 945🤨

@MattSwain1

6 ай бұрын

I’m gonna say that ship has almost certainly sailed, much like for me with my Fenix 6

@PureNRG2

6 ай бұрын

@@MattSwain1 Hope you are wrong, especially for those of us who use naps to increase training readiness.

Garmin always forget they made the Enduro.....

@Dcrainmaker

5 ай бұрын

Doesn’t have the right hardware sensor.

Haha shit, I just got a new watch so it says calibrating…

Sleep on the Job, sure why not

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