{"id":969199,"date":"2026-05-18T17:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/969199\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:29:14","slug":"new-garmin-beta-update-brings-five-changes-to-smartwatches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/969199\/","title":{"rendered":"New Garmin beta update brings five changes to smartwatches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"bodytext\">Garmin has pushed a new beta update to some users of the Fenix 8 AMOLED, Fenix 8 Solar, Fenix 8 Pro AMOLED, Fenix 8 Pro MicroLED, Fenix E, Quatix 8 and Enduro 3 smartwatches. The last release in this testing cycle was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Garmin-New-software-update-for-flagship-smartwatch-introduces-these-changes.1293219.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">version 22.29<\/a>, which included a wide range of bug fixes for these wearables.<br \/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">The new <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.garmin.com\/beta-program\/fenix-8-series\/f\/announcements\/436353\/fenix-8-quatix-8-enduro-3-fenix-8-pro-microled-version-22-32---available-ota\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external-link-new-window\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Garmin beta version 22.32<\/a> update brings five changes for the Fenix 8 and related smartwatches. According to the change log (below), the responsiveness of volume adjustments using the touchscreen has been improved. There is a bug fix for issues linked to multisport workouts, which could cause the watches to freeze or reset. Garmin has also tackled a problem which could cause the wearable to reset unexpectedly.\u00a0&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">The release notes, shared in a <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.garmin.com\/beta-program\/fenix-8-series\/f\/announcements\/436353\/fenix-8-quatix-8-enduro-3-fenix-8-pro-microled-version-22-32---available-ota\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external-link-new-window\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">recent post on the Garmin forum<\/a>, mention a change linked to the Fenix 8\u2019s Nutrition Glance. Users can now log both the hour and the minute of a meal time; previously, users could only specify the hour of the meal when logging their food. Plus, translations have been updated, though unfortunately, Garmin has not clarified which languages benefit from this update.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">Garmin\u2019s beta version 22.32 release is now available for all beta testers of the Fenix 8, Fenix E, Quatix 8 and Enduro 3 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Garmin-EnduroTM-Ultraperformance-Smartwatch-Built\/dp\/B0DD5N9G17\/?tag=nbcnewsnet-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" class=\"external-link-new-window\">curr. $749.99 at Amazon<\/a>) smartwatches. It is worth noting that, as is typical for such testing updates, the ECG and Dive features are disabled. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garmin has pushed a new beta update to some users of the Fenix 8 AMOLED, Fenix 8 Solar,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":969200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3160],"tags":[270525,17467,270523,92756,31335,92755,1685,3314,92752,86527,24876,86526,24877,86528,156194,14998,6080,6082,3317,270522,92757,53,32504,32438,16,15,270524,8260],"class_list":["post-969199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-22-32","tag-benchmarks","tag-beta-version-22-32","tag-enduro-3","tag-fenix-8","tag-fenix-e","tag-gadgets","tag-garmin","tag-garmin-fenix","tag-graphics-card","tag-laptop","tag-netbook","tag-notebook","tag-processor","tag-quatix-8","tag-reports","tag-review","tag-reviews","tag-smartwatch","tag-software-version-22-32","tag-tactix-8","tag-technology","tag-test","tag-tests","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-v22-32","tag-wearable"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116596772437382079","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=969199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/969200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=969199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=969199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=969199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}