{"id":68134,"date":"2025-07-16T21:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T21:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/68134\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T21:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T21:14:09","slug":"new-garmin-beta-smartwatch-update-fixes-flashlight-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/68134\/","title":{"rendered":"New Garmin beta smartwatch update fixes flashlight issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\"The<\/a>The Garmin Instinct 3 smartwatches (Solar pictured) are receiving a new beta update. (Image source: Garmin)<\/p>\n

Beta version 10.18 has arrived for some Garmin smartwatches. This release tackles a range of issues linked to the flashlight, Backcountry Skiing and the Jump Rope activity. Plus, users of the Instinct 3 AMOLED, Instinct 3 Solar and Instinct E smartwatches also receive a bug fix for a problem with Timer alerts.<\/p>\n

Garmin has released a new beta update for the Instinct 3 AMOLED, Instinct 3 Solar and Instinct E smartwatches. Beta version 10.18<\/a> arrives a few days after the last update for this series, beta version 10.16<\/a>. <\/p>\n

For all Instinct 3 and Instinct E smartwatches, there is a resolution for a problem with the Timer alerts settings. The beta version 10.18 update also brings three bug fixes for the Instinct 3 Solar and Instinct 3 AMOLED smartwatches. The first tackles an issue linked to the flashlight strobe effect, which was not working as expected during multisport activities. The second removes a problem with the Backcountry Ski activity summary, which could cause these smartwatches to crash. Finally, problems with the Jump Rope activity summary data have been resolved.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

As a reminder, since the last stable update, version 9.25<\/a>, Garmin has added a new Interval Alerts feature to Timers for non-Tactical edition watches, Jump Rope rep alerts for the Instinct 3, and a Solar Intensity data field for the Instinct 3 Solar smartwatch (curr. $449.99 at Amazon<\/a>). <\/p>\n

According to a recent post in the Garmin forum, beta version 10.18 is rolling out to customers in phases; it should have reached at least 20% of users at the time of writing. It is being pushed to eligible smartwatches over the air (OTA). The company has not indicated when it expects the rollout to be complete.<\/p>\n

\t\"The<\/a>The release notes for beta version 10.18 for the Garmin Instinct 3 smartwatches. (Image source: Garmin)\"Polly<\/a>Polly Allcock<\/a> – Senior Tech Writer – 4206 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2021<\/p>\n

I’ve been interested in technology for as long as I can remember. From a young age, I have loved gadgets and understanding how things work. Since graduating, I have worked for several technology companies across FinTech, AdTech and Robotics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Garmin Instinct 3 smartwatches (Solar pictured) are receiving a new beta update. (Image source: Garmin) Beta version…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":68135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[18106,705,18094,27668,48287,48286,48285,18107,27670,27669,18102,18105,18101,18108,10545,2290,11853,3742,158,18104,18103,67,132,68,48284,3075],"class_list":{"0":"post-68134","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-benchmarks","9":"tag-gadgets","10":"tag-garmin","11":"tag-garmin-instinct","12":"tag-garmin-instinct-3","13":"tag-garmin-instinct-3-tactical-update","14":"tag-garmin-instinct-3-update","15":"tag-graphics-card","16":"tag-instinct-3","17":"tag-instinct-e","18":"tag-laptop","19":"tag-netbook","20":"tag-notebook","21":"tag-processor","22":"tag-reports","23":"tag-review","24":"tag-reviews","25":"tag-smartwatch","26":"tag-technology","27":"tag-test","28":"tag-tests","29":"tag-united-states","30":"tag-unitedstates","31":"tag-us","32":"tag-version-10-18","33":"tag-wearable"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114864984331590938","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}