{"id":95196,"date":"2025-07-26T22:38:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T22:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/95196\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T22:38:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T22:38:11","slug":"garmin-releases-major-new-update-to-fenix-7-and-fenix-7-pro-smartwatches-with-a-dozen-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/95196\/","title":{"rendered":"Garmin releases major new update to Fenix 7 and Fenix 7 Pro smartwatches with a dozen improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"bodytext\">Garmin has kicked off the next round of beta development for last-generation high-end smartwatches like the Enduro 2, Epix 2 and the Fenix 7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Garmin-adventure-smartwatch-Capabilities-touchscreen\/dp\/B09NMJMXS1?tag=nbcnewsnet-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" class=\"external-link-new-window\">(curr. $519 on Amazon)<\/a>. For context, over a month has now passed since Garmin issued an update to these smartwatches in any form. As we discussed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Garmin-releases-new-stable-update-to-older-high-end-smartwatches-with-over-a-dozen-improvements-and-crash-fixes.1039647.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">at the time<\/a>, System Software 22.06 represented a rather short-lived beta testing phase where Garmin only offered two builds to testers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">Now, the company has moved on to v23.xx builds starting with Beta Version 23.05. While Garmin only introduced 15 changes during its v22.xx testing, Beta Version 23.05 brings a dozen improvements to the Enduro 2, Epix 2, Fenix 7 and other associated smartwatches itself. Of those, 9 are bug fixes, including one that is said to resolve a crash that could occur on the Climb Pro data page.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">Meanwhile, Beta Version 23.05 also updates Garmin&#8217;s Recent Stress Widget to match the Fenix 8&#8217;s and Breath Variation page with a line graph. On top of that, Garmin&#8217;s first v23.xx update adds a new Pool Swim activity tip that will appear during a rest set. The full changelog between System Software 22.06 and Beta Version 23.05 is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Added a new tip to display during a rest set in a Pool Swim activity.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed a possible crash on the climb pro data page.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where course distance data would sometimes incorrectly be set to nautical miles.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue with golf club tracking<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue with where selecting the Last Ride data would incorrectly show the Last Run page.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed incorrect data being displayed on the laps review page in the Pool Swim activity.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed incorrect distance data from sometimes being displayed when navigating a course.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed Navigation prompts from sounding when all audio prompts are disabled.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed the displayed weight on Strength edit set page to match other Strength-related page.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed Wind Direction Changing When Connecting to a LRF (Tactix Only.)<\/li>\n<li>Updated the breath variation page to use a line graph.<\/li>\n<li>Updated the Recent Stress Widget to now match the appearance of Fenix 8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Notebookcheck-Team.212978.0.html?&amp;tx_nbc2journalist_pi1%5Bmode%5D=show&amp;tx_nbc2journalist_pi1%5Buid%5D=278\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/csm_alex_alderson_photo_98f8faaa46.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Alex Alderson\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Notebookcheck-Team.212978.0.html?&amp;tx_nbc2journalist_pi1%5Bmode%5D=show&amp;tx_nbc2journalist_pi1%5Buid%5D=278\" class=\"j_name\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Alderson<\/a> &#8211; Senior Tech Writer  &#8211; 12829 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2018<\/p>\n<p>Prior to writing and translating for Notebookcheck, I worked for various companies including Apple and Neowin. I have a BA in International History and Politics from the University of Leeds, which I have since converted to a Law Degree. Happy to chat on Twitter or Notebookchat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garmin has kicked off the next round of beta development for last-generation high-end smartwatches like the Enduro 2,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":95197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[18106,62728,62725,62726,62723,32393,62724,705,18094,31178,62722,18107,18102,18105,18101,18108,10545,2290,11853,3742,62727,158,18104,18103,67,132,68,3075],"class_list":{"0":"post-95196","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-benchmarks","9":"tag-beta-version-23-05","10":"tag-enduro-2","11":"tag-epix-2","12":"tag-fenix-7","13":"tag-fenix-7-pro","14":"tag-fenix-7x","15":"tag-gadgets","16":"tag-garmin","17":"tag-garmin-fenix","18":"tag-garmin-fenix-7","19":"tag-graphics-card","20":"tag-laptop","21":"tag-netbook","22":"tag-notebook","23":"tag-processor","24":"tag-reports","25":"tag-review","26":"tag-reviews","27":"tag-smartwatch","28":"tag-tactix-7","29":"tag-technology","30":"tag-test","31":"tag-tests","32":"tag-united-states","33":"tag-unitedstates","34":"tag-us","35":"tag-wearable"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114921937925513342","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95196","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=95196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}