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Garmin epix Pro

News August 27, 2024

Garmin launches fēnix 8, that price tho…

Rumors around the fēnix 8 have been aflying for about a month, so it came as no surprise when the reviews started dropping this morning. Overall, it looks like a nice hardware bump from the fēnix 7 Pro / epix Pro. Which, side note, Garmin has consolidated these two lines into one, just fēnix now. Makes sense because the only difference before was the screen; the features and software were the same.…

News January 9, 2024

Garmin Releases 16.10 BETA Firmware for fēnix 7 / epix family

The biggest change here is probably the uptick to CIQ System 7, which won’t have an immediate impact, but enable developers to make their glances/widgets/data fields richer and smarter. There are a couple other important adds, highlighted below. Like you can be bossed by a male voice now, if that’s your thing ;).…

News July 19, 2023

Garmin Drops 14.23 Beta for fēnix 7/7 Pro, epix 2/2 Pro, Enduro 2, Quatrix 7, and MARQ Gen 2

There is a fairly large change log, listed below, but I think Garmin buried the lead here. This is a unified firmware for the fēnix 7 and fēnix 7 Pro, same for the epix. Which means that they have a unified firmware, so all the features that launched with the Pro models should now be available on the standard versions of these watches. Yay! I’ve only had the time to look at…

News May 31, 2023

Garmin Launches fēnix 7 Pro and epix Pro Outdoor Recreation Watches

There’s not a lot new with the just announced Garmin fēnix 7 Pro and epix Pro smart (ish) fitness watches. Garmin put their newest optical heart rate (OHR) sensor in both (which might enable ECG readings at some point), they put the flashlight that was in the fēnix 7 X in all of them, and… that’s about it. So if you already have a fēnix 7 or epix, there’s not a lot…