Hi, I’m Britt with Garmin’s Product Support team and I wanted to tell you
about some exciting changes available with the latest software update for your epix™ Gen 2,
fēnix® 7 or tactix® 7 series adventure watch
You will automatically receive this update over the next few days if your
watch is paired to the Garmin Connect™ app or if you have enabled Wi-Fi® sync
Now, let’s dive into what’s new
First, we are covering the new training and health additions
that are now available, starting with HRV Status
Your watch will gather your overnight HRV, also known as Heart Rate Variability,
providing your trends over time
You will need to wear your watch while sleeping for about 3 weeks to reveal
insights on your HRV status
HRV plays a big part in understanding how your body is responding to stress, strain or illness
Monitoring it over time,
we’ll be able to provide you with a more accurate status to suit your lifestyle
HRV status can either be added either as a widget glance or can be viewed in the Garmin Connect™ app
For help adding the widget glances see the link in the description
Next, let’s discuss Training Status 2.0
Your training status will now include your HRV status, activity history and V02 Max
This will let you know if you are keeping productive, peaking or strained
In other words, if you miss a schedules workout, but are still active,
your watch will account for this in your training status
You can learn more about Training Status 2.0 by visiting the link in the description
Along with Training Status 2.0, we have included Training Readiness
which measures various daily factors including your sleep,
training load and HRV status to determine how prepared you are for each day you train
To learn more about the science behind Training Readiness, see the link the description
The Race Day widget will help you keep track of how long you have
before your race and help you manage your training
To set up your race event and learn more about the race day
widget see our Using the Race Day Widget video
Next, we will cover Cycling Ability, which measures your cycling data including your history,
power readings and VO2 to provide you with feedback based on your conditioning
You will need to train for a week with a power meter and heart rate strap
before you will receive cycling ability feedback
The last training and health addition is HRM Confidence in Training Metrics
In the unforeseen event you lose heart rate in your activity,
you could receive inaccurate measurements for the activity
For example, your heart rate strap was not ready to transmit data, or if the battery was dying
HRM confidence will detect if there is an inaccuracy in the activity and accounts for
it as part of your training metrics when using an HRM-Pro or HRM-Pro Plus strap
The next section we’ll cover is the new activity support additions
The first topic is full eBike support
Using the eBike activity will allow you to see
the eBike’s range and battery left when paired to your watch
For help pairing your compatible eBike, see our FAQ in the description
Now we will discuss SatIQ
When your activity satellite settings are set to auto select,
our SatIQ technology will determine the optimal GPS mode based on your environment
With this feature enabled you will receive maximum GPS accuracy and battery life
To learn more about SatIQ, see the link in the description
Next, we will discuss the new Fish activity
Adding the Fish activity to your activities list will allow you to keep track of your
time out fishing, catches including the location, routing to locations,
and view the sunrise and sunset time right from your watch
The last activity support addition is Reference Point
This new app provides a line of sight and bearing back to a location
The location can be set as the current location,
a set compass bearing or from one of your previously saved locations
This section will cover some of the notable interface changes to simplify how you view data
The first addition we will look at is Glance Folders
With Glance Folders, you can combine glances into a single glance to quickly view data
and to reduce the length of your glance loop
To add your glances into a folder, just open the edit menu and select “Create Folder”
Then you can choose the glance apps you want to add in your folder
Once completed select “Done” to view your new glance folder
With the vast number of activity types to choose from adding activities into
your activities list can take some time to complete
To make this process easier activities will be
grouped into sport types allowing you to quickly locate the activities to add
In this last section we will cover the additions available to you within the Garmin Connect™ app
The first feature we'll jump into is Advanced Multisport Editing
After completing a triathlon or other multisport activity, you can open the activity in the Garmin
Connect™ app and you will have the option to trim the start or stop time of each sport
Thanks for taking the time to learn about the new features
in the latest software for your Garmin smartwatch
To learn more about your product check out our other videos or please visit support.garmin.com