A little over a week has passed since Garmin released public beta 21.19 for its recent Forerunner smartwatches, including the Forerunner 965 (currently $564.99 at Amazon). As we noted at the time, Garmin referred to the beta as a Release Candidate. So it looked like Public Beta version 21.19 would be the basis of the next stable update for the Forerunner 165, Forerunner 255, Forerunner 265, and Forerunner 955.
This is now a thing with the rollout of software version 21.19 for all Forerunner smartwatches introduced starting in 2022. However, it appears that the new update contains a bug or two that has slipped through the cracks for beta testing. On the one hand, Garmin includes the following disclaimer in most of its edit lists:
Once the device software has been updated, users are recommended to sync their devices using Garmin Express or Wi-Fi to speed up the transfer of files needed for device activity. meditation.
On the other hand, the company acknowledged that this same update could cause the touch screen to malfunction in some cases. Specifically, some Forerunner owners are reporting that software version 21.19 prevents their device from disabling the touchscreen during activity. As of now, Garmin has not found a solution to this problem, although it is already investigating the matter. For your information, software version 21.19 brings the following changes to all recent Forerunner smartwatches:
- Improved pool swim training support with pace and critical swim speed alerts.
- Improvements to pool swimming rest screen and alert tones.
- Added the Meditation activity.
- Added look at the phases of the moon.
- Fixed an issue where some suggested daily workout types did not display the estimated training effect.
- Fixed an issue where when the timer is set to silent mode it still makes a sound.
- Fixed an issue where Android smart notification images don't always load.
- Fixed an issue where heart rate randomly increases after recording activity.
- Fixed an issue where navigating using the map only adds the turn icon for certain sport profiles.
- Fixed an issue where the accent color for “Other” activities was not saved.
- Fixed an issue where Custom Workouts did not work in certain activities.
- Fixed an issue where the moon phase shading would not change when changing the day.
- Fixed an issue where adding heart rate to the gaze folder did not work when heart rate was disabled.
- Fixed an issue where sleep was sometimes not recorded when you woke up long after the configured wake-up time.
- Fixed an issue that caused the device to return to the previous page when checking the weather.
- Fixed an issue where sleep mode would resume after the user manually exited sleep mode.
Forerunner 255/265/955/965 specific changes
- Compatibility with Garmin Coach strength training plans.
- Lactate threshold estimates are applied automatically post-workout with heart rate.
- Power estimates at function threshold are applied automatically after power training.
