Garmin rounded off 2024 by issuing beta updates for all of its recent Forerunner smartwatches. Now, the company has issued the same build on its stable development branch, which should be arriving across the Forerunner 165, Forerunner 255, Forerunner 265, Forerunner 955 and Forerunner 965 (curr. $599.99 on Amazon) in the coming dayGarmin will deliver the new update packages in a ‘phased rollout’, which has reached 20% fulfillment at the time of publication. In other words, only a few Forerunner smartwatches may have received a notification to download Software Version 21.22 for now. Garmin still offers the option of manually triggering a new update’s installation by navigating through the following menus on the smartwatch itself Officially, the new update merely introduces ‘general bug fixes’ to the Forerunner smartwatches listed above. Garmin’s beta changelog provides a few insights, though. For instance, the company claimed to have addressed eight different issues via bug fixes. Additionally, v22.12 was said to improve Garmin Run Coach and Garmin Cycling Coach plans by adding supplemental strength workouts. For reference, Garmin’s previous changelog for v22.12 was as follows:Adds connection type information for paired sensors.
Improvements to Garmin Run Coach and Garmin Cycling Coach plans to include supplemental strength workouts.
Supports updates to the user’s training readiness score throughout the day.
Supports the latest Connect IQ apps, watch faces, and data fields.
Improvements to the icons that display with notifications.
Fix touch settings not always honored during activities.
Fix crashes that could occur with customized activity alerts.
Fix the issue with sunrise/sunset alerts not sticking.
Fix the issue where alerts from one profile show up in another profile.
Fix the issue where navigation fails with Hot Keys.
Fix CIQ glance icons on some products.
Fix the issue that could cause the workout video to hang.
Fix the sleep mode schedule UI layout issue.
