r/GarminWatches

On garmin connect “Glance Ultra” on fenix 8 “Portal”

Hi ladies,

Not sure if I’ll be able to articulate this properly.. but. … Anyone else using garmin connect + and feel like ( even though this should already be figured out in the free version) but especially behind a paywall- the active intelligence would figure out that my crap sleep, HRV and training readiness might actually be due to my cycle? please don’t tell me to “ focus on better sleep and lowering your stress”. Shouldn’t this trend be picked up automatically when you select female profile? Theres a menstrual cycle tracking section. The HRV trends are there in the last 4 weeks screenshot. How can I provide feedback on this?

The watch still works so just wondering if anyone has tried replacing the screen themselves? Any point or should I just wear it until it stops working and just buy a new one then?

I tried the 45mm and the large screen is comfortable, but for what I use it for I think the 41mm is better. I don't use it to check messages or notifications, etc. A 42/43mm model would be ideal.

You know I thought the screen misalignment issue was overblown...until I had three purchases in a row and each one was subsequently further and further off.

This is the first watch ordered, the best of the three, alignment is slightly to the left, second watch was so far to the left that you could see the side of the screen, and the third was slightly further off than the first.

Wondering if I should accept this or just give up entirely and go back to the instinct 1?

Edit: admittedly the photo isn't great, the alignment is maybe 1/2 a mm to the left off. But given the small size of the display its noticeable.

So I'm doing a challenge goal it set for myself, where I want to run a 10k in 1h, with a garmin coach program from coach greg, and today was an easy run which was pace based. Now in the past, I only did HR based runs, since I live in a very hilly area, where I thought it's easier, since you can slow down to make sure you don't run too hard. Now in the coach program I have to run with pace goals, which was definitly a new thing for me. I always tried to hold to pace, no matter where I run, not intentionally slowing down, and not having my HR visible on the screen.

The pace itself wasn't to hard, frankly quite doable, only on uphills I was sometimes a bit too slow and it was harder to maintain.

In the end Garmin rated the workout as high Aerobic and Threshold with 4.1 intensity, although it was supposed to be easy run. It wasn't easy run, but at mostly medium.

Looking at the HR chart, the HR mostly stayed in the green zone, only getting in Z4-5 when the uphills were kicking in.

I suppose, once my body will get more used to pace based runs and running up hills faster, that this will fix itself and easy runs will be marked as low aerobic, like they should, just wondering if anyone had similar issues when starting with pace based runs instead of HR based ones.

And yes my HR Zones are calculated by LTHR and the LTHR is set correctly.

Hi everyone, trying to decide between the cloud blue and slate gray for the garmin 570. Which color should I pick?

I honestly like them both. The cloud blue pops and is different, however the slate gray seems easier to match with outfits and wear to work.

My Garmin watch is now a real Tesla key over Bluetooth — no phone, no cloud.

I'm the developer of Wristla, a Tesla app for Garmin. This update adds something I wasn't sure was even possible on Connect IQ: the watch itself becomes a Tesla key over BLE. Not "phone relays a command" — the watch talks straight to the car, and the car unlocks as you walk up.

What made this hard:

• Connect IQ gives you a raw Bluetooth API and nothing above it. Everything the car expects had to be built from scratch in Monkey C — there is no library, no example, nothing to lean on.
• Instinct 3 has about 10 KB of free RAM once the app is running. Fitting a full secure session into that took as long as writing it did; most of the work was making things smaller, not making them work.
• The published clients get you part of the way and then stop matching reality. The rest came from weeks of measuring against an actual car, one failed attempt at a time.

What actually works on my car (Model Y) today:

• Passive entry and drive authorisation: the car sees the watch as a key, unlocks on approach, and lets you drive off — no card, no phone
• Direct BLE commands when the phone has no signal — underground garage, dead-zone parking
• A signal-strength "find my car" that shows distance in metres

Bluetooth when you're at the car, cloud when you're not. The app picks the route itself: if the car is in Bluetooth range the command goes straight to it, otherwise it goes through the Tesla Fleet API. Nothing to switch manually.

Works on most current Garmin watches — Instinct 3 and E, fēnix 7 and 8, epix, Forerunner, tactix, MARQ, Enduro, Descent and more.

Wristla is available in the Connect IQ Store and includes a 2-week free trial.

Happy to answer any questions.