Garmin’s on a mission to update your wrist into oblivion as 100+ tweaks land on Fenix and Enduro watches

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Garmin just dropped a fresh round of beta updates for its premium watches, including the Garmin Fenix E, Garmin Fenix 8, and Garmin Enduro 3, and the changelog is longer than your last long run.

More than 100 individual updates, fixes and improvements are now rolling out to some of the Garmin best watches – and yes, they’re still completely free.

While some companies hold back features for the next big release (or try to quietly slide a subscription under your nose), Garmin is sticking to what it’s always done best: endless, glorious, over-the-air updates.

Let’s address the elephant in the server room: Garmin Connect+. It’s not been the smoothest PR moment, with Garmin floating the idea of a premium app subscription (still “experimental”, they say).

It’s a classic Garmin move: when in doubt, ship 100 updates and distract everyone with a shiny new feature here, a fixed sleep widget there, and a slightly improved stopwatch UI just for good measure.

These beta updates are rolling out now via Garmin’s public beta programme, so if you’ve got auto-update turned on (or you’re the type who checks every five minutes manually), expect to see them soon.

Not enrolled in the beta? Don’t worry – stable releases tend to follow shortly after once Garmin’s ironed out the bugs. And hey, even if Garmin Connect+ does eventually land as a paid extra, at least your Fenix or Enduro still gets treated like royalty – one free update at a time.

Matt Kollat is a journalist and content creator for T3.com and T3 Magazine, where he works as Active Editor. His areas of expertise include wearables, drones, action cameras, fitness equipment, nutrition and outdoor gear. He joined T3 in 2019.

His work has also appeared on TechRadar and Fit&Well, and he has collaborated with creators such as Garage Gym Reviews. Matt has served as a judge for multiple industry awards, including the ESSNAwards. When he isn’t running, cycling or testing new kit, he’s usually roaming the countryside with a camera or experimenting with new audio and video gear.

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