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Nandika Ravi

Garmin has pushed a blue triangle fix for its watches; here's what you should know

A collection of the best Garmin watches owned by the author: The Venu 3, Forerunner 965, 955, 265, and 255 Music, Instinct 2 Solar and 2X Solar, and Vivomove Trend.

What you need to know

  • A widespread issue impacted most Garmin watch users on January 28 and 29, causing devices to be bricked.
  • The cause appears to be related to the daily satellite data packet that is pushed out to all Garmin watches that use GPS tracking.
  • Garmin put a red banner on their website on Tuesday officially acknowledging the issue, with a temporary fix.
  • On Wednesday, Garmin promised that it had resolved the issue in the backend.
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