Garmin Connect services were down
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Garmin Connect services were down
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Re: Garmin Connect services were down
#2All Garmin Connect services are currently down.
This affects most (all?) Garmin fitness products such as the popular Fenix watches.
The Garmin Connect app seems to be completely useless without the Garmin Connect servers being up. It is not even possible to see local data on the phone.
I guess this also means that at some point in the future when Garmin discontinues the servers an enormous amount of watches becomes useless worldwide.
Re: Garmin Connect services were down
#3All Garmin Connect services are currently down. This affects most (all?) Garmin fitness products such as the popular Fenix watches. The Garmin Connect app seems to be completely useless without the Garmin Connect servers being up. It is not even possible to see local data on the phone. I guess this also means that at some point in the future when Garmin discontinues the servers an enormous amount of watches becomes u…
Last time this happened, there were two effects: on one hand people making fun of not being able to upload their activities to Strava and on the other hand, and more seriously, people not being able to use their aviation navigation systems. Can someone comment if the Garmin aviation devices are affected?
Re: Garmin Connect services were down
#4All Garmin Connect services are currently down. This affects most (all?) Garmin fitness products such as the popular Fenix watches. The Garmin Connect app seems to be completely useless without the Garmin Connect servers being up. It is not even possible to see local data on the phone. I guess this also means that at some point in the future when Garmin discontinues the servers an enormous amount of watches becomes u…
My Connect app (Android) still shows current steps, heart rate data, body battery etc. Only the online portions are affected.
Re: Garmin Connect services were down
#5All wearable devices should implement local-host functionality and capability by default, failure to do so it's not acceptable from the perspective of Murphy's Law [1], [2].
[1] Local-first software:
[2] Murphy's law:
Re: Garmin Connect services were down
#6All Garmin Connect services are currently down. This affects most (all?) Garmin fitness products such as the popular Fenix watches. The Garmin Connect app seems to be completely useless without the Garmin Connect servers being up. It is not even possible to see local data on the phone. I guess this also means that at some point in the future when Garmin discontinues the servers an enormous amount of watches becomes u…
> The Garmin Connect app seems to be completely useless without the Garmin Connect servers being up. It is not even possible to see local data on the phone.
Yes, I think it was so obvious from their UX/UI because it has lags when you use the application which is very common on basic UI front-end consuming remote APIs as its where local. I would say that it even feel slower than great web apps that also depend on remote services.
Re: Garmin Connect services were down
#7All Garmin Connect services are currently down. This affects most (all?) Garmin fitness products such as the popular Fenix watches. The Garmin Connect app seems to be completely useless without the Garmin Connect servers being up. It is not even possible to see local data on the phone. I guess this also means that at some point in the future when Garmin discontinues the servers an enormous amount of watches becomes u…
My Connect app (Android) still shows current steps, heart rate data, body battery etc. Only the online portions are affected.
Same for me; "completely useless" is a bit exaggerated. Workouts can be recorded and synchronized, they just don't end up in the cloud.
Re: Garmin Connect services were down
#8All wearable devices should implement local-host functionality and capability by default, failure to do so it's not acceptable from the perspective of Murphy's Law [1], [2]. [1] Local-first software: https://localfirstweb.dev/ [2] Murphy's law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy%27s_law
Unlike the Apple Watch, or Fitbit (Google), the Garmin watches function properly without being tethered to a phone.
You can setup a watch without a phone and without ever activating the online services.
They are here only for backup and additional features like social sharing. You can also backup locally with open source software if you want.
That's why I chose one and it's one of the best products I ever had.
Re: Garmin Connect services were down
#9All Garmin Connect services are currently down. This affects most (all?) Garmin fitness products such as the popular Fenix watches. The Garmin Connect app seems to be completely useless without the Garmin Connect servers being up. It is not even possible to see local data on the phone. I guess this also means that at some point in the future when Garmin discontinues the servers an enormous amount of watches becomes u…
My Connect app (Android) still shows current steps, heart rate data, body battery etc. Only the online portions are affected.
interesting, when I first checked the app I got all panels as "no data available" but after reading your comment I checked it again and indeed content showed up.
I guess it might need second refresh to properly fallback to local mode
Re: Garmin Connect services were down
#10All Garmin Connect services are currently down. This affects most (all?) Garmin fitness products such as the popular Fenix watches. The Garmin Connect app seems to be completely useless without the Garmin Connect servers being up. It is not even possible to see local data on the phone. I guess this also means that at some point in the future when Garmin discontinues the servers an enormous amount of watches becomes u…
Last time this happened, there were two effects: on one hand people making fun of not being able to upload their activities to Strava and on the other hand, and more seriously, people not being able to use their aviation navigation systems. Can someone comment if the Garmin aviation devices are affected?
Likely they are, likely it "shouldn't" matter, as all their advertising says: "Not FAA approved [wink]"
...like, in an emergency it's cool to be able to click a button on your watch and see the closest airport, but you're supposed to have paper maps, a flight plan, a checklist, etc, etc.