Garmin Rolls Out Instinct 3 Beta 15.13 to 50% of Watches, Fixing Garmin Pay Crash

3 articles · Updated · Notebookcheck.net · Jul 10

Beta 15.13 reached about 50% of eligible Instinct 3-series smartwatches within hours as an OTA update for Garmin’s beta-program users.
The new build makes one change from Beta 15.12: it fixes a possible crash when users try to add a bank card to Garmin Pay.
Garmin said users who have not received the update can trigger it manually through Settings, under System and Software Update.
From stable version 14.15, the broader 15.xx beta line also includes fixes for treadmill calibration, language-related display issues and blank data fields, plus some Tactical and Solar feature updates.

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