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Garmin Vivoactive 5 owners hit by unexplained battery drain
· Reported by Gadgets & Wearables
If your Vivoactive 5 has suddenly decided it needs charging every day, you are not the only one. Several owners say their watches began burning through the battery after an unexplained update attempt around October 31 and November 2. What’s strange about this is that the watches still show software version 17.05. Garmin released that version back in January, so there is no obvious new Vivoactive 5 firmware that should have installed at the start of November.
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