Updates & Downloads

vivoactive 4 software version 6.33 Beta

as of September 29, 2021

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View installation instructions and system requirements

Notes:

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Although this software is believed to be reliable, it has not yet been released for production and should be used at your own risk.

Change History

Changes made from version 6.30 to 6.33:

Updates to Garmin Pay
Added Pulse Ox improvements
Added golf improvements
Added support for stress from an HRM strap
Fixed an issue were cadence values were halved in Connect IQ data fields
Fixed some missing translations
Reworked backlight/brightness settings
Fixed some scenarios where the backlight could get stuck on
Fixed an issue where Connect IQ watch faces could crash

Changes made from version 6.03 to 6.05:

Fixed an issue where pulse ox could be set to all day after syncing

Changes made from version 6.02 to 6.03:

Fixed an issue where timing out to a native watch face could cause battery drain

Changes made from version 5.80 to 6.02:

Fixed an issue where heart rate LEDs wouldn't turn on
Fixed an issue where calories from pool swim activities aren't added to daily total
Improved elevation at the beginning of activities
Fixed an issue accessing Pregnancy from Menstrual Cycle Tracking widget
Fixed a scenario where you couldn't swipe off of the watch face
Improved handling for updates to smart notifications
Improved Japanese word combination handling and hyphenation

Changes made from version 5.73 to 5.75:

Fixed an issue where activity history would be reset when restoring default settings
Fixed an issue with Connect IQ watch faces not entering high power on gesture
Fixed body battery summary showing +0 charge and -0 drain

Changes made from version 5.60 to 5.73:

Fixed an issue where heart rate, steps, and stress could stop recording
Fixed an issue where the Hydration widget crashes upon accepting an alert reminder.
Fixed an issue with some podcasts not displaying
Added support for Thai, Armenian, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese characters on smart notifications and music titles.

Changes made from version 5.30 to 5.46:

Fixed some scenarios where battery drain can occur on Connect IQ watch faces
Added improvements to all day stress
Fixed issue with headphones disconnecting upon starting an activity
Fixed an issue that caused devices to reset on power up
Removed lower limit on weight picker
Fixed swim heart rate zones
Reduced minimum sensor wheel size
Fixed excessive floors climbed upon barometer calibration
Improved handling of missing card image for Garmin Pay

Changes made from version 5.10 to 5.21:

Added details page to last sport widgets
Added improvements for faster syncs with Garmin Connect Mobile
Improved shortcut setup and interaction with the page
Fixed potential auto activity start false positives
Fixed issues with double swipes from the watch face
Removed golf course list timeout when starting golf activity
Fixed layout of the 'No Notifications' page
Added support for calibrating elevation from Garmin Connect Mobile
Updated stopwatch layout
Improved time to first GPS fix in certain conditions
Made general bug fixes for golf activities
Fixed body battery graph layout
Increased precision of weight in strength activities
Enabled app encryption for widgets and data fields
Improved translations

Changes made from version 5.10 to 5.15:

Improved GPS software update procedure to potentially fix repeated update attempts
Made GPS improvements for faster time to first fix

Changes made from version 5.00 to 5.01:

Improved Bluetooth robustness

Changes made from version 4.50 to 4.53:

Increased version number to allow testing with new Bluetooth firmware

Installation Instructions

Connect your vivoactive 4 to your computer using the USB cable.
Download and unzip vivoactive4_633Beta.zip. Place the GUPDATE.GCD file into the \GARMIN directory of the device.
Disconnect your device from the computer, approve the update on the watch, and wait for the update to finish.
If you would like to revert to the last public release software, place the GUPDATE_630.GCD file in the \GARMIN folder. Rename GUPDATE_630.GCD to GUPDATE.GCD before disconnecting your device. NOTE: If you revert to an older version of software, all of your settings will be reset to defaults.

System requirements

IBM-compatible PC running Windows 7 SP1 or later operating system and an available USB port.