GPS Kids | Garmin Connect: Optimize performance by updating device and upload software

Sometimes updates to devices and improvements to the site may slip past even
the most diligent of Garmin Connect users. Today we want to highlight the
importance of keeping your ANT Agent and/or Garmin Communicator Plugin software
updated with the latest and greatest, as well as encourage you to keep your
device up-to-date with the latest firmware.

With each release of upload software there are important updates that may
correct bugs or add features that you will find useful and beneficial. As a
rule, updating your device firmware as well as the upload software will make for
smoother, faster uploads. Aside from general fixes and adding new features like
transferring your user profile to your device and adding the ability to send
Courses to your device, below are some of the most important updates and
solutions made to the ANT Agent and the GC Plugin:

ANT Agent

• Resolved communication problems during uploads when the device has old
  firmware installed.

• Improved communication of general upload errors.

• Improvements updating device firmware.

• Added ability to automatically find and download software updates.

• Added improved user interface for fitness activity transfers to Garmin
  Connect.

• Added multiple languages.

Garmin Connect Plugin

• Open JavaScript API, and available for use with other sites.

• Correctly report an error when a file download fails because of a lack of
  space on the device.

• Added a property to allow web sites to retrieve fitness data in compressed
  format. (That means uploads are faster!)

Need another reason to keep your device firmware, ANT Agent, or Garmin
Communicator Plugin up to date? By maintaining the latest software on your
device and your computer, you actually help yourself along with the entire
Garmin Connect community by ensuring faster uploads that don’t tax the rest of
the system. When you run the latest software you can be assured that the system
is running as it is meant to run for the latest release.

Updated ANT Agent:

ANT Agent Updates and Downloads – PC

ANT Agent Updates and Downloads – MAC

Updated Garmin Communicator Plugin:

Garmin Communicator Plugin – PC

Garmin Communicator Plugin – MAC

Device firmware updates can be found at Garmin.com under Product Parent (IE Into Sports, On the Trail) -> Group -> Device -> Software

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