{"id":585792,"date":"2026-04-15T13:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/585792\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:57:09","slug":"new-garmin-lte-smartwatch-stable-update-launches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/585792\/","title":{"rendered":"New Garmin LTE smartwatch stable update launches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"bodytext\">The Garmin Bounce 2 kids smartwatch has received another stable update. This follow-up to the original Bounce wearable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Garmin-releases-new-LTE-smartwatch-with-redesign-at-higher-price.1117044.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">launched in September 2025<\/a>, with features like voice calling, two-way voice messaging and a voice assistant.<br \/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">The new software, <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.garmin.com\/sports-fitness\/healthandwellness\/f\/bounce-2\/434479\/bounce-2-software-update---16-38\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external-link-new-window\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">version 16.38<\/a>, arrived a couple of months after the company released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Garmin-rolls-out-new-stable-smartwatch-update.1272665.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">version 16.23<\/a>, which added more activity animations and additional sound options for the wearable\u2019s alarms. The latest Bounce 2 release is relatively minor, bringing a single bug fix to users of the kids smartwatch. In the change log, <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.garmin.com\/sports-fitness\/healthandwellness\/f\/bounce-2\/434479\/bounce-2-software-update---16-38\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external-link-new-window\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">posted in the Garmin forum<\/a>, the company states that the update resolves a bug linked to an emoji filter. There do not appear to be any other new features, improvements or bug fixes included in this release.<br \/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">Garmin\u2019s software version 16.38 update is now available for all users of the Bounce 2 smartwatch (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0FRG17Z9T\/ref=sw_img_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=nbcnewsnet-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" class=\"external-link-new-window\">curr. $297.29 at Amazon<\/a>). To install this update, go to the Garmin Jr. App on a connected smartphone. Alternatively, you can download it directly on the watch by pressing the A button (top) &gt; Select Settings &gt; Select System &gt; Select Software Update. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Garmin Bounce 2 kids smartwatch has received another stable update. This follow-up to the original Bounce wearable&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[256346,904,130092,166,4615,130090,130091,157142,905,898,58492,903,897,906,665,899,900,171,256345,74,902,901,173],"class_list":{"0":"post-585792","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-16-38","9":"tag-benchmarks","10":"tag-bounce-2","11":"tag-gadgets","12":"tag-garmin","13":"tag-garmin-bounce","14":"tag-garmin-bounce-2","15":"tag-garmin-bounce-2-update","16":"tag-graphics-card","17":"tag-laptop","18":"tag-lte","19":"tag-netbook","20":"tag-notebook","21":"tag-processor","22":"tag-reports","23":"tag-review","24":"tag-reviews","25":"tag-smartwatch","26":"tag-software-version-16-38","27":"tag-technology","28":"tag-test","29":"tag-tests","30":"tag-wearable"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}