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    • Mff73M Offline
      Mff73 @jthomi
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      @jthomi said in Smart Sensor battery status:

      @florin2528 Right now that feature doesn’t exist, not in the app or the watch. As far as I know, only way to see battery status of the smart sensor is with the Movescount app.

      Not in Android, it has never worked. 😜
      Any other sports app show batterie level.

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      • suzzloS Offline
        suzzlo Moderator
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        Hi, I always do 2 things (with my Polar H7)

        1. Each time I finish using, I remove sensor from band (avoid sensor continues detecting HR while it’s in the drawer
        2. I have always installed this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lapis_semi.bleapp

        BR

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          florin2528 Bronze Member @jthomi
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          @jthomi
          I tried with Movescount app and it’s not working.

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            florin2528 Bronze Member @suzzlo
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            @suzzlo

            great advice, it’s working.
            many thanks.

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              florin2528 Bronze Member @jthomi
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              @jthomi
              I hope that suunto will get there, considering the prices they ask for products, you expect features like this to be available.
              Thanks,
              Florin

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                suzzlo Moderator @florin2528
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                @florin2528 You are welcome

                😄 😄 😄

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                  jthomi @florin2528
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                  Wasn’t aware that you are using Android.

                  @florin2528 said in Smart Sensor battery status:

                  @jthomi
                  I tried with Movescount app and it’s not working.

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                    Rainer Joswig
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                    I would think that showing battery status is basic functionality everyone would expect from day one. I can’t understand why Suunto doesn’t have it in the watch and the Suunto App.

                    Also I would think that the watch should warn about low-battery status of a connected Smart Sensor.

                    I have a Stryd sensor and the corresponding App shows battery level and does firmware updates. There is a smaller vendor who can support its hardware. Why not Suunto?

                    Also it seems that I can’t even pair my Smart Sensor with the iOS Suunto App? How is that possible?

                    Some time ago Suunto has announced that the Suunto App is the future. It still can’t do basic things with the Suunto hardware, like updating and showing battery levels. Which is even more disappointing, since the Smart Sensor is expensive and the performance is less than stellar, and which also degrades with too low-battery levels…

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                      Mauerwegler @Rainer Joswig
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                      @Rainer-Joswig Seems that this has not changed at all. I tried to record with the iOS app today and I could add a heart rate graph, but it did not show the HR. But in the SA settings I can see the Smart Sensor. 😩 Very weird. The Smart Sensor worked this morning with the SSU. And I‘m also searching how to check the battery level on iOS…

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                        DF130 Bronze Member @Mauerwegler
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                        @Mauerwegler There are free apps to find/list/connect to BT devices in the range of the phone, which also report battery levels for the SmartSensor.

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                          Egika Platinum Member @DF130
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                          @DF130 I am using this one
                          https://apps.apple.com/app/id1509085044

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                            Mauerwegler @Egika
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                            @Egika said in Smart Sensor battery status:

                            @DF130 I am using this one
                            https://apps.apple.com/app/id1509085044

                            That is the one I found yesterday as well that looked good (many apps help to find the Bluetooth device, not necessarily to show its properties), but it needs iOS 17. Any other recommendations for iOS 16?

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                              Mouse Cruiser Bronze Member @Mauerwegler
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                              @Mauerwegler I used that one: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lightblue/id557428110

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                                Mauerwegler @Mouse Cruiser
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                                @Miš-Kan Ah, thanks! That was the other one I also had found yesterday, but then could not find anymore later! Just remembered the fist logo but it did not show up again in my searches. I see that in this forum we seem to find and prefer the same apps, that is a good sign that our swarm intelligence is working.

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                                  DF130 Bronze Member @Mouse Cruiser
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                                  @Miš-Kan That is the one I actually use as well 😀 !

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                                    DF130 Bronze Member @DF130
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                                    @DF130 But the one @Egika mentioned or also https://apps.apple.com/de/app/nrf-toolbox/id820906058 (never tried, just found when searching recently) might be slightly better in terms of data protection.

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                                      Swaddy61 Silver Members
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                                      Just for people’s information - the Android version (from the ‘Play’ Store, also works pretty well!

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                                        herlas Silver Members @Swaddy61
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                                        @Swaddy61 can you share android link to avoid confusion?

                                        So far I’ve used Bluetooth Baterry on Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.infraware.BluetoothBattery

                                        Want to compare if I get same results or no
                                        Thx

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                                          Swaddy61 Silver Members @Swaddy61
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                                          @Swaddy61 And on further testing, I discover that nRF Toolbox doesn’t show the battery level of my Polar H10 belt. Polar Flow does. (Polar Flow is good for some other interesting little functions too!)

                                          Will try Bluetooth Battery App and report back!

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                                            @Swaddy61 said in Smart Sensor battery status:

                                            I discover that nRF Toolbox doesn’t show the battery level of my Polar H10 belt. P

                                            I use it and it works, both battery % and bpm are displayed 🤔

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