First impressions
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Hi everyone, I bought the Suunto Run a couple of days ago. These are my thoughts on what, at the moment, in my opinion, is wrong:
- the anaerobic threshold test is missing
- the minimum screen off time is 10 seconds (5 would be enough)
- to create a very simple workout (for example a 50’ long run) you have to create an “interval workout”
- there is no possibility to transmit the heart rate data to a third-party app (which I did for example with my Huawei fit 3 and the Fit Show app that I use for my treadmill)
- problems in general with the app that keeps telling me “action required - ignore battery optimization” (but on my pixel I have granted all permissions and ignored optimization for this app…)
- in general, the app still seems immature and cumbersome…
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@Andrea-Petrucci said in First impressions:
problems in general with the app that keeps telling me “action required - ignore battery optimization” (but on my pixel I have granted all permissions and ignored optimization for this app…)
Weird. Pixel 8a here and no issues, at least not yours.
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Do you think it’s worth trying to reset both the app and the watch? I don’t think the activities will be deleted (I mean, those remain linked to the account, so even if I reset the watch I should find them again)…
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@ShinJCD said in First impressions:
Do you think it’s worth trying to reset both the app and the watch? I don’t think the activities will be deleted (I mean, those remain linked to the account, so even if I reset the watch I should find them again)…
I did a complete reset, I got a system message about battery optimization and leaving the app always active in the background: I allowed the authorization, but anyway when I exit the app to use the phone and then reopen it, instead of having the default screen (which I imagine could be the “home”), I always get the connection settings one that again suggests “exclude the app from battery optimization”. I honestly don’t know what to do anymore…
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@ShinJCD said in First impressions:
I always get the connection settings one that again suggests “exclude the app from battery optimization”
Is the battery set as below?
I’ve Android 16 and I guess you too.
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@6iovanni said in First impressions:
@ShinJCD said in First impressions:
I always get the connection settings one that again suggests “exclude the app from battery optimization”
Is the battery set as below?
I’ve Android 16 and I guess you too.
Now I’m starting to understand the reason for this problem: the two items under “allow background use” are not there for me…
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@ShinJCD Could you set the permissions as shown below and let me know if the battery-related warning “action required” disappears?
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@6iovanni said in First impressions:
@ShinJCD Could you set the permissions as shown below and let me know if the battery-related warning disappears?
now it works!
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@6iovanni said in First impressions:
@ShinJCD Could you set the permissions as shown below and let me know if the battery-related warning disappears?
ehm… never mind… the problem is that even if I enable background use “without limitations”, after a while the system switches back to “optimized”. In my opinion, this is the real problem.
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@ShinJCD have you Battery Adaptive switch enabled?
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@6iovanni said in First impressions:
@ShinJCD have you Battery Adaptive switch enabled?
I also tried disabling adaptive charging and “use adaptive battery” but nothing doing… I give up for now
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anyway nothing to do: at a certain point I thought I had solved it by deselecting this option
but in vain because after a while the “allow background use” option automatically switches from “without limitations” to “optimized”. I tried to disable any battery optimization (adaptive battery, optimized charging, etc.) but the result does not change… Now at least to avoid having the notification permanently present in the drop-down menu, I disabled the “watch connection” item in the “notifications” settings of the Suunto app. That said, I am really disappointed, both for this thing and for others, one above all the lack - incomprehensible - of the test for the anaerobic threshold. I am not saying that I bought the Run only for this (mistakenly thinking that it was present), but at this point, between the inadequacy of the app and the shortcomings of the watch, I do not find any differences compared to a smartwatch like the Huawei Fit 3 which, at least, has a very well-made app and an operating system clean and responsive.
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Hi @ShinJCD I took some time last night to dig a little more and confirmed what you see, which is that the battery status goes from unlimited to optimized after a while (and that triggers the warning). I honestly never noticed if the battery status changed. That said, I continue to have no synchronization issues even with battery optimization. This is probably something that the devs need to look into. Can someone please forward this weird behaviour to them? Thanks.
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@ShinJCD said in First impressions:
That said, I am really disappointed, both for this thing and for others, one above all the lack - incomprehensible - of the test for the anaerobic threshold. I am not saying that I bought the Run only for this (mistakenly thinking that it was present), but at this point, between the inadequacy of the app and the shortcomings of the watch
I see, but all in all I don’t see anything that prevents me from enjoying the watch. Bugs are bugs and sooner or later they get fixed. As for the lack of features, I always buy things for what they have on day one to avoid disappointments, and Suunto always puts a few gifts in the bag sooner or later anyway
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I just saw that the anaerobic threshold is calculated automatically based on training and obviously, anthropometric data and it is in the “progress” widget. It’s not exactly what I thought, but better than nothing.
Also Suunto support answered me and they told me that they are working on other things, including the store for the watch faces. Let’s not despair
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@6iovanni said in First impressions:
Hi @ShinJCD I took some time last night to dig a little more and confirmed what you see, which is that the battery status goes from unlimited to optimized after a while (and that triggers the warning). I honestly never noticed if the battery status changed. That said, I continue to have no synchronization issues even with battery optimization. This is probably something that the devs need to look into. Can someone please forward this weird behaviour to them? Thanks.
Thanks for your availability, for now as I said, I have disabled the notification regarding the synchronization issue, waiting for a future update that can solve the problem. I also thought about doing a reset of my pixel, but honestly it would be too much of a hassle…
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The heart rate broadcasting limitation is probably the biggest miss for me. I used to sync my HR data with my treadmill app using my old watch, and not being able to do that anymore is kind of a dealbreaker for indoor training.
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@Laura-Baird said in First impressions:
The heart rate broadcasting limitation is probably the biggest miss for me. I used to sync my HR data with my treadmill app using my old watch, and not being able to do that anymore is kind of a dealbreaker for indoor training.
I totally agree. I used to use my previous smartwatch with Fitshow and it was extremely useful to be able to see my heart rate directly on my phone display without having to check my watch every time… let’s hope for a future update.
Returning instead to the problem I had previously posed (the one related to the issue of disabling the battery optimization of my pixel), Suunto support responded to me, both giving me some suggestions (which, unfortunately, were of no use) and asking me, lastly, for a short video where you can see how the system automatically restores the “allow background use” function from “without limitations” to “optimized”. I have not received any more response on this matter. We’ll see.
Instead, I would like to ask for information to understand if it happens to you too. I find a discrepancy between the values of the “recovery” item displayed on the app and on the watch. For example, this morning the watch shows me a good 89%, while the app gives me just 51%… the strange thing is that the other items, such as HRV, are identical
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@ShinJCD said in First impressions:
I find a discrepancy between the values of the “recovery” item displayed on the app and on the watch.
already reported
