Live location S+ app

GiPFELKiND

@SuperFlo75 you will call me

SuperFlo75

@GiPFELKiND Nice! I love this feature 🤩

Mff73

I use this feature sometimes since its launch.
Very nice that it uses watch GPS, it saves the phone one and battery of the phone on this regard. But, at least to me (Samsung S20) the app on the phone is depleting the battery way too much .
Which is not usable for any real “emergency” tracking.
It will surely come, but the combo phone app/watch, should be custimizable to only send data every xx seconds / minutes (if it is the only main battery consumption).
But @Nikolai-Simonov, well done .

Stefano M64

@Mff73 said in Live location S+ app:

Which is not usable for any real “emergency” tracking

for real emergency you need a device that doesn’t rely on the mobile network, like a Garmin InReach that uses the Iridium satellite constellation, it is able to connect from everywhere in the world, in the middle of an ocean, the Sahara or even the Antarctica

Nikolai Simonov

Hi everyone!
It’s been a while since my last post, so I wanted to share what I’m currently working on.

Along side to supporting gpx routes, I’ve been testing a concept I’ve temporarily called checkpoints.
Basically, it’s a geofence + trigger.

Right now, I have two types of triggers implemented:

Geofence entry trigger - fires when you cross into a predefined zone.
ETA trigger - monitors if you reach the zone by a scheduled time, and if not, it can send a signal that you didn’t make it to the checkpoint on time.

At this time.
You can set checkpoints directly on the map (TestFlight users may have already seen this feature in ui).

Geofence entry trigger is working.
Currently testing via local notifications.
There is a short demo video showing how it might look in the future.

https://drive.proton.me/urls/FNGGZ7JB6W#ppO6CKjQTAdf

So if you have any additional ideas please don’t hestitate share to me!

SuperFlo75

@Nikolai-Simonov What about the problem that we can’t use a german mobile number as emergency contact?

Nikolai Simonov

Hey @SuperFlo75 ! We’ll expand sms geography nex month, it should cover almost all countries, incl. Germany

Clem__

@Nikolai-Simonov Hi, I want to TY for this app. I have an issue, I can’t connect my Suunto apps to your app. I have a suunto race s, my Suunto apps is up to date. Do you know what I am doing wrong ?

larrybbaker

@Clem__ did you enable the S+ app for the activity you are doing?

Nikolai Simonov

Which is not usable for any real “emergency” tracking

for real emergency you need a device that doesn’t rely on the mobile network

@Mff73 @Stefano-M64 You’re right: phones aren’t perfect off-grid. A satellite handset (e.g., Thuraya) can fill the gap. The the protocol built with satcom conditions in mind, so it will works well on low-bandwidth connections.