Suunto Vertical 2 General Discussion

[GiPFELKiND]

@AYHAN-YILDIZ i dont believe this… Cause what you write is not in the Vertical 2 description. And also not in the Firmware Update Infos. No official Statement there chanchings of the o2 measurement. It works like expected at the latest Firmware.

[AYHAN YILDIZ]

@GiPFELKiND

[Sportsfreund]

@GiPFELKiND Same here

[halajos]

@AYHAN-YILDIZ this looks to be a response generated by large language model AI. LLMs are prone to hallucinate, which means generating perfectly formulated responses that look credible but are wrong.

[AYHAN YILDIZ]

@halajos Hello,
no — this is not an AI-generated assumption. This information comes directly from Suunto support and has also been officially confirmed via email.

Suunto has now initiated a technical investigation on the server (back-end) side to understand why, with firmware 2.48.16, a manual SpO₂ trigger that is not supposed to work is still functioning on some devices or accounts.

My own experience supports this:

I upgraded the watch directly to firmware 2.48.16 when I first received it

The first 3–4 manual SpO₂ measurements worked perfectly

Then the manual measurement suddenly stopped

Since that moment, it has never been possible to start a manual SpO₂ measurement again

This behavior strongly suggests that the issue is not a simple firmware bug, but rather related to a server-side configuration, trigger, or feature-flag change applied after synchronization.

Therefore, the statement that “manual SpO₂ was removed in 2.48.16” does not appear to have been applied uniformly or simultaneously to all users.

In short:
this is not speculation and not AI-generated — it is a confirmed issue currently under technical investigation by Suunto.

[AYHAN YILDIZ]

@GiPFELKiND hi;For clarity:
Manual SpO₂ was not working on my device. I performed a factory reset, and now manual SpO₂ works correctly via the widget.

It was stated that this feature was removed in firmware 2.48.16.
If that is the case, why does it become functional again after a factory reset?

I would appreciate a clear and official explanation.

[Elipsus]

Funny thing, I tried the manual Spo02 measurement on my 9 peak pro (on 2.48.16) and the thing promptly, immediately, crashed and turned itself off.

How the f**** is that considered even remotely acceptable ?

I hate, absolutely hate how since the last few years Suunto firmware stability just became a gigantic joke it’s so awful, it’s like they don’t even try it !

[Sportsfreund]

@Elipsus Vertical2 is working perfekt. Also after 10 times of o2 measurements.

[Brad_Olwin]

@AYHAN-YILDIZ @Elipsus I can confirm that the SpO2 widget is working on field test firmware. I have no idea where the information stating this was disabled was generated from.

[Stavrogin]

@Sportsfreund I understand what you are saying, but there is a difference between seeking advice or help vs complaining.

But I agree which what you are saying partly. I would not agree that “Nobody goes to a forum if everything is great.” I came here and I think others have as well to lend support and celebrate Suunto.