Suunto Ocean SW update 2.40.56 (2025 Q3)
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@ogillot sorry not much. My comment was based on the marketing datasheet which lists custom dive views as a feature.
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@tinten.addi Sheerwater are great but more expensive and they’re purely dive watches with no sports features. That’s what struck me about the Ocean. The only real competition is Garmin and they’re double the price for the same features.
It’s so frustrating that Suunto have a market leading product here yet it’s dying because the seem to have a habit of releasing a product and then forgetting about it.
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@S7ewie and all others,
Who has said it is fogotten? It has been said the contrary, just that FW releases are less numerous than other watches : point. -
@Mff73 To my understanding, the whole justification for the infrequency of FW updates was due to the diving nature of the watch and the fact that any additions and changes to dive related features would require more thorough testing. Which is a justification I’m perfectly happy with.
However, when you wait a year and the FW update comes with next to no dive related changes, only sports additions that already existed on other watches, you start to wonder how much time they’re actually dedicating to their flagship dive watch.
Having seen now that they’ve since released another two “dive computers” which would have taken up a fair chunk of their seemingly already limited software engineering resource, I can’t help but wonder if they’ve already moved on.
I don’t like to be a pessimist but when the Ocean released it really was ahead of the market, but since then it’s kind of stagnated and other brands are fast catching up and taking over.
Added to that the fact that this an official forum and we never get an official response on anything, just adds to my feeling that support is dropping.
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Dive computers are not fashion accessories, nor tools designed to improve running efficiency or other lifestyle activities. They are safety-critical devices intended to assist divers in surviving underwater operations.
Imagine a company’s marketing department suggesting, “Let’s convince customers that their parents are using a cardiac monitoring system with outdated firmware, because it still requires further testing, while, at the same time, the company has prepared a new system and simply discontinued the previous one.”
Just imagine.
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@diogao13 that’s where Suunto Ocean was designed for… A diving computer and multi sport watch. But after digging into Suunto sports capabilities, I realised that it is just not only the Ocean issue but the whole lign of product. Their stats and sport analysis are not relevant at all. After 4 months, I am changing back to m’y old sports companion and will use a viper for diving.
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@Jean-Philippe-REY said in Suunto Ocean SW update 2.40.56 (2025 Q3):
Their stats and sport analysis are not relevant at all.
Can you elaborate on this one? And what do other brands have that are relevant?
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Will the new sports update roll over into the Ocean?
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P pavel.samokha locked this topic on
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@mcardlejon I hope so, I had 3 x Race S watches fail on me in cold exposure and Suunto recommended the Ocean, but now I don’t get the swim feature that I requested over the past years. I do understand that there is more testing involve, but I expect a delay of 1-2 months after other devices release, but at this rate we will be over a year behind on Suunto ocean. I have reached out to Suunto to assist in beta testing multiple times but never get a response. I mere want to help the Ocean and product delays get better.
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Hi @pavel.samokha ,
Suunto has many new watch faces - like the latest ‘earth day’, but looks like Ocean is not getting any of them.
Its frustrating, to think that Ocean IS also a multi-sports sports watch.
Why does Suunto only focus on Vertical and Race ?Truly disappointing.
The Suunto Ocean is a great watch, but the fact that, we as owners, are only able to read and view new watch faces and not able to use them, definitely is a unpleasant experience.
Is Suunto going to make these new watch faces available to Ocean users?
On my Suunto plus store, with 1 unit Ocean connected, there are only 44 watch faces available.
These following NEW Watch faces are NOT available:
- Chengdu trail race
- Lightflow
- Outback adventure
- snow slash
- Vector Classic
- Earth Day
Are other Ocean users experiencing the same as me - without the above listed watch faces?
Concerned suunto ocean user
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@egorilla an update should come in a matter of weeks I’d say, and that should unlock some newer watchfaces. If the watchface is not supported by the firmware it is blacklisted by your model.
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Thank you for the insights.
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@egorilla I had so feedback from Suunto on Instagram when asked 2/3 weeks ago about Suunto Ocean, and was advised next month, thus I would say we should get it in May, hopefully early in May, and I hope the newer sports features that’s on other models for almost a year will get to the Ocean as well as the new HR algorithms. But I guess time will tell.
I understand that it has more intense testing due to dive standards, but the Ocean is an amazing watch and needs to be treated as that and at least get the newer features if supported within a month after (due to more testing) just my thoughts and recommendations as an avid Suunto user.
