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    Will Suunto 7 get WearOS 3.0?

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    • isaziI Offline
      isazi Moderator @eurohiker
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      @eurohiker you know that if Google decides the chipset on the S7 is not supported anymore, Suunto cannot do anything, right? 🙂
      Anyway, the S7 has a coprocessor so chances are it’ll get it (according to my wild guessing).

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        @isazi 🤞

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          An article from The Verge, it doesn’t say much.

          https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/6/22521256/fossil-not-upgrade-existing-watches-wear-os-google-android

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            @isazi I have a feeling that fossil is doing what most chinese companies do by trying to sell hardware vs updating the software.

            I just found it alarming/odd that fossil is going that route because they have been pretty good with their updates.

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            • Jeremiah DudekJ Offline
              Jeremiah Dudek
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              I have a Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 also which has more current hardware and Samsung specifically said their watches will not be able to get the upgrade. Considering they would know better than anyone at this point and the fact that the 3100 processor is even more dated I don’t see it happening.

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                eurohiker @Jeremiah Dudek
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                @jeremiah-dudek that samsung exynos chip was designed to run Tizen so that’s not a very good indicator. I’m sure it’s missing some components needed to switch it to android.

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                  Randy Penn @eurohiker
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                  @eurohiker Yes, and the “more current hardware” in the GW3 is an outdated 3-year-old Exynos processor. I’m very interested to see how the new hardware Samsung puts in the GW4 holds up to the battery guzzling WearOS with that tiny battery.

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                    pilleus @eurohiker
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                    @eurohiker said in Will Suunto 7 get WearOS 3.0?:

                    samsung exynos chip was designed to run Tizen

                    … but is running in Casio’s new GSW-H1000 with WearOS. And with no difference in the performance. It is smooth and without any lags.

                    And both companies would be able to add a co-processor for the needs of the new Wear. Or a second display to save battery.

                    Who knows … 🤙

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                      A Former User @eurohiker
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                      @eurohiker Sadly, I feel Google is going Windows Phone route with Wear OS.

                      Just like Microsoft cut loose their entire dwindling install base after WP 7.8 and required a new hardware to run 8.0, Google’s requirement of new hardware for 3.0 update – if this comes to pass – will be the last nail in coffin of the platform, with Samsung playing quasi Nokia of smartwatches. Coupled with Fitbit abandoning their FitbitOS on smartwatches, it’s a double whammy. Wear OS becomes a watch OS for Samsung, who effectively outsourced it’s development to Google.

                      I’m not sure offline Spotify and YouTube music will help much.

                      My first gen Apple Watch lasted a good 4-5 years and received many years of OS upgrades. Who’d want to pay more than $200 for a Wear OS smartwatch that’s get dropped after a year or two?

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                      • Claudiu79C Offline
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                        Sunnto recently released the Sunnto 7 Titanium so not updating their watches to Wear OS 3 on these … would be a bad move for the company… A lot of disappointed / angry customers. I hope that they’ve already figured it out how to keep updating these watches for at least 2 years… and since the hardware is similar to the regular Suunto 7s (as I have)… well… 🙂 or maybe I’m just day dreaming.

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                          isazi Moderator @Claudiu79
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                          @claudiu79 I say chances Suunto is abandoning the S7 are extremely low.

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                            Guillermo Ortega Cerro @isazi
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                            @isazi 🤞 🤞 🤞

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                              Guillermo Ortega Cerro @isazi
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                              @isazi El S7 siempre ha sido una apuesta arriesgada. Esperemos que siga teniendo desarrollo porque recorrido tiene bastante, aún se echan en falta algunas cositas 😊

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                                Jamie BG Bronze Member @isazi
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                                @isazi
                                Seems as though there is a bit of change around the original fossil comment, as some members of the reddit wear os community have contacted them to get a more “clarifying” response that they are still looking into it. So sounds a bit disjointed at the moment

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                                • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
                                  Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager
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                                  keep in mind that there is a difference on updating a watch and updating the OS system of the watch.

                                  Updating the OS to a new Major version is for sure not little work

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                                    Aleksander H Bronze Member @Jamie BG
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                                    The verge wrote that Fossil doesn’t plan to upgrade its existing watches to the new Wear OS citing a cnet article. I read the cnet article and could find no such comment. Don’t understand how the verge could make such a claim based on what I read.

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                                      Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @Aleksander H
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                                      @aleksander-h it says it there

                                      As far as budget options for these next-wave watches, McKelvey sees the most likely outcome being previous-year models eventually being discounted, much like Apple’s watch lineup tiers. Existing Fossil Google Wear watches won’t be upgradable to the new Wear OS software platform.

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                                        Aleksander H Bronze Member @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                                        @dimitrios-kanellopoulos said in Will Suunto 7 get WearOS 3.0?:

                                        As far as budget options for these next-wave watches, McKelvey sees the most likely outcome being previous-year models eventually being discounted, much like Apple’s watch lineup tiers. Existing Fossil Google Wear watches won’t be upgradable to the new Wear OS software platform.

                                        Wow. I’m blind. I read that article twice!

                                        I’m going to retreat now and hide for about a week until this is forgotten 😆

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                                          Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @Aleksander H
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                                          @aleksander-h I did 3 times then searched for Wear OS and read again 😛

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                                            Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @Aleksander H
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                                            @aleksander-h also

                                            https://9to5google.com/2021/05/18/wear-os-revamp-current-models/

                                            To my understanding it looks like Google is not done with the new WearOS stuff. I suspect that the wearOS will come with some Google watch and then later on be more open and adopted.

                                            We are at 2021 and they promoted (again) offline music. That was there since 2014 (and they took it away)

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