Software update 2.16.26 June 10th 2021

A Former User

@inkognito said in Software update 2.16.26 June 10th 2021:

Backlight intensity settings changed to only “Low, Medium, High”… I prefer the previous solution “0 - 100 % in 5 % steps”

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isazi

@safari the raise to wake activates the standby light. It works for me, but you need to have the standby set to on.

A Former User

@safari Basically it goes as follows:

Raise to Wake OFF, Standby OFF: Nothing, use buttons to trigger backlight
Raise to Wake OFF, Standby ON: Constant, low-level standby backlight, previous behavior
Raise to Wake ON, Standby OFF: Nothing, use buttons to trigger backlight
Raise to Wake ON, Standby ON: Low-level standby backlight comes on gesture

In addition notice a new Backlight setting in Quick Settings menu: this appears to turn on backlight indefinitely

Also, DND mode will now disable Raise to Wake, me thinks, and dim backlight including backlight turned on via Backlight setting.

safari

@mountaineerx
Yes
it’s a trick
it’s done thanks
this way i will test the charging effect.
We were waiting for an update where the backlight can be adjusted according to the sunrise and sunset, but it did not come.
maybe it was my thought

safari

@nickk
thanks

Efejota

@freeheeler it must be locked somewhere in the process

herlas

Raise to wake gives us almost 3 seconds of backlight ? EDIT, nm

Brad_Olwin

@safari said in Software update 2.16.26 June 10th 2021:

@mountaineerx
Yes
it’s a trick
it’s done thanks
this way i will test the charging effect.
We were waiting for an update where the backlight can be adjusted according to the sunrise and sunset, but it did not come.
maybe it was my thought

But it did come………with a hardware change. The Peak has an ambient light sensor and will adjust the backlight based on the ambient light. An example of Suunto satisfying customer requests. May not have been delivered the way you expected, though.

Tomas5

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos i hoped there will be still posibility to toggle by upper left button as stated in user manual. It was convinient to enable backlight as needed justby long press of button.

TyreseJ4

Love the raise to wake feature…especially during workouts.

safari

@brad_olwin
I guess suunto 9 baro does not have this hardware.
so it can already use automatic incoming Sunrise and sunset alarms. The backlight turns on at sunset, turns off at sunrise. in low mode. Just an idea

A Former User

The backlight turns on at sunset, turns off at sunrise. in low mode. Just an idea

Great idea but has one crucial problem: the light is often pretty dim indoors or on the trail during a day too. In fact, I personally find myself more often at need of backlight during a day than at night. So, Suunto’s implementation is understandable.

In the ideal world we could have both options, and maybe a control for how bright our backlight should be.

Randy Penn

@aleksander-h Man, I hope that snap to route makes its way to the S7. The horrible tracks I get are about the only thing that keeps me from using my S7 more.

freeheeler

@randy-penn
do you use 1s or 10s GPS refreshing?

Aleksander H

@randy-penn hmm. I’ve had no such issue with my S7. Mine pretty much matches my wife’s Fenix 5

Randy Penn

@freeheeler I’ve tried both, and on multiple S7s. My walking and hiking tracks are always garbage.

Randy Penn

@aleksander-h I’ve worn my S7 right next to a Fenix 6x, and the S7 track is always trash compared to the Fenix. I enjoy the smartwatch features enough that the S7 still makes it into the rotation from time to time.

nikshot

@surfboomerang And I especially went home for cable

Stas Varazhbit

Guys, why make changes to the lighting function that worked fine as it is? I broke my brain.Why not just make the lighting with the push of a one button?
As I understand it, Suunto will not make changes to the sport modes, but only add smart functions. This is very disappointing.

A Former User

@stas-varazhbit I think it is a kind of philosophy to read your watch without any intervention (no action to screen and buttons needed).
I personally like that much and this is for me very future…