Software Update 2.48.16 (2025 November Rain release)

[Egika]

If it is FW related, it makes sense.
If it is general watch behavior, maybe better open a separate thread
Now there are questions that ask how to set the BT visibility…

[pgrob]

@Egika
Actually, I asked whether the BT Discovery setting must always be active, not where the setting needs to be made. The question arose because many people are posting their settings in this thread. That’s why I asked here. If the question was wrong, I wasn’t aware of it.

[Francesco Pagano]

@thanasis said in Software Update 2.48.16 (2025 November Rain release):

The only other possible explanation would be that battery has degraded significantly over the last 2 years

I recently found something interesting looking at a JSON file downloaded from Suunto App for Mac: there are two fields named “BatteryDesignCapacity” and “BatteryFullCapacity” that suggest the current health state of the watch battery. In my case, the full capacity is over 88% of the design capacity, which seems fair after more than 2 years of use.

[v.sacre]

@Egika I think the problem is that when you have paired a footpod, even if you don’t use it, it is still reported in the file (I see in json file that a footpod is paired even if I was not wearing it).
Somebody else using stryd can test to run without stryd to see if he got those metrics ??

[SuperFlo75]

@Elmiuel I tried to deactivate the live tracking app, but the problem with the smart belt which is connecting and disconnecting all the time is the same

[Elmiuel]

@SuperFlo75 Hi SuperFlo75, in my post I referred to using 3 Bluetooth connections (tracking app, Suunto band and bike power meter). After that, I had to discard one of them because during the activity both the band and the bike power meter kept disconnecting…

Regarding what you mentioned about the band, my Suunto band, which is about a year old, also started disconnecting continuously during every activity… after examining it closely, I noticed that one of the plastic parts had a strange crease. After contacting Suunto’s warranty service, it was quickly replaced.

[SuperFlo75]

@Elmiuel ok, I only use smart belt, tracking app… the smart belt is a new one… I bought a new one for my wife not long ago… but she didn’t use it. The new belt has the same crazy behavior like my belt which is about one year old… it‘s not the belt. As this behavior started the first workout after last update, I think or hope it’s due to the firmware, and not due to the hardware.

[gone troppo]

@thanasis

I have the same except mine averages about 12% per day. I don’t think it’s battery degradation because I actually sent my watch to suunto repair in Sydney Australia and they said the battery hardware is fine. So it’s some sort of issue from an update.

To be honest I’m kind of tired talking about it. It’s exhausting and nothing has changed I doubt suunto will fix it .

[Elmiuel]

@SuperFlo75 You’ve already had a chance to test the hardware with your partner’s belt; the next step is up to Suunto. I hope both Suunto and the consumers of their devices can have a happy ending with this.

[Bartek W]

Race 2 battery drain must be related to external sensors. In my case it is Suunto Smart HR. I had Garmin HRMPro, Polar Verity Sense and StrydX paired and everything was fine. When I bought, paired and first used Suunto HR belt it the watch started to consume 15-20% per day (AOD on). When I go to list of paired devices I can see that the first 3 are inactive, but Suunto Smart seems live (its battery icon is lit up), even though I am not wearing it.

[Egika]

Battery drain can generally be caused by certain systems not properly switching off after use.
One is external BT sensors.
Another one could be the GPS chip (and possibly navigation calculation) staying alive after cancelling an activity, etc.
I know that the devs are aware that there are still issues in certain cases and that they will of course be fixed.