Can‘t see my POI on the Map ( in Watch )

PsaRasmus G

Over the last months, using POIs (Points of Interest) on Suunto has become surprisingly frustrating. On the one hand, POIs no longer show directly on the map screen on the watch, and on the other hand, importing multiple POIs into the Suunto ecosystem seems practically impossible

POIs no longer visible on the map
On my watch, saved POIs do not appear as icons on the map anymore.
I can only access them from the navigation panel as a list, which is slow and very inconvenient when moving outdoors or trying to make quick decisions on the fly.
Has anyone seen an official explanation from Suunto about why this behavior changed or whether it’s planned to be restored?
No way to bulk import / export POIs
The second big issue is importing POIs. Importing entire routes (A → B) as GPX/KML is easy, but importing just points (A, B, C, …) appears to be unsupported.
Saving a POI on the spot works fine, but that doesn’t help when someone wants to bring in 50+ known coordinates.
There seems to be no native way to bulk import POIs from GPX or KML into the Suunto app so they appear as POIs in the watch.
Export totally not supported…

Please share your experiences, screenshots, and workarounds. The more voices and concrete use cases we collect, the higher the chance Suunto will treat POI visibility and bulk import as priority features rather than edge cases.

inkognito

@PsaRasmus-G How many POIs do you have stored on your watch? I suspect there might still be the same issue older models had where they were supposed to show the 16 closest ones, but it never really worked properly.
Ever since then, I’ve kept my number of POIs to 15 max and it works fine.

Old threads about this:
https://forum.suunto.com/topic/6762/serious-navigation-concerns-when-poi-s-are-not-showing?_=1764528809393

https://forum.suunto.com/post/144249

Come on, Suunto, this needs to be solved!

PsaRasmus G

@inkognito Thanks a lot for the quick reply.
I definitely have far more than 15 POIs saved, but the strange thing is that not even a single one shows up on the map in my case. For a watch that is heavily advertised for its GPS, POIs and routes, having an effective limit of 15 visible coordinates is honestly quite ridiculous.

If this limitation had been clearly stated in the watch’s specifications, I would not have bought it in the first place, because it completely undermines the way many of us plan and navigate with multiple points.

Any idea about the export/import of POI’s?
If at least there was an easy way to export. I might store the most and keep the 15 most important on the watch…