My Vertical 2 Wishlist for Next Update in 2026

sky-runner

@Wenzudeg said in My Vertical 2 Wishlist for Next Update in 2026:

Stopping an activity recording with one button. At the moment this is the workflow to stop an activity: short press top button (to pause) - short press bottom button - short press bottom button again. Maybe a long press of top button would end activity (short press of top button can still remain dedicated to pausing activity).

I would want the opposite - to make it as difficult as possible to accidentally stop an activity. There is nothing more frustrating than to realize in a middle of a multi-hour ultramarathon that the watch is no longer recording. In fact, with earlier Suunto watches I always used button lock while in activity, but doing so with the current generation of Suunto watches makes map zooming impossible, which I think is an oversight. The way I’d prefer it to work ideally is that with the button lock all non-destructive watch functions are still available except pausing and stopping activity. But I am not opposed to have an option to let a user decide which behavior they prefer.

Also, I’d like to have an option to permanently disable touch outside of activity and have it available only for map panning and similar non-destructive functions. Recently when I was taking a shower my watch decided to turn airplane mode on its own. Later in that day I spent a lot of time figuring out why my external HR sensor didn’t connect. There was no indication that the airplane mode was on.

2b2bff

@sky-runner said in My Vertical 2 Wishlist for Next Update in 2026:

Also, I’d like to have an option to permanently disable touch outside of activity and have it available only for map panning

I always set my Garmins that way. Would love this on the Race S as well…

sky-runner

@2b2bff I wanted to say that in the shower the watch almost always enters the widgets part of the UI because droplets tend to swipe the screen from the bottom to the top because of how the watch is positioned on the hand. Occasionally droplets swipe from the right to the left to enter the control panel.
It is rare for droplets to swipe the screen in other directions. A decent solution would be to introduce an optional touch auto-lock with the gesture to unlock it that requires to swipe the screen from top to bottom. That is the direction that is unlikely to happen naturally in rain or shower - you’d have to tilt the watch unnaturally.

That’s what Garmin has done and that works effectively! I’d really like such touch auto-lock feature! Buttons should continue to work even when the touch is locked.

Sportsfreund

Connection with Concept2 Rowing Account or Maschine would be great.

2b2bff

@sky-runner no, I don’t like this. I rather have touch disabled completely and only enabled, when needed. Like in the maps. And Garmin has a button combination to disable/enable touch on the fly. But Suunto has not too many buttons…

masi0

My Wishlist:

bring back stress monitoring during the day and body battery (resources) using HRV
add mindfulness features
more tiles than one
consider bringing apps (not plugins to workouts)

Luca C.

VO2 MAX Cicling

Sportsfreund

@Luca-C. and rowing with indoorrower.
Furthermore, full support with Concept2.

Tieutieu

@Sportsfreund said in My Vertical 2 Wishlist for Next Update in 2026:

@Luca-C. and rowing with indoorrower.
Furthermore, full support with Concept2.

I waterrower support could also be added it would be great

Brad_Olwin

@Steven-Hambleton said in My Vertical 2 Wishlist for Next Update in 2026:

@Brad_Olwin I look forward to a watch face design for people without eagle sharp sight.

I am older and have no issues with the choices of watch faces. I wear glasses but can read the watch faces without them. There are several to choose from that have fewer complications.

BastMaSVSRS9PP

I know already discussed multiple times … better weather app pls! More data more outlooks more suitable for being in the mountains and ocean (tides!!! ) plsssss