Updates for V1
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@LitchiMonster Why is the V1 neglected? There are very clear statements on the issues with updating V1 and clear statements on what Suunto stated. I still use my Vertical 1, it is my favorite Suunto and does everything I need.
Vector/T6c/Vertical 2 Ti
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@Brad_Olwin the absence of a clear timeline and what to expect gives (to some of us who are not that well connected with Suunto) the perception that it is neglected.
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@thanasis then all Suunto watches are neglected?
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@Gunnar I am referring to not being updated and not having any clarity of further updates . . Other devices were either updated or reached end of life for further updates . Vertical is in limbo .Now one can be smarter than others or myself , but that’s how I see it .
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I don’t want an update, my vertical works perfectly and I can wear it for weeks because the battery is so good 🫶 I mean it’s a sports watch, why does it always need updates. Of course, if something doesn’t work
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@Kaiphi
at least off and back on track in navigation notification could be fixed. but it’s minor.
I also sail on the fine without any further updates boat. I know what’s possible from V2 but can comfortably say that V1 is good as it is. -
Vertical 1 will receive an update.
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Vertical 1 will receive an update.
New update looks very promising
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@maszop video refers to SV2, SR2 and suunto ocean ; I still don’t see any reference to SV1 but I must miss something ?
Suunto’s devices at home :
Vertical titanium solar
Suunto Race S
S9pp titanium sand
Suunto Wing & Spark
S9B titanium Ambassador edition, A3P, X6 -
@Tieutieu In one point of the video says that there will be another video explaining the updates for the SV1 and SR1 and SRs, so I understand that there will be an update for them.
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@cosme.costa ok so i really missed it !
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Vertical 1 will receive an update.
New update looks very promising
An other link ? This link doesn’t work anymore
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@Antoine Just wait for the update notes
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Probably is dead in terms of updates
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Probably is dead in terms of updates
A “premium” watch for 800 Euros after only three years?
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Probably is dead in terms of updates
A “premium” watch for 800 Euros after only three years?
Someone you don’t know writes something on the internet that is not backed up by any official information.
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The official Suunto stance is still the same, V1 will receive some updates, but hardware resources will limit the amount of new features it will get.
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Okay, everyone. I wanted to share a bit of perspective on the perceived “abandonment” of older watches, based on my experience developing SuuntoPlus apps over the past few months, since the platform was opened to external developers.
Building something that is both visually polished and computationally useful on an embedded device such as a sports watch is remarkably difficult.
The available RAM and processing power are very limited, largely because the device also needs to deliver long battery life. There is a reason why general-purpose smartwatches, particularly those running systems such as Wear OS, have very different battery characteristics from dedicated sports watches.
Working with the SuuntoPlus platform has given me a lot of respect for Suunto’s engineers. They are doing low-level optimisation to fit more features into hardware that is already operating within very tight limits.
It is also worth looking at how much the platform has evolved. The Suunto 9 Peak Pro launched with a new interface that, to be honest, was extremely slow at first. Since then, the same platform family has gained offline maps on the Vertical, support for two SuuntoPlus apps running at the same time, navigation, and a large number of data streams being collected and processed in the background: pace, GPS, accelerometer data, barometric data, heart-rate data, NGP, and many others.
Even values that appear simple on the screen are not always available in a ready-to-display form. Heart rate must be derived from sensor signals and filtered before it becomes a stable value. Other data may be represented internally in standardised units, such as speed in metres per second or temperature in Kelvin, and then converted for presentation.
On top of all this, we expect the interface to be clear, responsive and visually polished.
I have learned the hard way that even seemingly minor graphical choices can have a measurable cost. For example, drawing a straight line with rounded ends can be considerably simpler than drawing a curved arc with rounded ends that follows the shape of the display correctly.
This does not mean that owners of older watches should not feel disappointed when their devices stop receiving major features. That frustration is understandable, especially when the hardware still works well. I only think it is worth recognising that supporting older devices is not simply a matter of enabling an existing feature. Every new function competes for memory, processing time, battery life and engineering resources on hardware with fixed limits.
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