Future S9 firmware wishlist summary

freeheeler

while I enjoy the latest S9 firmware, I don’t want to make an ungrateful impression…
But I’d like that we summarize some suggestions as a list…

light button in watch/activity mode (no unlocking)
lockbutton in watch mode (e. g. 3sec press)
swipe left-right to flip screens in activity
toggle satellite systems on-off independently
HR info (and pace?) in navigation screen
longer duration of vibration for alarm
FW update by bluetooth and SA
blood oxygen saturation (in case Valencell is ready for this?)

anything else?!

danisius

I just want swim drills, please add it.
I still have a hope to upgrade with Suunto not Garmin

surfboomerang

@TELE-HO said in Future S9 firmware wishlist summary:

while I enjoy the latest S9 firmware, I don’t want to make an ungrateful impression…
But I’d like that we summarize some suggestions as a list…

light button in watch/activity mode (no unlocking)

lockbutton in watch mode (e. g. 3sec press)

swipe left-right to flip screens in activity

toggle satellite systems on-off independently

HR info (and pace?) in navigation screen

longer duration of vibration for alarm

FW update by bluetooth and SA

blood oxygen saturation (in case Valencell is ready for this?)

anything else?!

Barometric values/trend on watch screen and as a graph in an activity
course, heading and bearing data fields
more data on navigation screen. Now I have to switch between data and map while navigating.

Bulkan

@danisius I’ve asking in Suunto app at least being able to update the meters and introduce the drills and distance. Is a software solution but it could work. Now than Suunto is partner in Ironman events…

Fenr1r

I’d buy an S9B if it had basic navigation features (albeit mapless) at least as good as the A3P or Fenix/FR. Preferably better. Full POI, waypoint, route handling.

But Suunto is trending in the opposite direction.

patterbt

@TELE-HO - you can enable “swipe to change screens in activity” by creating a custom battery mode and then enabling the touchscreen in that mode.

patterbt

@Fenr1r The S9B already has “route handling”, the only thing it is missing currently is POI/waypoints from your list. And that is more of a software app function than a watch limitation. When we first started testing the S9, before the suunto app was released, we could use MC to configure POIs and waypoints with the S9 and they worked perfectly. I am confident that POI/waypoints will be added to SA in the future, hopefully early next year.

sealion.hr

Would like to add to aforementioned list (which is good) feature for interval training i e. some countdown beeps and vibrations prior to interval start and interval end. For example 3 seconds before interval start we would have 3 consecutive beeps and a longer beep for interval start. Ditto (or similar) before interval end.
I envy to my Polar friends for having this small but unbelievably helpful feature (especially when training in the dark)

Fenr1r

@patterbt

Nope: this thread specifies “Firmware”, not MC/SA. My wish is the ability to create POIs, waypoints and, possibly, routes on the watch alone. The A3P could do the first by coordinate entry. I gather the Fenix can do all of them (the first by distance and bearing from current location). If the S9 is still like the Spartan, the only POI it can create is the spot on which you’re standing.

freeheeler

@patterbt said in Future S9 firmware wishlist summary:

creating a custom battery

thanks for that hint.
that works when buttons are unlocked. my idea is having the buttons locked to avoid unwanted ending, pause or lap but having touch screen unlocked to flip screens…

Luís Pinto

@TELE-HO yes, just one more:

the option to add asymmetric fields in intervals by distance / time in one same workout and one beep 3 seconds before interval start/stop.

No need anything else. Waypoint/POI soon we will have.

Fenr1r

@Luís-Pinto Nope. SA isn’t firmware.

Luís Pinto

@Fenr1r said in Future S9 firmware wishlist summary:

Nope. SA isn’t firmware.

“Future S9 firmware wishlist summary” .
…

Fenr1r

@Luís-Pinto

Yes: “Waypoint/POI soon we will have.” But only via SA. Again, this is a wishlist for the watch firmware, not the app software.

Luís Pinto

@Fenr1r i know. Asymmetric fields for interval for watch firmware, not SA.

fejker

I think you two are both right, because in order to get structured intervals working, we would need a FW and SA upgrade. SA for the easier setting up part of the intervals and watch FW for the receiving and execution part.

Fenr1r

@fejker Sure.

Fenr1r

@Luís-Pinto So I’m missing something: why request intervals in firmware while dismissing navigation with “No need anything else. Waypoint/POI soon we will have.”?

Luís Pinto

@fejker I gave up to SI in SA. Simple adding asymmetric values in interval option would be a solution. Simple. Just adding more variables and not just constants. Forget warm-up/cool down. It would be sufficient to program 1X500m/500m+3X750m/750m+3X3min/3min

fejker

@Luís-Pinto Yes of course, you can do the warmup+cooldown outside the structured interval as you can do it now with simple intervals. With the current solution it looks like some intern got a task of programming the interval part of the watch and never finished it.