Suunto 7 - Tips and tricks, apps and watch faces

pilleus

provides a gpx routing with different maps, map styles, colors and even 3D view in paired or standalone mode. Offline maps optional.

Here a power saving style I prefer on the S7 (just switched away from the correct orientation, sorry).

pilleus

Wear gesture launcher

You want to check the air pressure during an activity recorded with the S7 app or start another app?

With this gesture launcher you can do it with a tap to a predefined area on the screen without leaving the S7 app. Just tap there, draw your gesture on the screen, the program will open. I defined the left corner to tap to avoid conflicts with the S7 options on the right side of the screen.

After swiping out the open program to the right side you will be back in S7 app without doing anything else.

https://youtu.be/LUBuNijS8UU

pilleus

Okay, this gesture thing is great!

I toggled between ghost racer and S7 app and it worked flawlessly.

Just a short tap, drawing the gesture and the app is open. Back to the other app in the same way.

pilleus

@pilleus said in Suunto 7 - Tips and tricks, apps and watch faces:

gpx routing

On a ride over 3 hours I used the S7 without connection to the phone (no WearOS, no Suunto app connected).

S7 app was recording cycling (mountain bike path), ghost racer was recording the activity too with a loaded gpx route and offline maps. Both apps used the gps of the S7.

I toggled between S7 app and ghost racer, to show elevation and altitude and nearby crossings to show the track.

After 1,5 hours I stopped ghost racer and continued with S7 app only.

Start: Battery 97 %
After 1,5 h and recording the activity with two apps : 70 %
After 3 h and recording only with S7 app from 1,5 h onwards: 60 %

Tomorrow I will take S7 app and Locus to have a comparison of routing with a gpx track. ️

Bulkan

@pilleus vídeo please!!!

pilleus

@Bulkan said in Suunto 7 - Tips and tricks, apps and watch faces:

@pilleus vídeo please!!!

About what?

Bulkan

@pilleus the gestures and changing apps during an activity.

The lack of support of Stryd would make me to use another app to record with power and export it to Suunto app later so I’m very interested about the gestures and 2 apps at the same time during activity.

jw cou

@pilleus thanks, very interesting! Did you already try ViewRanger? I’m about to test it, but if you’ve already done that…

pilleus

@jean-william-cousin no, I didn’t test viewranger. I don’t like the layout and setup. Sorry to say this.

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@pilleus same here. I tried it but I was like : I cannot use this on the watch

pilleus

@Bulkan said in Suunto 7 - Tips and tricks, apps and watch faces:

the gestures and changing apps during an activity.

Here a short video captured via ADB. A bit lagging therefore. I toggled between S7 app (recording cycling mountain bike) and Locus Map (loaded gpx file for routing). My gestures: for Locus Map -> L to show to the lower button, for Suunto App -> upside down L to show to the upper button. So I can remember the gestures.

is there a way to embed a youtube videos?

sartoric

@pilleus
It shouldn’t be possible.
But you can add an image as a thumbnail and add the video link

pilleus

@sartoric thanks

sartoric

@pilleus
If you use this

[![alt text](http://example.com/exampl.png)](http://example.com/link "title")

You can add the link to the image

pilleus

@sartoric thanks, you made my day!

A Former User

@pilleus I’d assume both running apps would have slots in the notification drawer? Wouldn’t be easier just press Home button, slide up, and tap to switch between them?

I like the idea of two apps (and like the battery drop that’s nowhere as bad as one would expect), just not sure about additional launcher hassle.

pilleus

@NickK said in Suunto 7 - Tips and tricks, apps and watch faces:

press Home button

Of course. The standard way is often simple.

But! If you close the app, you are not back in the other app. You are on the watch face. And I can use the gestures with gloves while cycling. No chance to tap an app in the standard app list.

And! After 3,5 hours of mounting biking, I have to recharge, my bike lamp has to recharge and it is no problem to recharge my S7 too.

So it’s a working alternative for me.

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

I’ll look to YT embedding

pilleus

Standalone Wear Map (full version 2,59 EUR) and NavExplorer (free) to follow a track (gpx file)

For me actually the most interesting way to follow a track, which can be planed on the smartphone with an app or on a PC or tablet on a website. The track must be available in gpx file format.

This gpx file is transferred from the smartphone to the S7 via Bluetooth or WLAN with the NavExplorer. Just create a new folder /Routes on the S7 and copy the gpx file from the smartphone to the new folder, so that the Standalone Wear Map can pick it up and start to follow the route. In my case the file is mtb.gpx (see attached pics).

It’s possible to use the app for navigation too. Without gpx file. Just type your destination and the app will navigate.

Here the links and some screenshots:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.onibaku.standalonewearmap.trial

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.onibaku.standalonewearmap

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.turndapage.navexplorer

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

moving this to the watch section ok guys ?