Suunto 7 update 30-06-2020

jw cou

I find the Sport mode customization super useful for the S7, as you can design displays with 2 big numbers only that are much more readable on sunny days with the S7 screen (and a low brightness to save some battery) than the standard displays. Good job! Now I only need to be able to load routes and my S7 will be perfect for me!

Bulkan

@rerkiaga said in Suunto 7 update 30-06-2020:

Hello, Im a new S7 user! love the machine! buy the great machine and first update!! Im happy with Suunto.

Hi friend. Welcome to the Community

A Former User

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos “Power saver tilt” is broken after the update. “Tilt-to-wake” works fine, though.

Brad_Olwin

@Metalmi power save tilt is fine for me. Are you using a Suunto watchface?

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

Regarding calories and steps.

Google fit aggregates steps and calories from the phone as well if you use it.

So leaving the watch at home , walking with the phone, and syncing will give you steps from phone etc.

A Former User

@Brad_Olwin I am. It started working fine few hours later - maybe after I was changing watch face (turning power saver tilt off and back on didn’t help).

suzzlo

Due Suunto 7 is a WearOS watch, I see that Suunto is extending the integration with Google Fit.

It would be great if we see improvements in that direction for the rest of watches.

BR

Brad_Olwin

@Dominik-Moser I have been checking my steps for the last few days. Google Fit and Suunto while not exact are very, very close to each other. This includes my running so they are off by at most 1-2%.

Dominik Moser

@Brad_Olwin Right now Fit counts 4840 steps, Suunto 5250. A bit more than 1-2%

aeroild

@Dominik-Moser My watch now after counting steps for approx. 22 hours since midnight: Suunto 5394 and Fit 5448. That would make a difference of 54 and that is 1%

JANTIKAINEN

The new tile with steps, calories and recovery is great!

chriss860

Could you show us the new tile? I was waiting for the fitness integration with Suunto‘s own software, so now I‘m courious about news.

Brad_Olwin

@chriss860

And my steps are very close…

Jamie BG

I think what you are seeing is a temporary delay - mine normally match, especially if you go into the Suunto Today tile first, and then pull up google fit. Steps always match- calories are slightly out, but not by much.

Erjo_

Can someone explain what the calories numbers refer to in the new tile?

When I tap the calories it goes from goal to total. Whats the difference between the number shown in big numbers and the total beneath?

Egika

@Erjo_ said in Suunto 7 update 30-06-2020:

Can someone explain what the calories numbers refer to in the new tile?

When I tap the calories it goes from goal to total. Whats the difference between the number shown in big numbers and the total beneath?

RTFM: https://www.suunto.com/Support/Product-support/suunto_7/suunto_7/wear-os-by-google/view-and-manage-your-tiles/#7.3

Jamie BG

Location accuracy is definitely good, as most recent trip absolutely picked up river/canal track even though some where narrow, and loads were covered in trees, making it tricky for most watches to get good fixs.

Battery Life - definitely seems good as seems likely that GPS only use is fairly accurate - based on SUP activity profile (if switching display to off - more on that later). Dropped 20% battery life on a 2hr15 min paddle; and that is after noticing the display was waking up regularly due to wrist motion, but once turned display off that wasn’t an issue any more. Worked well using buttons to wake and open Suunto app, then menu button to bring back to home screen and top shade down to use switch off display option. Not ideal but a work around. Also did use a fair amount of screen time for navigation purposes, using the offline maps.

Major Issue - wrist activation motion - need a setting for to be able to turn that off for the Suunto app (have it turned off in wear os settings but doesn’t seem to apply to Suunto app when tracking activity). - This needs to be fixed ASAP. Alternatively acitivities with extensive wrist action need it to be shut off. Personally think the Suunto app should have this as an option. Would make the most sense, or to use the Wear OS settings as guidance.

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@Jamie-BG said in Suunto 7 update 30-06-2020:

Major Issue - wrist activation motion - need a setting for to be able to turn that off for the Suunto app (have it turned off in wear os settings but doesn’t seem to apply to Suunto app when tracking activity). - This needs to be fixed ASAP.

we hear you very well here

boza72

@jw-cou it would make the S7 an amazing watch. Importing routes and to rename any POI anything you want (or more options). I would like to add more pages for an activity as well I’d like to have two graphs active for any selected activity. I love the S7 plus battery life is ok. Don’t know what everyone goes on about…

Fingers crossed…but know it probably won’t happen.

Brad_Olwin

@jw-cou My issue with custom sport modes are autolaps. First, there is no way to turn off auto lap and I typically do not use or like the auto lap. It prevents me from using a custom mode for intervals as the auto lap interferes with the manual laps. My other issue with the watch is that I cannot get my HR zones correct because I cannot customize them again preventing me from using the watch seriously for training.