System update – PXDZ.201119.005.A1

[brotzfrog10]

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos as always I appreciate the time you take on this forum. I’m glad to see updates rolling out for the S7 but I still stand behind my opinion that sunnto seems unsure who this watch is for. It’s got a half baked sunnto workout app built into it (no Suuntoplus features and no sensor support as mentioned already) but then it has by far the most detailed mapping software Suunto has ever offered. It’s a mix of parts that aren’t really aimed at any one consumer base. I just think it’s a big missed opportunity so far. It’s also been a year now so if something as simple as external sensor support was coming it would have been added already. Sportygo and even google fit for wear os already have sensor support so it’s not a limitation of the operating system. It’s simply a choice by sunnto which sadly makes no sense. For this reason I actually just returned my Suunto 7. I hated to do it but not having Chest strap support just makes the watch useless for any kind of high intensity training. Suunto was so close to having the best mix of sports and smart watch features on the market. It’s so disappointing to have them be so close but just trip at the finish line essentially.

[Egika]

@RussellllR said in System update – PXDZ.201119.005.A1:

Just so everyone knows the rapidly tapping the check for updates screen does work (on all wear os watches) BUT you need to be connected to wifi, not bluetooth through your phone. Turn your bluetooth off (on watch and or phone) and make sure the watch is connected to only wifi. Then rapidly tap the watch is up to date screen.

Yeah. I have read about this. And have tried so before. Feeling stupid at the same time. Has never worked to be reproducible.
Can anyone provide a vid showing that this actually works on S7?

[aeroild]

@Aleksander-H I tapped and tapped on the screen untill the watch locked on the update screen and I had no other choice than to restart the watch…

[pavel.samokha]

@brotzfrog10 you’re making false assumptions (on limitations, complexity) and wrong conclusions

S7 software is being developed, and owners will see other updates this year

[Bulkan]

Nice update. The navigations feature are great and finally the crash bug is solved.

We have a great community, always pushing and asking for more. If the S7 supports my Stryd I will use it 95% of the times in the daily life. I’ve asked Stryd for a WearOS app but…

But I think is more important for the user of S7 have all in Suunto app. HR/steps…

That’s just me, I can’t imagine what thinks in Sweden, Norway, Japan… each user wants the features which thinks are the most important or useful and with that feedback Suunto delivers our beloved Suunto’s.

Better watch, new features and more to come. But remember, you run with your legs, look up and enjoy the views! The watch is your partner, a better partner today.

[Aleksander H]

@Bulkan said in System update – PXDZ.201119.005.A1:

That’s just me, I can’t imagine what thinks in Sweden, Norway, Japan… each user wants the features which thinks are the most important or useful and with that feedback Suunto delivers our beloved Suunto’s.

I think I speak for all Norwegians when I say the thing we want most is for our Suunto 7 to be able to slice brown cheese when out in the wilderness!

[iTomB]

1300 taps further still nothing here in Belgium…

[Bulkan]

@iTomB I’m in the doctor, here we are some folks with tendinitis in elbow and fingers. All are wearing the s7. We don’t speak, only look at our watches.

[Aleksander H]

@Bulkan said in System update – PXDZ.201119.005.A1:

@iTomB I’m in the doctor, here we are some folks with tendinitis in elbow and fingers. All are wearing the s7. We don’t speak, only look at our watches.

Good to hear they’re still going, despite the tendinitis!

[olymay]

@Aleksander-H

MUST…KEEP…TAPPING
MUST…KEEP…TAPPING
MUST…KEEP…TAPPING

[iTomB]

@Bulkan LOL

[JorgeFD]

SUUNTO, PLEASE!

PXL_20210112_095308762 (5).mp4

[Aleksander H]

@jorgefd78 said in System update – PXDZ.201119.005.A1:

SUUNTO, PLEASE!

PXL_20210112_095308762 (5).mp4

Wonder if the waranty covers cracked screens caused by extreme tapping

[JorgeFD]

@Aleksander-H

[Aleksander H]

@jorgefd78 said in System update – PXDZ.201119.005.A1:

@Aleksander-H

If it’s built like me, I’d say it should crack any moment now

[Jamie BG]

@Brad_Olwin I don’t disagree with you Brad, however when you look at the market there is a gaping hole/niche that is just waiting for someone to fill it. And as others have pointed out - the company that finds the best solution to that gap is going to coin it.

The suunto 7, apple watch, Garmin Vivoactive/Venu come the closest to filling that gap - a combination full smartwatch with good fitness. And i agree - out of of those i do think the S7 is the closest to filling it. And while my climate isn’t an issue and the exercises I do make it unlikely I will resort to a chest band (but that may change, and then I would buy the suunto one in all likelihood - as I like to match my hardware), I fully understand why people need an external HR band, also lets face it that for HIIT training the built in HR reader is woefully inacurrate.
But would also agree that suunto app should have 24/7 HR reading built into it (preferably with option to set frequency), and sleep tracking, but should also enable ability to use external HR (as pointed out google fit and a couple of other apps cater for it).

[Aleksander H]

I’ve always wondered why Google didn’t make sensor support a native feature of Wear OS. With native support for ble hrm devices, apps on the watch wouldn’t even need to care about bluetooth. They would just query the relevant api for heart rate, and Wear OS would take care of the rest. They could have done the same for other sensors as well making life as a developer much simpler. It’s not like music apps have to implement their own support for bluetooth headphones.

[Dimitrios Kanellopoulos]

@Aleksander-H there is .

Of course there is native and even google FIT can record via that.

[Aleksander H]

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos really? I thought that support was only via the google fit app, not natively in the Wear OS platform.

Just to emphasize, by native I mean native support for bluetooth based hrm, not just the sensor on the back of the watch.

[Dimitrios Kanellopoulos]

@Aleksander-H the stack is there afaik. Other app ie ghostrunner use that.

Now it depends on what you talk about “native”

Currently the main and power hungry processor of the s7 handles the BT Stack. So when you use BT your watch’s processor is being used all the time resulting to some battery toll.