Software update 2.16.26 June 10th 2021

stromdiddily

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos said in Software update 2.16.26 June 10th 2021:

Staged release starting from June 10th, 2021 for S9/S9B/S9P

*S5, S3 will be getting the update later starting next week.

SUUNTO 9 PEAK

New features:

Blood oxygen saturation spot measurement

SuuntoPlusTM Ghost runner

Snap to route running for accurate track, distance and pace

Tour battery mode for 170h of trekking with GPS

New watch face familiar from Suunto 3

Suunto app pairing and time sync as part of first use wizard

Raise to wake backlight

Padel added as new sport

Traditional Chinese in China edition watches

SUUNTO 9 / SUUNTO 9 BARO

SuuntoPlusTM Ghost runner

Snap to route running for accurate track, distance and pace

New watch face familiar from Suunto 3

Suunto app pairing and time sync as part of first use wizard

Raise to wake backlight

Padel added as new sport

Traditional Chinese in China edition watches

NOTES:

The battery mode bug reported here is not changed

There are several Suunto + fixes

Fixes for a crash issue with many waypoints from Komoot

Fixes some issues with Altitude screen and smaller displays

Fixes an issue with Vo2Max

Fixes an issue with corrupted logbook entries

For using snap to route do not abuse it. No loops (ie track and field) and no reverse routes.

About S5/S3

We found an issue when updating from very old versions and we are making sure there wont be any update failures.
Suunto 5 will be getting the “same” S9 features meaning Ghost Runner, Snap to route, raise to wake etc

Gesture backlight, you BEAUTY

Efejota

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos I assume that Suunto+ activation during activity is not included. As it has been widely discussed here, I just wanted to know if it is still being considered as an evolution for S9B that simply did not arrive on time or it is something simply being evaluated internally. It would be a great addition, but of course not a necessity. I am asking just for curiosity of its current status.

Of course, NDA applies

Ghost runner looks terrific and a magnificent source of injuries, hahaha.

DMytro

@efejota actually I wonder how mid activity s+ will be useful. Alright, some s+ features would makes sense, but others wouldn’t. For example Strava and TP metrics. What’s worth of half- activity tss?
Maybe it could be done so that only meaningful features can be selected after the start.

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@efejota we are improving this part. But not ready yet

freeheeler

@дима-мельниченко
eg climb app is useful… it will not be complete in the summary, but if I want to see the climb angle during the activity

freeheeler

@efejota
I think the 1 star feature did not make it to this release either

DMytro

@freeheeler yup, I see how climb, loop, safety may all be useful if one could start/change them during an activity.

safari

“Raise to wake backlight”
doesnt work

"The Raise to wake feature activates standby backlight in regular time mode and activates backlight in exercise mode when your wrist is lifted to watch reading position. The three Raise to wake options are:

*****On: Raising** your wrist in regular time mode or during an exercise will activate backlight.***

"

my suunto 9 baro

A Former User

@inkognito said in Software update 2.16.26 June 10th 2021:

Backlight intensity settings changed to only “Low, Medium, High”… I prefer the previous solution “0 - 100 % in 5 % steps”

Yap

isazi

@safari the raise to wake activates the standby light. It works for me, but you need to have the standby set to on.

A Former User

@safari Basically it goes as follows:

Raise to Wake OFF, Standby OFF: Nothing, use buttons to trigger backlight
Raise to Wake OFF, Standby ON: Constant, low-level standby backlight, previous behavior
Raise to Wake ON, Standby OFF: Nothing, use buttons to trigger backlight
Raise to Wake ON, Standby ON: Low-level standby backlight comes on gesture

In addition notice a new Backlight setting in Quick Settings menu: this appears to turn on backlight indefinitely

Also, DND mode will now disable Raise to Wake, me thinks, and dim backlight including backlight turned on via Backlight setting.

safari

@mountaineerx
Yes
it’s a trick
it’s done thanks
this way i will test the charging effect.
We were waiting for an update where the backlight can be adjusted according to the sunrise and sunset, but it did not come.
maybe it was my thought

safari

@nickk
thanks

Efejota

@freeheeler it must be locked somewhere in the process

herlas

Raise to wake gives us almost 3 seconds of backlight ? EDIT, nm

Brad_Olwin

@safari said in Software update 2.16.26 June 10th 2021:

@mountaineerx
Yes
it’s a trick
it’s done thanks
this way i will test the charging effect.
We were waiting for an update where the backlight can be adjusted according to the sunrise and sunset, but it did not come.
maybe it was my thought

But it did come………with a hardware change. The Peak has an ambient light sensor and will adjust the backlight based on the ambient light. An example of Suunto satisfying customer requests. May not have been delivered the way you expected, though.

Tomas5

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos i hoped there will be still posibility to toggle by upper left button as stated in user manual. It was convinient to enable backlight as needed justby long press of button.

TyreseJ4

Love the raise to wake feature…especially during workouts.

safari

@brad_olwin
I guess suunto 9 baro does not have this hardware.
so it can already use automatic incoming Sunrise and sunset alarms. The backlight turns on at sunset, turns off at sunrise. in low mode. Just an idea

A Former User

The backlight turns on at sunset, turns off at sunrise. in low mode. Just an idea

Great idea but has one crucial problem: the light is often pretty dim indoors or on the trail during a day too. In fact, I personally find myself more often at need of backlight during a day than at night. So, Suunto’s implementation is understandable.

In the ideal world we could have both options, and maybe a control for how bright our backlight should be.