What do you expect from the next update?

[Kostas Zinelis]

@maszop That’s not true. As long as there is the option in Suunto app to automatically design hiking routes (any road or path) a similar to Google maps navigation can be applied. With this option the user will have the benefit of recalculation of ETA which now is only available by track back.

[Łukasz Szmigiel]

Open SDK/API for S+ apps, widgets and watchfaces.

[slurpnik]

For me there are three major and three minor things I’d love to see in the next update:

• Contour lines - missing them at 500+ zoom level makes map useless in certain sports and scenarios. I bet some user groups may not mind this in at all (e.g. trailrunning), but for other (smaller) user groups this is a huge deal.
• Fixed turn-by-turn navigation - current implementation does what it can to get you confused and lost. I simply don’t understand why they chose this implementation and why they’re keeping it.
• Better watchfaces - not more, just better. Maybe its time to retire some old ones, give people basic ability to configure a few fields, ability to show HR/baro graphs on watchface etc. I also feel at least half of watchfaces are for designs and to look good and stylish (OK, some people may prefer that), and we’re missing a few more practical ones (optimizing for readability over design)

And three nice-to-haves if I may:

• Faster Off-track alert: Off-track alert notifying user only after 100m deviation from course is way too much on watch that can track which side of the road you’re on. Garmin has 50m in watches with less precise GPS. Can we make it say 20m? Shouldn’t be too controversial or difficult to change I hope.
• One optional, configurable field in map view Time, HR, and altitude will likely be among the most useful ones.
• Multitasking - ability to leave activity mode during tracking, without stopping, go back to watchface, be able to interact with the watch and be able to get back to activity tracked (by going up from the watchface). Useful for slower activities, like in the middle of a long hike want to check out weather widget, alti/baro widget, sunrise/sunset widget etc.

[maszop]

@Kostas-Zinelis In Suunto App you can check and correct/modify such a route quite quickly and thoroughly (larger screen, greater phone processing power).
You can’t do this on a watch. The screen is too small, the hardware is too weak, the area visible on the screen is too small.

Better to improve the actual navigation tools — compass, route recording, Find Back, improve POI/waypoints support, larger visible area, contour lines etc.

[Carlos97atz]

@Shuhite You’re wrong, the other big companies do have it! Garmin, Polar…
I think the only one that doesn’t have it is Suunto

[maszop]

@slurpnik Very good points but I disagree with one thing - Off-track alert. Not everyone uses a watch on the street. In the mountains, forest etc. you often don’t follow the exact trail, but more or less, depending on the terrain, etc. For me, less than 100m would be very irritating. 20m will be completely disaster.

[Tieutieu]

@slurpnik from my point of view, the 100m deviation alert is ok :

• not too close to avoid continuous alerts
• not too far to be alerted soon enough

I’m with you on turn by turn improvements, data display on map (at least the altitude).
I’d love to see native structured workouts improvements (rep counter).

[slurpnik]

@Tieutieu @maszop OK, that’s fair, I haven’t thought of these usecases. I guess that would be a controversial change after all!

[A Former User]

@Carlos97atz Did you even read what I wrote? I literally used a Garmin, I know Garmin has it. I don’t have a Polar watch but can’t find ANY mention of such a feature online. Samsung doesn’t have it on their GW6 that I tried either. It’s not so common as you seem to think.

[moreno]

Hi everyone ,
here’s my whishlist for coming upgrades :

Map :

1. When ruler is on, it would be nice to also have an option for :
   a) azimouth (degrees from the ruler line tonorth);
   b) coordinates (in current format) of the actual point marked from cursor;
   c) Optionally save theese coordinates in a waypoint;
2. Add more zoom out (possibly to 10 km and more) ;

Backlight and flashlight :

1. Option to a “Military mode” with red backlight that don’t degrade the night vision .

Notifications :

1. Double the available answers;
2. Allow to combine/concatenate multiple answers before sending (intronucing a “commit” on the answers list) .

Watch faces :

1. As someone said, not more but just better;

General use :

1. A fast key (a shortcut) to rapidely mark a waypoint (MOB-key) .

Timer/stop watch :

1. A graphic circle that fill or emty as time go .

[gerasimos]

@moreno and lock button in time mode (not only automatically)

[maszop]

Another idea — Customizable bottom button.
Currently, Lap is useless for most activities.
So in reality we only have 2 buttons — this is definitely not enough in this type of watch (Garmin has 5 of them for a reason).
Ideally, it would be possible to pin a screen/widget or some function to this button.

[outdoorrama]

The solution to the virtually non-functioning turn-by-turn navigation is long overdue.

[Iggge]

Just a small reminder to Suunto, but add the ability to lock the watchscreen.

[darxmurf]

I’m I the only one who need to restart my watch to have the heart rate working again since the last update? I had to restart it 2 days ago and now again, there is no green light under the watch.

[cosme.costa]

@darxmurf I don’t have this issue. WHR works as expected.

[Matúš]

@darxmurf, some users have experienced this behaviour before the last update (at least, I am able to say this from my side, as 9PP user…): the OHR sensor was stopping during the night (no flashing light), so a soft reset was requested to reinitialise it.

After the last update, this has never happened to me again.

[darxmurf]

@Matúš hum I just left the watch 1h on a flat surface and it lost the heart rate. So, there is something here, like an auto disable.

[Sebastian Wagner 0]

@outdoorrama
Yeah, that would be Great

[Carlos97atz]

It should be possible to lengthen the kilometers of the trail of breadcrumbs.