Feature Suggestion: download maps when not connected to charger.

Rokelly

I don’t the carry the charging cable everywhere I go, so being able to download maps without it would be extremely useful.

altcmd

Funny how this has to be a ‘feature’ but I understand why this has a charging requirement.

I understand the charging, but the requirement to be connected to wifi is kinda annoying. I forgot to download maps before I went to my last trip and was stuck without maps for a week because there was no wifi available… or if there was, it was super slow.

isazi

@tomasbartko said in Feature Suggestion: download maps when not connected to charger.:

I understand the charging, but the requirement to be connected to wifi is kinda annoying.

Well, the map is downloaded via wifi

freeheeler

@tomasbartko
additionally: it works very well with slow wifi, too. if you compare slow to high speed wifi, there’s no big difference in download time

Egika

@freeheeler

freeheeler

@Egika
now I would reeeeaaallly like to know what you’re thinking and what made you laughing

@isazi No idea, just asking … is not possible to utilise the BT connection?

isazi

@tomasbartko no, too slow, the maps are not staged in the app, the watch connects to Suunto servers and downloads them.

@freeheeler maybe, but I have tried to download a 96MB map and had to walk around to get a wifi reception with a powerbank connected to the watch. Was not so fun… and didn’t work out.

Umer Javed

@freeheeler said in Feature Suggestion: download maps when not connected to charger.:

@Egika
now I would reeeeaaallly like to know what you’re thinking and what made you laughing

I like you see the glass half full, instead of saying that the watch downloads slowly on a fast wifi.

freeheeler

@Umer-Javed
…I was distracted with work… I wanted to say that the speed is the same and the watch has a slow wifi bypass functionality

Umer Javed

@freeheeler I figured what you meant to say. I’m only teasing you

Egika

@freeheeler @Umer-Javed you both got me right.
Have a nice day

Danny poleg

Is there an intention to improve the maps a bit and on the way to increase the scale above 500 for the benefit of mountain bikers

isazi

@Danny-poleg yes, maps are being improved.

Danny poleg

@isazi You are great - we will patiently wait for the update

peegee

@Danny-poleg
And ultra runners

Mff73

With recent map updates, my SV was on charger a long time for map downloading, and during this download, the battery gauge didn’t change : no charge.
Is it normal, and designed like this?

SuperFlo75

@Mff73 This sounds crazy to me, because my SV is charging and downloading maps at the same time… but charging was much faster than downloading last time when I was updating the maps of Germany…