New firmware suggestions for Ocean watch
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Re: Suunto Ocean SW update 2.38.42 (2024 Q4)
Dear Suunto Team,
I’m a big fan of the Suunto Ocean—it’s a fantastic device. However, there are a few features I truly valued in my previous Garmin Instinct that I find myself missing. I hope the development team might consider incorporating the following enhancements, which I believe would take the Ocean to the next level as a premier diving watch:
Chronograph and Timer Customization
The chronograph and timer functions would benefit greatly from allowing fully customizable durations, rather than relying solely on preset options.Advanced Alarm Settings
I’d love to see more flexible alarm scheduling, such as the ability to set alarms for specific days (e.g., weekdays, weekends, or individual days like Monday or Friday). This was one of the most useful features in my Garmin Instinct Solar and is something I greatly miss.Time Display Alignment
At times, the time digits appear slightly off-center on the screen. A small adjustment here could improve the visual polish of the display.Option to Delete Dive Activities
While I understand the importance of protecting dive data, there should be a way to delete an activity in specific, non-critical scenarios (e.g., if the dive mode was triggered accidentally in a pool and only lasted a few minutes).Thank you for your continued work on this excellent product, and I look forward to seeing how it evolves!
Kind regards,
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@aquanaut said in New firmware suggestions for Ocean watch:
Chronograph and Timer Customization
The chronograph and timer functions would benefit greatly from allowing fully customizable durations, rather than relying solely on preset options.Shouldn’t there be a custom option on the bottom after all the presets? I have this on my Race S…
At times, the time digits appear slightly off-center on the screen. A small adjustment here could improve the visual polish of the display.
I think this is intentional to prevent screen burn in. If you look at your watch for a while, you will see the pixels shift every minute…
Suunto Race S
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@2b2bff said in New firmware suggestions for Ocean watch:
I think this is intentional to prevent screen burn in. If you look at your watch for a while, you will see the pixels shift every minute…
no, it’s not only that, some watchfaces show a bigger shift when in Display only mode because they keep the same position of hours and minutes they have in the full awake mode
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@2b2bff Yes, there is, but it takes a lot of time to make the customization and it is not added to the preset values. If you have the chance, take a look as how garmin implemented their solution. I like it very much, and would like to have that in my ocean.
If it is to prevent screen burn, I guess that it is ok. Nevertheless, the digits are very thin and it would take a lot of time to burn the screen.
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@aquanaut said in New firmware suggestions for Ocean watch:
If you have the chance, take a look as how garmin implemented their solution. I like it very much, and would like to have that in my ocean.
I have an Epix Pro
Actually I made a suggestion for that a while ago. I still stand by what I said ago: Just update the list as it is used and just keep the last 10 or so timers. That would be even better than what Garmin does.
https://forum.suunto.com/topic/12491/modify-list-of-predefined-timers
