Live location S+ app

Nikolai Simonov

Hey everyone!

Lately, I’ve been working on a group walkie-talkie feature for Live.τ! (I believe someone asking about this.)

What is the feature?

It’s the ability to exchange voice messages within a group. You can use your headphones (which is probably the most convenient way) or your smartphone like a traditional walkie-talkie. You will also be able to initiate PTT via your watch (this is currently in the works).

How does it work?

You need to have or be in a group. There is no minimum size, it can be just 1 person.
To create a group, you must have a verified email address. You can verify your email and create the group in your profile.
Go to Settings -> Lab -> PTT in group session set to [on].
After that, you can use the walkie-talkie during any workout.
(Note: At the moment, if you are in a group, any workout is broadcast to all the groups you are a part of).

You can start speaking into the walkie-talkie in three ways:

App: Open the panel with the PTT (Push-To-Talk) button on your group card
Headphones: Use the play/pause button. Since we can’t capture a “press and release” action on headphones, the button acts as a toggle. One press gives you 15 seconds to speak. If you want to end the transmission early, just press it again.
Watch: Using a button on your watch, similar to the headphones. This isn’t implemented yet, but it will be available in the next watch update.

Your messages will be broadcast to everyone in your group, plus anyone watching your group via the web.

Where is it available?
It’s available starting from version 1.0.16 (87):

iOS: via TestFlight
Android: as an .apk file

This is an experimental and relatively complex feature, so there might be a few quirks. So and because of this, I’m really looking forward to feedback from anyone who wants to try it out!

Speed Man

Can you help explain how to broadcast watch sensors to Zwift?

Nikolai Simonov

Hey @Speed-Man!

I don’t use Zwift myself, but I believe it’s pretty much the same as MyWhoosh.

So, basically:

Pair your trainer to the watch.
Enable Sensor Forwarding in the Lab settings.
Choose a run or cycling activity.
Enable the service and pair your watch as usual.
Once the connection between the app and the watch is established, open the sensor search screen in MyWhoosh/Zwift/your other device.
Search for the sensor. The naming might vary, it could show up as SF-ATHL-..., Device-XXX, or maybe your phone’s name. The main thing is that the app recognizes it as a trainer or HR monitor.
-Connect to it.

Note: Data will only be broadcasted once you press the Start button on your watch, so your power, HR, and cadence will show as 0 until then.

It’s still in a really early stage. It needs more testing and stabilization, and the UX definitely should be improved. But you can try it as-is, and any feedback would be really appreciated!

Speed Man

@Nikolai-Simonov Thank you very much, sir.

Egika

@Nikolai-Simonov yesterday I wanted to switch on Live location mid-activity.
I failed.
Thule the watch showed connected, the ios app (latest beta of today) always had an orange “waiting for S+” in the status and did not get a position from the watch.
It looked like this (ios):

Is this supposed to work?

Mff73

@Egika
I already did that in the past, and in such case (with Android though), I switch off the app service, and switch on again, and it is fixing.
Maybe worth trying, as initial workaround.

Egika

@Mff73 I switched everything multiple times. Switch in app on/off, force closed and restarted app, switched S+ on/off etc.

larrybbaker

@Egika I had the same issue today trying to start a run - latest iOS app and latest Firmware Race 2.

Nikolai Simonov

@Egika thanx for report, if it possible could you check on previous versions e.g. 1.0.16 (83)

the behaviour is pretty odd,
basically mid-activity flow shouldn’t have any difference with regular flow.
I’ll try to figure out what could happen, there was an update in btle stack on iOS version, maybe it broke smth. however unfortunately i’ll be without my iPhone this week, will be able to check only next weekend.

@larrybbaker could you also check on previous version if it possible.

Thanx for point out

tuxbuster

@Egika I had the exact same issue 2 days ago. With the latest beta version, the watch connected but kept waiting for the Suunto Plus app – just like in your screenshots. It didn’t matter if I started the activity with tracking already enabled or if I started tracking during the activity; neither way worked. I then downgraded to the current stable version from the App Store, and everything worked perfectly again.

Nikolai Simonov

@tuxbuster thanx for confirmation of the issue, i’ve disconted the latest testflight. build for a while.

tuxbuster

@Nikolai-Simonov Let us know if you need more info or anything else. Thanks for looking into this!