Suunto Software update Q1 (2.53.42)

shamilt1

Loving the new update, a lot of useful improvements so well done Suunto!

Previously the Race 2 slightly under recorded distances, but I’ve just done a run with the new firmware and it seems a lot better, matching my other GPS watch (for the first time ever). Can anyone confirm that this was one of the bug fixes/ improvements for the Race 2?

Miroslava

@HonzaS ďakujem odpisem este v sprave

Bogdan1921

Thanks for your effort, Suunto team! Keep pushing️

enneo

I was really looking forward two things: HR on the map display and the fix of the BT disconnection. I am half happy as I got only the first one! Please keep up with the good work and add this in the pipeline!

The zoom-in feature is super helpful but, from what I saw, the zoom level label does not change accordingly. Did I misinterpreted the feature?

Squirrel

@enneo

the zoom level label does not change accordingly. Did I misinterpreted the feature?

I don’t know how you interpreted it in the first place, so can’t say, but looking at Janne Kallio’s video, the zoom “label” at 9 o’clock changes from 1 km to 50 m and back.

https://youtu.be/Jh0gD05DngU?t=2365

mich heller

@SamuelP where is this screen hidden? I was looking for customization of data fields on map in Suunto app for the whole day and now I see it’s somewhere on the watch but still cannot find it help!

Squirrel

@mich-heller Should be available while navigating, on the Map page > ☰ Menu

Rayfox

I can see that the function “Recovery heart rate measurement immediately after exercise” is described in the release notes. I have also found the “Recovery HR” button and enabled it.

However, I cannot see that anything happens.

Can anyone explain how HRR works?

Squirrel

@Rayfox

Can anyone explain how HRR works?

https://youtu.be/Jh0gD05DngU?t=298

And you probably have to finish exercise at HR zone 2, or above.

Rayfox

@Squirrel Thanks for the very quick reply!

sky-runner

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in Suunto Software update Q1 (2.53.42):

Maximum map detail at 500 m zoom level

This makes me happy! I wonder if this translates to 0.2 mi or 0.5 mi zoom level for watches configured in imperial units. It used to be 0.5 mi (800m) in the beginning of 2025. I guess I’ll know soon. Also, Vertical 2 anniversary edition arrives today. I promised that I’ll upgrade my watch when this issue is resolved and I have done that!

I am also very happy about a number of other map and navigation improvements, and mixed units, and a few other things! Very well done Suunto and everyone involved!

sky-runner

@Tieutieu said in Suunto Software update Q1 (2.53.42):

Touchscreen to navigate from screen to screen !
WOW !!!

This one I am not going to use for sure - not compatible with rain or long sleeves getting wet from sweat. But I see how a lot of people will like this feature. Hopefully it is configurable!

kriskus

By the way - wasn’t SV1 identical to SR1 in terms of underlying hardware? I thought the only difference was the display and the crown. SV1 even had more memory than SR1 (32GB vs 16GB). I always thought Vertical was more ‘premium’ than the Race. Unless it’s the display type that is the limitation here.

sky-runner

@kriskus said in Suunto Software update Q1 (2.53.42):

. Unless it’s the display type that is the limitation here

My guess it is the display resolution. All more recent watches starting from Race have the same higher resolution.

kriskus

@sky-runner It could be. But I was reading about instability due to insufficient memory and that made me curious.

atoponce

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos What’s the status on the battery drain reports? I’ve read some comments that it might be Bluetooth pairing with some specific devices, like the Polar H10, and others that different watch faces can affect battery drain differently. Before this update, I was seeing ~20% drain per day.

Tami999

@HonzaS said in Suunto Software update Q1 (2.53.42):

For @miroslava :

I have only city names (Race 2) no pizza icon, pharmacy, bus, parking etc icons. You enabled it somehow? I checked map options and I dont see anything.

enneo

@Squirrel That was my expectation!
Instead, it was fixed at 500m on my watch (Race). I may have done something wrong as I did only a quick check enabling turn by turn notification on one of my usual runs, will double check with my wife’s Race S as well.

gone troppo

So when will they fix the battery drain issue for vertical 1 users? Still getting 20% a day like flogging a dead horse I guess suunto have just forgotten about it and moved on? I’m sure others still experience this and are probably tired from talking about it.

Inge Nallsson

@HonzaS I just have to comment that even though the pictures look extremely nice in this blown up state, in reality we have to fight with physics and optical laws. Edit: at your post https://forum.suunto.com/post/188741

For example: I am myopic (nearsighted), which means that removing my glasses - for general sight - I can see fine details at a close range. But, on my Suunto Race S these new Elevation Labels on the Contour Lines are practically invisible. I see the lighter area surrounding the label, but the numbers themselves are undiscernable without a jewelers loupe/magnifying lens.

This is at a distance between eye and watch of ca 18 cm (ca 7 inches) which is my current focus point at the age of 66. Perhaps a younger person would have a better chance with these tiny details though…

Edit 2: The “Map style” “Winter” does have a colour for the elevation numbers which makes them discernible, with some focusing effort, even to me. But I would not like to be in a winded or exhausted state (with sweat trickling down into the eyes) while trying out such eye gymnastics!