About the WFHub website

[safari]

I came across a site called WFHub I was even able to connect to my watch both via Bluetooth and USB cable, and I indexed the watch’s internal files. However, I didn’t dare to transfer a test watch face yet.

They also mention that they are planning to introduce paid/subscription-based watch faces over time.

Does anyone here know anything about this platform? Is it considered safe and trustworthy?

[SamuelP]

@safari https://www.reddit.com/r/Suunto/s/t5ZXBxiDlg

[Goatee]

@safari As soon as I see Paid for/subscription I skip by
Too many paid for watch faces & apps are Garmin that were crap
One of the reasons I went with Suunto was no subscriptions or further charges
I’ll take official, polished & included over unofficial, buggy & charged

[safari]

@Goatee I completely agree.
Only one thing caught my attention. I can access the folders inside the watch.
MP3 files can be placed there. Also, is it possible to listen to music offline from the watch using an MP3 player widget?
The rest, as you said, is unnecessary.
But I think Suunto should prevent these kinds of commercially driven practices that don’t align with its philosophy.

[safari]

@SamuelP
Yes, this link was helpful.
Thank you.
The matter is closed for me.

[pavel.samokha]

No day without another new vibecoded service.

This one is at least more-Suunto specific, not yet another “I made MCP server so you can connect Claude to your Suunto data” (then repeat spam post for Garmin/Coros/etc.)

It’s great that people are doing various services, but seems like LLM made this so easy that people not thinking enough about the implications. Vibecode first, market second, reasoning later if ever. But yeah, already think on making paid options

What’s the point of the service? What it adds in comparison with Suunto App?

Majority of the users sync their Suunto Watch with Suunto App, so even if some third-party service can extract and upload watchfaces, they will likely by overwritten when user sync his watch to SA. Or if they care to change IDs then you can end up with duplicates.

And I can continue with other questions, like what happens if Suunto do changes to WF API/format. Then you can break something in the watch using third-party service like this.

Find out how to make custom WF? OK, same as above, the fact that you can find out, doesn’t mean it’s good - maybe Suunto is not releasing it because it’s not yet ready for general audience and risky to break the watch.

All in all, for the author: good catch to reverse engineer the protocol, for ordinary users: beware.