S7 roadmap: what are Suunto plans here?

Romain Sassareu

Hello,

I feel obliged to post in a forum and ask for help as I’m a bit lost in the product offering of the sport-watch market.

What I want seems pretty basic and I’m a bit surprised no product seems to hit exactly my prerequisites.

I want to

1/ Track my runs and sometimes predefine routes on a larger screen before starting my workouts via any app that could sync to Strava (as I’ve used it historically)

2/ Have real-time map cues on where I am (guidance would be a plus, to make sure I follow my itinerary)

3/ Listen to tunes via bluetooth headphones coming from Spotify. A simple batch of downloaded tunes would do.

4/ All of the above without taking my phone with me. What’s the point of buying a watch otherwise?

The Suunto 7 looks ideal for what I’m after except the real-time map guidance & the Spotify offline sync, which only Garmin & Samsung seems to support.

Is there planned in one way or another that Suunto adds support for Spotify offline sync? I am aware that it’s a Spotify SDK limitation and since 2018, I am surprised nothing has moved in that area.

Thanks all!

Ping @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos or @Brad_Olwin who are well informed and active here.

Bulkan

@Romain-Sassareu said in S7 roadmap: what are Suunto plans here?:

Hello,

I feel obliged to post in a forum and ask for help as I’m a bit lost in the product offering of the sport-watch market.

What I want seems pretty basic and I’m a bit surprised no product seems to hit exactly my prerequisites.

I want to

1/ Track my runs and sometimes predefine routes on a larger screen before starting my workouts via any app that could sync to Strava (as I’ve used it historically)
In wearOs you have apps for that. Right now is not possible in the native app but you can run 2 apps at the time.

2/ Have real-time map cues on where I am (guidance would be a plus, to make sure I follow my itinerary)

Realmaps are in the Suunto 7 only.

3/ Listen to tunes via bluetooth headphones coming from Spotify. A simple batch of downloaded tunes would do.

Not in the Suunto Ecosystem.

4/ All of the above without taking my phone with me. What’s the point of buying a watch otherwise?

it depends, what sports you do… I don’t find useful in endurance sports and smartwatch with music and a bunch of things draining my battery. I prefer take my phone with me always, safety first.

The Suunto 7 looks ideal for what I’m after except the real-time map guidance & the Spotify offline sync, which only Garmin & Samsung seems to support.

Yep, Suunto, Samsung and Applewatch LTE.

Is there planned in one way or another that Suunto adds support for Spotify offline sync? I am aware that it’s a Spotify SDK limitation and since 2018, I am surprised nothing has moved in that area.

I don´t know.

Thanks all!

Ping @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos or @Brad_Olwin who are well informed and active here.

Romain Sassareu

@Bulkan Thanks man, appreciate the replies. And to answer your question: I run for half-marathon / marathon.

Two follow up questions:

1/ On the map & cues: are you saying with the Suunto7, I can predefine a route, pick it up when starting to track my run and I’ll get guidance to follow te route, whether via audio cues or visual cues? I’m not sure I understood you correctly.

2/ On offline music: What is said here is the following “a music app on your watch that supports offline use”. Spotify does support offline use. Is this then simply inaccurate or is it misleading as it only concerns Google Play Music? What other apps than Google Play Music are then supported?

Thanks very much in advance

Egika

@Romain-Sassareu said in S7 roadmap: what are Suunto plans here?:

Are you saying in the Suunto7, I can predefine a route, pick it up when starting my run and I’ll get guidance to follow it, whether via audio cues or visual cues? I’m not sure I understood you reply.

Not possible atm.
What you have is different styles of topo maps in the watch. Plus the super useful heat map display for various different sports.
But no pre-planned route.
I am confident it is under development, but not there right now.

Romain Sassareu

@Egika said in S7 roadmap: what are Suunto plans here?:

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Excellent, that’s what I read from a reviewer in another forum who had access to a beta version. Cool, let’s cross fingers & it comes sooner than later to public!

Thanks @Egika

Anyone on the offline music topic?

isazi

@Romain-Sassareu to be absolutely precise, it’s not possible to follow routes within Suunto, but you can follow routes with other Wear OS apps. Many people showed their results on this forum.

Romain Sassareu

@isazi Very clear, thank you for confirming. Any name of an app by any chance?

Only this point needs to be cleared out for a potential purchase >

2/ On offline music: What is said here is the following “a music app on your watch that supports offline use”. Spotify does support offline use. Is this then simply inaccurate or is it misleading as it only concerns Google Play Music? What other apps than Google Play Music are then supported?

Do you happen to know?

isazi

@Romain-Sassareu I only know that Google music supports offline music, and you can play your own files. I haven’t tried any.

Romain Sassareu

@isazi Thanks

Bulkan

@Romain-Sassareu about offline music I put my songs directly in the watch. No problem at all.

Google music works with the S7.

For a marathon it should be enough. At this moment my longer workout had been 2h and 30 minutes with the S7. Not even close to 50% of battery BUT I don’t use music in it normally.

Romain Sassareu

@Bulkan said in S7 roadmap: what are Suunto plans here?:

usic I put my songs directly in the watch.

Thanks. Are you saying “directly” as in form of mp3 files upload?

Bulkan

@Romain-Sassareu Yes, I make some mix and in the s7 you can upload your own files. This is pretty good, no service required.

meyton89

@Brad_Olwin your comment about external heart rate monitor is not correct. The gym i am a member of runs workouts based on the data from a heart rate belt. I would like to connect the belt to my S7. I can’t

isazi

@meyton89 is it a standard bluetooth heart rate monitor?

meyton89

@isazi it is a my zone HRM so yes.

isazi

@meyton89 then you should be able to use it, but not with the Suunto app (at the moment, we all hope it’ll be possible in the future).

Brad_Olwin

@meyton89 said in S7 roadmap: what are Suunto plans here?:

@Brad_Olwin your comment about external heart rate monitor is not correct. The gym i am a member of runs workouts based on the data from a heart rate belt. I would like to connect the belt to my S7. I can’t

You can connect a belt but not with the SuuntoWearOS app, only a 3rd party app. The OHR is good enough I don’t need a belt with the S7!

Romain Sassareu

@Bulkan Clear thanks.

meyton89

OK I have decided I would quite like several programmable battery modes.

To allow users to set modes to save battery at different times during the day.

These modes may turn off sensors or keep the screen on always on mode.

pilleus

@meyton89 said in S7 roadmap: what are Suunto plans here?:

These modes may turn off sensors or keep the screen on always on mode.

Fossil has smart battery modes. You can choose 4 battery modes, one of these modes is a custom mode to fit your personal needs.

You can try to install this BatterySaver.apk via sideload to your S7. It should be possible and there is no risk to test it on the watch.