Software update 2.12.30 Staged Release for S3/S5/S9

[freeheeler]

I have not so much time anymore… work/life balance has changed a bit… but I’ve had a quick glimps into S+. It would indeed be nice to use multiple S+ features. I remember that it was only possible to use one at the time.

With this update Suunto prooves that they really do something, listen to customers voice and implement the reasonable stuff.

wrong thread, I know, but I would still like to mention it once again:
it would be nice if Suunto would let us customize button functions a bit more, configurable order in the menue, hotkeys, lock button in watch mode (I can’t resist…) and my favourite SA related topic: no total ascent for chairlift activities (alpine skiing, telemark skiing, downhill mtb… etc).
Maybe even an e-bike sportmode… since I must confess that I had to invest in an e-bike for commuting reasons ONLY, I PROMISE!!!

[Richard Thygesen]

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos have anyone else noticed that the battery percentage on the daylight watch face is not only going down but also up at times?
This morning I hade 49% and now I have 65%.

[freeheeler]

@Richard-Thygesen
I’ll keep an eye on that if possible… did not notice that yet.

[Łukasz Szmigiel]

@Richard-Thygesen are you sure it’s battery? The new watch face displays battery in daylight and moon phase at night.

[cosme.costa]

@Richard-Thygesen said in Software update 2.12.30 Staged Release for S3/S5/S9:

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos have anyone else noticed that the battery percentage on the daylight watch face is not only going down but also up at times?
This morning I hade 49% and now I have 65%.

I do not have this, but at night it shows moon phase, that right now is 65% in my area, not battery level.

[Richard Thygesen]

@Łukasz-Szmigiel ah, that must be it. Thanks!

[suzzlo]

@Richard-Thygesen maybe you have activated motion recharge?

(Just a joke)

[freeheeler]

@suzzlo
Suunto S9B automatic!
I can name someone who would immediately buy one

[MiniForklift]

Any chance of a small tweak so that the training week starts on Monday rather than Sunday? My training hours shown on the watch are always skewed because of this

FWIW I don’t know of anybody whose week starts on a Sunday lol

[Egika]

@MiniForklift said in Software update 2.12.30 Staged Release for S3/S5/S9:

Any chance of a small tweak so that the training week starts on Monday rather than Sunday? My training hours shown on the watch are always skewed because of this

FWIW I don’t know of anybody whose week starts on a Sunday lol

What the manual says does not work?

Open Settings > General > Time/date > Start week on to change the starting day of the week in your watch.

[Bogdan1921]

@Łukasz-Szmigiel

I saw the same thing on my watch. Yesterday on my watch, at local time 11PM, the battery was missing, also in this morning at 7:35 AM. But when I checked at 8:02 AM, the battery percent appears.
All the time, I have checked all three screens.

Best

[Maryn]

@Chindris-Bogdan It appears during the day, after sunrise and stays up to sunset. I think

[Pavlas]

The new firmware is great, but I still miss one thing.
Why can’t I set in SuuntoApp which activity will have an active HR sensor?
The HR sensor is always active. Ok, I can turn it off in the settings before starting the activity. But next time it’s active again.
I could set this up in Movescount. Why can’t I set it up through SuuntoApp?
It would be enough if the watch remembered the last choice for each activity.
Sorry for my English

[chrisc92]

safe is a great function, too bad it is not standard feature and has to be activated before the activity. Also if you have a failure and activated another suuntoplus option, there is no way to see this screen.

[Maryn]

@chrisc92 good point

[Dimitrios Kanellopoulos]

I like to share something with you guys. Safe is a must to be enabled anytime. Among other S+ (also perhaps weather).

We do plan for this to happen and were planning to deliver with this release but testing took so long to cover real life exceptions.

[markytarky]

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos great to read that. Finger crossed for you guys to deliver this as soon as possible for all of us.

[isazi]

@Egika @MiniForklift the manual setting of the first day of the week works only if you don’t sync time between phone and watch.

[sealion.hr]

Kudos to Suunto for the latest FW update. As a long time Suunto user (ever since Ambit 1, SSWHRB and now S9B plus D6i for diving) I would say this is single biggest update I can remember. This update really caters to 90% of consumers. The remaining 5-10% are perhaps those wanting structured (complex) intervals as example. Now with Loop and Sprint add-ons I have a very viable alternative to those intervals.
A very important factor I like and prefer a Suunto watch is Suunto’s ability to have a user-friendly interface by keeping things as simple and neat as possible…as opposed to Garmin’s high priced complexity.

Hints for few improvements:

• it seems finally after many years Suunto removed a bug which prevented successful save of workout made with external heart rate monitor. I am no longer Spartan user but I see it as a minimum to push such bug fixes to Spartan users as well
• I would put “Weather” as part of the watch face screen in a way when watch screen is scrolled to left, weather would appear after notifications screen. This way I could always quick check baro situation or sea temperarure when doing casual sea or lake swimm (no body temp influence then)
• Suunto do give us a lock button as some users already suggested here
• Suunto give us some sound notification prior to interval begin (say last 5 seconds beep or similar to what Polar users have).
• Suunto give us possibility to save preferences per sport mode, most importantly Wrist HR. This summer, every time when going to standup paddle (SUP) I had to manually deactivate Wrist HR. It consumes battery and is of no use to me for such an activity where heart rate is relatively normal (except maybe for those minority doing races).

[MiniForklift]

@isazi said in Software update 2.12.30 Staged Release for S3/S5/S9:

@Egika @MiniForklift the manual setting of the first day of the week works only if you don’t sync time between phone and watch.

Yeah I have tried changing it to a Monday which works… until I upload my next workout and have to sync my phone/watch

Hey potentially dumb question, is there something in settings that allows you to turn the backlight on during training by shaking the wrist? Just got my running partner to switch from Garmin to a S9B and he says he can’t see a way to do this; he does most of his training before sunrise and as a result is having to run with the backlight permanently on