Future S9 firmware wishlist summary

Jamie BG

Are S9/S9B/S9P ever likely to get full topographical maps (like the S7), ability to play music, ability to make payments?

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@jamie-bg not with their current SW/HW.

Soojong Moon

@brad_olwin Sorry to hear that. I hoped mutiple s+ activation. However, I’m getting more and more indifferent of supplementary functions. My curiosity will make me disappointed but in practice, that doesn’t matter.

It would be better if I could select NGP in custom screen

Efejota

@soojong-moon I will be fine with the possibility to change S+ during exercise. I found it very cumbersome to have many screens and having go to through all of them to get to the required info. My only complain in that case would be the Safe feature. It should be possible to have it activated since the beginning for some users, as it provides distance, bearing and altitude inference since start.

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

What about SportMode with S+ pinned?

Ie Hiking + weather
Running (intervals) + sprint

surfboomerang

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos What if I want something else then the pinned one?

For example: running + weather instead of running + sprint

Or do you mean I can set my own pin preference?

GNZ ct

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos i guess configured in custom sport modes in app

Efejota

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos sounds very good, like a default S+ that you might change if you need something else.

isazi

I still prefer to enable the S+ when necessary before the activity. Some S+ apps are too impactful (i.e. they generate laps and do things) to have them always there when I do not need them, and I do not want to create a custom mode for every activity, I like the default modes and use them 95% of the time.

So, I want everything to remain as it is, except being able to change S+ during the activity

@isazi

How about the following thoughts:
You have one „screen“ to configure x different S+ options, e.g.: climb laps, NGP data field and lat/long of rescue field

With this Suunto can limit the needed software resources but gives users the flexibility to use different options of the S+ possibilities.

isazi

@_marcus_ sorry I don’t understand your idea. Even if you would combine different S+ apps in a single screen, if they are all working they are still consuming resources. And some are even conflicting, creating laps for different reasons.

@isazi
I try it with the following example

Choose a metric for each data field out of the S+ options:
Data field 1: NGP
Data field 2: Weather e.g. hPa with arrow up/flat/down
Data field 3: LAT/LONG

Lap counting mechanism: choose one
Climb - Sprint - Loop

Know what I mean?

isazi

@_marcus_ I understand now.

@isazi
I don’t know if there are many real life scenarios. For trailrunning I could imagine that example.

MdzOtt

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos i suggested this earlier - remember the last used setting (e.g., the S+, Target, Wrist HR, Battery mode).
I know that you may want to change it occasionally, but even if you reuse once, you already saved yourself some clicks.

Or, in the defined sport mode, have an option to select all options (I think what @GNZ-ct suggested, but a bit expanded).

btw. it would help if you could scroll around the options (in a loop). If you preferred option in S+ is Weather, you have to scroll through almost all other options (you are lucky, if you always select Climb).

northeast_trekker

@mdzott the loop idea is a great one. I find 90% of the time I just want the weather page and it is annoying to either not have the ability to customize order of the list or no ability to more quickly get to what you want.

sky-runner

@northeast_trekker The list should reorder according to most recently used S+ apps.

And ideally S+ should be customable in the app per sport mode. Having to select it every single time on the watch was OK when S+ was first introduced, but I expected that to be made customizable in a next app update.

After some experience with A3P and some garmin devices (FR45, 245 and F6S) and now the S9P, what I think it misses on the S9P firmware (should be same as S9B)

Customization of data fields on watchface
Quick toggle for airplane mode (on the same page as do not disturb)
Broadcast ohr to other devices (not super needed, but nice when your forgot your hr strap)

EzioAuditore

I would really like adding the shortcut to the airplane mode in the shortcuts menu I usually turn off the BT radio at night when I sleep or when I do not want to receive notifications and the steps I have to take to disable/enable it are too much imho.

pavel.samokha

@hristijan-petreski why not use DND mode for that?