Ability to fast-forward/rewind within offline MP3 tracks (audiobook use case)

[Jonathan Berthe]

Hello Suunto team and community,

I recently bought a Suunto Run with one very specific use case in mind: listening to audiobooks in offline MP3 mode while running. For me, this was a decisive factor in choosing the watch.

However, I quickly realized that the music player only allows play/pause, next/previous track and volume control. There is no way to fast-forward or rewind within a single track. This is very limiting, especially for audiobooks where one track can easily last 30 minutes or more.

Without the ability to skip forward/backward inside a track, it’s really inconvenient: if I miss a part or want to continue where I left off, I have to restart the whole track from the beginning.

I’d really love to know if Suunto is planning to add this feature in a future update. Being able to jump forward/backward (even in small increments like 15, 30, or 60 seconds) would make the offline MP3 player so much more useful for audiobook listeners.

Apart from this issue, I have to say that I’m really happy with the Suunto Run overall, it’s a great watch!

Thanks in advance for considering this request!

Best regards,

[Daniel Anderson]

@Jonathan-Berthe I’m having the same issue! Hope they fix this soon.

[Jp Goblet]

Same problem here, mp3 player used for audiobooks, so it’s almost useless if it don’t remember the position in the track the last time it was used (which should be a very simple feature to add for developers). An alternative would be to control the track position by touching the half circle displayed.