"Navigate on watch now" works exactly once during an activity
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Habe just tested this on my iphone with Vertical 2.
Tap anywhere on the map in the phone
Select navigate on watch
Watch prompts to navigate or exercise
I select navigate and it starts navigation
In the watch I exit the navigation
On the phone I tap cancel (not save the route)
On the phone I tap somewhere else
I select navigate on watch
Watch prompts…It works every time. Nothing greyed out here…
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@Egika How does it work if the watch is already in a middle of activity when navigation from the phone is initiated? That’s what this report is about.
Suunto: Ambit, Ambit 3 Peak, 9 Baro, Race S, Race Ti, Vertical 2 Ti
Garmin: Forerunner 210, Forerunner 610, Fenix 6X, Fenix 7X Ti -
@sky-runner right.
Could reproduce. Reported it.
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@sky-runner I may be very wrong, but my understanding is that once the watch is “recording” an activity, it can no longer sync or do any data exchange with the phone, so trying to send the request from the phone while the watch is “busy” won’t work. The initial “navigate on watch now” works because the watch isn’t doing anything and is available for data transfer….it sends the waypoint/track then the watch does its thing independent of the phone.
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@skifast12 even during activity recording it is possible to start or change routes from the app.
That is actually a great thing. During your acitivity you can change your oute or make a new one.
Or start “navigate now”.
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@skifast12 It can actually sync a route phone to watch even during an activity. I’ve done that - created a new route in Suunto App using offline maps, synced it to the watch, and started navigation on the watch. However, as usual, there are bugs and this doesn’t work well. As @egika mentioned, sync of a new route works exactly once. If you need to sync another route after that, it will no longer work.
I think the desired behavior should be the following:
- Can start and add stop routes unlimited number of times.
- Can always push a new route from the phone and if “Navigate on watch now” function is used, that must replace the current route navigation. This will allow incremental navigation using the phone.
- The 10 route limit on the watch should be extended, or perhaps at the minimum the oldest route should be replaced when a newer route is synced.
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@sky-runner How did you do this? I had to stop the activity to sync a new route. Else the watch is “busy” and doesn’t sync anything. It was on a Vertical1 so maybe it depends on the watch?
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@VoiGAS
You can toggle on/off a route (in route library) despite the fact that watch is busy (in watch menu).
It is like this since ages. -
@Mff73
You are right! The App tells me to stop the training, but its not necessary - it syncs the route nearly instantly. Thank you!!! -
@VoiGAS
Welcome.Btw, the topic of this post is that, based on this instant syncing of route, even while exercising, the other feature which is “navigate on route now” = just select a point on map and an instant route will be sent, is only working once.
Quite problematic, while the normal route transfer is working infinitely.
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