Suunto Software update Q2 (2.56.18) - July 14th, 2026 - Vertical 2 and Race 2
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@mich-heller this is getting way off-topic, but have you heard of farsightedness?
My guess is he can see distant objects perfectly clearly, but it’s much closer objects that are out of focus. That is how it is for me as well.
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I think the watches have many many features and not all are valuable to all users. It’s nice that we have the option to use them or not.
I’m pleased with the tide widget, as a sea kayaker I can see a use for it complimenting my normal tidal planning resources. But I do need an answer to my question about how the data is calculated.
As a mountain/fell runner a lot of the running data (primarily under ‘technique’ ) is irrelevant to me but I appreciate it’s maybe more use to road and track runners - I just ignore the bits that aren’t useful for me and set my watch up to show the data I actually need which is primarily HR, distance, time and ascent. -
I understand your point of view but do you also understand the other side?
The heart rate sensor of my watch often disconnects. That bug is present for about half a year now. I recently learned Suunto didn’t pay any attention to it. On top of that, my not that old race s is put on a low maintenance mode.
Do you understand the frustration when not that often used features (to say it mildly) are added while basic functionality doesn’t work 100%?
But this post is probably going to be deleted because we are not allowed to talk about this kind of choices for Suunto.
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To me this Tide widget is very debatable. It only benefits people who actually live near a beach and also people who do a sport related to it. And even they probably use better tools for more refined information.
There are bugs to be fixed and features to be made which target larger audiences.
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Bug: activity (cycling) stops recording when changing route during an activity. It says it is recording but the stats don’t increase and at the end the recorded final route is only partial.
In at least three days out cycling I needed to change route mid activity. I paused, went on navigation>route and selected another route. Then continued recoding the activity.
As a result - the watch only recorded parts of the entire route - sometimes the first leg, another time the second one - and another time just a bit at the beginning and a bit at the end.This has happened on both the q1 and this q2. Race 2
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it would be totally reasonable to wear contact lenses. seriously, if you have problem reading street names on the map, how on earth you see anything under your feet and don’t trip on every root? distance is greater than arms length so it makes everything even harder to see.
take care of your eyesight for your own safety rather than demand bigger fontsAs others said, it is a normal age related eyesight loss, which includes presbiobia - difficulty to focus on close-up objects due to natural lens inside eye becoming less flexible - and reduced contrast sensitivity, and increased sensitivity to glare from sapphire screen. I can see everything perfectly fine when running trails or driving.
The reduced contrast sensitivity is why I also often complained about the low contrast color choices on Suunto maps like trails rendered as green on green. What looks perfectly fine for younger people becomes increasingly difficult to read for people over 40 years old.
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I just realized, that I can’t download/manage maps on watch, because download map item in Suunto app stuck on loading. Tried restart, turning bt on/off on both sides without success. V2 and Android app 6.11.8.
EDIT: Finally, after 100 attempts it loads it.
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BUG: not sure if this is an old bug or new:
On the map screen I have a few metrics configured in the bottom field, including “distance to next”. When there are no waypoints, this field shows distance to the end of the route.
Yesterday I used “Track back” navigation feature because I wanted to see the remaining distance, but the configurable field I mentioned above didn’t work. It did show other metrics I configured such as HR, but “distance to next” was grayed out and didn’t work. What is interesting is that initially when I started track back navigation I did work, but then I changed the direction for a minute, then changed it again towards where I started, and this field stopped working even though I was on route.
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Yes, I get that and I hope the particular issues that affect your watch do get resolved. Personally I’ve had very few issues with my watch in the six months I have now had it (it’s a V2). However I had none at all with my original Ambit or Ambit Vertical, but a few with my Spartan Sport so I do understand your frustration.
My issues with the V2 have been with Bluetooth connection which I suspect my be more to do with my basic smartphone than with the update. I often have to reset the connection, switching the phone Bluetooth on and off usually does it and occasionally an activity fails to sync then randomly syncs maybe a day later. And it just recently crashed a couple of times while using a training programme . So yes - I’d like these fixed as well but tides is still something I appreciate and will be more use to me than a lot of the other features. -
I too have the issue with the intermittent losing of Bluetooth connection to my iPhone. Like you say easy enough to fix by turning on and off the Bluetooth on my phone but a frustrating niggle nonetheless. I never had this issue with my previous Suunto watches.
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@GiPFELKiND Amen.
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My watch suddenly restarted on its own. Just look at my hand and saw Suunto logo. I never noticed this before.
Just sent logs from app @dimitrios-kanellopoulos. -
The issue with Bluetooth sensors disconnecting is still there after the update. It’s been over half a year now, and still no fix.
Considering that actual real support – warranty and regular updates – lasts about two years with Suunto, that means over 25% of the product’s life has been affected by a serious issue. That’s hard to accept when you’re buying top‑end, most expensive Suunto watches.
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The issue with Bluetooth sensors disconnecting is still there after the update. It’s been over half a year now, and still no fix.
Considering that actual real support – warranty and regular updates – lasts about two years with Suunto, that means over 25% of the product’s life has been affected by a serious issue. That’s hard to accept when you’re buying top‑end, most expensive Suunto watches.
I have the same problem with my race s and reported it several times. From the conversation I had with Suunto support last week, they only started to look into in a few days ago and concluded it is not a watch firmware problem but a bluetooth firmware problem so they directed the problem to the bluetooh firmware team.
This worries me. For half a year they did nothing with the problem and at some point even denied knowing about the problem (although I reported it, with logs, months before that)
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