any news about new firmware?

elbee

Why do you want a new version of the firmware?

Just asking out of curiosity. For me, given the bluetooth connection problem and battery drain problem isn’t fixed and I see a lot of rsce 2/vertical 2 owners complaining about random reboots/crashes on the latest firmware I made sure auto update is disabled for my race s.

jjorgemoura

This is UTMB week, main race (UTMB) has started 2 hours ago. Suunto is a main sponsor of UTMB World Series and Finals. No way Suunto will release a new version this week. At all.
In my opinion, we should have news/new version(s) in the next 2 to 3 weeks.

André Faria

Just a wild guess, but if the rumors are right and the Race 3/3S/Run 2 are around the corner maybe the firmware will be after the launch of those…

jjorgemoura

Run 2 is basically confirmed. If more, we will get a Race 2 S.
Race 2 was launched 1 year ago almost to the day (I think was during UTMB week or the week after).
I can’t see Suunto producing new watches every year. Not even Apple do it (ok, yes they do it but it’s essentially the same watch for 3/4 years, the “new” watch is basically a cadence that they opted in and now is hard to change, same applies to the iPhone).
Personally I don’t see the hardware evolving at a pace that requires new models every year. Also, they are huge cost compared with software (needing to sell “old” models, deal with excess inventory, industrial design, manufacturing, etc).
As I said, and I might be wrong, I don’t think we will see any Race 3 this year.

Squirrel

@jjorgemoura said:

Run 2 is basically confirmed. If more, we will get a Race 2 S

Posted yesterday
https://forum.suunto.com/post/196330

Tony Monteiro

@elbee I think we all hope having a new firmware just to stop the battery drain…
For functionnality, the Race is not anymore a priority for suunto. And the Race is a good watch for this price.
So, just pray for a battery fix

elbee

@Tony-Monteiro said:

@elbee I think we all hope having a new firmware just to stop the battery drain…
For functionnality, the Race is not anymore a priority for suunto. And the Race is a good watch for this price.
So, just pray for a battery fix

I don’t pray for the battery fix (I think I can mitigate that problem)

I pray for the bluetooth connection lost fix. But, als we all know, praying doesn’t solve anything. Suunto isn’t working on a fix. (And neither for the battery problem. They actually think it doesn’t exist).

And there are some other minor bugs te be fixed. But I don’t need any new functionality. From the last update, the more fine grained alarm settings where welcome. Trackmode is useless (and I train on a track at my athletics club every week).

But I’m definitely not eager to install a new firmware for my race s (if there will be any) given the large number of people complaining about reboots and crashes after the latest firmware of the race 2/vertical 2.

nikosathinaios

@elbee
I just want to see new features or possible improvements for the existing ones. I think that Suunto race (1st gen) is a great watch but, only a part of its capabilities has been enabled.

Bogdan1921

My concern it that not to much effort is being invested for this watch. With all rumours regarding the new watches and Race 2 it’s hard to believe but let’s see…

isazi

@Bogdan1921 I can assure you I am running the latest firmware on the Race, and Suunto will not waste money on developing this firmware if was not planning to release it. Now, I cannot say when it will be released (or even if, you never know, Suunto may go bankrupt tomorrow or a new pandemic will force the developers to stay at home or whatever possible), but I have it on a watch, and I used it last week.

sunter

@isazi How long have you had this new firmware on your watch, and could you share a few more details about its features or performance?

isazi

@sunter usually I test a new firmware version or two every week. I know people believe that development at Suunto is slow, but it is not.