It is simply unbelievable that Suunto Ambit will no longer be supported!!!
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I thought I read somewhere that the app is being discontinued and replaced by Suunto app, but the Movescount could still be present on the web. But I can’t find this again…maybe it’s just wishful thinking.
If they leave the web portion of Movescount active, then one could still download activity from the Ambit 1 and it could be automatically pushed to the Suunto App by SportsTracker and RunGap, or similar apps.
Has anyone heard of a similar strategy? It seems like a poor business to kill off a lot of your own Suunto product, due to their own incompatible software upgrades.
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@erick86 If you are correct I would be overjoyed!
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@erick86 I doubt Suunto cares about Movescount app. The point is in killing the platform (the service) behind both the web and the app. They must have decided that it is too expensive for them to maintain Movescount platform.
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@silentvoyager Web interface has been a big part of the Movescount app. I would hope that the new Suunto app will also eventually have web interface as well, which shouldn’t be too hard to build since most of the infrastructure already exists. Seems like the ability to use the app on a desktop computer is an integral part of the user experience for most people.
If web interface was developed for the Suunto app, this is how the earlier non-Bluetooth watches could still be used with the new app. Same as how those watches link to Movescount right now.
So many options. But there sure seems to be support from the Suunto community to keep these earlier models useable, and also for web interface for the new app.
Two birds with one stone.
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@Brad_Olwin this argument is getting a bit long in the tooth. Noone was questioning the support of these products before the digital future announcement.
It is not speculation, it is the explicit direction that suunto is taking. IF they retract in the future, it is a different matter.
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@erick86 said in It is simply unbelievable that Suunto Ambit will no longer be supported!!!:
If web interface was developed for the Suunto app, this is how the earlier non-Bluetooth watches could still be used with the new app.
Sorry for being pedantic, but web interface has nothing to do with syncing earlier non-Bluetooth watches. There is Moveslink program that runs on computer that isn’t a part of web interface. It downloads data from a watch via USB and uploads it to Movescount. After it is uploaded you could see your activity with an app even if there wasn’t a web interface.
What Suunto could do is to upload activities to the service behind Suunto App instead of Movescount. I think a change like that should be fairly straightforward. That would allow older watches to at least sync activities. Then those activities would show up in Suunto App. I guess that wouldn’t be ideal but still better than nothing.
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Same question here: what with my ambit 2?
I do not follow the Suunto news that much and was only aware of these developments the e-mail sent out by Suunto end of April.
I bought my Ambit 2 late 2014.
The first Ambit 3 was already out by then, but as I didn’t need the wireless connectivity for tracking heart rate while swimming, or connectivity to a smart phone and was on a budget, I purchased the Ambit 2.It had everything I needed and still checks all the boxes today.
For me it looked better than a Garmin or Polar, because I felt I could do more with it then just go running or cycling (for example by having the many different sport modes, which I could even customise).If I had to choose now, I would still choose it now: I do not need bluetooth, touch screen, color screen, … on my watch like the Suunto 9, Spartan, …
So if movescount has to disappear, my vote goes to a platform that can be accessed on a pc (bigger screen than phone…), where I can upload data, download routes I create, create sport modes, … and connect with my cable.
Any replacement should have the same capabilities as Movescount.
But for me movescount is perfect, so in my opinion “if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it”.What is the best way to follow the n
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For your information @Suunto, after following you for years and buying an Ambit, Ambit 3, 9 Baro, and a D5… After the lack of visibility in your “digital transformation”, and the attempts of suggesting a vegan life by email, I bought a Fenix 6.
Keep on doing nonsense and I won’t be the last one.
PS. I hope you find a good solution for my Ambit. It’s still a good piece of equipment and I don’t plan to decommission it.
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@SalvaG said in It is simply unbelievable that Suunto Ambit will no longer be supported!!!:
I bought a Fenix 6.
@Suunto hope the clever marketing guys at Suunto who started this mess are listening …
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@SalvaG said in It is simply unbelievable that Suunto Ambit will no longer be supported!!!:
and the attempts of suggesting a vegan life by email
Erm… say what ?
