Ambit 3 Peak : Keep Movescount or change for SUUNTO app ?
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Hello Dear All,
I’ve a simple question, I’ve a Ambit 3 Peak and I would like to know if I keep Movescout or I change to use SUUNTO app ?
Because after a small test of SUUNTO App, many options are not available for my A3P : not access to the heart rate area to adjust it because default values are true, not access to release new training sessions.
I’m very disapointed that SUUNTO not deployed the same level of options on the new app for the “old” watch if I can ask that the A3P is a “old” watch.
Thinks in advance to all for your feedback.
Have a nice day.
Mathieu
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@Mathieu-Ricaud
my personal opinion is to move forward to SA as this step is just a matter of time and obviously unavoidable -
@Mathieu-Ricaud you are absolutely right. Suunto de facto discontinued the ambit3 peak, they just didn’t officially said so. It got the same treatment as older, long time ago discontinued watches, actually worse, because they will lose less features than ambit3 peak.
If you are fine with not being able to adjust any settings previously available with movescount on the move (whether in the movescount app itself, or in the web and then synced using app and Bluetooth), then go for it. Otherwise, if you need to adjust anything, like routes, poi-s, sport modes etc. and don’t usually carry your laptop and cable with you during your activities, then it’s probably wiser to keep using movescount for as long as it’s available, or risk constant frustration with almost non-existant support for your watch in suunto app.
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@TELE-HO said in Ambit 3 Peak : Keep Movescount or change for SUUNTO app ?:
matter of time
Why cripple your own user experience voluntarily in advance? If one values Movescount mobile benefits more than those few that are coming from Suunto App, I’d say stick with Movescount for as long as possible. It could take months before MC mobile actually stops working, meaning that you are cutting yourself off from features that actually matter to you while you still had a chance to use those. Current plans can be delayed for whatever reasons and once the MC app really looses connectivity and functions, you may not even have that watch anymore.
Though those S7 ads in MC mobile are really annoying …
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@margusl said in Ambit 3 Peak : Keep Movescount or change for SUUNTO app ?:
@TELE-HO said in Ambit 3 Peak : Keep Movescount or change for SUUNTO app ?:
matter of time
Why cripple your own user experience voluntarily in advance? If one values Movescount mobile benefits more than those few that are coming from Suunto App, I’d say stick with Movescount for as long as possible. It could take months before MC mobile actually stops working, meaning that you are cutting yourself off from features that actually matter to you while you still had a chance to use those. Current plans can be delayed for whatever reasons and once the MC app really looses connectivity and functions, you may not even have that watch anymore.
Though those S7 ads in MC mobile are really annoying …
Hi am in the same boat. Tested S.A. for a bit, looks Nice but misses features. Will stick with movescount till it dies. After I will do the switch.
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Definitely stick with Movescount as long as you can… As far as I’ve been able to tell there are a lot of features missing and not a single benefit to moving.
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@amasidlover said in Ambit 3 Peak : Keep Movescount or change for SUUNTO app ?:
/…/ not a single benefit to moving.
TL;DR: if one needs to ask about MC vs SA app for A3 / Traverse, it’s really simple - keep it while you can. But …
… this [number of benefits] is where things get bit more complicated as for some use cases it kind of makes sense to go with A3P + Suunto App. I’m actually one who has been syncing with my A3P with SA since Oct. 2018:
- I’ve been using 3rd party services for planning and training logs for quite some time, so it really doesn’t matter for me how bare and basic overview & analysis looks in Suunto App; and analysis part of MC was just additional extra I sometimes used but did not actually rely on it for past couple of years; they kind of broke it for me years ago.
- seems that some 3rd party services are dropping direct MC support already in favor of SA; and there are some small yet annoying issues with MC syncing to other services.
- connection between app & A3P is really stable and re-connection is seamless; for lot of my rides and runs I leave my phone behind and once back home, I usually get new activity notifications in just few minutes; with MC it was kind of intermittent, sometimes things just worked for weeks and next day I had to spend hours to get my watch paired again (Android, though most releases of both Android and MC made it more and more stable); so that one and almost only thing that actually works with SA+A3P is pretty solid; as SA seems to be more aggressive with it’s BT connection, this also has a negative effect on watch battery life
I’m also using A3 Workouts - builder is accessible only though MC mobile app - multiple times per week, mostly its just a set of configured ones and it can take months before I need to change anything there. But when I do feel the need to change / add those, I start juggling with SA & MC apps on the same phone to get into MC workout builder. This can turn into quite frustrating experience, but so far i’ve managed. It’s all just about weighted pros and cons and can be quite personal. Cool thing about SA sync is that I see a lot less Suunto & and it’s transition thing - never need to open the app after workout or for overviews, just swiping away those notifications on phone, activities end up where I want them to be. This all makes my transition to any other sports watch brand so much easier.
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@margusl said in Ambit 3 Peak : Keep Movescount or change for SUUNTO app ?:
- connection between app & A3P is really stable and re-connection is seamless; for lot of my rides and runs I leave my phone behind and once back home, I usually get new activity notifications in just few minutes; with MC it was kind of intermittent, sometimes things just worked for weeks and next day I had to spend hours to get my watch paired again (Android, though most releases of both Android and MC made it more and more stable); so that one and almost only thing that actually works with SA+A3P is pretty solid; as SA seems to be more aggressive with it’s BT connection, this also has a negative effect on watch battery life
I’d heard this, but when I actually tried it on my phone it as no better than Movescount so I moved back (a few months ago now so things may have changed).
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@amasidlover said in Ambit 3 Peak : Keep Movescount or change for SUUNTO app ?:
I’d heard this, but when I actually tried it on my phone it as no better than Movescount so I moved back (a few months ago now so things may have changed).
Phone model, Android version and Android power saving settings might have a role here. All that time I’ve been on Samsung S9, currently it’s on Android 10. I vaguely remember one or two periods where it struggled to keep connection, but if I’d try to date those, it would be just a guess, certainly more than 6 months ago.
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The end is near…
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And yet the Suunto website still shows…
So hopefully this September’s update to Suunto app is including modifying settings for the Ambit3 (or at least transfer of settings). Which is odd because the transition pages all say that settings will be via Suuntolink…
I would try emailing Suunto support for clarification but can’t seem to find an email address on their website anymore…
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@Prenj yep, that’s why I moved to Suunto app in the begining of this year. Wish I could be able to sync settings via the app just like with SuuntoLink, even if I had to manage them on Movescount site. At least a had an option to change settings when I don’t have access to a PC and/or USB cable.
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@amasidlover & @andrasveres
I think @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said that that’s not gonna happen, if I’m not mistaken. And that sucks, because it should really not be that hard to implement in Suunto app or some separate service made just for syncing settings. I have been suggesting this for quite some time, but it seems that is somehow in collision with their vision for the future of ambit3 line. -
@Prenj Yeah I know, but one can dream, thru not keeping high hopes on it.
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So what functionality will we keep on are ambit 3’s??? will we be able to still use mini apps and sync the data collected??
Just seems like suunto are giving us a two finger salute!!!
Ambit 3 Peak with HRM, Movescount on Samsung S6 Active,Android 7.1.2…Suunto app installed for test only…
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@Mathieu-Ricaud you have no choice. MC will be shut down for sync in october. Old data will be available, but you can not upload new data.
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@lohtse said in Ambit 3 Peak : Keep Movescount or change for SUUNTO app ?:
So what functionality will we keep on are ambit 3’s??? will we be able to still use mini apps and sync the data collected??
Just seems like suunto are giving us a two finger salute!!!
Mini app: yes - using Movescount and SuuntoLink2
Sync data: yes - using either App via BT or SuuntoLink2 -
@Egika said in Ambit 3 Peak : Keep Movescount or change for SUUNTO app ?:
@lohtse said in Ambit 3 Peak : Keep Movescount or change for SUUNTO app ?:
So what functionality will we keep on are ambit 3’s??? will we be able to still use mini apps and sync the data collected??
Just seems like suunto are giving us a two finger salute!!!
Mini app: yes - using Movescount and SuuntoLink2
Sync data: yes - using either App via BT or SuuntoLink2so I will still be able to create mini apps and sync data after the 27th OCT when they are closing down moveslink?
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@lohtse yes, explained in video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8VwhU99AIM
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@pavel-samokha said in Ambit 3 Peak : Keep Movescount or change for SUUNTO app ?:
@lohtse yes, explained in video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8VwhU99AIM
It seems their tech support don’t know this as I rang them just to get some confirmation about what we will be able to do and what we will be loosing.
And the video doesn’t confirm anything. It simply says howto connect movescount to SportsTRASHER no mention of mini apps whats so ever.
They stated that they will be dropping support for mini apps, and there may be only limited sync support.!!!
Ambit 3 Peak with HRM, Movescount on Samsung S6 Active,Android 7.1.2…Suunto app installed for test only…
