What do you expect from the next update?

alschmid

@peegee said in What do you expect from the next update?:

Possibility to choose another widget by swiping in opposite direction.

Why not swiping through as many widgets as you please? Much like

the touch screen functionality as well as the middle button afford,
in the training mode faces (that you can compile and customzie on the mobile app),
the watch OS of the older watches had it,
it is suggested in “how to customize your widgets” on the SV,
it used to be before it was changed to a lengthy scroll with an unnecessary layer of depth to get your information…

Just saying…

Tami999

I really wish Suunto team could add this, would be so useful for me.

Option to change UI scale in widget list. Like now i can see two options when button down pressed once. I see pulse, and weather. If i want to see more info i need to press down button few more times to scroll down and see other widgets. It would be cool option to change scale from 100% to 75% or 50% for example.

Just like in internet browser by holding CTRL + scroll mouse roll. Just by one press down button I could see current weather, pulse, altitude compass or something, everything would be just smaller. No need to press down button few times. I think its also very easy to implement.

Carlos97atz

@mrenaude I would also love to be able to continue with the previous day’s activity, for hiking routes of several days. This way all the kilometers would appear together and everything would be seen together on the map

@Carlos97atz That is such a useful feature! Run to barber, resume later, get haircut, run back home. Do it all the time! Years ago I did a 55km 3 day backpacking hike with the Forerunner 945, resume later was great, could recharge the watch, and end the trek with one activity. It baffles my mind that the other big sports watch companies haven’t done this (besides Coros I think).

Kostas Zinelis

Automatic navigation and recalculation/redesign shortest route to a destination (like in Google Maps navigation)

maszop

@Kostas-Zinelis This generally works in the city, park, etc. and is useful only in smartwatches.
In outdoor watches, especially in the mountains, you should generally not use such automatic routing (apart from the fact that in the mountains there are no streets along which a watch can automatically select a safe route). Often there are no trails at all or they vary in difficulty. The choice of route should be left to the user who consciously chooses his route.
The watch screen is too small to be able to check whether the route guided by the watch is safe at all.

Besides, Suunto has enough problems with the software (including maps in general) to start further complicated software revolutions now.

Virginio

@gerasimos said in What do you expect from the next update?:

@Frederick-[link text]([link url]([link url](link url)))Rochette Button lock in time mode - (same like during exercise) and bug fixes

Kostas Zinelis

@maszop That’s not true. As long as there is the option in Suunto app to automatically design hiking routes (any road or path) a similar to Google maps navigation can be applied. With this option the user will have the benefit of recalculation of ETA which now is only available by track back.

Łukasz Szmigiel · S9PP 2.37.48

Open SDK/API for S+ apps, widgets and watchfaces.

slurpnik

For me there are three major and three minor things I’d love to see in the next update:

Contour lines - missing them at 500+ zoom level makes map useless in certain sports and scenarios. I bet some user groups may not mind this in at all (e.g. trailrunning), but for other (smaller) user groups this is a huge deal.
Fixed turn-by-turn navigation - current implementation does what it can to get you confused and lost. I simply don’t understand why they chose this implementation and why they’re keeping it.
Better watchfaces - not more, just better. Maybe its time to retire some old ones, give people basic ability to configure a few fields, ability to show HR/baro graphs on watchface etc. I also feel at least half of watchfaces are for designs and to look good and stylish (OK, some people may prefer that), and we’re missing a few more practical ones (optimizing for readability over design)

And three nice-to-haves if I may:

Faster Off-track alert: Off-track alert notifying user only after 100m deviation from course is way too much on watch that can track which side of the road you’re on. Garmin has 50m in watches with less precise GPS. Can we make it say 20m? Shouldn’t be too controversial or difficult to change I hope.
One optional, configurable field in map view Time, HR, and altitude will likely be among the most useful ones.
Multitasking - ability to leave activity mode during tracking, without stopping, go back to watchface, be able to interact with the watch and be able to get back to activity tracked (by going up from the watchface). Useful for slower activities, like in the middle of a long hike want to check out weather widget, alti/baro widget, sunrise/sunset widget etc.

maszop

@Kostas-Zinelis In Suunto App you can check and correct/modify such a route quite quickly and thoroughly (larger screen, greater phone processing power).
You can’t do this on a watch. The screen is too small, the hardware is too weak, the area visible on the screen is too small.

Better to improve the actual navigation tools — compass, route recording, Find Back, improve POI/waypoints support, larger visible area, contour lines etc.

Carlos97atz

@Shuhite You’re wrong, the other big companies do have it! Garmin, Polar…
I think the only one that doesn’t have it is Suunto

maszop

@slurpnik Very good points but I disagree with one thing - Off-track alert. Not everyone uses a watch on the street. In the mountains, forest etc. you often don’t follow the exact trail, but more or less, depending on the terrain, etc. For me, less than 100m would be very irritating. 20m will be completely disaster.

Tieutieu

@slurpnik from my point of view, the 100m deviation alert is ok :

not too close to avoid continuous alerts
not too far to be alerted soon enough

I’m with you on turn by turn improvements, data display on map (at least the altitude).
I’d love to see native structured workouts improvements (rep counter).

slurpnik

@Tieutieu @maszop OK, that’s fair, I haven’t thought of these usecases. I guess that would be a controversial change after all!

@Carlos97atz Did you even read what I wrote? I literally used a Garmin, I know Garmin has it. I don’t have a Polar watch but can’t find ANY mention of such a feature online. Samsung doesn’t have it on their GW6 that I tried either. It’s not so common as you seem to think.

moreno

Hi everyone ,
here’s my whishlist for coming upgrades :

Map :

When ruler is on, it would be nice to also have an option for :
a) azimouth (degrees from the ruler line tonorth);
b) coordinates (in current format) of the actual point marked from cursor;
c) Optionally save theese coordinates in a waypoint;
Add more zoom out (possibly to 10 km and more) ;

Backlight and flashlight :

Option to a “Military mode” with red backlight that don’t degrade the night vision .

Notifications :

Double the available answers;
Allow to combine/concatenate multiple answers before sending (intronucing a “commit” on the answers list) .

Watch faces :

As someone said, not more but just better;

General use :

A fast key (a shortcut) to rapidely mark a waypoint (MOB-key) .

Timer/stop watch :

A graphic circle that fill or emty as time go .

gerasimos

@moreno and lock button in time mode (not only automatically)

maszop

Another idea — Customizable bottom button.
Currently, Lap is useless for most activities.
So in reality we only have 2 buttons — this is definitely not enough in this type of watch (Garmin has 5 of them for a reason).
Ideally, it would be possible to pin a screen/widget or some function to this button.

outdoorrama

The solution to the virtually non-functioning turn-by-turn navigation is long overdue.