What do you expect from the next update?

sky-runner

I expect trail visibility regression on the maps to be addressed. This should have been fixed immediately without waiting 3 months for the next update. If that isn’t fixed I’ll be very disappointed.

Ideally I’d also want map contrast improvements and improvements of the climb guidance feature which is nearly useless on rolling terrain with moderate hills where it seems fairly random and doesn’t reflect the actual terrain.

Finally, I’d like the glitchy route auto-reversal to be addressed or perhaps eliminated and replaced with a menu command.

sorinus

@sky-runner said:

I expect trail visibility regression on the maps to be addressed. This should have been fixed immediately without waiting 3 months for the next update. If that isn’t fixed I’ll be very disappointed.

I will also be very dissapointed if the trail visibility is not fixed. No excuse in the age of AI.

Steven Hambleton

I’m hoping it’s just solid bug fixes for now.

sky-runner

Seems like the old thread got resurrected.

My expectations are the same - to get the software more polished.
I use map, navigation, and climb guidance features very extensively - every week, sometimes multiple times per week. In my opinion it continues to be a mess. Almost none of this stuff works flawlessly - that is unless you use these features in the most most basic and straightforward way. There is a large number of quirks and bugs, and unfineshed rough edges. I could easily make a list of probably 10-15 issues that I continue to hit on every long run including:

The watch not following the navigation route as planned and jumping from one part of the route to another
Navigation direction reversing - almost guaranteed at a turn-around. Also often the route is reversed right from the start.
Climb guidance switching direction (going right to left), swapping colors (green for uphill), or just plainly not working correctly and showing me on an uphill segment while I and descending
Climb guidance zooming working incorrectly or even refusing to zoom
Light blue navigation arrows not being visible
Off-route notifications when I am not off route and the watch shows me right on top of the route

The above is what I could remember in a few minutes, but there are many more issues.

If someone at Suunto took a comprehensive look at this area of functionality and made sure it offers a more polished and reliable experience for trail runners, with all features completed and working correctly, this would be the best thing for me to have in the next update.

But in the last almost 2 years of owning 3 different Suunto watches I am continuously frustrated by the lack of improvement in these core areas of functionality. The only reason I continue using a Suunto watch is because there are no significantly better alternatives from competitors.

runyx17

@sky-runner I completely agree, nicely written. I really like Suunto’s navigation—graphically it’s much better and clearer than the competition—but climb guidance really doesn’t work very well. I also remembered one more bug in the navigation for me: when I turn back along a route I’ve already run, the color of the track log covers the navigation route.

duffman19

@sky-runner @runyx17 And I’ll say it again, on the chance someone out there is listening: Removing the auto-reverse “feature” would solve almost all of the navigation issues.

isazi

@runyx17 said:

I also remembered one more bug in the navigation for me: when I turn back along a route I’ve already run, the color of the track log covers the navigation route.

Not a bug, but a deliberate choice from Suunto as far as I remember. The rationale being that the real track has always precedence over the planned scenario.

runyx17

@isazi OK, I understand and accept.

stromdiddily

definitely some stuff to iron out around navigations last update…I couldn’t be more on route

dreamer_

@runyx17 said:

@sky-runner I completely agree, nicely written. I really like Suunto’s navigation—graphically it’s much better and clearer than the competition—but climb guidance really doesn’t work very well. I also remembered one more bug in the navigation for me: when I turn back along a route I’ve already run, the color of the track log covers the navigation route.

I had lots of expectations but I don’t think Suunto’s navigation is that good yet. We have spoken about this in several threads and there are too many bugs, inaccuracies and issues.
Honestly, after several months with the Vertical 2, I expected a lot more this Q2

Highlands

@dreamer_ Maybe some fixes will come with the next update.