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Software updates – Suunto Race S

Enjoy the convenience of over the air software updates via Suunto app so that your Suunto Race S always has the latest and greatest software.

Over the air software update

When an update is available and your watch is connected with Suunto app, the software update will be downloaded to the watch automatically.

Once the software is downloaded to your watch, the watch will update itself during the night as long as the battery level is at least 50%.

If you want to install the update manually before it happens automatically during the night, navigate to Settings > General and select Software update.

Release notes

2.39.20

Staged update starting on December 16th 2024

This update brings new features, improvements and bug fixes.

New features:

  • Support for the new holiday watch faces in SuuntoPlus store
  • Added support for automatic compass calibration
  • Added a button lock option in the control panel
  • Visual appearance of watch menus improved


Improvements and bug fixes:

  • Outdoor distance accuracy improved with new GNSS firmware
  • Daily HR and sleep tracking problems fixed
  • SuuntoPlus sport Apps display device connection status
  • Several bug fixes and stability improvements

2.37.48

Staged update starting on October 2nd 2024

This update brings following bug fixes:

  • Fixed cases where sleep tracking and OHR stopped working
  • Fixed a case where pool swim distance was wrong in logbook
  • Fixed a case where power consumption remained high after navigation

2.37.34

Staged update starting on September 4th 2024

This update brings new features, improvements and bug fixes.

New features:

  • Watchfaces are now transferred to SuuntoPlus store
  • After the update the watch has only one watch face and new watchfaces can be added to your watch from the SuuntoPlus store in Suunto app

Improvements and bug fixes:

  • Exercise start panel streamlined and made faster
  • Improved capability to determine VO2Max
  • Improvements to Climb Guidance functionality
  • Several cosmetic improvements to menus and watch faces
  • Some language translation corrections
     

2.35.36

Staged update starting on August 7th 2024

This update brings minor fixes and stability improvements.

2.35.34

Staged update starting on July 3rd 2024

This update brings new features, improvements and bug fixes.

New features:

  • Climb guidance feature during navigation for routes with elevation data 
  • Possibility to select watch face complications 
  • Three new watch faces 
  • Cumulative data fields as watch face complications 
  • Screen lock in watch mode 
  • Data field on navigation screen 
  • Automatic and customizable map re-center 
  • Sport mode specific display settings 
  • Browse back one screen in sport mode using long press middle button
  • New pause and exercise end user interface with possibility to browse screens 
  • Sleep quality in sleep report 
  • Vietnamese language support

Improvements and bug fixes:

  • Improvements in the battery life with GPS: Vertical 65h - Vertical Solar 90h - Race 50h
  • Improved Emoji support with colors and more characters 
  • Improved step counter to avoid misdetection from general hand movements
  • Improved always-on screen brightness 
  • Faster UI browsing
  • New GNSS and OHR software