Suunto 7 Smartwatch Delivers Leading Sports Expertise For Everyday Life with Wear OS by Google™

January 5, 2020

Powered by the Qualcomm® Snapdragon Wear™ 3100, all-new Suunto 7 state-of-the-art smartwatch with adventure-proof GPS sport watch features for a no-compromise approach to wearable technology

HELSINKI, FINLAND (Jan. 5, 2020) – The long-awaited next generation of Suunto arrives with the reveal of the new Suunto 7, a premium smartwatch that combines Suunto’s versatile sports expertise with the helpful smart features from Wear OS by Google™. Powered by the Qualcomm® Snapdragon Wear™ 3100 Platform, Suunto 7 delivers a seamless integration of Wear OS by Google for an experience that supports sports and everyday life in one, streamlined interface.

Key Features:

• Sports experience brings 70+ sport modes, from running and cycling to skiing and surfing, with accurate exercise tracking, music controls on the watch and access to the Suunto app for detailed training insights while delivering up to 12 hours battery life in continuous GPS Tracking mode.
• Offline outdoor maps with built-in Suunto Heatmaps across 15 activities allow users to always find their way and know the best training routes, even when their phone is left behind or there isn’t network connectivity available.
• Wear OS by Google makes everyday life easier with Google Fit™, Google Assistant™, Google Pay™ and thousands of apps available from Google Play™, plus daily features like notifications, calendar updates and weather when you need it.
• Adventure-proof design tested in Finland to be shock-proof, water-proof and dirt-proof.

Heikki Norta, chief digital officer and president of connected devices and digital services at Amer Sports Corporation, Suunto’s parent company:

“Today, whether sport is your passion or your lunch-hour escape, we live in a blended life that demands a technology partner who does not sacrifice functionality in sport or everyday use. Suunto set out to overcome the challenge of designing a smart watch with robust sports watch features, and vice versa, in order to help users get the most out of both their sports and their busy lives. Combining Suunto’s decades worth of versatile sports and outdoor expertise with the helpful smartwatch features from Wear OS by Google provides an incredible opportunity for us to inspire new and expanding audiences to explore their surroundings, wherever those adventures might take them.”

The Suunto 7 boasts the new vivid, full-color offline outdoor maps, which enable athletes to follow their location on-the-go with an ultra-bright OLED touch-sensitive display, as well as wrist-based control of music playlists for convenience on the go. In addition to these new features, the Suunto 7 delivers sport expertise, with more than 70 sport modes from running and cycling to skiing and yoga, battery life to support a full day of active smartwatch use and still have enough juice left for your daily workout including accurate exercise measurement with wrist-based heartrate tracking, barometer for elevation readings, and training insights. To extend your experience, you can follow your exercises and trends from Suunto app and connect with partners such as Strava.

Balancing sport and everyday expertise, Suunto’s integration of Wear OS by Google delivers proactive and personalized help from Google Assistant, secure payment options with Google Pay™, and personalized coaching from Google Fit™. Thousands of additional apps are available on the Google Play™ app store.

“The Suunto 7, based on our advanced Snapdragon Wear 3100 platform, is the first smartwatch to deploy the dedicated Sports experience mode with up to 12 hours with continuous GPS tracking or up to 48 hours in daily use enabled by our platform,” said Pankaj Kedia, Head of Qualcomm Wearables. “We are delighted to be collaborating with Suunto to combine the best of sports, style, and smarts in this powerful smartwatch designed for the casual athletes.”

The Suunto 7 is designed and tested in Finland to survive the toughest of conditions and adventures and to withstand shock, water and dirt with a Gorilla Glass screen. Users can brave the elements with confidence or stay inside and hit the gym or yoga studio, all without missing a beat.

Suunto 7 at a Glance

MSRP: $499

Weight: 70g​

Bezel: Stainless Steel

Watch Case: Reinforced Polyamid​

Strap materials: 24mm Strap (available in assorted silicon, leather and textile

Navigation: GPS, Glonass, Galileo​

Battery Life: Up to 12 hours in GPS tracking mode or up to 48 hours in daily use*

Water Resistance: 50 meters​

Operating system: Wear OS​ by Google™

Processor: Qualcomm® Snapdragon Wear™ 3100 Platform

Phone support:  iOS and Android

The Suunto 7 is available for pre-orders on January 6 at www.suunto.com and select retail partners on January 31, including REI, Amazon, CleverTraining.com, and Suunto.com. For more information, please contact Emily Banks, Emily.banks@rygr.us.

Press images:

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About Suunto: We stand for adventure. Pioneering exploration has been in our DNA since 1936, when Finnish orienteer Tuomas Vohlonen set out to create a more accurate compass, and subsequently invented a new method for manufacturing liquid‐filled compasses. Today Suunto is at the forefront of design and innovation for sports watches, dive computers and instruments used by adventurers all over the globe.

Eighty-four years removed from our founding, we are proud that Suunto products can take a beating, but are also designed with an everyday aesthetic that reflects our Nordic identity. Suunto’s headquarters and factory are still in Finland. We are part of Amer Sports along with sister brands Salomon, Arc’teryx, Peak Performance, Atomic, Wilson and Precor. www.suunto.com

Suunto Contact:

Emily Banks
Emily.banks@rygr.us
970-924-0704 ext: 103

* Actual battery life may vary considerably depending on settings, applications, and many other factors.

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