Enable SDK for Karoo (3)
Dear Hammerhead,
Can you please enable the SDK for the new Karoo (3) like you did for 1 and 2 before?!
It’s extremely important for most of us who’re riding our bikes with other groupsets like your mother company provides…
Most of us made you big with purchasing version 1 and version 2 and it would be a very well appreciated move if you prioritise this point on your list.
Please always remember who supported you all the years - it’s us, your community!
Best regards
Andi
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Hi, in the Spanish community we have a developer that put so much effort in understanding the API/SDK and integrating functionality from an Android training app of him in the K2 (VinApp). I don't use the Karoo for training, but it's well know on Community that Karoo has a lot of room for improvement in that matter, and I saw some of the screenshots that he attached on a Spanish forum and it's really impressive how a guy that really loves this thing can do unofficially, in spite of a poor API, powering the Karoo in training screens.
I think also in other small integrations that can do a better life for people as some of the messages read in this post, as diabetics, etc. Sure there are other small projects that can improve the K-experience for every cyclist.
So, blocking this thing on K3, that already works on K2, thinking about Ki2 and Shimano maybe is a poor excuse.
This feature was one of the very good things of the Karoo, what it would be nice if they improve it for better 3rd party apps integrations, but not if they block it. Please, open it, HH.
Regards.
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Hammerhead's communication is very disappointing.
After the last and only comment, there should have been another current status or timeline after a month.
However. My Edge 1050 was delivered 2 days ago and I am very satisfied. The two points I would have liked for the Karoo are there.
Adjustable speaker volume (The Karoo's beeper is way too loud. I borrowed a device from the bike shop for a test ride and had to turn off all the sounds because of the volume. It was sometimes embarrassing next to other people on the bike path because of the volume) and working Connect IQ apps to individualize.
Hammerhead had 3 months to give at least a timeline.I was between Hammerhead and Garmin for a new device. So Hammerhead made the decision for me for the Edge 1050
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The K3 is a great unit, but it's not a complete unit unless you have a SRAM drivetrain. This... ^^^ is becoming a more palatable option for me every day. Yeah, the 1050 is expensive, but not as expensive as switching out my Di2 drivetrain for a SRAM AXS drivetrain to get the functionality I want from my head unit. And, I'd have to do this 3x! I was very disappointed the SDK hasn't been released and I'm wondering when/if it will be.
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Dear Hammerhead/Sram,
Would you mind to at least provide us with a simple „yes“ or „no“ to the SDK??
As I wrote in one of my first posts… this topic has a serious potential to cause you headaches if not handled in a customer friendly and transparent manner…
I can‘t see anything about customer is king mentality anymore… :-/
Time for a change, what do you think? -
I'm in the market for a new bike computer and having some API / SDK is very important to me. I thought Hammerhead is aiming towards their own version of ConnectIQ in the long term so that the Community can add minor features on their own (drinking reminders, poi distances, live Wind,...) but apparently that is not a priority at Hammerhead
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And if you haven't died, you're still waiting for Hammerhead to deliver solutions for integrating the DI2.
I have now closed the topic and bought the new Garmin Edge 1050. It's a bit more expensive, but together with the Connect platform it also offers a lot more functions. I still can't understand how a company can lose customers to its competitors through its own ignorance.
Farewell -
@thomas hartenstein... totally agree with you. I was a Kickstarter purchaser of the original Karoo, and did a ton of testing for HH on K2 and K3. I was chagrined by the Shimano situation, but now I'm of the opinion that the SRAM situation is worse. There IS a solution for Di2 integration on the new unit, but SRAM and HH, for whatever reason, not only haven't released it, they are refusing to commit to doing it. So, sadly, given the 4 year old tech that is Karoo 2, I will be looking for a new head unit and selling my K3. I may as well, right? It's really no use to me as it is.
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@frank fiorentino, I spoke with my wallet (and thus agree with your advice) Returned the new Karoo and bought the Edge 1050. Didn’t want to, loved the start up scale up approach when Hammerhead wasn’t part of SRAM. Engagement with the community especially with Karoo 2 was great. Now they are held back by corporate SRAM and don’t engage with the community anymore. Neither do Garmin, but at least the Edge 1050 is packed with features. Truly hope to return someday to HH, but I am happy with the Edge 1050 with all of its features, great screen and Di2 support
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I don't think they have any plans to release the SDK. Every time I have it clearer. It's a shame, because if they opened the environment to developers, the device would surely improve a lot. On the contrary, they would lose control over the proper functioning of the device when external applications are installed, although I understand that this should not worry them...
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