Request: Full Karoo/Watch Integration
I'd really like a solution that fully integrates my Karoo activities with the other data tracked by a sports watch. A lot of people are asking for this ecosystem in one way or another - but usually in reference to a specific watch. I really don't care which watch solves the problem. I just want a unified perspective on my fitness on my wrist that rivals Garmin's headunit/watch pairings.
I thought Suunto provided that ecosystem and bought a Race 2 with that expectation, but the integration is actually quite limited and doesn't show up on the watch side at all. So, I'm returning the Suunto watch. I'll keep the Suunto account, as I still get the heatmaps that way - but for my purposes the watch itself adds no value compared to my nearly 5-year old Garmin watch.
As far as I can tell, there isn't another solution out there, which is a bummer. If folks at Hammerhead have any capacity to push the sort of solution I'm looking for, I encourage them to do so. I like my Karoo 3 a lot - but I'd like it even more if its activity data could show up on my wrist.
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Think this is more of a walled garden issue than a Karoo-specific issue. Garmin is never going to let its watch data sync with a competitor's bike computer, and vice-a-versa - they have every incentive to get you to buy a Garmin bike computer instead and lock you into their walled garden. Watches like Apple/Pixel/Samsung I believe will sync some of your ride data, but it's going to be basic stuff like time/distance/maybe heartrate, but definitely not power metrics or TSS or anything like that.
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