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Engadget
13 hours ago
- Automotive
- Engadget
Insta360's X5 cam update brings ND filters, a giant battery and improved exposure
Insta360 has launched a firmware upgrade and new accessories for its X5 360-degree camera as part of what it calls the Insta360 Summer Update. Key new features include "AdaptiveTone" to improve dual camera exposure, a new "Ultra Battery" for longer recording times, an ND filter set and custom-designed lenses. "It can be a struggle for dual-lens cameras like X5 to balance the exposure across both lenses," the company explained. To fix this issue it came up with AdaptiveTone, which independently records light data for both lenses in order to preserve highlight and shadow detail across the entire spherical image. Then, in automatically adjusts the exposure based on the perspective you choose, supposedly resulting in more natural-looking footage. It works with both 360 video at 8K 30 fps and 5.7K 30fps along with flat PureVideo. Another key update is for PureVideo, allowing it work single lens mode rather than just in 360 mode as before. That will allow creators to capture low-light footage with reduced noise and improved color fidelity in both flat and spherical modes. Battery life was another key target. The X5 now supports Endurance Mode in 8K, allowing nearly two hours of continuous recording while improving endurance mode at 5.7K 24 fps with a boost from 185 to 208 minutes. Should you need even more performance in that regard, Insta360 is selling a new $50 Ultra Battery that boosts runtime by up to 17 percent to just under four hours max. Another new accessory is X5 ND filters that give creators more options in bright lighting conditions. The kit includes ND16, ND32 and ND64 filters, letting you reduce shutter speeds to create natural motion blur for activities like mountain biking and motorcycle footage. Plus, Insta360 is offering an X5 custom replacement lens kit with pre-made patterns, AI artwork or your own images, to swap out with the standard lenses. Motorcycle creators are getting some extra love, too. Enhancements include immersive stabilization that preserves some natural shake to enhance the feeling of speed, along with Sena headset integration that allows start/stop recording and voice commands for hands-free operation. It also introduced a GPS preview remote with a built-in mic that combines camera control, live preview, GPS data recording and a noise canceling mic. Finally, the Plate Blur feature automatically obscures your license plate in footage, saving you the trouble of doing that manually. Other updates include new diving accessories and software updates with a new Invisible Dive Case Pro and buoyancy control accessory, along with an updated AquaVision 3.0 algorithm that analyzes underwater footage and provides a selection of color adjustments to best match the shot. You can also connect the X5 to a Suunto dive computer so you can bake your diving data right into the footage. Finally, Insta360 introduced updates to its Studio editing software like improved export speeds, background exports and improvements to the AI Stitching algorithm. And now, you can preview video files in their folder on your computer without the need to open them in Studio, saving time. The software updates, along with all the new accessories, are now available on Insta360's website.
Associated Press
08-07-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Suunto Brings Unbeatable Prime Day Discounts to Fuel Your Summer Adventures
SEATTLE, July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Suunto, a leading innovator in sports wearables, is offering exclusive Prime Day deals on its best-selling watches and headphones. From July 8 to 11, Prime members can unlock limited-time savings and gear up with trusted equipment for every adventure. Featured Prime Day Offers Suunto 9 Peak Pro – 20% OFF The powerful multisport watch with extended battery life and military-grade durability. Suunto Race S – 20% OFF The ultimate performance watch for racing and training. Just smaller. Suunto Vertical Titanium Solar – 16% OFF The large screen adventure watch for outdoor expeditions with solar charging. Suunto Sonic – 39% OFF Bone conduction headphones with excellent sound quality Don't miss your chance to unlock extraordinary savings on Suunto's complete range of GPS watches, headphones, dive computers, and adventure accessories. Visit Suunto's Amazon Store during Prime Day for these top picks—and discover even more Prime Day deals that fuel your next expedition. About Suunto In 1936, our founder, Finnish inventor Tuomas Vohlonen, pioneered a new standard for precision in navigation with his field compass, which was stronger, steadier, and more accurate than any other handheld navigational tool in existence. It was the first of many products built to withstand the harsh conditions of Finland. In the near century since then, Tuomas's spirit of innovation has continued to chart Suunto's course. From some of history's first dive computers and high-altitude wrist altimeters to the GPS watches of modern day, Suunto continues to be a trusted companion for outdoor adventurers across the globe. It remains our primary mission to support explorers, athletes, and weekend warriors alike, giving them the tools to dive deeper, climb higher, and push the limits of human potential. To learn more about Suunto, please visit View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Suunto
Tom's Guide
30-06-2025
- Tom's Guide
I review running watches and these are my top 3 suggestions for most people
I've been testing and reviewing running watches for a decade and one thing I've noticed in that time is that I get a lot more people asking me which one to get during the summer. Which makes sense, right? There's no better time to start running or do more running than when the weather is warm and the days are long. I'm always happy to give advice because it's not easy to pick a running watch these days. Not only are traditional sports watch brands like Garmin, Suunto and Coros releasing more devices than ever, but smartwatches from the likes of Apple and Samsung have improved their run tracking a lot in recent years. Our full round-up of the best running watches available contains a multitude of options to suit different people, but for me it usually boils down to three main options when I'm suggesting a watch. Those are the top option overall when if money is no object, the greatest value running watch and the one I'd recommend for beginners. Here's what I consider to be my top trio right now. Best overall Garmin is the brand to beat when it comes to running watches and I think the Forerunner 970 is the top model in its range right now. It packs an incredible amount of features into its light but durable design and is a reliably accurate tracker that offers very detailed training analysis alongside some useful smarts like music storage and the best navigation tools available on a watch. If you simply want the best of the best, it's the running watch I recommend. Best value The Coros Pace 3 is a watch that has no right to be as affordable as it is, given the wealth of features it offers. Many of those features are traditionally the reserve of much more expensive options, such as breadcrumb navigation, accurate dual-band GPS and week-long battery life — that last one is especially remarkable given how small and lightweight the Pace 3 is. Runners of all levels will be satisfied by the features on offer here at a fraction of the price of top watches. Best For Beginners The Garmin Forerunner 165 is the ideal entry-level running watch thanks to its attractive design and easy-to-use interface, which will help you get to grips with your training data and how you can use it as you start out in the sport. It's also good value and a watch that frequently appears in sales, and also tracks a variety of sports well along with your general daily activity, in case you end up deciding that running isn't for you after all. Garmin Forerunner 970 Coros Pace 3 Garmin Forerunner 165 Price $749.99 / £629.99 $229 / £219 $249.99 / £249.99 standard; $299.99 / £289.99 music Size 47 x 47 x 12.9mm 41.9 x 41.9 x 11.7mm 43 x 43 x 11.6mm Display size 1.4in 1.2in 1.2in Display resolution 454 x 454 pixels AMOLED 240x240 pixels LCD 390x390 pixels AMOLED Bezel Titanium Plastic Plastic Screen Sapphire crystal Glass Glass Touchscreen Yes Yes Yes Weight 56g with silicone band 39g with silicone band 39g with silicone band Battery life 15 days watch, 26 hours GPS 15 days watch, 38 hours GPS 11 days watch, 19 hours GPS Dual-band GPS Yes Yes No Memory 32GB 4GB 4GB Water resistance 5ATM 5ATM 5ATM The top-end of Garmin's range is confusing, with the latest models like the Garmin Fenix 8, Enduro 3 and Forerunner 970 competing with each other and older watches like the Garmin Epix Pro, Forerunner 965 and Fenix 7 Pro. I think it's important to say that for the most part, these watches offer a very similar experience in terms of their features and design. The day-to-day sports tracking on all of them is excellent, and while the latest models have a few more bells and whistles, any of those older watches is worth looking for in the sales. However, we're not walking about bargain-hunting right now, and the Forerunner 970 stands out from the pack of Garmins because it has all the latest features in an impressively light and slim design that I think is better for runners than the bulkier Fenix 8. The design is also durable thanks to a titanium bezel and sapphire crystal screen — the latter is a key upgrade on the Forerunner 965, which I scratched— and the Forerunner 970 also has a built-in flashlight and a mic and speaker. I've had the Forerunner 970 strapped to my wrist since it launched and have run a couple of hundred miles with it including several races, and the accuracy can't be faulted. I have a lot of watches to pick from at home, and the Forerunner 970 is the one I use for my own marathon training. It also introduced some new features for runners to Garmin's range, including an estimate of your running economy and tolerance in terms of the training load you can handle. Plus, it's a very good-looking watch, in my opinion, with a bright AMOLED display that rivals what you get on any of the best smartwatches. Despite this impressive screen, the battery life is still four or five days with the screen always-on when running every day, which is good — though Garmin does offer watches with much longer battery life like the Enduro 3. Compared to the value and beginner watches I've picked out, the upgrades you get with a top-of-the-range device like the Forerunner 970 are a bigger, better screen, a more durable design, more training analysis features, offline maps and better navigation tools. Value can be a tricky thing to nail down with running watches, because if a watch doesn't do what you want or need it to, it's not good value, no matter how cheap it is. I think the Coros Pace 3 is the watch that offers the best balance of features and price for most people, but you might find that there are others that suit you better, especially in sales. For $230 you are getting a watch that offers dual-band GPS tracking that's as accurate as on watches that cost over $1,000, and Coros offers the same training analysis and advice across its range, so the Pace 3 is as good as the flagship Coros Vertix 2S watch on this front. While the all-plastic design of the Pace 3 might not suit everyone's taste and it's not as hardy as a metal, I like the small and lightweight watch, and it fits well on smaller wrists. The Pace 3 also comes in a range of colors and with different bands — I'd get a nylon band myself, they're more comfortable than the standard silicone one. For such a small watch the Pace 3's battery life is sensational. It routinely lasted me five or six days on a charge even with heavy use, and I wore it for a 50-mile ultramarathon during testing without any fear it would run out of juice during the race. Part of that long battery life is down to the memory-in-pixel screen, which is not as bright as an AMOLED watch, but it's still easy to read in all conditions. Whether you're a new runner or a veteran, the Pace 3 will tick all the boxes you really need from a watch, and it does so at a great price. I've recommended it so often it's become a regular sight on the wrists of people at my running club. Other watches I consider great value include the Suunto Run, an impressive entry-level AMOLED watch, and the Garmin Forerunner 965, which isn't cheap but is more affordable than most top-end Garmins with maps, especially in sales. I think one of the best things about modern running watches is the amount of guidance they can offer new runners to help them get off to a great start with the sport. The Garmin Forerunner 165 exemplifies this through daily suggested workouts, easy-to-understand training analysis, and even full training plans for events you can follow on your wrist. All of these can help you avoid the biggest pitfall for new runners, which is going too hard, too soon. This can risk injury or just make running feel like too much of a slog to carry on with, whereas a slow and steady introduction to the sport will hopefully create a long-lasting love for it. These are features available across Garmin's range, but the Forerunner 165 is more affordable, especially as it often features in sales now for $50 less than its MSRP. It comes in two models, one with music and one without. The music feature allows you to store MP3 files and sync over playlists from streaming services including Spotify, so you can run without your phone and listen to audio if you like. The lightweight plastic design is comfortable to wear 24/7 and there are some attractive colors to pick between in the Forerunner 165 range. The watch has an AMOLED screen and is stylish enough to wear outside of runs in my opinion, though I'm not necessarily a great barometer for style. While I recommend the each to new runners in particular, it has enough features for more experienced runners too, which I think is important — this isn't a watch you'll have to ditch a year after starting running because it doesn't do enough. Conversely, it also offers a lot outside of running, being a great activity and sleep tracker that also with a wide range of sports modes and some handy smart features including contactless payments alongside music. So if running doesn't take for you, and as much as I love it, I know it isn't a sport for everyone, the Forerunner 165 will still be a useful watch to have on your wrist. That's one reason I also rate the Apple Watch Series 10 as a great beginner running watch, because although it's not as sporty as the Forerunner 165, it's still a great tracker and has lots of appealing features outside of running too.
Forbes
15-05-2025
- Forbes
Suunto Run Is The Top Watch To Take On Garmin's Budget Forerunner 165
Suunto Run The just-announced Suunto Run is an affordable runner's watch that should catch the attention of anyone shopping for a budget Garmin. Suunto's Run watch costs $249, and could make a compelling alternative to the already excellent Garmin Forerunner 165 Music, at $299. The newer watch has a few key advantages. First up, music support comes as standard in the Suunto Run, while you pay an additional $50 for it in the Garmin range. You get a limited 4GB of internal memory, though, and it's worth noting the Suunto Run does not support integration with services like Amazon Music and Spotify. Instead, MP3s are manually transferred to the storage, which may feel a little archaic to those who have never really maintained an old-school digital music library. There's another important feature, though. The Suunto Run has dual-band L1+L5 GPS, which is missing from the Forerunner 165 — an upgrade to the Forerunner 265 is required for that. Dual-frequency/band GPS is useful for difficult environments in which a watch can struggle to track your location, like in a skyscraper-filled city or a thick forest. The Suunto Run also nets you a larger AMOLED screen than its direct Garmin rival. This is a 1.32-inch 466 x 466 pixel screen with Gorilla Glass protection rather than the unbranded toughened glass often seen in more price-conscious watches. Suunto Run rear Suunto goes beyond the basics in other areas of the design too. Its bezel is stainless steel, which is typically significantly harder than the more common aluminium alloy. And this doesn't, as it often can, dramatically impact weight as much of the casing is still a plastic formulation — 'glass fibre reinforced polyamide.' The Suunto Run weighs 36g, which should be enough to disappear on the wrist. Suunto says a charge will last up to 12 days, and it's rated for 20 hours of GPS use in the dual-band mode, 30 hours in the single-band GPS mode. There are no too-obvious cuts elsewhere either. The Suunto Run has a compass, an altimeter, and supports limited route navigation. You don't get full maps, but can send programmed routes to the Suunto Run for basic trail navigation — almost as useful to many — and structured workouts are onboard as well. Some more advanced stats are included too, such as training readiness and training load. These are crucial indicators as to when you might be pushing too hard, one of the easiest ways to find yourself injured. The Suunto Run also has a new optical heart rate sensor, and a refreshed interface that can be controlled using the rotary dial on the side. Touchscreen operation is an option too, of course. Suunto's Run watch certainly sounds a great deal, and will be available from June 3 in four colors. These are black, grey, orange and a bright 'lime' yellow.
Tom's Guide
14-05-2025
- Tom's Guide
I tested the Garmin Forerunner 165 vs. Suunto Run for a week — which running watch should you buy?
The entry-level AMOLED watch in Garmin's sports watch range offers a lot of impressive features to runners in particular, and has a slick user interface plus useful smart features. It's a little pricier than the Suunto Run, and lacks the dual-band GPS you get on the Suunto. Suunto's entry-level running watch undercuts the competition, including the Forerunner 165, and offers great sports features including extensive training analysis and dual-band GPS. Its smart features are limited though, and it's not as good a fitness tracker as the Forerunner 165. The Suunto Run and Garmin Forerunner 165 are both among the best running watches available, offering great value in particular as the entry-level AMOLED options in the Suunto and Garmin ranges. While the Forerunner 165 offers a more polished user experience and better smart features, the Suunto Run has a more extensive array of sports tracking features, including dual-band GPS, and comes in cheaper than the Forerunner 165 on MRSP. I've tested both watches individually and worn them at the same time for the past week to track my runs and other workouts. I'll cover the key differences I've noticed between the two watches below, and for more information on them check out our Garmin Forerunner 165 review and Suunto Run review. The Garmin Forerunner 165 launched in February 2024 and costs $249.99 / £249.99 for the standard version of the watch and $299.99 / £289.99 for the Garmin Forerunner 165 Music. It's more expensive than the Suunto Run, which launched in May 2025 and only comes in one model that costs $249 / £199 and has music storage. However, the Forerunner 165 is now often in sales that bring the price down to $249 for the music model, matching the Suunto Run's price. Winner: Suunto Run Suunto Run Garmin Forerunner 165 Price $249/£199 $249.99/£249.99; $299.99/£289.99 (Music) Size 46 x 11.5mm 43 x 11.6mm Display 1.32in 466 x 466 AMOLED 1.2in 390 x 390 AMOLED Bezel Steel Polymer Screen Gorilla glass Glass Weight 36g 39g Water resistance 50m 5ATM Battery life (watch mode) Up to 12 days Up to 11 days Battery life (GPS) Up to 20 hours (dual-band) 19 hours (all-systems GPS) Storage 4GB 4GB The Suunto Run and Garmin Forerunner 165 are both small, lightweight watches that are comfortable to wear 24/7. The Forerunner 165 is a little smaller than the Suunto, and has a smaller screen at 1.2 inches vs 1.3 inches for the Suunto Run. Both watches have bright AMOLED displays, but I found the Forerunner 165's a little clearer and easier to read during runs in bright sunlight. I also prefer the five-button setup on the Garmin to the three buttons on the Suunto, one of which is a dial. While both watches are mostly made from plastic, the Suunto does have an steel bezel surrounding its screen. Both watches feel well-made and study, and have a more premium look than you might expect for entry-level sports watches. The Suunto comes with a nylon band as standard, whereas the Garmin comes with a silicone strap. I find the nylon band more comfortable, but both bands can be replaced with third-party straps — the Suunto uses 22mm bands while the Garmin uses 20mm ones. You get four color options for the Suunto and four for the Garmin Forerunner 165 Music, but just two for the standard Forerunner 165 model. Both watches have an impressive array of sensors including a pulse oximeter and barometric altimeter, but one advantage the Suunto has is dual-band GPS tracking, whereas the Forerunner 165 only offers all-systems GPS. Winner: Suunto Run Both watches are mainly designed for running and have dedicated track run modes, but both also offer a lot of other sports modes, including open-water swimming. While neither has a multisport mode, on the Suunto Run you can switch from one sport to another when you pause an activity, and the watch will record your transition, so it will be more useful to triathletes. There are more data field customization options on the Suunto Run, in that you can show more stats on your screen during activities — the Forerunner 165 tops out at four, whereas you can adjust six on the Suunto Run. The Suunto Run also offers a lot more training analysis than the Forerunner 165, and more experienced athletes will enjoy the level of detail you get from the watch compared to the Garmin, which keeps things simple. You can pair external sensors to both watches, though neither support cycling power meters, but the Forerunner 165 offers connectivity via both Bluetooth and ANT+, whereas the Suunto Run only connects to other devices through Bluetooth. Winner: Suunto Run Throughout my testing of both watches I compared their heart rate readings to that of a chest strap, which I always find more reliable than optical sensors on watches. I checked their GPS accuracy against other watches, including the Garmin Fenix 8, and also by looking over the tracks after my runs. During my testing I had both watches in their most accurate GPS modes, which is dual-band tracking on the Suunto Run and all-systems tracking on the Forerunner 165, as the Garmin doesn't offer dual-band. Despite this, I found that both watches recorded very similar GPS tracks on all my runs, and the pacing stats were also very similar. Both have been reliably accurate for me throughout testing, though in hard GPS conditions such as city centers you might well get better results from the dual-band on the Suunto. With regards to heart rate accuracy, both matched up to a chest strap's readings well during bike rides, strength workouts and yoga sessions, but the Forerunner 165 was a little more reliable for me during runs. The Suunto Run would sometimes show too high a heart rate, especially at the start of runs, and while it usually eventually locked onto the right heart rate, it was not as quite as accurate as the Forerunner 165 for me. Winner: Garmin Forerunner 165 Both watches offer music storage, but this is a better feature on the Forerunner 165, which can link with streaming services like Spotify as well as storing MP3 files. The Suunto Run can only store MP3 files, so if you use a streaming service, the Garmin is the better pick. The Forerunner 165 also offers NFC payments through Garmin Pay, whereas you can only use the Suunto Run to pay for things in China using Alipay. Both show notifications from your phone and have a weather forecast widget, but the Forerunner 165 has access to more third-party software through the Connect IQ app store. Winner: Garmin Forerunner 165 On paper the two watches offer similar battery life at up to 11 days for the Suunto and up to 12 for the Garmin in watch mode, then 20 hours of GPS tracking on the Suunto and 19 hours on the Garmin. In practice, the battery drained at almost identical rates for me when using both watches at the same time. I had the screens set to always-on, which shortened the battery life considerably, and both lasted me three to four days on a charge when running every day. Winner: Tie This is a really tough call, because these are both watches I rate very highly that I'd be happy to use as my daily driver as a keen marathoner. I prefer the user interface and music storage on the Garmin, which I find easier to use, but the extra training analysis and data fields you get during activities on the Suunto will be important to runners, and the dual-band GPS will also be a big plus if you regularly run in city centers. If both are at full price I think the Suunto Run is the better way to go, but at the same price the choice will depend on what features you value the most.
