Please update firmware to be able to automatically send coordinates with text messages without needing to check location box every time. It is so easy to overlook when sending a message. Should be able to set it one way or the other and forget it!

Bring back the old spot. The new SPOT X is very difficult to use and is unnecessarily complicated.

The flap door never stays on because of the current design of the 2 little plastic numbs. The door should be redesigned with stainless steel pin like what is used on watches. If Spot is using satellite to communicate then it should put a weather app in as well. Good to now what the weather is when out in the middle of nowhere.

Add signal strength indicator to top bar of screen or something, anything, that indicates the signal strength so we can optimally aim the device.

The timestamp on an incoming message should be the time it was sent, like with e-mail. Currently the timestamp is the time received, which is useless information. A message like "see you in 2 hours" is meaningless on a device that fetches messages at long intervals, unless we know what time it was sent. You have the information in the header of the original text or email. Use that instead of replacing it on the Spot.

to show if your check in notification, text, tracking , messages have been successfully sent. right now it does not show if they have worked or not. we have no way to see if our messages are being delivered.

It would be nice if a multiple message(s) received (from a long worded, single message) were listed in chronological order, especially on the app.

To send mensages over Whatsapp. Most cellphones in Brazil will not respond a SMS to USA without a special plan contracted

Since my Spotx malfunctioned a while ago and message notifications were not coming in then notifications all came in at once, I have not been able to zero message notification. Need a way to mark all as read just to get rid of the notification

Increase power for tracking signal. The tracking capability is too weak relative to other trackers.

It is very hard to find how to share a map. I am defeated! I see others have been as well.

I agree that the coordinates on an SMS checkin message don't work with Google

Increase message character limit to 160.

Spot-X Firmware Update / Network Operations Update

Having built-in only rechargeable is not sufficient for and emergency device targeted for outdoors-men and gals crowd.

I just want to put in an idea for a small product upgrade. Put a flat bottom on the SpotX since the antenna needs to be straight up, so you can set it on something. With the Bluetooth version, it would be even more useful because you are texting with your phone and don't want to find a place to lean it against. A little clip-on flat bottom for existing ones would be nice as well.

Do you ever plan on including topo maps for better navigation on the SPOT X? I received my SPOT X last week and have been testing it out. I like it a lot, especially the built-in keyboard but the topo maps would help a lot with navigating.

Rick

Make it possible to go to bottom of 14 messages by pressing up when on the first message and back by pressing down

Have an icon on screen that shows if fetch is off. Thought fetch was on but it had shut off after a reset because of freezing so I did not receive a message until next day

Here's an idea: allow us to update the firmware of our devices without an account. My work has given me a SPOTX and I'm trying to update the firmware. The account is under their name, and I can't login to update firmware. This isn't convenient at all.

When I receive on my SpotX a message from a Spot Gen3 I can't see which Spot has send this message. I own 30 Spot Gen3 .
I suggest to add the ID of the Spot in the message.