Suunto Restructures While Wahoo Expands Ecosystem with Oura and COROS Integrations

Sports watch maker Suunto is moving forward with plans to lay off 118 out of its 160 remaining employees in Finland, continuing a large-scale structural shift led by Chinese parent company Liesheng. Following previous moves to relocate all hardware and software development to China, the latest layoffs mark the near-total departure of the brand from its historic Finnish roots. Despite the workforce reduction, recent years have seen more predictable quarterly software updates, though the brand has also introduced steep price increases for models like the $349 Suunto Run 2 and the $599 Suunto Race 3S.

On the software and ecosystem side, rival fitness brand Wahoo is broadening its platform capabilities by introducing integrations with Oura rings, COROS devices, and Apple Health. The newly rolled-out Oura integration feeds sleep metrics directly into Wahoo's Training Insights feature, generating a calculated Recovery Response score on the main dashboard. Users can track metrics such as heart rate variability, resting heart rate, total sleep time, body temperature, and respiratory rate, with historical charting and additional updates expected soon.

For athletes navigating the sports tech landscape, these parallel developments highlight shifting industry dynamics. While Suunto transitions into a globally centralized brand with fluctuating pricing strategies, accessory ecosystems like Wahoo are becoming increasingly interoperable by aggregating recovery metrics from popular smart rings and health platforms.