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Sony Smart watch with Google Glasses

I'm leaning towards purchasing a Sony Smart Watch today, but I would like to ask a few questions before I pull the trigger.
Is it possible to pair both a Sony Smart watch and Google Glasses to my Nexus 5? If possible, are there any drawbacks to having both devices active at the same time, other than duplicating functions?
My thought process is that by having the Sony Watch, it would allow me to screen alerts and messages visually on my arm. If I feel as though the message warrants a immediate response I would then activate GG to respond accordingly. Keep in mind that Google Glass only provides a audible beep of a incoming message..i.e text and emails. This would help me stretch the battery life on GG by not having to activate it each and every time I hear a beep. I travel a lot in my profession by car on a daily basis and this would really help if its possible.
Thanks in advance!!

Can't speak for SW, but was fine when connected to me pebble and gear

Use the SW2 and Glass same time with Z1, there's no problem.

Thanks guys...was holding off until I got confirmation from forum members.
I'm not sure what Bluetooth profile the watch and glass uses, but yesterday I connected my Bluetooth car stereo to my phone while glass was connected and I couldn't make calls on Glass as long as it was connected to the car. Paired it with a Bluetooth headset with the same results, knowing that they both fall under the Bluetooth headset profile. Unsurprisingly I couldn't operate both.
As you see my goal was to reproduce the same scenario as if I was connected via Bluetooth to both Glass and a smart watch. I appreciate your feedback, but could you specifically elaborate if you lost any functionality.
Brendo, you stated you had a Galaxy Gear. Were you able to choose which device you wanted to make or accept calls on without manually selecting the device in your Bluetooth settings? After you made a call say on your Galaxy Gear, did it kill the call functionality in your Glass and vice versa. I'm sold on the Sony SW because it uses Bluetooth LE to connect to phone for data only. Now that I'm leaning towards purchasing a Martian Passport, I just want to make sure before I go plump down $300.
I know I have many questions, and would love to be able to go to a store to demo one to get my answers, but I don't know of a store that have live units out for demo.
Again thanks.
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Thanks guys...I settled on the Sony SW 2 and it works without a hitch. Now I can finally reserve battery life on my Glass by screening my messages.
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Oh, I had mine connected to car at same time also
Phone call followed which ever device initiated the call (call out or pick up)

Gv18 quick review

Hi I thought I would give a quick review of my gv18 smartwatch purchased for £28 from ebay uk seller so here goes.
The item arrived via Argos click and collect which I was very happy with as I don't drive and work 9-5 and hate receiving royal mail undelivered cards.
The watch is packed in a rather generic looking box with aplus watch printed on the box.
Inside I found the watch and a usb cable along with a User manually with a poorly translated english section so I decided to just charge and test the watch. A full charge took just over an hour. Startup was quick a few seconds really and then I was ready to go. I scanned the mediatek app from the qr code but it wouldn't install on my xperia z3 so downloaded and installed via playstore. Within seconds I was receiving all of my notifications. I could even play music through my watch from my phone using xperia z3s throw feature and was pleasantly surprised by the volume and quality of the watch speaker. If I turn off the throw feature I can control the phones audio via the watch through the phones speaker. I promptly tested the calling and was pleased to note that the caller could hear me very clearly as well as me hearing them albeit in a similar way to hands free on my phone but a lot clearer. Sadly I do not believe there is a way to link the watch directly to bluetooth headset which is a shame as this was my main hope for this watch with the expandable memory. Battery life is good at about 2-3 days limited use with backlight on medium. Regarding the phones other features I can say the pedometer works although I'm unsure of the accuracy, texting even with the keyboard options is pretty much pointless due to the size of the keyboard and poor autocorrect word options. Along with this I have noticed that from time to time my bluetotth disconnects and when on a non silent profile rings continuously and on silent the has a verry week vibration. That said though for a nice looking comfortable watch with easily replaceable bands ( about £6 on ebay for 24mm straight end strap, however you will lose nfc) that is a great handsfree device and receives all notifications and for £28 this watch is deffinately worth the money but I'm thinking of looking at the k8 or s8 now for gps and hope of bluetooth headset when free of phone. UPDATE I have now established that you use bluetooth dialler app to use bluetooth headset however with one headset I use connection strength is almost non existent as unless the phone is touching the headset it disconnects and now with my boudoir earphones I get a connection but with wrist at waist I get drop outs both headsets have good range when paired with my phone.

Looks like someone stole my review lolhttp://mobilevsandroid.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/gv18-quick-review.html?m=1

How long is the strap that comes with it?
I just ordered one, since I use a waterproof zip bag for my phone when hiking.

If you still need to know I will measure at some point.

I got the watch, but theres no screw on the back of the gv18 case.
I can see a small circle in the plastic, but not cutout.
in softweare the build time is 24-7-2015. Managed to connect phone and a bt headset to play music. But will probably not use that option all that much.

Mine didn't have the screw either I'm wondering if bluetooth connection is a bit ropey due to changing to metal strap.

well, I tested the bluetooth quicly with sonyericsson mw600 headset. I tried dialing with the mw600 inside the jacket and it seemed to work. Just a quick test over lets say 1m distance.
I am thinking of putting some cling film on it or something else for water\moisture protection when hiking.

GV18 or DZ09? which one is better? Which one do you prefer?

What about internet connection? when i have sim in watch, can i connect to internet using phone?
or when i have sim in phone, can i connect to internet using watches?

Couldn't get sim card working
I tried my phone's sim card in the watch, found AT&T's network configuration page, and attempted to get the watch connected. After many unsuccessful attempts, I gave up. Theoretically, the watch gives you a browser, facebook, and whatsapp apps if you're connected with sim card.

just bought it from amazon, will use it primarily to listen to music via bluetooth headphones while jogging. hopefully it works great for my purpose

Best Gearbest Bluetooth smart watch

Hi
I have just sent the U18 watch back to gearbest because the bluetooth was terrible!
It was random, I had so much trouble paring the watch and phone together, and when i finally did it would work any further away from the phone than about 3 inches!
So now I have a credit with Gearbest and would like some idea's of what this community thinks would be the best for me to get?
I want bluetooth to my phone.I dont need it to have a a sim card.I would like to be able to send and receive text messages, and to receive emails or email notifications. GPs would be nice but not a must.
Facebook notifications would be good also.Then all the usual other things such as the media player and fitness things.
Ive been looking at a ZGPAX S8 & a no1 D5, but open to suggestions. The credit i have to spend is approx $120 usd.
Your advice would be appreciated.
Greg

Smartwatch for cycling.

I have a question. If I would like to use the SmartWatch following situation: I'm going on a bike, on hand SmartWatch (without SIM in slot), in a backpack or pocket smartphone HH6 (with SIM) paired with a watch by BT. Someone calls me, I answer a call on the watch and lead the conversation by saying to the hand on the steering wheel. At this time, simultaneously goes GPS and Endomondo. It is feasible that equipment? Such a test network I have not seen, and the only excitement is that you can let go of a game or film. Which to me is a complete misunderstanding, taking into account the size of the display and battery.
I thought about d5 but there probably is not possible to carry on a conversation by saying to watch when the SIM card is in your phone.
Can the new K18 (2016) would give this advice? Is K18 and K10 the same thing?
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I would say a yes - sort of... There are considerations which would affect your scenario that would impact *any* device regardless of who manufactures it. If the phone is in a backpack and the watch on your wrist, there there will probably be issues with BLE signal quality between the devices. However, if the phone is on the side where you're wearing the watch, then there will less drops/glitches. This of course is *before* we talk about the quality of the wrist device itself - in how well its microphone/speaker might work, etc.
With all of that said, I have a similar setup with several devices. I just received the No.1 A10 (mainly for swimming but also for general use when out-and-about) and the K9 3G (more for 'civilized' situations) each of which I pair with my HTC one M8 when in-use. I also have a SIM in my K9 3G, both as a backup for my phone and for SMS (I've been involved with the SWApps Link app roadmap since early stages - so I test its failover from BLE to Push and SMS) and for tethered use/notifications from the phone. I'm not sure if that helps you, but it should give you some 'color' on the options that are available.
I think just about *any* device will promise to do what you suggest. But there's bad news: the real world. The little bit of time I've spend with the A10 as a transponder (phone calling **** Tracy style, but the call is to/from the mobile phone in my pocket with the A10 as mic/speaker) has been bad enough that I pulled the phone from my pocket and took over the call. I'll spend more time experimenting with it and the K9, but I'm not sure if the technology is really ready for the real world, if the hardware I've selected is actually up to the task - or - if my standards are simply too high.

I thinks all you need it an Android wear/ or Original Android to connect with your phone and also can run Endomondo. To answer the call, I think it will be better if you use a bluetooth headset, It will better for music, voice training and call.
Now I'm using a D5 with backup sim with a mi bluetooth headset to track my running. I let my phone home and set an automatic app to send a sms for someone who call my phone to call to my backup number in necessary case. And it just works fine with me (I try and D5 can run almost all running apps quite good. But for see the map when you run, looklike Runkeeper and Endomondo is the best)

So at the moment is not fully good watch, which can be used for making calls, if your SIM card is near the inside of the phone?
I care not to insert every time the SIM card from my phone to watch and vice versa. I also do not want to run another SIM number.
Are D5 offers such a possibility at all? In the movies on YT people call from the watch, in which is placed SIM card. I have not seen anyone talking on his watch and the SIM card in the phone.
Are currently in the Chinese market is something better than D5 in price to approx 150$. I mean similar or better functionality. I mainly depends essentially on the good battery life, protection against light rain, GPS and the communication with the phone, about which we speak. Maybe M8? There is battery 600mAh.
Are K18 for example, would not be better? There is probably the SD card slot.

elephant_ml said:
So at the moment is not fully good watch, which can be used for making calls, if your SIM card is near the inside of the phone?
I care not to insert every time the SIM card from my phone to watch and vice versa. I also do not want to run another SIM number.
Are D5 offers such a possibility at all? In the movies on YT people call from the watch, in which is placed SIM card. I have not seen anyone talking on his watch and the SIM card in the phone.
Are currently in the Chinese market is something better than D5 in price to approx 150$. I mean similar or better functionality. I mainly depends essentially on the good battery life, protection against light rain, GPS and the communication with the phone, about which we speak. Maybe M8? There is battery 600mAh.
Are K18 for example, would not be better? There is probably the SD card slot.
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You confusion is well founded. My two examples, the No1 A10 and the K9 3G are to show examples of *completely* different device setups.
A10 - Bluetooth connection to phone only - no SIM. It has a microphone and speaker for using like a bluetooth headset for answering calls, except it's on your wrist. The No1 A10 can be found online for $50-60US.
K9 - It can *both* function as a bluetooth extension to the phone like the A10- - AND - also operate on its own with a SIM chip inside the watch itself. Depending on how your carrier operates, you *may* be able to set up the SIM on your wrist to look/act/feel like the SIM on your phone (presenting the same number, receiving calls, etc) so that the experience is relatively seamless. But aside from the technical hurdles as to whether the telecom/mobile carrier actually allows this function - there's the cost. I paid $124 for the K9 3G and you can find it for prices in that range at various outlets online. The cost of running a second SIM and related hassles vary widely.
The D5 is more similar to (and perhaps even exactly the same as) the K9 3G though I don't know the D5. I chose the K9 because of the 1900 support that allows me to use it on T-Mobile in the US.
These two different device profiles give different positives and negatives. One the one hand, the K9 is a much "smarter" watch, with more capaiblities - being that it runs full Android 4.4.2. On the down side, it burns through battery very quickly when in heavy use (such as running Google Fit to track steps/location via GPS during workouts) - and it isn't fully waterproof. The A10 is water "resistent" and presumably more able to handle the rough-and-tumble world, and the battery last several days without a charge - but - it has no SIM, no memory to speak of, and relatively limited functionality.
That is a very, very long way of saying YMMV (your mileage may vary).

Standalone Chinese smartwatches phone connection

I'd like to buy a smartwatch, however all that meet my requirements (AMOLED, waterproof) are stand-alone versions, with SIM card slot. I've notice that most of these watches do not support full phone synchronization. I'd like my watch to have functionality like: phone camera trigger, answering phone calls, answering SMS or WhatsApp messages...
If some of you can advice me how can I achieve that by external software, or what kind of smartwatch should I buy to meet those requirements, it would be great.

None of them will be able to make or receive calls properly through Bluetooth if that is what you are asking.
There is a reason for this. Google owns the api that allows this kind of interaction with Android. They will never allow it to be used on these watches. To google, these watches go against everything they are working on with Android Wear. They also protest that it is a security issue.
So, long story short - if you want full Bluetooth interactive mode you will need a Wear watch.
Not one of these Bluetooth pairing watches you find on Aliexpress. They also are not allowed to use these api's and cannot make or receive calls over Bluetooth.
If you find one that really works (a lot of them claim to but don't) I'd be interested ?
You might look at the Ticwatch 2. Nice looking watch and is licensed by Google - kind of......
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Have you looked at the Imacwear M7? It might be what you're looking for.
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Thanks @pablo11, however I can't say that I'm happy with what I've just read So it is not possible to implement this functionality in ROM or with the App?
Samsung watches overspend my budget

I completely don't get it! A 10$ smartwatch (like DZ-09) can answer phone calls and push notification two-way, and 100$ can't?