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[Q] Now that Android 4.3 has BT 4.0 (BLE) - what new peripherals are you buying?

Things like the Fitbit Flex only work with Bluetooth 4.0 - Low Energy, so it was unavailable to Nexus 4 users to my knowledge. Anything else like this that people are going to pick up? I know there are other new Bluetooth features that were introduced or fixed, so feel free to piggyback on my statement.

Do you know what the new features are? I didn't think it was any more than the low energy aspect, but not sure about the new stuff that comes with it.

I ordered a bunch of Wimoto BLE sensors to monitor and instrument my house, car, and a few other things: http://igg.me/at/motes/x/1655370
kekspernikai said:
Things like the Fitbit Flex only work with Bluetooth 4.0 - Low Energy, so it was unavailable to Nexus 4 users to my knowledge. Anything else like this that people are going to pick up? I know there are other new Bluetooth features that were introduced or fixed, so feel free to piggyback on my statement.
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fitbit needs to update their app so we can sync or someone needs to come up with a way to spoof the app to make the app access our BLE

id628 said:
I ordered a bunch of Wimoto BLE sensors to monitor and instrument my house, car, and a few other things: http://igg.me/at/motes/x/1655370
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Ordered one for my garage! LOL Also there's Button Trackr, little bigger than a quarter here in the states, utilizes BT4.0 and that is coming out in a few months as well. :good:

The ideal smart watch

My idea of an awesome smart watch would have the following specs which are a combination of a few watches that are out today.
The Qualcomm Toq's mirasol screen (which is always on with very little battery drain) and its wireless charging capabilities combined with Google Now voice controlled commands as well as mostly everything from the Galaxy Gear. And it wouldn't hurt to have some health related features from some of the sports watches / bands out today as well. At least a built-in stand alone pedometer and possibly a heart monitor, sleep monitor, etc.
I guess I'm hoping for a miracle but if anyone can pull this off it would be Google. I have tried the Gear and Sony's SW2. They are both very nice watches but I will wait for the Google watch to see what they come up with before committing to the others. I would be willing to pay extra within reason to get all of these features in one smart watch rather than having to buy multiple watches to do all of these things.

Anyone use both a smartwatch and fitness band?

I have a Sony smartwatch an thinking about picking up a fitness band. Looking at the Garmin vivosmart because of its touch screen yet slim profile. Also does notifications. But main reason because android wear sucks at fitness stats. But I can't help but feel having both is a bit redundant. Anyone out there using both? Together? Separately for different occasions?
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What specifically are you looking for that you can't get out of programs like Endomoto, Runkeeper, and Ghostrunner?
So, i ask, because before my SW3, i had (and returned) a Garmin 920XT (same software line as the VivoSmart). While the 920XT was functional, i couldn't find anything it did that justified the price over the SW3. While its not a great program, Google Fit keeps track of steps, and the aforementioned programs track and record fitness activities just great (Ghostrunner can export to Runkeeper or Strava). Perhaps you are in need to the really serious stats that the Garmin RUN-HRM, but then i would point you to the 920XT, and not the Smart...

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What specifically are you looking for that you can't get out of programs like Endomoto, Runkeeper, and Ghostrunner?
So, i ask, because before my SW3, i had (and returned) a Garmin 920XT (same software line as the VivoSmart). While the 920XT was functional, i couldn't find anything it did that justified the price over the SW3. While its not a great program, Google Fit keeps track of steps, and the aforementioned programs track and record fitness activities just great (Ghostrunner can export to Runkeeper or Strava). Perhaps you are in need to the really serious stats that the Garmin RUN-HRM, but then i would point you to the 920XT, and not the Smart...
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It's not running activity that my Sony SW fails to take care of, it's the daily day to day fitness aspects such as steps taken, distance, inactivity, etc. And it's not a direct reflection on the Sony. It's android wear and it's terrible implementation of fitness tracking. The sony just actually benefits for running/biking because of the gps. But I wish it did the things I mentioned a second ago. It does steps but can't trust it at all.

For what its worth (again, having had the Garmin and going to the Sony), the Sony does no worse than the Garmin in terms of step accuracy (as in, its not). My 920 would count any bump (driving was particularly bad). Between google fit and runkeeper i get my same total information i did using garmin connect, so it works. But certainly, YMMV.

I'm using a Moto 360 and a Fitbit. The Fitbit is nice because you can use it to connect to MyFitnessPal to update and compensate for how much working out you've done. Currently Moto 360 has to be linked with the Jawbone UP app, which kinda blows.

I use a vivosmart to compliment my wear watch. In the end I didn't think the integration with my health ecosystem worked well enough and I am a heavy Garmin user as I am a keen cyclist
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I use a vivosmart to compliment my wear watch. In the end I didn't think the integration with my health ecosystem worked well enough and I am a heavy Garmin user as I am a keen cyclist
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I had bought that and returned as I thought it was redundant having two things that displayed notifications. But now I'm tempted to get it again. Just sick of android wear an its lack of fitness tracking. I was going to get the fitbit flex because its the most minimal at $100 but than the vivosmart is just as minimal an actually shows you your info. So I don't know what to do.
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I went for the vivosmart as I am already in their ecosystem as I use their cycle computers. Also I like the fact I can stick on an heart rate monitor with it when I go running
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New to AW Few questions about it

I've tried out multiple sports watches and all of them have one issue or another; either displays not good; garmin, suunto, or lacks the features I want Gear S3/Sport. So I am thinking about a waterproof AW, which limits me to pretty much to either the New Balance RunIQ and Nixon Mission. Since the RunIQ has been getting meh reviews in the battery life department, I've pretty much thinking about trying the Mission.
My question is there software for AW that offer breadcrumbing. ie. tracking where I've walked, when outdoors? I could not find such option on Tizen.
I know AW offers strength and fitness apps to track stuff, but do those apps only work on certain devices that support it or does it work on all device like the Mission? Related question, anyone know if the GPS on the Mission is accurate for outdoors(I would think it would be since it's marketed as a surf and snow watch)?
Do all AW track steps and other fitness metrics the same, or is that dependent on the app?

Wear for running? Google Pixel Wear?

So I am in the market for a new smartwatch/fitness band and I am intrigued but not sold on the Ticwatch E/S. They seem like quality devices at an affordable price, but I'm not sure they check all the boxes for me.
What I want is to run with my strava app without my phone, meaning leave my phone at the house. I also like to listen to podcasts and music while I run meaning I need some onboard storage. I also need the sensors (gps, gyro, heartrate etc..) to be fairly accurate and decent battery life 2-3 days would be awesome!
Does anyone have a good recommendation? Also what are the odds we will see a Pixel Wear device at Google I/O? I have a google store credit, but there are no watches available on the store at the moment.

GatorsUF said:
So I am in the market for a new smartwatch/fitness band and I am intrigued but not sold on the Ticwatch E/S. They seem like quality devices at an affordable price, but I'm not sure they check all the boxes for me.
What I want is to run with my strava app without my phone, meaning leave my phone at the house. I also like to listen to podcasts and music while I run meaning I need some onboard storage. I also need the sensors (gps, gyro, heartrate etc..) to be fairly accurate and decent battery life 2-3 days would be awesome!
Does anyone have a good recommendation? Also what are the odds we will see a Pixel Wear device at Google I/O? I have a google store credit, but there are no watches available on the store at the moment.
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I run with my Urbane 2 all the time. There is a spreadsheet over on Reddit that lists info for all AW watches. A lot of active users as well that could answer about the Ticwatch in the AndroidWear subreddit.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...3bkyp1UzT0S5Iahy3W9dAQf_sfc/edit?usp=drivesdk