Now more and more people know smart watches and the amount of those buying a smart watch is increasing speedly.But why it's so hot now?
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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.
There is a project I found from time ago called "siftables" http://youtu.be/rNZ1pNeBCRI
It dawned on me that if smart watches are hackable enough a similar functionality would be possible to achieve.
Can any devs with smartwatch experienced enlighten more on this possible usage??
I am thinking tens of hundreds of cheap smart watches used in the manner shown in the video!
Hello!
1. Why nobody says that round smart watches -lack the ability to show everything that needed on the round screen.
2. there is a problem of showing whatsapp notifications?
3. A way to integrate between the smart watch heart rate sensor and sport tracker apps?
With such problems-there is a question about buying such watches.
Waiting for your opinions.
Thank
alfi07 said:
Hello!
1. Why nobody says that round smart watches -lack the ability to show everything that needed on the round screen.
2. there is a problem of showing whatsapp notifications?
3. A way to integrate between the smart watch heart rate sensor and sport tracker apps?
With such problems-there is a question about buying such watches.
Waiting for your opinions.
Thank
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I see your points. I prefer the round design because it more like the traditional watches I wear. Also, there are so many great custom watch faces that look awesome and I don't see as many square faces that are as great. While you can put a round watchface on a square watch, to me it just doesn't look right. As to apps, there has been some great work done on making apps work for the round face. I know there are some problems with some, but I don't find it too bad. The two things that cause me pause with smartwatches in general is: 1) the lack of 3G US bands (1900) and 2) if you have an iPhone like me, there is still a lack of connectivity versus an Android phone. I know that has a lot to do with Apple locking down their operating system and not giving true access because they want you to buy an Apple watch. But knowing this does not change the fact that since I have an iPhone, my connectivity issues or just simple lack of connectivity, it going to make the smartwatch experience less than stellar.
Im in the market for a smart watch. I use an iPhone X and it seems to be a big difference between watches. What I want is to have text/call notifications and being able to control my music. Iwo6 seems to support this, but are there any other brands that is more bang for the buck? Price range up to 90$.
Aw is to expensive, don’t need voice assist etc that I can get from an AW.
Hi everyone!
So I survived 2020, the year so bad they named it twice! As a result of 7 months of isolation orders, my health isn't so healthy and I have started walking for 2 hours a day. I'm trying to choose a WearOS device that's... err, how shall I say, not an overpriced piece of garbage?
I'm trying to keep the price around $150.00 USD. I realize that this limits my options. Currently I'm using a Samsung S20 G5. A plus would be if the watch has a desktop app, seems that Google cancelled the Google Fit desktop app.
Any thought, suggestions or philosophical musings?
Thanks!
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I am using Suunto 7 and when I bought it my wish was that it would serve me both as a smart watch for my Android phone and also as a fitness/sport watch. It turned out to be pretty decent smart watch. Looks good, has a good display, battery lasts couple of days in normal use. However, it failed badly as a sports watch. Battery is the problem. In need to sports watch to be able to track up to 8-10 hours when I'm cycling. So I ended up buying another watch, Polar Grid X for sports/fitness.
So I do not recommend any Wear OS for tracking any fitness activities. And as a plain smart watch Suunto 7 is too expensive.
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I am using Suunto 7 and when I bought it my wish was that it would serve me both as a smart watch for my Android phone and also as a fitness/sport watch. It turned out to be pretty decent smart watch. Looks good, has a good display, battery lasts couple of days in normal use. However, it failed badly as a sports watch. Battery is the problem. In need to sports watch to be able to track up to 8-10 hours when I'm cycling. So I ended up buying another watch, Polar Grid X for sports/fitness.
So I do not recommend any Wear OS for tracking any fitness activities. And as a plain smart watch Suunto 7 is too expensive.
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They have it on sale at -31% off so I'm considering it. How long did it last? What were you tracking GPS+heart rate?
Why not try some of the ticwatch range. They are over your 150 budget but you can find coupons online that will reduce the cost. Just got the e3 for 161 including UPS shipping.
I havent actually used it yet but it looks the best for the price range from all the reviews and specs i seen.