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Finally got the MM update for wear and I can start calls through the regular dialer but I can't seem to start one through my Google voice number in hangouts. Is this possible? I can switch to my watch on the phone once I've started a call but not start one one the watch, at least for Google voice.
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I'm honored to be quoted in the thread title. thx good mod sir
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Android Police did an Android Wear roundup, 9 apps and 29 watch faces: http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/03/05/38-best-android-wear-apps-and-watch-faces-from-12315-3416/
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Rastor posted:Android Police did an Android Wear roundup, 9 apps and 29 watch faces: Yes reading documents and trading stocks on my watch, exactly what I've always wanted to do.
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Mar 6, 2016 17:38
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Rastor posted:Android Police did an Android Wear roundup, 9 apps and 29 watch faces: I developed the Elementary face in that article. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=wtf.hipster.elementary I'd appreciate any feedback on it.
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The little retaining loop on my OG 360 band has finally broken. I've been expecting this for months now as it was always a bit lovely, the inside layer of leather fell off a long time ago and the single stitch making it into a loop was getting looser and looser. Motorola don't sell replacement bands in the UK so I appear to be entirely hosed. Currently using an elastic band which looks about as good as you'd imagine. Edit: There are some cheap-looking bands on Amazon with mixed reviews so maybe I'll try one of those. Just need to hold out for a nice Snapdragon Wear 2100 powered Moto 360 2016. Tunga fucked around with this message at 22:07 on Mar 6, 2016 |
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Mar 6, 2016 21:57
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Tunga posted:The little retaining loop on my OG 360 band has finally broken. I've been expecting this for months now as it was always a bit lovely, the inside layer of leather fell off a long time ago and the single stitch making it into a loop was getting looser and looser. Almost any 22 mm band that uses spring bars will work, just buy something you like rather than getting ripped off by motorola.
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Mar 6, 2016 22:35
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uPen posted:Almost any 22 mm band that uses spring bars will work, just buy something you like rather than getting ripped off by motorola. Also I literally cannot get ripped off by Motorola.
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Mar 6, 2016 22:52
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Tunga posted:As far as I'm aware bands have to have the central cutout to fit the OG 360. It has to be narrow enough to fit in there but it's not only official ones that qualify.
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Mar 6, 2016 23:24
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Fixed with a bit of tape, it's on the inside of the strap so it doesn't show up, it's actually a better fit than before it fell apart so that'll do fine for a few months until some nice third gen watches show up.
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I'd like to get a smartwatch primarily to use as a fitness tracker/keep track of my calendar as well as keeping track of emails/SMS. The OP seemed a bit out of date, but from looking around it seems like the Samsung Gear S2 and Pebble Time seem to be well reviewed/meet those requirements. Does anyone have experience with these, or other recommendations? I do have a Samsung phone that I guess might be more compatible with a Samsung watch, but it's really not clear to me if that + the brighter screen is worth the extra cost, or if these are even the best watches to be looking at! Would love any advice.
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I absolutely love my Pebble Time Steel. Battery lasts for 10+ days and it does what you are looking for, but not everything and the kitchen sink.
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foutre posted:I'd like to get a smartwatch primarily to use as a fitness tracker/keep track of my calendar as well as keeping track of emails/SMS. The OP seemed a bit out of date, but from looking around it seems like the Samsung Gear S2 and Pebble Time seem to be well reviewed/meet those requirements. Does anyone have experience with these, or other recommendations? I do have a Samsung phone that I guess might be more compatible with a Samsung watch, but it's really not clear to me if that + the brighter screen is worth the extra cost, or if these are even the best watches to be looking at! Would love any advice. If you want a fitness tracker smartwatch get a fitbit, the samsung software is catastrophic. Can't comment on the pebble.
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foutre posted:I'd like to get a smartwatch primarily to use as a fitness tracker/keep track of my calendar as well as keeping track of emails/SMS. The OP seemed a bit out of date, but from looking around it seems like the Samsung Gear S2 and Pebble Time seem to be well reviewed/meet those requirements. Does anyone have experience with these, or other recommendations? I do have a Samsung phone that I guess might be more compatible with a Samsung watch, but it's really not clear to me if that + the brighter screen is worth the extra cost, or if these are even the best watches to be looking at! Would love any advice. As far as I can tell, no smartwatch is good at keeping accurate data as a fitness tracker.
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Mar 9, 2016 22:03
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Huawei Watches are up to 30% off on Amazon, today only: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B013LKLS2E
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Alright, leaning towards the cheapest Pebble Time I can find a real fitness tracker then, thanks for the advice. Also, fwiw, when I went to look at smartwatches in person today the Huawei watch display model's screen had some of the lines of the watch face faintly showing whenever you switched to other screens; it looked like a series of permanently discolored pixels burned into the screen from being on too long. Probably not something to worry about in regular use, but worrying nonetheless.
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foutre posted:Alright, leaning towards the cheapest Pebble Time I can find a real fitness tracker then, thanks for the advice. This is basically what I do. I wear a Moto360 smartwatch and a fitbit flex.
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foutre posted:Alright, leaning towards the cheapest Pebble Time I can find a real fitness tracker then, thanks for the advice. It's not worrying, it happens with all amoled/p-oled displays at stores and won't happen if you use it normally.
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Mar 12, 2016 03:21
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The speakers on the Huawei watch work now. source: me being woken up by two alarm noises and realizing one came from it. Hooray!
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Thermopyle posted:As far as I can tell, no smartwatch is good at keeping accurate data as a fitness tracker. The people at Fitbit are loving morons for not designing watchband that attaches to a standard watch (including the Apple Watch and Wear) that has the Fitbit guts in it but nothing else. They built their own dumbass smartwatch instead of ceding the market that no one is really good at and making the thing that they are really good and allowing it to attach to any watch. I honestly don't understand why this is a product they don't make, watches are seriously back in style, fitness trackers are all the rage, stop trying to make lovely combination products and just let people clip a Fitbit to the watch they already wear.
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Three Olives posted:The people at Fitbit are loving morons for not designing watchband that attaches to a standard watch (including the Apple Watch and Wear) that has the Fitbit guts in it but nothing else. They built their own dumbass smartwatch instead of ceding the market that no one is really good at and making the thing that they are really good and allowing it to attach to any watch. Considering Fitbit has intentionally made a business decision not to sync data with Apple Health or Google Fit, interop with smartwatches -- if even just as a band -- seems like it's not on their radar at all.
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Three Olives posted:The people at Fitbit are loving morons for not designing watchband that attaches to a standard watch (including the Apple Watch and Wear) that has the Fitbit guts in it but nothing else.
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:With an idea like that, I'm not sure Fitbit is the moron here. As somebody who may someday buy an android watch, but will not buy an android watch and a fitbit because I'm not going to switch watches for exercise, this seems like an idea that would allow them to continue selling their own hardware at their own prices, while also meaning I might purchase their hardware in the future, instead of just not. Why is it moronic?
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surc posted:As somebody who may someday buy an android watch, but will not buy an android watch and a fitbit because I'm not going to switch watches for exercise, this seems like an idea that would allow them to continue selling their own hardware at their own prices, while also meaning I might purchase their hardware in the future, instead of just not. Why is it moronic? I also think it's a cool idea
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surc posted:As somebody who may someday buy an android watch, but will not buy an android watch and a fitbit because I'm not going to switch watches for exercise, this seems like an idea that would allow them to continue selling their own hardware at their own prices, while also meaning I might purchase their hardware in the future, instead of just not. Why is it moronic? Don't switch. Wear the watch on your left arm and a fitbit flex on the right.
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surc posted:As somebody who may someday buy an android watch, but will not buy an android watch and a fitbit because I'm not going to switch watches for exercise, this seems like an idea that would allow them to continue selling their own hardware at their own prices, while also meaning I might purchase their hardware in the future, instead of just not. Why is it moronic? 1) Look at the total volume of the working guts of a Fitbit-type device, then look at the size of a watch band. 2) Watch bands need to flex. This idea would either make part of the band length unable to flex, or add electronics to the flexing part. 3) How do you make such a two-piece watch band where one side isn't significantly thicker than the other (apart from padding the thickness of the non-working side for no practical reason)? The problem would be to address the size, practicality, and stylishness issues, while keeping it in a competitive price range. For what would almost certainly be a niche market.
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Goon checking in that wears a moov now on the right, and a moto 360 on the left. If I was just into a generic fitness band and my smart watch, I'd consider something integrated into a tasteful band.
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:Off the top of my head: I'm not sure how you'd make it work but you would obviously need a single piece band like a nato strap rather than 2 separate bands. It's a neat idea but as others have said wear a watch on your left and a tracker band with no screen on your right.
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:Off the top of my head: https://kairoswatches.com/tbands/tband/od/ 
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Point, but at the risk of being pedantic that's not really a watch band, it's a bracelet (from their web page it seems all but the top parts are rigid, and it's circular). It also doesn't seem to actually exist. I suppose a "watch bracelet" could eventually happen, but I have serious doubts about the comfort, significant doubts about the functionality, and no comment on the stylishness. I mean, I know it's easy to think "just make something that looks like a Fitbit Charge but leave out the top part", and I can see how people would like to have that, but the top part is pretty important and there's a reason it's on the top.
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Lots of watches have bracelets.
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:Point, but at the risk of being pedantic that's not really a watch band, it's a bracelet (from their web page it seems all but the top parts are rigid, and it's circular). It also doesn't seem to actually exist. People have been doing stuff with watches and thick bracelets forever: https://www.google.com/search?q=bra...ch&q=cuff+watch surc fucked around with this message at 14:57 on Mar 15, 2016 |
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:"just make something that looks like a Fitbit Flex but rotate the device storage thing to the side a bit"
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Fossil announced two additional $275 Android Wear watches: http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/15/11233878/fossil-q-marshal-wander-android-wear-watch
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Are the innards on the Fossil watches "good enough"? The one looks quite nice and is a good price.
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hooah posted:Are the innards on the Fossil watches "good enough"? The one looks quite nice and is a good price. You may remember me mocking the Fossil Q Founder's name earlier in the thread. In a burst of irony, I just won one at SXSW (but didn't win poo poo from the Google claw game, despite trying every day). The main difference between the Founder and most other Android Wear watches is the intel SOC, and the 1GB Ram (instead of 512M). So far, I have not noticed any real noticeable difference in the UI smoothness compared to my LG G watch. Which is to say: it's perfectly adequate. This is my first day actually wearing the watch, so I can't comment about battery life yet, but wear battery stats projects it to be about as advertised ( >= 24 hours). I am actually quite happy with this watch so far, though I would not pay the $275 asking price. For that ballpark, the Huawei has a better screen, speaker, no flat tire, and a heartrate sensor (but not QI charging which is a huge plus for me). It is a little large on my stick-like wrists, but in person it does not look too bad. Certainly better than the LG Urbane. 
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Here is the first Android Wear watch with the new Snapdragon Wear 2100 chip, the Nixon Mission: http://phandroid.com/2016/03/16/nixon-mission-surfing-watch/
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It's a sports watch, all of them are varying degrees of hideous as to be very durable. It's probably a good sign that manufactures see Wear as a broad multi-use platform, unless Google is just bribing them like Microsoft with Windows Phone.
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I kinda dig the steel one. Though it's much more rugged than my use cases. I'm still loving my OG 360, but it's starting to get time to start looking into replacement.
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