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Sorry if this isn't the correct thread, but I just picked up a Gear S3 the other day. Probably not a good idea but I've been liking it so far. Is it recommended to get a screen protector for it?
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They announced about a week ago that the 360/2 was getting its Ware 2.0 update. Has anyone here actually gotten it? vv WELP. ClassActionFursuit fucked around with this message at 07:06 on Jun 1, 2017 |
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May 31, 2017 22:23
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LastInLine posted:They announced about a week ago that the 360/2 was getting its Ware 2.0 update. Has anyone here actually gotten it? I got it a few days ago.
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Jun 1, 2017 02:44
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Well I finally got it on mine. The notification scheme is awful and has eliminated the only reason I bought it. Is there any way to make it so you can actually see what's in the notification tray all the time?
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Jun 3, 2017 01:09
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LastInLine posted:Well I finally got it on mine. The notification scheme is awful and has eliminated the only reason I bought it. On the style I spin the knob and my notifications scroll up
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Jun 3, 2017 01:11
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Len posted:On the style I spin the knob and my notifications scroll up The point of wearing a screen on my wrist is to be able to see my notifications passively without touching anything. If I wanted to touch something to view notifications, I would touch my phone. As it is now, the watch doesn't even indicate there are notifications available to view which means not only am I not getting the information I want without interaction, I'm not even aware that interaction is necessary. It's almost as if they tried to reduce utility to its lowest possible level.
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Jun 3, 2017 01:26
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Pebble was the best smartwatch
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Jun 3, 2017 01:27
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LastInLine posted:The point of wearing a screen on my wrist is to be able to see my notifications passively without touching anything. If I wanted to touch something to view notifications, I would touch my phone. As it is now, the watch doesn't even indicate there are notifications available to view which means not only am I not getting the information I want without interaction, I'm not even aware that interaction is necessary. Yeah, this is annoying. The current "best" way that I've found is to set the notifications to always show. This, however, makes it not really a watch anymore.
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Jun 3, 2017 01:55
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So you're saying I shouldn't swipe to install the update on my 360/2?
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Jun 3, 2017 05:38
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So uh... is the urbane 2 ever gonna get 2.0
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Jun 3, 2017 06:39
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Krime posted:So you're saying I shouldn't swipe to install the update on my 360/2? You're still in the same boat because you'll always have the notification to update on top blocking your other notifications. Edit: Now that I've had a few hours to try to adjust to this software, my loathing has only intensified. If this was how the watch was when I bought it for $400, I'd have returned it the next day without hesitation or regret. There are so many bad ideas here that it's difficult to keep them all in my head at the same time. Every time I think I've encountered the most user-hostile change, something else appears to take its place. Let's see how many I can come up with just off the top of my head:
There are other details that are trash, like the extensive use of the crown (which just sucks on my watch as it was never designed to be used in that way) and the fact that the scroll indicator uses the same sized indicator no matter how much of the total view you have which makes it useless as a scroll indicator but the rest of it such a shitshow I could ignore this minor crap. I can't believe how lovely this is and how many people had to approve such horrible, horrible ideas and terrible execution of those ideas. It's been a long time since I've used something this poorly thought out and implemented. It's so bad. ClassActionFursuit fucked around with this message at 18:22 on Jun 3, 2017 |
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Jun 3, 2017 06:53
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LastInLine posted:I can't believe how lovely this is and how many people had to approve such horrible, horrible ideas and terrible execution of those ideas. It's been a long time since I've used something this poorly thought out and implemented. It's so bad. Absolutely agree. It's a total step backwards. You may not have run into it yet, but here's another fun change: You can no longer send or respond to messages hands-free. The little checkbox confirmation button that used to count down to auto-send now no longer auto-sends. You must press the button to actually send a message. This makes using the watch to communicate while doing absolutely anything else practically impossible. Oh, and they removed the press-down to select gesture, and the arm up to go back gesture. Because gently caress you. But, I believe you're a little mistaken about complications. Their appearance is up to the watch face you're using, so they're not always necessarily grey. The face you've selected probably just did it lazily. As for the play store on the watch, don't bother. Use the play store on a browser on a real computer and install to the watch that way.
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Jun 3, 2017 16:46
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5TonsOfFlax posted:Absolutely agree. It's a total step backwards. You may not have run into it yet, but here's another fun change: You can no longer send or respond to messages hands-free. The little checkbox confirmation button that used to count down to auto-send now no longer auto-sends. You must press the button to actually send a message. This makes using the watch to communicate while doing absolutely anything else practically impossible. Hmm, I'm using Pujie Black because the Motorola watchfaces are pretty crappy but I'll try out one and maybe the complications won't look too bad but it doesn't really address the problem that the majority of them are useless. All I want on the watchface in both ambient and interactive modes are analog clock hands, tick marks, a shortcut to Authenticator+, and my notifications and as far as I can tell you just can't do notifications anymore.
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Jun 3, 2017 18:20
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Sounds like I made a good decision to abandon Android Wear after my Moto 360 battery went to poo poo. I haven't decided what I'm going to do instead, but I think I might just go back to a fitbit/garmin/jawbone.
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Jun 3, 2017 18:47
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Throw twenty bucks away on the mi fit 2 and see if it suits your needs, if all you want is step tracking and notifications and a clock it is p much perfect
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Jun 3, 2017 20:53
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LastInLine posted:You're still in the same boat because you'll always have the notification to update on top blocking your other notifications. I disabled all of the constant overlaying notifications at the bottom of the watch, so I dont see it unless I swipe to the bottom of my notifications once the watch is awake. I get the vibrations and screen notification for texts and e-mails and then they hide unless I look for them. Never ever see the update notification.
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Jun 3, 2017 20:54
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Krime posted:I disabled all of the constant overlaying notifications at the bottom of the watch, so I dont see it unless I swipe to the bottom of my notifications once the watch is awake. In that case Wear 2.0 is for you because that's the only option now.
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Jun 4, 2017 02:48
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Thermopyle posted:Sounds like I made a good decision to abandon Android Wear after my Moto 360 battery went to poo poo. Gear S3. It pushes notifications from my phone via 4G, which is pretty nifty when I'm walking around the hotel and don't have my phone on me. It just needs more apps, and better voice control. The bezel is the best interface ever.
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Jun 4, 2017 14:59
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Chef De Cuisinart posted:Gear S3. It pushes notifications from my phone via 4G, which is pretty nifty when I'm walking around the hotel and don't have my phone on me. Do you have the LTE version? If they had the s3 classic in LTE I'd prolly get it. But they only have the frontier, and the dark gray just looks so huge on my little tiny bird wrists.
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Jun 4, 2017 15:40
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I'd probably consider a Gear if Authenticator+ and Our Groceries worked on it.
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Jun 4, 2017 15:53
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LastInLine posted:I'd probably consider a Gear if Authenticator+ and Our Groceries worked on it. Yeah, there's a couple of apps that I used extensively on an AW device. Of course by going with a more bare bones fitness tracker+notifier I'm giving those up anyway...
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Jun 4, 2017 16:53
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Thermopyle posted:Yeah, there's a couple of apps that I used extensively on an AW device. Of course by going with a more bare bones fitness tracker+notifier I'm giving those up anyway... Yeah given my level of "fitness" ("You failed to reach your 2000 step goal!") once I've surrendered the apps and the notifications, I might as well surrender knowing the time as well and not have anything. In a new discovery of ways this watch sucks now is they changed the background of the desk clock mode while it's charging from black to dark grey which means there is no longer enough contrast for me to read it from across the bedroom. I'm also starting to suspect that it isn't actually giving me notifications at all. I have "Always show" turned on but I've received a lot of Hangouts chats and never been notified about them at all. I'll know more once I'm back at work but a quick Google shows that many on 2.0 aren't getting notifications consistently. I'm quickly running out of things this thing can do.
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Jun 4, 2017 17:58
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LastInLine posted:In a new discovery of ways this watch sucks now is they changed the background of the desk clock mode while it's charging from black to dark grey which means there is no longer enough contrast for me to read it from across the bedroom. I was wondering if the watch was brighter at night or if I just mis-remembered.
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Jun 4, 2017 18:07
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Blue Train posted:Throw twenty bucks away on the mi fit 2 and see if it suits your needs, if all you want is step tracking and notifications and a clock it is p much perfect I have a cheap rear end chinese fitness band that outputs the full notification content on your wrist for any app and also does the whole fitness stuff. The battery lasts 20 days. I never ever touch my 360 anymore, there's literally zero reason for me to do so. Most people just want a clock that shows notifications and doesn't require charging every day. I feel like the chinese bands will rise up over the android wear corpse because they focus on the things people actually use, cost next to nothing and have amazing battery life. I wish android wear would scale down on features, not just increasing the bloat while making everything worse. Oh well.
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Jun 4, 2017 18:12
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hooah posted:I was wondering if the watch was brighter at night or if I just mis-remembered. You can tell it's not black because now the flat tire is visible.
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Jun 4, 2017 18:52
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AA is for Quitters posted:Do you have the LTE version? Yeah, I have the Frontier. I think the Classic is getting an LTE release this year.
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Jun 4, 2017 19:58
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Is there was a way to prevent "Ok Google" from triggering both my watch and my phone?
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Jun 26, 2017 00:36
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hooah posted:Is there was a way to prevent "Ok Google" from triggering both my watch and my phone? It's never triggered on my watch even if I shout directly at it. If you told me that the Moto 360/2 didn't have a microphone at all I'd believe you with how poorly mine works.
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Jun 26, 2017 00:45
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LastInLine posted:It's never triggered on my watch even if I shout directly at it. If you told me that the Moto 360/2 didn't have a microphone at all I'd believe you with how poorly mine works. Interesting; that's exactly what I have.
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Jun 26, 2017 01:43
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LastInLine posted:It's never triggered on my watch even if I shout directly at it. If you told me that the Moto 360/2 didn't have a microphone at all I'd believe you with how poorly mine works. You probably got a bum unit.
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Jun 26, 2017 01:59
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big mean giraffe posted:You probably got a bum unit. Honestly I always figured it's because I drive a convertible and I've only ever attempted to use voice input on the watch in the car.  The one time I can think of was when someone messaged me to say they were outside and I replied on my watch with "I'll be down in a sec, you were fast". It came out as "karate in a sex you're too fast".
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Jun 26, 2017 02:16
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Is anyone using Wear and Authenticator+? Since the update on the 29th it just closes immediately on my watch.
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Jun 30, 2017 14:06
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LastInLine posted:Is anyone using Wear and Authenticator+? Since the update on the 29th it just closes immediately on my watch. Yup, and yes it crashes immediately for me on my watch too. Asus ZW3.
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Jun 30, 2017 17:35
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CLAM DOWN posted:Yup, and yes it crashes immediately for me on my watch too. Asus ZW3. Thanks for the confirmation. I notified the developer but I had to redo one of my tokens the same day and didn't know if it was a bug related to that (although it launched on the watch after I did it so I doubted that was the case). I hope they fix it fast, I use it every day at work.
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Jun 30, 2017 17:36
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LastInLine posted:Is anyone using Wear and Authenticator+? Since the update on the 29th it just closes immediately on my watch. Works on mine. Asus Zenwatch 3
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Jun 30, 2017 17:39
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I've read that Wear 2.0 does things on an iPhone much better than it used to? I just want my notifications from the Twitter app and IFTTT picked up, since I've set my phone to bug me about certain deals/sales-related accounts. If I can get a copy of my notifications and see the time, that's all I need. I've heard the basic ZenWatch I can get on eBay for $100 can do that, can anyone confirm? And to head off the obvious: Yes, I know I own an Apple phone. Yes, I've used an Apple Watch and set up my mother's for her. No, I don't need that poo poo and would probably buy a Pebble if they hadn't gone out of business last year, so I'm trying to find the next best option
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Jul 1, 2017 06:08
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If all you need is the time and a notification you could buy a mi band 2 for like twenty dollars
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Jul 1, 2017 20:36
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Huawei Watch 2 Classic looks pretty nice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ASRD8io7OM
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Jul 3, 2017 08:22
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I got sick of waiting for AW 2.0 on Urbane 2 so at 3am on a whim I decided on a whim to fix that thanks to this video. Worked great and I have virtually no experience with this sort of thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTVxHYViN7I Apparently this enables NFC payments through the band on the watch too. Not sure what I think of 2.0 in general yet... sucks that it doesn't seem to use the extra two buttons on the watch.
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Jul 3, 2017 11:14
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*crickets* Silenced mode being decoupled from your phone is a pretty huge downside to 2.0.
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