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CLAM DOWN posted:Yeah, I can't stand iOS and the Apple Watch looks like total garbage so that's definitely out, I'm seeing the end of smartwatches (for me, for now) as well. Hi guys, I said this in the thread months ago but Yall should of got gear s3's. Smdh I don't use any apps though other than running apps so I guess it's good for me. Pairs well with the pixel as well. Looks nice and has mega battery life and a beautiful non flat tire screen. Also turning instead of swiping is baller as gently caress. Good Canadian Boy fucked around with this message at 18:27 on Jul 25, 2017 |
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withoutclass posted:I've not used AW much but I just tested the notification stuff by sending him a text and it seems to work pretty well? The thing popped up full screen and easy to read. There's a lil notification dot at the bottom that tells you if you missed/unread notifications so you just swipe up and see them full screen there as well. Is this somehow a step back? Yes, the notification used to stay on the screen until you did something with it (at least it could be configured as such). The difference between knowing you have a notification but have to act to view it compared to just glancing is enormous because the only time you care about seeing it at a glance is when you're too busy to pay attention, such as when you're driving. It's quite literally the difference between useful and useless. If I have to act to view the notification, I'll use my phone--the whole point of having a second screen is lost if you have to interact with it to make it useful. There is a way to make incoming notifications take up the entire screen and never dismiss but then that's not quite the same either. Peek notifications were the whole paradigm Wear was based around and now it's not even an option, it's just gone. Either notifications go completely unnoticed or they require so much effort to see that it negates the point.
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I always had peek turned off because I found it annoying to have half my watch face taken up by a Google now card every time the watch woke up, so usage hasn't changed much for me. That's not to say I don't think it's stupid they took out the option, but it has zero bearing on my use case. My wrist buzzes, I check out the notification, if it's something I really want to take action on I will (either through voice or with phone) otherwise I dismiss.
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Another thing I've noticed with Wear 2.0 is that Assistant feels a lot slower to respond to OK Google than Google Now was. Frequently I'll have to tap the screen and try again because the thing says "tap the screen to talk" or something like that. Anyone else having this experience?
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Good Canadian Boy posted:Hi guys, I said this in the thread months ago but Yall should of got gear s3's. Smdh The main watch apps I use are Authenticator+, Shazam, and I guess Google Now/Assistant. And I view/interact with notifications from various apps. I'm not sure all this is doable on the Gear S3 so I'm avoiding it for now.
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LastInLine posted:Yes, the notification used to stay on the screen until you did something with it (at least it could be configured as such). The difference between knowing you have a notification but have to act to view it compared to just glancing is enormous because the only time you care about seeing it at a glance is when you're too busy to pay attention, such as when you're driving. Ah thanks, that helps clear up my confusion.
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LastInLine posted:Yes, the notification used to stay on the screen until you did something with it (at least it could be configured as such). The difference between knowing you have a notification but have to act to view it compared to just glancing is enormous because the only time you care about seeing it at a glance is when you're too busy to pay attention, such as when you're driving. gently caress I hated that feature. I much prefer the watch letting me know that I have a notification (and depending on the face, how many unread notifications I have), but not displaying the content. I can then flick it up on my watch, or just check my phone. It's not monumental effort either way. That said, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to straight up remove that as an option for those who did use it.
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I might have quite liked my Huawei Watch on 2.0 for IOS but got a Garmin Vivosmart3 on the weekend and literally haven't thought about going back once.
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UnfortunateSexFart posted:I think I just jumped ship - AW watches were just a bit too small for me. :/ Come on now, who wouldn't want a massive orange android wear watch?? e: vvvv as I'm phoneposting I'll edit out the picture and just give you the link to the massive orange watch instead. Cultural Marxist fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Jul 26, 2017 |
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Cultural Marxist posted:Come on now, who wouldn't want a massive orange android wear watch?? Can't inline to http images, must rehost on a https host.
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I'm honestly still wearing my Urbane 2 more than the new g-shock. I forgot about a lot of features I like, like trusted devices for auto-unlocking and google fit tracking etc. G-shock will still be good for night time work.
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UnfortunateSexFart posted:I'm honestly still wearing my Urbane 2 more than the new g-shock. I forgot about a lot of features I like, like trusted devices for auto-unlocking and google fit tracking etc. Fixed your post. Urbane 2 still not AW2.. Zenwatch 2 got it.. not sure how I Feel.. I need to charge it all the way up and see how battery works on it now.
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tater_salad posted:Fixed your post. Glad. You should feel overjoyed.
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Cultural Marxist posted:Come on now, who wouldn't want a massive orange android wear watch?? Pssh only 48mm, g-shock GA710-1A is 57. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt2rxYSy2f4 UnfortunateSexFart fucked around with this message at 19:22 on Jul 28, 2017 |
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UnfortunateSexFart posted:Pssh only 48mm, g-shock GA710-1A is 57. I'm holding out for the inevitable android wear carriage clock you can strap to your wrist.
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My ZenWatch3 finally updated to Wear 2.0 and aside from some hiccups during the update process it doesn't seem too bad. The only complaints I have are that performance took a bit of a hit, and swiping left or right changes the watch face. I haven't changed a face on accident yet, though and it actually seems like a nifty way to show someone the watch when they ask about it (I get that a lot). I was dreading the update after reading all the comments here but so far it's pretty spiffy.
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Are you still getting decent battery life? I flashed back to 1.5 because 2.0 barely made it 12 hours.
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lostleaf posted:Are you still getting decent battery life? I flashed back to 1.5 because 2.0 barely made it 12 hours. I've been asking about this but nothing yet, can you link to how to flash back to 1.5?
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CLAM DOWN posted:I've been asking about this but nothing yet, can you link to how to flash back to 1.5? It's pretty simple if you've used fastboot and adb before download and extract the AW 1.5 image https://www.dropbox.com/s/tz9bg5fggpfn2q6/swift_partition_dump_part1_MWG68.zip?dl=1 make sure your watch has adb debugging set to on connect your watch to your charger and your charger to your computer open a command prompt and navigate to where you extracted the 1.5 image adb reboot-bootloader wait for the watch to go into recovery mode fastboot oem unlock follow the commands on the watch to unlock the bootloader, wait for the watch to reboot fastboot flash boot boot.img fastboot flash recovery recovery.img when you flash the system partition, it takes about 5 minutes by itself so don't disconnect thinking something went wrong fastboot flash system system.img fastboot format userdata fastboot format cache i recommend you relock the bootloader, otherwise it's going to popup a warning everytime you reboot the watch fastboot oem lock fastboot reboot And you're done. You'll need to repair the watch to your phone. There's no easy way to remove the nag for the update to 2.0 unfortunately. if you need help with adb and fastboot install here's the links for them https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip https://dl-ssl.google.com//android/repository/latest_usb_driver_windows.zip
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lostleaf posted:Are you still getting decent battery life? I flashed back to 1.5 because 2.0 barely made it 12 hours. It was ~50% when I got home yesterday. Battery life seems shorter, but not too bad. I'll have to see over the next few days.
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Battery life on my Moto 360 2 seems 100% unchanged.
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AnimalChin posted:It was ~50% when I got home yesterday. Battery life seems shorter, but not too bad. I'll have to see over the next few days. Worked a 14 hour day today and came home to about 25% battery life. Not too terrible, I guess?
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Some new Fossil watches with Android Wear 2.0 and no flat tire: http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/08/07/fossils-third-gen-android-wear-devices-pre-order-today-one-already-available-discount/
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Rastor posted:Some new Fossil watches with Android Wear 2.0 and no flat tire: Those look nice 
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Man, all I want is a transflective display so I can actually read it in the sun, GPS, waterproofing and (ideally, but not absolutely necessary) NFC Is this too much to ask?
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Nitrousoxide posted:Man, all I want is a transflective display so I can actually read it in the sun, GPS, waterproofing and (ideally, but not absolutely necessary) NFC I'm usually an OLED whore but I'd definitely buy a second "sport" style watch if it had a transflective LCD. Reading the HWatch in direct sunlight is an exercise in futility.
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wolrah posted:I'm usually an OLED whore but I'd definitely buy a second "sport" style watch if it had a transflective LCD. Reading the HWatch in direct sunlight is an exercise in futility. Sony's Smartwatch 3 is pretty close, it ticks all the boxes, but it's kinda ugly, only supports AW 1.5 (and specifically states it won't get updated) and has no heart rate sensor. Casio's "Pro Trek Smart" wsd-f20 (the first version, the f10, lacks gps) also comes kind of close in that it has a dual layer screen so it can work like a dumb watch in direct sunlight, and it ticks the other boxes. But a dumb watch in sunlight, smart watch indoors is not what i'm looking for. I want to be able to use the watch as a smart watch in direct sunlight.
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The Moto 360 Sport had an "AnyLight display" which was supposedly usable in direct sunlight. Edit: youtube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDSCiatweHo&t=216s Rastor fucked around with this message at 17:02 on Aug 8, 2017 |
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So I got an LG Style and...it's good? Like, it torched its battery loading apps and updating but it charges at .5A so sort of expected I guess? After that seems to be alright and AW2 is fine but I have no baseline whatsoever. The only issue I have: common interaction (Swipe left) is bound to switching watch faces which isn't a thing I'm gonna want to do ever. My PTR broke a while ago and I've been going without since then, I'm pretty happy with this as a replacement for $140.
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FormatAmerica posted:So I got an LG Style and...it's good? That's the one that can't make it through a whole day, right?
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LastInLine posted:That's the one that can't make it through a whole day, right? I take mine off the charger around 130pm and if I forget to put it back on it makes it until I get off work the next day around 11pm. So no?
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Len posted:I take mine off the charger around 130pm and if I forget to put it back on it makes it until I get off work the next day around 11pm. So no? The reviews were pretty consistent about its poor battery life but of course it always comes down to if it works for you. Do you use ambient mode?
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LastInLine posted:The reviews were pretty consistent about its poor battery life but of course it always comes down to if it works for you. Do you use ambient mode? I do not. I don't use it or the wrist turning the screen on but even with both of them I still got a full day taking it off the charger in the morning (7amish)and having it still be alive by midnight
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That's good. I always thought it seemed like a decent Wear model and was disappointed to hear reviews make it out to be an eight hour watch. I hope the battery holds up over the long term.
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Yeah it looks like I'll get ~22 hours, pulled it off charger @ 8am today and currently at 69% (nice) I have ambient mode off but wrist activation on
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FormatAmerica posted:Yeah it looks like I'll get ~22 hours, pulled it off charger @ 8am today and currently at 69% (nice) I have ambient and wrist activation off and got about 32 on this latest charge. Took it off the charger yesterday before work and I was at 6% when I got home from work today.
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If that's the typical real world performance I guess that reinforces what I should have already known about tech reviews.
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LastInLine posted:If that's the typical real world performance I guess that reinforces what I should have already known about tech reviews. If Im not mistaken, the battery was poo poo on that watch until an update. If not that watch Im sure it was another that I read about.
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Anyone have a good recommendation for a replacement band for the ZW3?
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