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sailormoon posted:What's the biggest wearos watch Ticwatch Pro 3 (at least currently made.)
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Apr 25, 2022 06:35
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It ain't that big
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Apr 25, 2022 12:23
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Side by side with a 40mm Apple Watch and 46mm Galaxy Watch 4 Classic. https://i.imgur.com/qRxVv6s_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium Size looks kinda ok there, but it could be the shadow tricking me and the lack of lugs will probably still make it look small on the wrist. Also, it does not appear to use normal Qi charging as the battery has died and the person that has it hasn't been able to revive it with any chargers they have tried.
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Apr 25, 2022 18:14
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bull3964 posted:It does without a question. There are images of them in that link. The wristbands are just fitbit infinity bands. I don't get it, doesn't google own fitbit? Why don't they just go all in on fitbits? Fitbit already has a bigger marketshare than an unproven new smartwatch produced by a notoriously flaky company that abandons whatever they're doing pretty quickly
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Apr 25, 2022 22:43
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Google engineers get paid more if they make something new that takes off as opposed to improving something existing and that getting big. It's why they've made a dozen chat apps and made YouTube Music instead of improving Google Play Music and etc etc...
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Apr 27, 2022 18:13
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Humerus posted:Google engineers get paid more if they make something new that takes off as opposed to improving something existing and that getting big. I always feel a little nervous when I like and start to rely on a Google product. Keep is a great notes and reminder app, but it seems like just the sort of project Google would lose interest in and vaporize.
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Apr 27, 2022 19:05
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Humerus posted:Google engineers get paid more if they make something new that takes off as opposed to improving something existing and that getting big. As much as I'd love this to be true, it's not unfortunately. Google just allows (and sometimes encourages) people to shift around into new teams or roles every few years - sometimes it leads to great innovation, and sometimes the exact opposite.
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Apr 28, 2022 05:07
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bull3964 posted:It's not like it had to be either or. The lack of a larger option just kills it for me. Multiple leakers are saying there will be: https://twitter.com/heyitsyogesh/status/1519181042799632384 https://twitter.com/chunvn8888/status/1519277145914179584 Though only way to know for sure is to wait two weeks. Calaveron posted:The wristbands are just fitbit infinity bands. I don't get it, doesn't google own fitbit? Why don't they just go all in on fitbits? Fitbit already has a bigger marketshare than an unproven new smartwatch produced by a notoriously flaky company that abandons whatever they're doing pretty quickly Despite the design language similiarity the bands have a different connector to the Versa 3/Sense so doesn't seem like they'll be interoperable. quote:I don't get it, doesn't google own fitbit? Why don't they just go all in on fitbits? Fitbit already has a bigger marketshare than an unproven new smartwatch produced by a notoriously flaky company that abandons whatever they're doing pretty quickly I think given the general uncertainity around getting the Fitbit acquistion past regulators (the deal was only finalized in January 2021) it made total sense at the time for the Pixel Hardware team to hedge their bets and greenlight their own Wear OS 3 reference device given engineering timeframes. While they could've branded it a "Fitbit" anyway, I think the Nest -> Google Home debacle informed their decision not to. Worst comes to worst they can always pull a Nest Hub and out of the blue say "your Pixel Watch is now Fitbit Pixel".
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Apr 28, 2022 12:24
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That "limited release" thing concerns me. I'm so tired of competing to purchase products.
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Apr 28, 2022 14:52
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Get used to it. I bet its here to stay.
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Apr 28, 2022 15:09
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Does anyone else with a Watch4 have trouble checking for updates via the phone app? It constantly tells me it can't check for updates and to make sure I'm connected to wifi or Bluetooth. Edit: apparently restarting the watch fixes that. Weird. hooah fucked around with this message at 02:46 on Apr 29, 2022 |
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Apr 28, 2022 23:56
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I regularly need to restart my watch4 and every 6 months or so I do a factory reset. It starts to develop some weird behaviors like the aod not working.
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Apr 29, 2022 03:17
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Current leaks have the Pixel watch having ECG and exynos chipset. I think it's pretty much going to be a galaxy watch 4 mainboard with more storage grafted with Fitbit Charge 5 sensors.
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May 3, 2022 16:19
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bull3964 posted:Current leaks have the Pixel watch having ECG and exynos chipset. This sounds pretty good to me.
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May 3, 2022 17:35
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Doesn't the Watch 4 have more reliable sensors than the latest Fitbits? I've seen a bunch of posts on Reddit and other tech sites about Fitbit over counting steps, messing up HR, etc.
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May 3, 2022 23:14
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UncleGuito posted:Doesn't the Watch 4 have more reliable sensors than the latest Fitbits? I've seen a bunch of posts on Reddit and other tech sites about Fitbit over counting steps, messing up HR, etc. It does not, actually. Also, focusing on the sensors rather than the algorithm isn't really the right approach. Bad data rejection plays a much larger role in accuracy than raw input. It is largely speculated that Apple's accuracy is less about the hardware and more about a better ML algorithm that rejects bad reads and extrapolates good ones.
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May 3, 2022 23:19
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My neurosis over battery has cost me. 4% was what was left on my ticwatch pro 3 before leaving for work this morning. Could have just left it home on the charger, but I have another here. Forgot to take it off and put it on charge when I got in the office, and had to head out again immediately. Ended up bumping the watch off something, hardly the first time, but it left a dark blip from the impact right near the 18 second mark. Well out of warranty. Touch doesn't seem to be affected. If only I'd just left the drat thing at home for once.
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May 4, 2022 19:18
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Against my better judgement I was really starting to believe the Pixel Watch was going to launch soon, but my suspicions were confirmed with a fall launch.
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May 11, 2022 21:38
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Samsung announced that since the launch of the GW4, there are now 3 times the number of active WearOS users than before. That really puts it into perspective why Google threw everything at Samsung to jump start this. In a single generation with a single hardware release, they trippled what Fossil has been chipping away at for multiple years across tons of style brands.
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May 11, 2022 22:03
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Screw the watch, it looks like they are finally doing something with the North IP that they bought. Watches always felt like a stopgap to AR, I had been fully intending to buy the new version of Focals that were supposed to be announced very soon before Google bought them and canceled all their products.
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May 12, 2022 00:15
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I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up that they'd pull an Apple and have the Pixel watch on the market in the next week, but yet here we are, weirdly disappointed.
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May 12, 2022 01:13
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The Google Health closure/org reshuffle from a few months back seems to have caused a significant pivot from the original "Fitbit are working on Wear OS devices" plan from last year, because the Fitbit CEO is now in charge of wearables across Google and has reformed things in his image:quote:Do you see the Pixel Watch being [an indicator of] the future direction for Fitbit's watches? quote:Will your Sense and Versa watches continue to be part of the future? https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/fitbits-founder-on-the-google-pixel-watch-and-the-future-of-fitbit/ i.e. Doesn't seem like they're going to Google things up by releasing competing square Wear OS watches against the Pixel Watch. Instead they'll dedicate the "App smartwatch" category to the Pixel brand and have Fitbit hardware cover everything else. Also lol: quote:I was curious about Google Fit. Do you see Fitbit and Fit working together more on the Pixel Watch?
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May 12, 2022 06:45
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bull3964 posted:Samsung announced that since the launch of the GW4, there are now 3 times the number of active WearOS users than before. The good thing about that is that now that Samsung is inboard with Wear OS, Google has less reasons to abandon Wear OS (again) if, or likely when, the Pixel Watch flops.
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May 13, 2022 16:37
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They are also getting contributions from Samsung along the way. Health Connect was developed with them.
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May 13, 2022 16:40
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9to5 Google posted:Leave it to leaks to pour some rain on the parade, as 9to5Google is reporting that the Pixel Watch won’t be using a custom-designed Tensor SoC or even Samsung’s latest Exynos W920 processor. Instead, the source states that the Pixel Watch is powered by Samsung’s Exynos 9110 chipset, which first debuted in 2018 alongside the original Galaxy Watch. It's really breathtaking how badly Google doesn't want people to use Wear watches.
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May 14, 2022 00:34
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It honestly makes sense considering this hardware probably was designed at the same time as the GW3. This thing as been baking for a looooong time. The software has been the holdup. GW5 is going to be the wearable to get this year just like the GW4 was last year.
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May 14, 2022 03:08
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How did they drop the ball so bad on this, the pixel watch is hideous and years out dated even before release. Why a round screen? Round is an awful form factor for a smart watch and they should know this. Goon upthread or in another thread put it the most succinctly that it's like reading your messages through a porthole
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May 20, 2022 21:43
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I have no interest a square smartwatch. Also, if Google would have gone square, all you would hear is "Google is shamelessly copying Apple."
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May 20, 2022 21:56
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My smartwatches are round and they're fine. 
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May 20, 2022 21:58
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bull3964 posted:I have no interest a square smartwatch. Yeah, I hope they copy Apple in almost every other way except keep it round
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May 20, 2022 22:00
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I'm another one who prefers round.
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May 20, 2022 22:10
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Calaveron posted:the pixel watch is hideous and years out dated even before release. This is the google design philosophy
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May 21, 2022 00:26
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Legit question, why? On the renders showing text messages on the screen the messages were only readable once they reached the center of the watch and not a moment sooner or later. Plus the giant bezels make it feel like when you're trying to focus a microscope for the first time
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May 21, 2022 00:58
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Because a watch is a fashion accessory as much as it is anything else and a black square is terminally boring. I mean, this is sort of why I dislike the Pixel watch myself, the design is too minimalist. I'm not reading loving War and Peace on the thing. It's for quick interactions and the round display doesn't hinder that at all. I mean, it's the same reason why round watches continued to exist after the LCD watch was invented. It's an asthetic choice and it's one I prefer.
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May 21, 2022 05:50
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I think the only square watch I ever owned was a calculator watch when I was 13 or so and hopelessly nerdy. Aside from being like a centimeter tall my Ticwatches look like pretty normal watches with the bands I put on them.
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May 21, 2022 06:09
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Calaveron posted:How did they drop the ball so bad on this, the pixel watch is hideous and years out dated even before release. Why a round screen? Round is an awful form factor for a smart watch and they should know this. Goon upthread or in another thread put it the most succinctly that it's like reading your messages through a porthole Calaveron posted:Legit question, why? On the renders showing text messages on the screen the messages were only readable once they reached the center of the watch and not a moment sooner or later. Plus the giant bezels make it feel like when you're trying to focus a microscope for the first time Going Round isn't pure downside, it's a tradeoff. A Round watchface trades slightly worse information density in listviews for aesthetically superior Watchface & Widgets, and since the later is where the majority of smartwatch "interaction" takes place the choice between Round vs Square isn't really cut and dry. Good smartwatch experiences aren't information dense to begin with and center interactive parts, so the line or so information loss isn't fatal in practice. As for the Pixel's bezel, existing round watches e.g. Garmin Venu, Galaxy Watch 4 do a better job at hiding necessary display driver tech via decoration compared to Google's renders. In actual use, it will probably be akin to the iPhone X+ notch where it becomes invisible in every day use unless you go out of your way to look for it. Though not denying it would've been impressive if they did somehow leapfrog the industry with an Edge to edge to display which made it look like a Ressence Type 3:  Also the "Watch has 4 year old chip, it's doomed!!!" story seems to have evolved into "Google's making Tensor for watches, using Samsung's prev gen watch chip the same way they used a previous gen Samsung chip for phones. Maybe it's good???" https://9to5google.com/2022/05/20/pixel-watch-ram-co-processor-specs/
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May 21, 2022 10:17
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bull3964 posted:Because a watch is a fashion accessory as much as it is anything else and a black square is terminally boring.
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May 21, 2022 10:51
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Combat Pretzel posted:And yet, it's terminally popular. Outside of the Apple Watch?
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May 21, 2022 11:42
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Combat Pretzel posted:And yet, it's terminally popular. So is the iPhone, but I'm not clamoring for a notch return on Android.
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May 21, 2022 14:33
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Combat Pretzel posted:And yet, it's terminally popular. Have you possibly considered the apple watch is popular because it is an apple product (and the only apple wearable) and not because it has a square display? I know, this is quite a stretch, but humor me
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