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The thing is there are actually a lot of mobile SoC suppliers. Does anybody know the technical reasons smartwatch designers must build around Snapdragon Wear instead of choosing anything else?
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isndl posted:gently caress the traditional watch paradigm, go nuts with a three inch rectangular display so I have what amounts to a miniaturized pip-boy. I'm not concerned about bulk, I've worn those massive G-Shocks no problem. The Neptune Pine has come and gone
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Jul 31, 2018 21:03
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Well, there's a difference between hearsay and reliable sources.
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Aug 8, 2018 16:49
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With the revamped Fit app, it’s looking more and more like Google is making a Pixel watch: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3299479/wearables/google-fit-app-pixel-watch.html
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Aug 22, 2018 13:49
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tino posted:Is there any square shaped Android 2.0 watch, I am not talking about full android 5/6/7 china watches. Polar M600. Also the Asus ZenWatch 2, if you're OK with it no longer getting new software updates.
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Aug 23, 2018 17:22
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I'm starting to feel self-satisfied that I'll be going from Android Wear 1.5 to Wear OS 1.6+ tino posted:can somebody explain to me why Google fit works on watches that don't have GPS? Google Fit probably works on every Wear watch, I think they all support motion / step counting which is probably the bare minimum requirement. Sorry I failed to catch that you would want built-in GPS 
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Aug 29, 2018 15:57
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Exclusive: Google Confirms No Pixel Watch This Year https://www.tomsguide.com/us/no-pixel-watch-this-year,news-27956.html
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Aug 31, 2018 22:28
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Len posted:Two years of rumors leading up to nothing I will say though that Wear devices are already a lot like the Nexus program where Google exerts a lot of control over the software
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Sep 1, 2018 12:31
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wolrah posted:Given that there are no current cameras that can work through a useful screen, unless you're arguing against having a front camera in the first place it's definitely extra screen. LastInLine posted:I wonder if the notch would be necessary if instead of the projector and cameras being in the screen, they were located... wait for it... above a screen with a flat top???? I guess we'll never know. There is another option:  
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Sep 2, 2018 04:13
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PirateDentist posted:I was hoping a Pixel watch would be on the horizon, but since it's not we can hope that something is announced by some wear makers when Qualcomm has their thing next week. Huawei CEO says they haven't given up on smartwatches, would like to have one week battery life: https://www.digitaltrends.com/wearables/huawei-richard-yu-smartwatches-news/
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Sep 3, 2018 22:23
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So as predicted, the new chip is not any more powerful and is not on a new process. However, Qualcomm claims to have delivered on the number one request, battery life improvements: https://www.androidauthority.com/qualcomm-snapdragon-wear-3100-smartwatch-chipset-897457/ quote:This new SoC uses the same 28nm process and quad-core Cortex-A7 CPU as Wear 2100 with a number of notable tweaks. These include a revamped DSP unit, new power management controller, NFC components from Qualcomm’s partner at NXP, and a host of power optimizations. The Snapdragon Wear 3100 boasts 67 percent less power consumption in low power mode, 49 percent less for GPS, 43 percent less for keyword detection, 35 percent less draw when updating the clock face, 34 percent less juice needed for MP3 playback, and 13 percent less power consumption for voice queries over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi than the Wear 2100. Much of the improved battery life comes from actually adding another chip to the set, a tiny coprocessor:   The coprocessor doesn't run Android, it runs a tiny embedded OS. The trick is that it has enough graphics capability to take over the screen during ambient mode. Qualcomm says it can display 16 different colors, a moving second hand, and even some complications. Meanwhile the main ARM cores are able to remain completely asleep. This handoff of screen control between two different chips running two different OS's makes me wonder how challenging it will be to create watch faces (and also what bugs will be introduced), but the improved battery life is appreciated.
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Sep 10, 2018 17:54
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Budgie posted:Your phone probably has about 3000mAh battery, a smartwatch can cram at best maybe 400mAh into that space. Qualcomm says that their improvements will enable all-day heart rate tracking. I suspect the asterisk, however, is that with it enabled you'll be back to 1-2 days of battery instead of going for a week.
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Sep 10, 2018 20:17
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Much more interested in the Huawei Watch GT https://www.techradar.com/news/huawei-watch-gt-specs-leak-is-everything-we-expected-from-the-watch-3
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Oct 4, 2018 04:05
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LastInLine posted:The LG, of course, lacks any kind of rational explanation. There's no excuse for it and like other dumb things will be rightly ridiculed. If it ever makes it to market it won't generate enough revenue to cover the tooling costs involved in making it. It's an objet d'art, LastInLine, it's not meant as a practical gadget. Now obviously that clashes a bit with LG as a brand, but those Korean mega-conglomerates are huge and sometimes weird things come out of them as they throw everything they have at the wall to see what sticks.
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Oct 4, 2018 12:34
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LastInLine posted:I'll admit it, I was wrong. That Huawei actually is interesting! (What I like most about it in this context is that it's still round, despite incorporating a rectangular old school LED, further forgoing function for a round form that is itself a compromise toward a function it neither has nor pretends to have. It's brilliant!) The image in the article isn't the Huawei Watch GT, it's the Huawei Watch 2 There are rumored to be two versions of the Huawei Watch GT, a "Fashion" style and an all-black "Sport" style. This is the rumor/leak for the former:  No leaks for the "Sport" style yet but of course it's possible that it will actually look a lot like the Huawei Watch 2 TorakFade posted:Wait, I have a Huawei Watch 2 and the only difference I see there is sleep tracking (which you won't do because this watch is sort of bulky and awkward to have on your wrist while sleeping, at least for me) and 2 weeks of autonomy with the same battery (haha lol yeah. Even if true, are we really complaining about having to recharge something every 2-3 days when we have to charge up our phone almost every night? What would having 2 weeks of autonomy do besides being just slightly more convenient?) Yeah the main thing Qualcomm improved is battery life so the main difference we will see is battery life improvements. I think the idea of 2 weeks of autonomy is that it gives you the confidence to leave it on overnight for sleep tracking, whereas when it only lasts 2-3 days there's no point trying because you have to leave it on the charger every other night. Hopefully there are also improvements in step / heartrate tracking?
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Oct 4, 2018 16:06
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Android Wear 2.x and Wear OS 2.x are two different things. Are you sure every device that got Android Wear 2.x will get the newest Wear OS? Edit: welp no I googled it, nevermind https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/09/28/wear-os-2-1-now-rolling-features-long-awaited-redesign/ quote:Google says any watch that received Android Wear 2.0 should get the new interface, which only leaves out a handful of first-generation models (LG G Watch, Samsung Gear Live, original Moto 360, etc.) Rastor fucked around with this message at 16:16 on Oct 5, 2018 |
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Oct 5, 2018 16:14
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lol Looks like the Huawei Watch GT won't run Wear OS, Huawei is instead using its own software
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Oct 9, 2018 13:15
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I think second, but first affordable one.quote:The wearable, called the Sport Smartwatch, comes in six different colors — gray, pink, red, blue, green, and black — in both 41mm and 43mm sizes. There’s also a wide range of silicone straps (28 in total) that are interchangeable and water-resistant.
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Nov 8, 2018 15:03
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If you really wanted a Wear OS device I imagine the one to look at would be the Fossil Sport. https://amp.businessinsider.com/fossil-sport-smartwatch-review-2018-11 However it currently seems to be pulled from their website for some reason
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Dec 12, 2018 12:32
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Len posted:If you have your watch on wifi it still gets stuff through black magic. I found that out when I forgot my phone at home one day and still got texts at work. Yeah I'm thinking the explanation here involves WiFi
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Jan 9, 2019 22:48
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One of the weirdest things about our weird times is that Samsung stuff is now kind of... good?
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Mar 9, 2019 12:42
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The Slack Lagoon posted:Are there any wear os watches with a clickwheel? I liked the Galaxy watch I had from a style and functionality standpoint but I didn't like how no Android apps worked with it Some have the crown that twists, but I think the twisting bezel is unique to Samsung. Fossil Group came up with something that Google liked, bought, and will supposedly be releasing at some point. But we don't know if it's a better input method, improved health/fitness tracking, or what
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Mar 27, 2019 18:21
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bull3964 posted:If you can call it that. It's a 2100 with an (as yet) non-functional DSP tacked on. I think the Fossil Sport uses it for low power more
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May 24, 2019 18:02
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Fauxtool posted:I was trying to find something like that originally, but I wasnt using the correct keywords and got very poor results I understand why you were frustrated by the answers you got but this use case just isn't a good match for smart watches, especially Wear OS ones.
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May 28, 2019 14:49
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Qualcomm may finally deliver a smartwatch processor that doesn't suck https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/07/09/qualcomm-may-finally-deliver-a-smartwatch-processor-that-doesnt-suck/
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Jul 10, 2019 14:30
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bull3964 posted:Eh, that's what we thought about the 3100 too. At this point, they haven't earned any reason to be optimistic. All true, but at least this time there's a specific rumor quote:The "Wear 429" name, plus the other specifications listed, implies this new chip could be a tweaked or stripped-down version of the Snapdragon 429 Mobile Platform quote:The upcoming silicon will feature 64-bit support, 12nm node, Cortex A53 CPU cores, ...
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Jul 10, 2019 15:09
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DO NOT get a Wear OS device that doesn't have 1GB of RAM
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Jan 27, 2020 21:46
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Fossil is doing spring clearance, 30% off pretty much anything as long as it's in stock. Try code SITEWIDE30 or failing that, SHOP30 on the fossil.com site and even their affiliated brands like the skagen.com site. Brings a Skagen Falster 3 from $295 to $206.50
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I think the smallest one right now is the Skagen Falster 3?
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