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Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by LeifCarrotson »

ho_schi wrote: post #42
modeless wrote: post #14

My Pixel Watch sucks and it's not because the screen isn't big or bright enough. The implementation of notifications is awful. It's actually faster and easier in many cases to whip out my phone to see a notification than to see it on the watch. Why? Because notifications are not shown by default. The watch vibrates but nothing is there on the screen but the watch face. To trigger a notification to actually show, you…

If you’re into sport, I recommend Garmin. It shows notifications properly. Bonus, charge it once or twice in a week. It doesn’t try to be a smartwatch . No sport? I recommend a classy automatic wristwatch . Your movement winds it up. No charging. No apps. No updates. No battery. The spring is wind up by wearing, eight hours of wearing usually last for 24 hours. So sleeping without isn’t an issue and in worst case you…

Seconding the Garmin rec - though stay away from new 265/965/Epic, which have the same OLED screen and resultant "shake it all about" and then wait a blink to see the time issue as Pixels and Apple watches, and stick to Fenix/Forerunner x55 MIPS displays for weeks-long battery life with always-on display. And no need to update every 2 years.

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by 015a »

paxys wrote: post #41
zukzuk wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you considered a Garmin watch? It works well enough (for me anyway) for showing and dismissing notifications from my iPhone. The battery lasts well over a week, and the biometrics and fitness/training stuff is way ahead of anything Apple has to offer. And most of the Garmin watches are indeed round.

Not having features like unlocking your Mac from your phone, Apple Pay etc. is the deal breaker.

Garmin has contactless payment.

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by jayd16 »

modeless wrote: post #14

My Pixel Watch sucks and it's not because the screen isn't big or bright enough. The implementation of notifications is awful. It's actually faster and easier in many cases to whip out my phone to see a notification than to see it on the watch. Why? Because notifications are not shown by default. The watch vibrates but nothing is there on the screen but the watch face. To trigger a notification to actually show, you…

All of this plus it doesn't integrate well with G-suite accounts. I can never get my calendar to sync...

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by kbknight »

gwill wrote: post #9
drewg123 wrote: post #2

" all-day battery life " Ugh, Apple really has lowered expectations. In order to switch from my Garmin, I'd want at least a week.. Even my MS Band from 10 years ago had 48hrs of battery life.

my garmin is currently low and i have 4 days of battery life or 2-3 long runs with gps and bluetooth enable left. with physical shortcuts to payment and timers, i haven't worn my apple watch in weeks

Have had a Garmin Fenix for 4 years now. I will never again buy an Apple or Google smartwatch until they can complete on battery life.

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by advisedwang »

These never have the features I want:

* small/thin/light

* Battery lasts multiple days

* notifications are main feature

Has anyone tried one of the hybrid smart watches like Withings ScanWatch series or Garmin vivoactive?

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by aliasxneo »

drewg123 wrote: post #2

" all-day battery life " Ugh, Apple really has lowered expectations. In order to switch from my Garmin, I'd want at least a week.. Even my MS Band from 10 years ago had 48hrs of battery life.

I have failed to comprehend the allure for precisely this reason. I've looked at adopting the Apple Watch a few times now, but as a person who struggles with insomnia and finds sleep tracking valuable, I'd have to buy a separate device to use with the watch because of the battery life. Or, I could just keep my current Fitbit which consistently lasts a week and gives me good enough information.

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by burkaman »

advisedwang wrote: post #55

These never have the features I want: * small/thin/light * Battery lasts multiple days * notifications are main feature Has anyone tried one of the hybrid smart watches like Withings ScanWatch series or Garmin vivoactive?

I have a Garmin Forerunner which satisfies these requirements. It's basically the size of a normal watch, notifications work very well, and it has a GPS for tracking runs if you want that. I've had it for years and charge it at most once a day for ~15 minutes when I'm in the shower and it has literally never run out of battery. You can take it on a weeklong camping trip and probably be fine as long as you don't use the GPS.

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by TrianguloY »

advisedwang wrote: post #55

These never have the features I want: * small/thin/light * Battery lasts multiple days * notifications are main feature Has anyone tried one of the hybrid smart watches like Withings ScanWatch series or Garmin vivoactive?

Same for me, in the end I got the pixel 2 because its one of the few (if not the most recently) small android wear watches. I'm sad people complained a lot about the size and this new version is bigger. The software is so-so, but I love the design and feel.

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by dktp »

8bithero wrote: post #6
drewg123 wrote: post #2

" all-day battery life " Ugh, Apple really has lowered expectations. In order to switch from my Garmin, I'd want at least a week.. Even my MS Band from 10 years ago had 48hrs of battery life.

Personally I find notifications on a watch to be exceptionally annoying so I almost always have my watch set to sleep mode. The only thing I use the watch for is to tell the time, track my sleep, heart rate, and steps. I'm not sure if sleep mode affects the accuracy of the tracking but it does make my battery life last for a good 2-3 days.

I'm in the same boat being extremely annoyed with notifications on the watch. But I just disabled them completely on my Garmin

There's a setting under Notifications & Alerts > Smart notifications > Status (switch to off). In the Garmin app

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by Marsymars »

I've got a Pixel Watch 2, and it's okay, but the fitness features are all unusable to me; I use a Fitbit Inspire for sleep tracking and wake alarms while my Pixel Watch is on its charger overnight, and Google only lets me turn on fitness tracking on the Pixel Watch if I migrate my fitness tracking from the Fitbit.
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