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Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by frosting1337 »

adamweld wrote: post #88
ho_schi wrote: post #42

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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…

Or a Casio f91w. Timeless.

I get more comments on my Casio A159WGEA than the dozen other "nice" watches I own.

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by mvdtnz »

Suppafly wrote: post #82
ho_schi wrote: post #42

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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…

I just recommend no watch at all. Once I got a cell phone, wrist watches lost all appeal to me other than being a fancy piece of mechanical or digital jewelry and I have never seen the appeal of smart watches, despite working with technology every day. I'm sure they are useful for a subset of people, but this idea that everyone should have a smartwatch boggles my mind.

Who comes into a thread about watches just to proclaim "I don't wear 'em"? What's even the point.

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by mvdtnz »

ClassyJacket wrote: post #77
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…

Android Wear is pretty much abandoned, which is ridiculous considering they're still putting out new Pixel Watches. It's insane that this OS has been around for a decade and pretty much not improved at all. The software still feels the same as it did in 2014 - slow, laggy, and badly designed. Don't get me started on the insanity of making round smartwatches. You wouldn't make a round phone.

I would never consider a square/rectangular watch, ever, for any reason. Aesthetically (which is super important for a watch) they look ridiculous.

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by nunez »

Suppafly wrote: post #82
ho_schi wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

I just recommend no watch at all. Once I got a cell phone, wrist watches lost all appeal to me other than being a fancy piece of mechanical or digital jewelry and I have never seen the appeal of smart watches, despite working with technology every day. I'm sure they are useful for a subset of people, but this idea that everyone should have a smartwatch boggles my mind.

I like working out, and the Apple Watch allows me to leave my phone at home. I also like the metrics it collects and how they're presented.

This aside, I really dislike watches and would prefer to not wear one

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by ValentineC »

losvedir wrote: post #31

Huh, just yesterday I started setting up and getting used to my new (to me) Apple Watch Series 6, after having used a Pixel Watch 2 for several months. I'm surprised to find myself somewhat disappointed, and preferring my Pixel Watch, though I'm still giving myself some time in case it's just familiarity. But a few things: * The available watch faces are pretty underwhelming, particularly digital ones. There's only a…

> * I can't seem to set up a minimal all-red face for night time, like I had on the Pixel Watch.

> * The sleep tracking is weird and confusing. I need to set up schedules and such? On the Pixel Watch, it just tracks my sleep automatically.

If you switch to Sleep focus (side button, moon, Sleep) it'll switch to a more minimalistic face and turn off the Always On Display. A quick tap on the screen would still show the time.

I bought AutoSleep [1] back when in the day when watchOS still didn't have sleep tracking, and still use it daily. It's fabulous for automatically tracking naps.

[1] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/autosleep-track-sleep-on-watch...

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by Arelius »

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?

These + contactless payments for me. I still have a pair of pebble time rounds I use occasionally. But use my pixel watch more for payments.

I've been eyeing the Garmin Venu and Vivo active as replacements though

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by giaour »

officeplant wrote: post #89
giaour wrote: post #44

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100%! I switched from an Apple Watch to a WiThings ScanWatch for the battery life. Sleep tracking and vibrating alarms are kinda useless if you are expected to charge the watch every night.

Honest question. Do you not have 30 minutes to spare daily where you don't wear your watch and it could charge?

I made the switch a few years ago, but I recall the Apple watch taking much longer than 30 mins to charge. The current iteration of the Apple Watch SE (which is what I had) claims that the battery lasts 18 hours and can charge from 0-80% in 90 minutes: https://www.apple.com/apple-watch-se/specs/

I'm much happier with a watch that does fewer things but does them well. Only having to charge it for ~30 minutes once every few weeks means that I can just leave it on all the time like the non-smart watches I used to wear.

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by chrisdroukas »

rootusrootus wrote: post #106
losvedir wrote: post #31

Huh, just yesterday I started setting up and getting used to my new (to me) Apple Watch Series 6, after having used a Pixel Watch 2 for several months. I'm surprised to find myself somewhat disappointed, and preferring my Pixel Watch, though I'm still giving myself some time in case it's just familiarity. But a few things: * The available watch faces are pretty underwhelming, particularly digital ones. There's only a…

I know you won't like this answer, but you probably want the Ultra. The Modular Ultra watch face does the things you want. Heart rate on the screen, lots of complications (six small ones, one big one in the middle), seconds displayed in several possible ways. Screen turns red automatically in the dark. Sleep tracking should be pretty much automatic. I don't have any fancy schedules configured, although maybe at one p…

Automatic (out-of-cycle) sleep tracking is coming in watchOS 11.

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by giaour »

rootusrootus wrote: post #102
giaour wrote: post #44

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100%! I switched from an Apple Watch to a WiThings ScanWatch for the battery life. Sleep tracking and vibrating alarms are kinda useless if you are expected to charge the watch every night.

Why charge it all night? Just throw it on the charger when you get in the shower. Even if it doesn't hit 100% in the space of one quick shower, it'll easily add enough charge to go at least one more full day. I don't think I'd want the extra battery life unless it was much longer. Like a month or more. Remembering to charge a device just once a week is harder to make a habit out of than just putting the device on the…

I think this approach works for the newer and more expensive models but not for the SE (which is what I had). The SE's battery is only rated to last 18 hours and does not offer fast charging, so taking it off and sticking it on the charger when you go to bed made sense; otherwise, you need to charge it at alternating times of day or leave it off for 6 hours in the middle of the day.

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by CooCooCaCha »

joecool1029 wrote: post #120
CooCooCaCha wrote: post #91

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Congrats you completely misunderstood. Preferring a week long battery life isn’t weird. What is weird is saying an Apple Watch is inferior to a 10 year old watch because of the battery life, when these are different devices with different purposes. Think about this for a second, would Apple purposefully gimp their watch’s battery life or maybe, just maybe, there’s more going on.

> Think about this for a second, would Apple purposefully gimp their watch’s battery life Yes? Design a device with just enough to get through the day, forces getting replaced in a few years when battery degrades. Apple is a hardware company with the capability to optimize battery life but they don't since 80% health on a batt that lasts a week won't force a replacement for most customers.

Yet apple device batteries last longer than any other brand. My Apple Watch is 5 years old and lasts at least a day and a half. It feels as fast as the day I bought it and still gets major upgrades.

My other apple devices are the same way. I switched to iPhone 10 years ago they’ve held up very well.

Your statement is ignorant.

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