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Re: Pixel Watch 3

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from-nibly wrote: post #64
mattnewton wrote: post #36

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When I worked at Google I got re-orged into the same division as pixel / android. My director wore an Apple Watch and had an iPhone for personal use, and I am pretty sure I saw an Apple Watch on my VP too. Nobody was expected to eat the dog food and so few did. This was crazy to me coming from Apple- I remember several internal sites would ask you to file a radar (bug report) on why you switched to chrome from safari…

Not wanting to dog-food your own product is probably the hardest culture to change I can think of, I wouldn't call it minor by any stretch

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Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by nomel »

from-nibly wrote: post #64
mattnewton wrote: post #36

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When I worked at Google I got re-orged into the same division as pixel / android. My director wore an Apple Watch and had an iPhone for personal use, and I am pretty sure I saw an Apple Watch on my VP too. Nobody was expected to eat the dog food and so few did. This was crazy to me coming from Apple- I remember several internal sites would ask you to file a radar (bug report) on why you switched to chrome from safari…

Not wanting to dog-food your own product is probably the hardest culture to change I can think of, I wouldn't call it minor by any stretch

If you don't even want to use your product, your customer probably doesn't either, because there's a really good chance it's a crap product.

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by timv »

015a wrote: post #52
paxys wrote: post #41

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

Garmin has contactless payment.

It's not as widely available. My bank doesn't support registering my card with GarminPay. Pretty much every bank supports Apple and Google.

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by WillPostForFood »

archagon wrote: post #98
WillPostForFood wrote: post #95

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What content are you looking at on a smart watch where round would be better?

Clock face, compass, activity tracking, heartrate measurements. For most of those, square vs. round is largely irrelevant from a functional perspective, but round feels more aesthetically pleasing (to me).

square vs. round is largely irrelevant from a functional perspective

You can fit less information on it, even with the same number of pixels. There is nothing you can do on a round LCD that you can't do on a square. If you find it aesthetically pleasing, great. I like round as well. But for people who like round, and use round to display a clock face, try a mechanical watch. They are awesome. ]

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by localfirst »

daneel_w wrote: post #99
localfirst wrote: post #92

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coming from android iphone battery is absolutely horrid

My experience is the exact opposite, having to "scrounge" to even get close to a week with Android under similar usage. I have less control with Android over what gets to run in the background and how network access is permitted, and most importantly no control at all over any of the invasive behavior of Android itself where it uninhibitedly abuses cellular/WiFi access to shovel data to Google the entire time the pho…

impossible. some of the android phones im used to are pushing 6000mah

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by lurking_swe »

aliasxneo wrote: post #56
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.

not trying to sway you but just thought it’s useful to know, the apple watch ultra 2 easily lasts me 2.5 - 3 days without a charge with normal usage. That includes sleeping with it and some cellular-only usage as well.

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by hnburnsy »

modeless wrote: post #49
Baeocystin wrote: post #48

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It is also maddening to me the degree to which sensor information is hidden, or simply not available at all. I got my Pixel 2 watch specifically for fitness and sleep tracking. A year on, and I am still completely unable to perform a spot SpO2 check. I'll get a nice, pretty and utterly unlabeled graph of my supposed saturations when I sleep, but that's it. It definitely feels like the people that make it don't actual…

Yeah Fitbit is a toy, not a tool. The graphs are vague and the data behind them is inaccessible. The sensors are unreliable. The metrics are made up. The whole thing is a waste of time. If they ever figure out a way to measure blood sugar or blood pressure, that would actually be useful. Until then I would much prefer a thinner and more comfortable watch without the protruding sensors.

DC Rainmaker did a quick review and the updated running activities looked comparable to Garmin, but no way to export or integrate them out. Of course Garmin is mature for 100+ activities.

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by lurking_swe »

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 disable all notifications except texts from my spouse and phone calls (from anyone). that’s my suggestion, it’s good balance. :)

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by ClassyJacket »

mvdtnz wrote: post #123
ClassyJacket wrote: post #77

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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.

There is no reason for a smartwatch to be round, ever. It badly hurts functionality. Why would I care more about holding on to a hundreds of years old skeuomorphism than your device actually functioning well?
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