Best Android wear?

[jamesrick80]

I agree with most of what you said, the apple watch just "flows" better with the iPhone than android wear does with android. However android wear does offer some more functionality, i was able to watch youtube videos and surf the web on my urbane 2, though both apps need more work I just don't see apple allowing those types of apps. I also prefer the round screen. Really hoping for a round lte apple watch this year thats a lot more functional standalone (please let me load a pocket cast app to download all my podcasts to my watch)

Why would anyone want to watch YouTube on a small watch screen? Your phone should be taken out to do this.....

 

[Channan]

Why would anyone want to watch YouTube on a small watch screen? Your phone should be taken out to do this.....

I think the point is you CAN do it on Android Wear if you wanted to. There's just more freedom on Android Wear than watchOS.

 

[Fernandez21]

Why would anyone want to watch YouTube on a small watch screen? Your phone should be taken out to do this.....

But what if I dont have my phone? Thats the point of having an LTE enable watch, so you don't have to carry your phone.

And as Channan stated, the point is your have the option.

 

[Kevin.Richards]

I think the point is you CAN do it on Android Wear if you wanted to. There's just more freedom on Android Wear than watchOS.

I want to buy one and I don't know anything about smart watches. Can you explain or a link to any guide?

 

[andy2141]

Annnnnd I finally found one for a reasonable price. Bought a Huawei Watch off of eBay brand new for $196 with free shipping. I love this thing! Don't use it much for the smart watch aspect, but I wear it all the time. I love that the screen stays on - dimmed a bit and without a second hand, but it's never a watch with a blank face - and the battery still easily lasts all day. I'm coming up on 9 hours off the charger and it's at 65%. My Moto 360 would be pretty close to dead by now and that's without an always on display.

Definitely happy about my purchase.

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Love that watch face. Been looking for something just like that. Would you mind letting me have a link to it?

 

[Channan]

Love that watch face. Been looking for something just like that. Would you mind letting me have a link to it?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4nzm5m0vkgi1pkb/seamaster-clean.watch?dl=0

I want to buy one and I don't know anything about smart watches. Can you explain or a link to any guide?

I don't really know much about the Apple Watch, though if you're in this section, you're probably looking for an Android Wear watch anyway. I can't tell you everything about them, but I can tell you what I use mine for and a few other things they can do.

I bought the Huawei Watch because it looks the nicest of any other smart watch in my opinion. I mainly use mine for checking the time, listening to music at the gym, and reading notifications. I rarely respond to notifications on the watch itself, but it helps to see which notifications are worth pulling my phone out of my pocket for.

It's also pretty handy at the gym as I can leave my phone in the car and just take my watch in with me with my Bluetooth headphones. Since my gym has free Wi-Fi, I can connect to that so I still get all of my notifications. If I get a somewhat important text, I can still respond on the watch, but this generally keeps me from getting distracted and constantly using my phone.

I've found some other neat apps that I don't use often but still have a purpose. Look Behind is an app that lets you use your watch as a viewfinder for your phone's camera, useful if you need to see somewhere that your phone can fit but your head cannot. There are simple games that are neat for passing a little time. There's a web browser and an app that lets you watch YouTube videos on your watch, though neither of these is very practical. Shazam is pretty handy for tagging music quickly, especially if your hands are dirty and you don't want to pull out your phone. There's a calculator, a find my phone app that will ring your phone if you forgot where you put it, Google Keep for notes, which is useful for grocery shopping and checking off items you need to buy, stopwatch, Google Translate, weather, and so many other applications.

Going through all of this, I'm realizing there are still so many more things I can be doing with my watch that I don't, so thanks for helping me realize that. Lol

 

[andy2141]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4nzm5m0vkgi1pkb/seamaster-clean.watch?dl=0

I don't really know much about the Apple Watch, though if you're in this section, you're probably looking for an Android Wear watch anyway. I can't tell you everything about them, but I can tell you what I use mine for and a few other things they can do.

I bought the Huawei Watch because it looks the nicest of any other smart watch in my opinion. I mainly use mine for checking the time, listening to music at the gym, and reading notifications. I rarely respond to notifications on the watch itself, but it helps to see which notifications are worth pulling my phone out of my pocket for.

It's also pretty handy at the gym as I can leave my phone in the car and just take my watch in with me with my Bluetooth headphones. Since my gym has free Wi-Fi, I can connect to that so I still get all of my notifications. If I get a somewhat important text, I can still respond on the watch, but this generally keeps me from getting distracted and constantly using my phone.

I've found some other neat apps that I don't use often but still have a purpose. Look Behind is an app that lets you use your watch as a viewfinder for your phone's camera, useful if you need to see somewhere that your phone can fit but your head cannot. There are simple games that are neat for passing a little time. There's a web browser and an app that lets you watch YouTube videos on your watch, though neither of these is very practical. Shazam is pretty handy for tagging music quickly, especially if your hands are dirty and you don't want to pull out your phone. There's a calculator, a find my phone app that will ring your phone if you forgot where you put it, Google Keep for notes, which is useful for grocery shopping and checking off items you need to buy, stopwatch, Google Translate, weather, and so many other applications.

Going through all of this, I'm realizing there are still so many more things I can be doing with my watch that I don't, so thanks for helping me realize that. Lol

Thanks very much!

 

[Channan]

You're welcome.

 

[Kevin.Richards]

I don't really know much about the Apple Watch, though if you're in this section, you're probably looking for an Android Wear watch anyway. I can't tell you everything about them, but I can tell you what I use mine for and a few other things they can do.

I bought the Huawei Watch because it looks the nicest of any other smart watch in my opinion. I mainly use mine for checking the time, listening to music at the gym, and reading notifications. I rarely respond to notifications on the watch itself, but it helps to see which notifications are worth pulling my phone out of my pocket for.

It's also pretty handy at the gym as I can leave my phone in the car and just take my watch in with me with my Bluetooth headphones. Since my gym has free Wi-Fi, I can connect to that so I still get all of my notifications. If I get a somewhat important text, I can still respond on the watch, but this generally keeps me from getting distracted and constantly using my phone.

I've found some other neat apps that I don't use often but still have a purpose. Look Behind is an app that lets you use your watch as a viewfinder for your phone's camera, useful if you need to see somewhere that your phone can fit but your head cannot. There are simple games that are neat for passing a little time. There's a web browser and an app that lets you watch YouTube videos on your watch, though neither of these is very practical. Shazam is pretty handy for tagging music quickly, especially if your hands are dirty and you don't want to pull out your phone. There's a calculator, a find my phone app that will ring your phone if you forgot where you put it, Google Keep for notes, which is useful for grocery shopping and checking off items you need to buy, stopwatch, Google Translate, weather, and so many other applications.

Going through all of this, I'm realizing there are still so many more things I can be doing with my watch that I don't, so thanks for helping me realize that. Lol

I was missing a whole new level there. I was on my classic wrist watch. I am going to definitely buy a smart watch now. Thanks for making me realize the need.

 

[co.ag.2005]

But what if I dont have my phone? Thats the point of having an LTE enable watch, so you don't have to carry your phone.

And as Channan stated, the point is your have the option.

Sorry to revive an old thread, but I was curious if you ended up keeping your LG Urbane 2nd Edition? I'm tempted to grab a new open box on eBay right now for $180 just to try it out. I can always sell on Swappa and probably recoup all the cost on it. I'm testing out a Gear S2 Classic 3G to get ready for my Galaxy S8 but also want to try something that will be getting Android Wear 2.0. I wasn't the biggest fan of Android Wear 1.xx versions of software but AW 2.0 looks much better and looks like I might actually like it.

I know one of your biggest issues with the Urbane 2nd edition was the battery life. Did you ever try it with the cellular radio turned off (if that is even an option)? I think I'd like to have the cellular connection but most times would likely just keep it off and just rely on the bluetooth connection alone.

thanks in advance!

 

[Fernandez21]

Sorry to revive an old thread, but I was curious if you ended up keeping your LG Urbane 2nd Edition? I'm tempted to grab a new open box on eBay right now for $180 just to try it out. I can always sell on Swappa and probably recoup all the cost on it. I'm testing out a Gear S2 Classic 3G to get ready for my Galaxy S8 but also want to try something that will be getting Android Wear 2.0. I wasn't the biggest fan of Android Wear 1.xx versions of software but AW 2.0 looks much better and looks like I might actually like it.

I know one of your biggest issues with the Urbane 2nd edition was the battery life. Did you ever try it with the cellular radio turned off (if that is even an option)? I think I'd like to have the cellular connection but most times would likely just keep it off and just rely on the bluetooth connection alone.

thanks in advance!

I actually ended up returning the Urbane 2 within my return window. It worked out fine, as I was able to get the Gear S2 classic for free when I got the note 7, and was able to keep it after the recall.

I wasn't a big fan of wear 2.0, I liked the original UI much better, but I was using a preview version with no app support so I can't really compare it to what's available now.

I don't think I ever tried it without cellular. One of my favorite features with the Gear S2 is that it will automatically shut off cellular if it's connected to Bluetooth, but once it's out of range it'll switch to cellular. It's a huge battery saver, and I'm much happier with the smaller size while getting all day battery.

 

[co.ag.2005]

I actually ended up returning the Urbane 2 within my return window. It worked out fine, as I was able to get the Gear S2 classic for free when I got the note 7, and was able to keep it after the recall.

I wasn't a big fan of wear 2.0, I liked the original UI much better, but I was using a preview version with no app support so I can't really compare it to what's available now.

I don't think I ever tried it without cellular. One of my favorite features with the Gear S2 is that it will automatically shut off cellular if it's connected to Bluetooth, but once it's out of range it'll switch to cellular. It's a huge battery saver, and I'm much happier with the smaller size while getting all day battery.

thanks for the update. That's good to know about the gear s2. I have it now and really like it, but haven't activated cellular yet. It's good to know that it disables cellular when connected to bluetooth. How have you liked the gear s2? I like tizen a lot better than android wear but still getting familiar with it as well.

 

[Fernandez21]

thanks for the update. That's good to know about the gear s2. I have it now and really like it, but haven't activated cellular yet. It's good to know that it disables cellular when connected to bluetooth. How have you liked the gear s2? I like tizen a lot better than android wear but still getting familiar with it as well.

I like UI better, and using the bezel to navigate is awesome. I still like the look of the original Android Wear UI better, I think the icons on black background is boring and it reminds me of the original iPhone UI. The design of the actual watch is amazing and I like that you can swap the bands out (something you can't do with Urbane)

My biggest gripe is app support, there just isn't that much and it doesn't sync map directions, so you have to find a separate maps app for just the watch.