For me I need the bare necessities.
Notifications
It does this fairly well, though there is little granular control, even less that offered by the Apple Watch.
Phone calls on my wrist (I have upstairs/downstairs and love taking calls on my wrist, especially while cooking)
Must have for me as well. The speaker and microphone aren't as good as the Apple Watch, probably due to their location under where the bands meet the watch. Wifi calling on AT&T also meant I got calls when my phone was out of range.
Didn't dive much into this. I'm interested as well but didn't have a chance to explore what's available due to other limitations that I couldn't live with.
Nice enough device to work in my business first type environment at work
This it does quite well. Of course, design preference is subjective but I think most would agree that this is a beautiful device.
I think the Huawei watch checks those off but not sure how well and interested to see if another price drop occurs after Google I/O if at all.
Without hijacking the thread entirely (I'll try to post more detail over in the 'Best Android Wear' thread recently created), the deal breakers for me were:
- I couldn't use the bluetooth in my car for phone calls when this feature is enable on the watch. (this one alone pretty much enough of a deal breaker). It would only have one or the other, not both options.
- Voice activating Google Now on the watch did not stop it from also happening on my phone, meaning I had to disable 'always listening' on the phone. I could have tolerated this if the same voice initiated requests I make all the time could be completed via the Watch...but many can't (adding items to Google Keep lists). And as I create a lot of reminders, Google burying them inside Google Now is also a P.I.T.A.
- Google Now cards often just don't dismiss--keep getting the same one's popping up throughout the day even after dismissing them.
There are additional lesser issues I had and definitely some good elements (always on display is nice as are some of the navigation gestures).
Like I said, I'll try to post a more detailed summary of my time using it on the other thread. Best advice, buy it from Amazon (if still on sale) as they give you a 30 day return window and give it a test drive for yourself.
I don't find much use out of it either. I prefer the notification light. But all the power to those that do find use!
