Hello.

For a long time I have considered smart watches to be a gimmick but since they have become more accessible and common now for some time, I was wondering what the people who own and use them think of them?

So what has your experience been of them?

One thing I am curious about is how functional these (especially the Android ones) are without being connected to a phone via bluetooth since bluetooth drains battery?

  • GadgeteerZA@lemmy.ml
    51·
    4 years ago

    I’ve been through Android Wear OS, Pebble, and now an Apple Watch and I can honestly say the Bluetooth is not the problem, it is more screen on-time that chews the battery. So I’d rather look at the screen technology. Another thing thing is Wear OS specifically is heavier on a battery than proprietary OS that Huawei and Samsung use - notice they get a lot more battery life than Wear OS?

    In my own case I use my watch a lot for grocery shopping so presence of a suitable and ideally my favourite app, was what it came down to. So I had to really choose between Wear OS and Apple Watch. The latest Ticwatch Pro is about the best out of the Wear OS watches though.