Smartwatch software support lags well behind smartphone pledges, even from Google and Samsung, but this really shouldn’t be the case.
Garmin
Maybe they can, but my experience with them was so horribly bad that I’ve sent it back after 3 days trying. From hardware issues that got through quality control somehow, software incompetence and finally the cloud-everything-approach.
If that’s the best we got, we’re in trouble…
Oh bummer. I’ve had great experiences. I’ve had two Fenix watches. The first one for 5 years and it still worked great I just wanted to upgrade. The second one I’ve had for two and it’s just as good but with more features
But hardware support is just not there, I’ve mailed them to try to buy a new screen, they just made me an offer to send the old one and get a new one for a “good deal”. It makes me sad when I know how dar good these watches are.
Casio gang. You don’t use all that bullshit anyway.
This is the way.
Start demanding or refusing to purchase. You don’t need these things, we need to break this flawed cycle.
Been using my pebble for 10 years.
Still the best one IMO.
I was gifted a huawei GT pro 2. The app world was shit, forced to download an app that isn’t in the google play store if you wanted to connect to tue watch, couldnt export the useful data and developing for it was long winded bullshit.
Before that I had a fitbit ionic. Slightly better software, uglier watch, but again access to my health data was hassle.
I quickly disabled notifications and out of habit I usually checked my phone for the time. I stopped wearing them.
Now if the ecosystem was better and more open, I would give them another go. There are some esp32 watch LCDs. Thats a good space to watch but I’m a shitty 3d modeller so stopped short of printing a case that isn’t shit.
There are many legitimate issues with Hauwei, I have a very similar watch, but undermining Google’s centralisation of the app store is not one of them. The main one is that if I would let it connect to my phone after I set it up, it would be sending lots of personal data to Hauwei and the CCP. And, of course, it’s a proprietary OS with no alternatives and not much customisation. But it is the best option under £60.
I ended up going back to the watch of my childhood; a Timex Ironman Indiglo. Until laws are passed that require smartwatch makers to open the devices for FOSS ROM development once the model has reached the end of its lifecycle, I don’t much see the point of owning one.
There’s not a smartwatch battery in existence that’ll last 10 years, and most smart watches will struggle with water resistance after a battery replacement (kind of important for a watch). Not saying that excuses the lack of software support, just pointing out there are bigger considerations one may want to make when purchasing a watch if they want it to last that long.
Not if the manufacturer makes the same adhesive gasket that they use at the factory available
I simply walk back to my older analogue watch. Its strap wqs broken and battery drained. Despite being left to dust for like 3 years (it’s 7 years old now), a simple replacement of strap and battery make it works again. While smartwatch does offer a lot of features, it comes with the trade off of the requirement to be constantly recharged, and I don’t need those features. As a lazy ass person, I think it’s rather inconvenient, which ironically changed my habit of wearing watches whenever possible.
My coros sports watch is on year 5, still days of battery life, no bugs, behaves as bought. Granted it has limited non sport tasks, but I think 7 is entirely possible Edit days of battery if I use it for gps sports tracking once a day, for over an hour, which I normally do
Yeah and until this is the case, I’ll just use a fitness watch, that does almost all the same, but did cost me just 35€. Using it since 5 years. Battery lasts 2 weeks still. Is watertight too.
I say at least 10 years of support should be doable, a smart watch is less complex than a phone. Maybe 5 if it can connect to the internet.
Even with the Apple Series Watch they only get 5 years. We deserve 7.
