I’m thinking about making a return from Garmin in the near future with Samsung announcing the Galaxy Watch 6 making a return with the ever-so-popular rotating bezel, and Google is now focused on their own Pixel Watch. For people who are currently using a WearOS device, what are your thoughts on the current state of the platform as a smartwatch and fitness tracker as of mid 2023?

  • JshKlsn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 years ago

    I may be weird, but I hate my WearOS devices. I highly prefer a Mi Band.

    It gives me all of the same info my WearOS watch does (heart rate, spo2, sleep tracking, steps, app notifications, timers, alarms, phone call alerts, weather, etc) but is a more comfortable compact package, and the battery lasts 5+ days vs 18-25 hours. Not to mention the price is usually 5-15x cheaper.

    I know I’m a minority, but I genuinely don’t understand why people want a WearOS watch?

  • Wahyu915@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    For me the moment wearOS became a thing yet again is when Samsung decided to forego Tizen and went with WearOS with the galaxy watch 4 back in 2021. After that moment, a number of apps got developed for the WearOS platform. specifically WearOS 3.

    We got apps like Spotify, Whatsapp, SoundCloud, Google Home and a whole host of apps being potentially announced for the upcoming wearOS watches like galaxy 6 and google watch 2.

    Don’t get me started on the custom watch faces that are now available on the playstore. I would say more than a handful of watchfaces are being developed and released through the store.

  • dantheclamman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    I’ve been pretty happy with my Galaxy Watch 5 Pro. Have access to apps I value like Bring, Home Assistant, Todoist, Google Maps, Yatse. Google Assistant actually is pretty responsive and useful. Music controls are effective, as is responding to texts, dismissing notifications. I get about 2.5 days battery life allowing me to do sleep tracking. So I’d recommend it!