Jul -- Computers and Technology: Smartwatches?!

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Posted on 09-16-21 09:55:02 PM

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I recently got a TicWatch E3 because my previous smartwatch (the LG G Watch, one of the first Android Wear watches) completely died last month, and I wanted something that still ran Wear OS for familiarity reasons, and because I recently finally got a bicycle so I actually have reasons to use a smartwatch again

It helps that they're making a new major Wear OS version that's releasing next year for non-Galaxy Watch 4 watches which should hopefully improve things a decent amount, and this is one of the only watches getting it

It really bugs me though how Wear OS has gotten so much more annoying to use than its earlier versions, one of the main things being how they clearly copied Apple with a lot of their UI features and general UI density... the original Wear OS versions had a focus on quick vague interactions, which meant basically one touch target per screen and swiping to navigate to different actions, it made it really easy to do quick actions in a much more convenient way than just pulling out your phone, and with wrist gestures you could literally do things one-armed without even touching the watch, which was useful if your hands were full

Google has a weird and annoying history with UI design, which bugs me to no end since they've also made some of my absolute favorite UI design, with watches having used to have a nice lil niche that they've seemingly dropped in favor of "phones, but smaller" because that's how Apple does it

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Posted on 09-17-21 06:15:22 PM

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I have a Fitbit Versa 2. It's... Okay. Not sure if I'll keep with the Fitbit line for my next watch.

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Posted on 09-18-21 12:45:46 AM

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I didn't. I can't remember which I had but it didn't last long and it was a higher-up model. Every one I've seen with a FitBit, for the most part, have seen theirs die rather fast or at least within a year or so.

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