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Mobvoi Ticwatch Pro 4G Review! I love a good smartwatch! Balancing great performance, great battery life, and LTE connectivity is no small feat. Mobvoi offers up one of the best price/performance ratios for a sporty wearable in 2019. This hardware is fantastic, but will the software let it down? Here’s my full review! Continue reading “Mobvoi Ticwatch Pro 4G Smartwatch Review: Something special for Wear OS”
Do smartwatches really hold up? What should we expect from a less expensive smart accessory? Over the last two years, the TicWatch S has been one of my main wearables, but it’s nearing the end of life for support. I’m about to replace it with the TicWatch Pro, so let’s take a look back at how well it was supported! How a company supports a product is helpful when deciding to purchase from that company again. TicWatch Pro 4G video coming soon!
Continue reading “TicWatch S – Two Years Later! Do smartwatches last?”
We’ve spent a little while running Huawei’s second smartwatch through its paces. It’s a chunky wearable, packed full of tech, but is it the right fit for you? Here’s our full review of the Huawei Watch 2.
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A fairly stark change in design for Huawei wearables, this Android Wear 2.0 watch is a significant departure from the original Huawei Watch. Here’s our first look after wearing it for 24 hours!
In my recent #SGGQA Podcast I bemoaned the amount of gestures on Wear watches which required me to swipe the screen. There’s a near permanent cross of fingerprint grease in the middle of any Wear watch face.
Google must have been listening to my show, as they’ve sneakily revealed new gesture and wrist action controls for the next Android Wear update.
The last update introduced a twisting action to help you scan through cards and notifications. This now extends to dropping the quick settings located at the top of the watch. The App menu can be accessed by “dropping” your wrist quickly while holding your arm in front of you.
The arm drop can also be used to slide through notification cards. A pivot up action can slide yo back out of a card, and a quick wrist shake takes you back to your home watch face, kinda like clearing out an etch-a-sketch.
These might sound like small improvements, but anything which prevents me from having to use both hands to control a device designed to simplify my interaction with notifications will be a welcome change.
The much teased Huawei Watch is official! Announced at IFA, this circular displayed fashion piece will be joining the Android Wear ranks soon, with pre-orders shipping September 17th.
We also have confirmation on styles, and pricing. A classic stainless steel body with a black leather strap will start at $349, moving to a steel bracelet will bump up the price to $399. The Black Steel body and bracelet will cost $499, and the rose gold watch will cost $699 and $799 with Alligator leather strap and rose gold bracelet respectively.
The tech on board seems like ballpark Android Wear. A 1.4″ AMOLED screen with a 400×400 resolution should look nice and crisp. The Snapdragon 400 CPU is well known, and with current software is a snappy performer on other watches. Plus, we’re happy to see WiFi and 4GB of storage listed as features.
How this all pairs with the 300mah battery for run time will be interesting to test as Huawei claims “up to two days” of battery life.
It’s a good looking timepiece. You can read Huawei’s full announcement below!
Continue reading “Huawei Watch: Design Styles and Pricing Announced”
It’s a good day for iOS users who like choices.
Sure Apple has their own watch, but if you’ve been eyeing the diversity of hardware in the Google ecosystem with envy, now you can use Android Wear without giving up your precious iPhone.
Starting today, any iPhone running iOS 8.2 or higher can install the Wear companion app through iTunes. Compatible with all current Wear watches, and you’ll have access to features like your notifications, fitness tracking, and “OK Google” voice search.
I know you’ve been checking out those round watch faces like the LG G Watch R… Don’t lie… You can catch the full press release below.
Continue reading “Android Wear Smartwatches Now Work With iPhones”
Just because we use geek gear like smartwatches, doesn’t mean we can’t dress them up a bit. I’m a big fan of products that help our gadgets blend into our individual style and fashion. The folks at Popov Leather in Canada helped us out with some hand stitched Horween leather watch bands to dress up our wearable gizmos. Let’s take a look!