GWR every day. Had both for a couple of weeks and kept the GWR. Mostly due to aesthetics, but the battery life was a big thing too. So much better on the GWR meaning I can leave the watch face on all the time and still have two days battery. And I look at my watch without doing that big wrist movement often enough that always on is a necessity for me.
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GWR every day. Had both for a couple of weeks and kept the GWR. Mostly due to aesthetics, but the battery life was a big thing too. So much better on the GWR meaning I can leave the watch face on all the time and still have two days battery. And I look at my watch without doing that big wrist movement often enough that always on is a necessity for me.
Jzero
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That's great. Going to be useful at the gym.
Yup love the battery life of my GWR, always on and it still gives two days
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Any word on the next Moto 360?
.Nope.
Besides a mysterious Motorola device passing through Bluetooth SIG, there hasn't been any news or rumors of a second gen. The constant fire sales of the original makes me think we may hear something soon, but I really don't know when. We will definitely hear something before the Summer's up, though.
Edit: On a price comparison site I see it is the most popular Android Wear device here, but the two Apple Watch Sports are above it and priced at 700 dollars (38mm) or more because it hasn't been officially released here...
Lenovo CEO told a newspaper that it will be released in the summer sometime along with new phones.
Great purchase, well done.
The Faceless Master
Member
Can't wait until smart pocketwatches are the new hotness..
GuitarAtomik
Member
Asus ZenWatch 2 was announced yesterday. RENDER VIDEO
No word on price. Release date is set for Q3.
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/wearables/n...r-smartwatch-launched-at-computex-2015-698476
No word on price. Release date is set for Q3.
Ever wanted to initiate chats from your Android Wear device in apps like Hangouts, Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger, etc?
Check out my new app, Touchless Chat. IT works on Android Wear!
https://youtu.be/YDcg_fcUFr0?t=72
Let me know how it works for you
Check out my new app, Touchless Chat. IT works on Android Wear!
https://youtu.be/YDcg_fcUFr0?t=72
Let me know how it works for you
have you checked the battery stats? what app has the highest use
Nothing untoward there, android system and OS at 4% and 3%.
Wow that face looks great. I've been pretty partial to the Google fit face ever since it came out. Very simple.
I'd factory reset my watch, delete android wear, reinstall and reconnect
Frank Serpico
Banned
No Apple watch influence at all with the video or product itself /sarcasm
Excited to see the next Moto 360 though
YES. thisa is exactly what i wanted
Jzero
Member
So it turns out that Motorola delayed the update because of performance issues 😖
Why did you buy two?
Hm... I think I still like the silver Moto 360 better but it has to go back to the store
Why did you buy two?
Yup but it's the best looking Smartwatch right now. I'm a shallow person.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
The whole device is a performance issue.
Power shouldn't be an issue:
I have a feeling it could be the coding. 'All the other' devices are powered by S400s and it could be Wear is primarily designed for them. It could be a change of making the OS better for OoO CPUs. Either way it is nice to see Motorola try to keep the Moto 360 running well. It's really great to see its performance get better in patches instead of them just ditching it for the next model.
Power shouldn't be an issue:
I have a feeling it could be the coding. 'All the other' devices are powered by S400s and it could be Wear is primarily designed for them. It could be a change of making the OS better for OoO CPUs. Either way it is nice to see Motorola try to keep the Moto 360 running well. It's really great to see its performance get better in patches instead of them just ditching it for the next model.
Not only that, but the TI was already unsupported when they used it, so they wouldn't have been providing any software support to help optimise it. I also assume there's some throttling going on since the chip was notoriously bad with battery and some early patches have increased it. Wonder if they slowed it down.
Definitely test it out before you start messing around with it. My first model had a faulty battery, so I'm kind of glad I didn't mess around with it too much.
Though I highly recommend enabling that second core (and the wifi), it's soooo much more responsive afterwards and my battery life didn't change as far as I can tell.
Though I highly recommend enabling that second core (and the wifi), it's soooo much more responsive afterwards and my battery life didn't change as far as I can tell.
The black one went on sale after I got the silver one so I got the black one to save a few dollars. The silver one is being returned today if anything.
Some more thoughts on the Moto 360 vs LG G Watch a few more days in
- LG G Watch higher PPI is nicer to look at than the Moto 360. However, the circular display of the Moto 360 makes it seem nicer. That or the larger display on the 360
- Battery compared to the LG G Watch is still bad in comparison and this is with the LG G Watch Always On mode set to on. I'm too afraid to turn on Ambient Mode on the Moto 360 because of how bad the battery is with it off (it still manages to get through the day though)
- Performance on the Moto 360 still chugs through while the LG G Watch still flies. This might be because of 5.1.1 vs 5.0.2 but I doubt it.
- Heartrate sensor on the Moto 360 seems useless because it's so unreliable. It will work one time then not work on the other. And I realized how little I actually need that heart rate sensor too
Some more thoughts soon.
whats this rooting malarkey? Was just going to wait for the LG update to bring wifi, and I've not noticed it being particularly slow to need dual core. But if it is easy to do, its worth a go.
Follow this link, some tinkering required:
So, this happened:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/g-watch-r/orig-development/mod-enable-wifi-ldz22d-t3122529
Also put the device into dual core instead of single core. From what I gather it shouldn't impact battery life that much and boy is it faster!
Anyways, I am happy to have entered this WiFi future.
GuitarAtomik
Member
We get it man. The Moto 360 murdered your parents lol.
Yeah, takes roughly a week or so to settle into normal usage. It's the software I think, needs to calibrate itself to the battery.
It's great combined with nine for my exchange email, because I can customise the vibration. So for urgent work emails I have it do a heartbeat pulse which is really easy for me to notice amongst all the other more General vibrations. Going to look into using coffee for SMS which apparantly lets you do the same with even finer level control.
I think something is wrong with my Moto 360 or the latest update. It used to seem to track my health info pretty accurately, like steps and what not. Since the last update with cloud sync enabled it's tracking far fewer steps (even though I increased my cardio). I have been a bit rough with this watch though so maybe I just broke it.
Getting a couple of bugs, are others getting these, or are they down to me using the M preview?
Main one is that the Play Music controls desync and don't respond from the phone. If that happens, the card keeps coming back on the watch until I have to clear it until I reboot the phone.
This might be more Android, but with the watch and my bluetooth headphones connected, it's a lottery as to where the sound is going to come from. It's either silent, the phone or the headphones.
Main one is that the Play Music controls desync and don't respond from the phone. If that happens, the card keeps coming back on the watch until I have to clear it until I reboot the phone.
This might be more Android, but with the watch and my bluetooth headphones connected, it's a lottery as to where the sound is going to come from. It's either silent, the phone or the headphones.
Jzero
Member
I told you M has problems with the Nexus 6 😉
That's why I went back to lollipop.
battery life on the GWR is definitely worse after the update. Took it off the charger yesterday around 7am, and this morning at 7am it was showing 6%. Normally it'll go nearly a full two days, not one.
I might have to start putting it into theatre mode overnight, but when I'm away from home it makes a handy nightstand clock.
I might have to start putting it into theatre mode overnight, but when I'm away from home it makes a handy nightstand clock.
hmm. You using always on screen? I even went back to a stock watchface just in case watchmaker was impacting things. And I have my notifications disappear quickly (liking that a lot - have a quick look when I get the vibration, but if I don't it isn't cluttering the watch face up. Quick swipe up brings back the last notification)
Yeah, I had always on mode on. I had a Fallout Watchmaker face that was draining it like mad, but am trying Aiii's Persona one at the moment and it doesn't seem to be draining much at all.
Only thing I can think of is the custom kernel I'm running says one of the goals is energy saving from more efficient ARM algorithms. haven't used 5.1.1 stock for any length of time so can't compare.
EDIT: Also on the Android M preview in case that makes a difference.
Only thing I can think of is the custom kernel I'm running says one of the goals is energy saving from more efficient ARM algorithms. haven't used 5.1.1 stock for any length of time so can't compare.
EDIT: Also on the Android M preview in case that makes a difference.
can you link me the persona one?
Thank you, good sir!
Cloggerdude
Member
So the general consensus is to stay away from the 360 at this point, right? It looks great and fits my wrist well, but all the "issues" it appears to have sort of turns me off from it.
I'm really struggling with my decision. I really like the G Watch R, but the current pricing is a bit much for me. The Sony Watch 3 has some great reviews, but it isn't exactly a looker.
Any thoughts?
I'm really struggling with my decision. I really like the G Watch R, but the current pricing is a bit much for me. The Sony Watch 3 has some great reviews, but it isn't exactly a looker.
Any thoughts?
Moto 360 2 will be announced soon with the Moto X, so may as well wait now unless you can find the G Watch R for $100 again.
Cloggerdude
Member
Sheesh, I wish. I even saw it on sale that day, but I wasn't really interested in the watches at the time. Had a little medical incident the other day though, which kind of motivated me to look for one.
No harm in waiting for the 360 2 though I don't guess.
