But repairability is still an open question mark.

But repairability is still an open question mark.

        •  limerod   ( @limerod@reddthat.com ) English
          3•9 months ago

          Smartwatches with their super short life cycles are pointless. The short battery life doesn’t make things any great. A smart band can last much longer on a charge, is cheaper, and accomplishes more of the same things like the latter.

        •  voxel   ( @vox@sopuli.xyz ) English
          1•9 months ago

          well you can install applications and stuff.
          these are a completely different category of devices, and can even sometimes even operate autonomously without your phone.
          (like you can connect your headphones directly to your watch, launch Spotify on it and listen to music while streaming it using a built-in sim slot (not applicable to all of them but you get it, some high end ones can do that), or play music from huge onboard memory)
          they usually have full mobile cpus, and unline bands (which usually have something like a 100mhz microcontroller with 5mb of ram and can run for about 2-4 weeks from a single charge) these things usually run for 1-7 days (depending on the model) without heavy use.

  •  macallik   ( @macallik@kbin.social ) 
    5•9 months ago

    The scratches during the review period makes me nervous. I walk into walls all the time with my watch so that’s a no go.

    I’ll wait and see if it’s more widespread and if there’s any xmas discounts before I potentially pull the trigger

    •  Ghost396   ( @Ghost396@lemmynsfw.com ) English
      2•9 months ago

      I just switched from Garmin, the heart rate tracking is much better during workouts on the pixel. Enjoying the first few days not needing a chest strap!

      Garmin of course had a lot of extra details for running, but I’ve stopped needing that. It depends the type of fitness you’re doing in the end.

      •  Auzy   ( @Auzy@beehaw.org ) English
        1•9 months ago

        I do everything from gym workouts, to pilates, jogging and even Mountaineering / long hikes. My Forerunner 305 needed a chest strap, but, my newer one doesn’t (and I agree, the optical sensor, whilst I was skeptical when they were first released, are actually really awesome).

        I guess I’m also a bit iffy about the battery life too. I’ll need gps tracking, strava syncing, and heartrate tracking for 8+ hours per day I guess

  •  AutoTL;DR   ( @autotldr@lemmings.world ) BEnglish
    1•9 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Most companies will “personalize” this based on a cockamamie formula that subtracts your age from 220 while giving you no recourse to alter that if it doesn’t line up with your actual fitness levels.

    What I don’t love about Safety Signal is it requires you to pay the extra $50 for the LTE model of the Pixel Watch 2 and you must have a Fitbit Premium subscription.

    When signs of physical stress are detected, you can choose to receive notifications that prompt you to log your emotions, do a breathing session, or take a walk.

    On top of a busy workweek, my grandma died, I closed an emotional chapter in dealing with my mom’s estate, and out of nowhere, I somehow scratched the living bejeezus out of my Pixel Watch 2 review unit (more on that below).

    Right after this review first published, Google reached back out to tell me that the scratches appear to be the result of scraping against a hard or uneven surface, and are unlikely to be something related to incidental contact.

    [Update: shortly after initial publication, Giovannello emailed to clarify that Google has decided to extend Preferred Care to Pixel Watch 2 in the US and Canada.

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