Wifi for Zenwatch?

[Willber G]

This may be of interest:
Next Android Wear Firmware Update Will Give It Gesture Control And Wi-Fi Support: Report : PERSONAL TECH : Tech Times

"Many smartwatches running on Android Wear, including the Samsung Gear Live, the Asus ZenWatch, and the LG Watch Urbane, are powered by a Snapdragon chip that has a built-in Wi-Fi module, so a simple firmware update should immediately activate Wi-Fi in these devices."

 

[Penguwin]

Now that's interesting... Very cool if it turns out to be true! Would hopefully make downloading music to the watch faster... Instead of using Bluetooth.

Thanks for the link!

 

[Steve Gutierrez]

Oh I was hoping this would be the case. Fingers crossed.

 

[Willber G]

I think this will disappoint some people although it's not a problem for me:

http://phandroid.com/2015/04/21/lg-g-watch-missing-wifi/

 

[mr_nobody]

I thought this line was a bit much:

"Let us know how you feel in the comments LG G Watch, G Watch R, and ZenWatch owners. Your watches are now borderline obsolete thanks to this hardware fragmentation."

I'm a g watch owner and honestly, I don't really give a rat's *** about this feature so no big loss from my pov.

 

[bbtkd]

I'm not that concerned that my Zenwatch won't have Wifi. I was wondering why I would want it since I always have my watch and phone, even around the house. We can't use Wifi at work, so useless there. I'd have to see some compelling use before I'd miss it.

 

[daves221]

I'm so pissed.. That sucks for an otherwise great watch... Time to look at how to move on away from ZenWatch 1.0

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[Bgrngod]

So we can kill the otherwise awesome battery life? No thanks. Bluetooth does a just fine job with everything I've wanted it to do so far. I'll never not have my phone with me, so wifi in the watch is totally pointless.

 

[dswatson83]

I don't see a huge reason for this wifi feature as I always have my phone on me. Maybe at home since I'll lose bluetooth if I go to the other side of my house without my phone but still, minor impact.

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[daves221]

I'd use it. Sometimes I am away from my phone, whether in the house or my phone is in my car, etc. Would be great. I could even tether to my wife or kids phone without mine.. Very cool. Battery life is the fear but we know nothing about wifi impact on these batteries.

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[mr_nobody]

Battery life is the fear but we know nothing about wifi impact on these batteries.

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Except there's no way wifi uses less battery than btle.

 

[daves221]

Except there's no way wifi uses less battery than btle.

Yeah. Would depend on how it's implemented as to how much I suppose. And with no antenna it would use a ton! Wonder why asus decided on no antenna (if true). Maybe they knew it would not have enough battery and punted. Seems shortsighted to cut off that option although if true it makes these decisions easy.. No way to focus on wifi with ZenWatch 1.0 so they can focus on 2.0, their own os, etc.

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[B. Diddy]

No matter how I think about it, I just can't picture a situation where I'd be wearing the watch without the phone nearby. If I leave the house without the phone, that means I forgot my phone. Sure, people leave the house to go exercise, but you still need an open wi-fi network (or one that you've logged into before). That would be limited to the gym, unless you live in a community that has complete outdoor wi-fi coverage.