Recent content by kramer5150

WearOS as improved a lot recently. The late October 2020 update really improved battery performance. I have gotten a couple more updates since then and no major problems with either. This is on a 2+ year old fossil gen4 explorist. To be honest I am a minimalist user. I always keep the...

Yeah every holiday season Amazon blows out a couple fossil models. Last year the Fossil sport was around $90 IIRC, even the popular black and gray one. This year there were several gen5 models going for around $140. jckatz... hard to say whats causing that. My 2 year old gen4 doesn't do that...

The GPS radio combined with those features will also do that. Was your watch installing an update over BT at that time? Android System and android OS look like they were doing something heavy over BT in the late afternoon. My WearOS battery continues to be very stable and consistent since the...

January 8, 2020 status update... My WearOS battery continues to be very stable and consistent. Lovig that October update!! I take it off the charger at 8:30 AM, by 10:45 PM its at 50%. This is with moderate use as a screen-OFF BT notifier, checking txt / voice messages and a few other screen...

Oh OK I see... that stinks. I just tried it on my gen 4 and I can't get it to work either. Yet I can easily voice dictate SMS messages using android messages... just as you describe.

My take on it has kind of been this... If i see the cloud icon, I don't expect everything to work as it should. That icon can pop up at any given moment too.

If you see a crossed out cloud icon it means the watch WearOS is not fully connected to the google mother ship servers. So that means the more advanced functions of WearOS will not fully operate. WearOS does not display the specific advanced functions that are inoperative with that cloud...

Yeah the october update almost tripled my battery life. My gen4 explorist is 2 years old. I was barely getting 10~11 hours... even with the screen always off, no GPS, wifi disabled and VERY few screen interactions through the day. After the app update I get a good ~30+ hours. That doesn't...

How deep-entrenched is this device with Verizon? Does it have a lot of bloat-ware... or whatever the equivalent to that is in WearOS? I am thinking about getting one, but only using it as a bluetooth device (companion device for my cell phone). I have no intention to ever activate LTE on...

Who the White House bans, when they ban, and what exactly gets banned is anyones guess. Seems to be a revolving flavor of the month kind of thing. Despite all the rants from our government there still are lots of Huawei fans, still using their devices in some capacity. FWIW... the US...

I'm a little late to this one. 2 things from the OP that are going to disappoint with WearrOS... 2 day battery life and always on display. With the AOD WearOS is a 1-day device that will need a re-charge every evening. WearOS as a platform has been kind of hot and cold for me. When it works...

I have been using a stratos since January 2018. Love it. It does everything I need. No major complaints.

If you are after sleep tracking and daily use, forget about WearOS. Unless you dont mind regular morning/evening re-charges. The new Galaxy watch 3 in either 41mm or 45mm has a significantly smaller battery than the Original 46mm galaxy. Early reviews of the Galaxy watch 3 45mm generally have...

Curious... Has anyone else noticed WearOS and google updates to be much more stable the past 6-7 months? My past 4-5 updates have gone really smoothly, they install without any problems. To the point now where I am considering picking up a Diesel axial or maybe a Casio Pro-trek to supplement...

Nice!!! Glad you like it. WearOS is really really great when it works, IMHO. I agree, all these watches are too small. I miss that about my moto 360, 46mm. Its screen is slight but noticeably bigger than todays watches.