Android smartwatches still suck, so I’m sticking with the Apple Watch

Sniper_Cobra

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...has no one ever heard of the garmin venu sq.? In addition to the fitness & sleep tracking, it also lets your respond to texts, accept or decline calls, view notifications & control the media your phone is playing.

I've had mine for a few years now... it's one of the better fitness trackers/smart watch hybrids I've used.
 

gbertoli

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So, author has obviously switched to the "dark side". Problem is that the Apple watch isn't any good if you use an Android Phone. I do agree that Wear OS watches have been terrible as I have owned many. It's mostly a processor issue. My current watch is a Samsung Watch 4 Classic using Wear OS 3.5. It works perfectly, no lags or other issues EXCEPT the Health App wants a Samsung Phone in order to work. Stupid choice. Samsung could own the Android Watch market if they opened everything up so it works with any Android phone.
 
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I find myself in the opposite direction. I have had Apple Watches since Series 0 Gen 1 and recently on Series 8. I enjoy the polish and smoothness of Apple Watches. They're actually quite excellent when it comes to my jogs/runs with the easy interface, esp for music. BUT, I absolutely HATE the battery or should I say lack of battery. Like Harrish, the AOD is off, the wake gesture if off and I even have low power on but it still can't make it to 2 days. So I started using the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic and it's battery is much better. I can make it to 3 full days with everything on. I am seriously looking into the Garmin Venu 3 or the Amazfit GTR4. They advertise battery of up to 15 days!!! My Apple Watch days are coming to an end.
 

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...has no one ever heard of the garmin venu sq.? In addition to the fitness & sleep tracking, it also lets your respond to texts, accept or decline calls, view notifications & control the media your phone is playing.

I've had mine for a few years now... it's one of the better fitness trackers/smart watch hybrids I've used.
I have the Garmin Vivo Active 4 and has all those as well, though I keep the fitness tracking turned off because it kills the battery. At least I try to. There's a bug that keeps turning activity tracking on by itself, but otherwise a fine watch.

Not that it matters here on imore, where Apple is king.
 

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Future US, Inc. why are there so many articles about Apple devices in a blog called "Android Central" when there is a blog called "iMore" that doesn't mention anything about Android?

For what it's worth, my Samsung Galaxy Watch5 with Wear OS 4.0 and my Samsung Galaxy S23+ work together flawlessly. My Watch5 battery usually lasts 2 days without a charge.
 
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