Change the vibration intensity

[popkurn611]

Any way to change how loud this watch vibrates!!!??

 

[Penguwin]

Any way to change how loud this watch vibrates!!!??

The vibration can be turned on or off last I knew, but I don't know of any way to customize the vibration's intensity .

 

[OhAlfie]

Nope. Can't be changed/

 

[popkurn611]

Nope. Can't be changed/

The vibration can be turned on or off last I knew, but I don't know of any way to customize the vibration's intensity .

Geez, does anyone agree with me that it's so loud! Never thought I'd actually hear a vibration!

 

[popkurn611]

The vibration can be turned on or off last I knew, but I don't know of any way to customize the vibration's intensity .

Hey I meant to ask you this when I got the watch and forgot. How is the watch connected to the phone? I know its via Bluetooth but wouldn't the watch show as "connected" under the phone Bluetooth settings? It shows paired along with a list of other items I have paired with the phone. Even my Bluetooth icon in the status bar doesn't show anything is connected. My husbands gear s2 connects via the phones Bluetooth and his Bluetooth icon shows a connected device. Was just curious how they works. If I were to shut Bluetooth off would my watch disconnect?

 

[Old Stoneface]

Geez, does anyone agree with me that it's so loud! Never thought I'd actually hear a vibration!

Wow. Most people think it's too soft.

 

[Penguwin]

Hey I meant to ask you this when I got the watch and forgot. How is the watch connected to the phone? I know its via Bluetooth but wouldn't the watch show as "connected" under the phone Bluetooth settings? It shows paired along with a list of other items I have paired with the phone. Even my Bluetooth icon in the status bar doesn't show anything is connected. My husbands gear s2 connects via the phones Bluetooth and his Bluetooth icon shows a connected device. Was just curious how they works. If I were to shut Bluetooth off would my watch disconnect?

I never fully understood this to be honest... I believe it has to do with the particular version of Bluetooth the specific device is using. Some devices pair and "onboard" themselves, so the user doesn't have to.

None the less, Android Wear smartwatches are still dependent on their Bluetooth connection in most cases. If you turn off your phone's Bluetooth off, the watch will be disconnected. I say "in most cases" because many Android Wear smartwatches (including the ZenWatch 2) have built in WiFi support, where you can actually connect the watch itself to a WiFi connection in order to receive notifications from a phone that is no where near the watch. This is an entirely different topic tho and gets a little in depth, so we'll start a new thread if your interested there.

 

[popkurn611]

I never fully understood this to be honest... I believe it has to do with the particular version of Bluetooth the specific device is using. Some devices pair and "onboard" themselves, so the user doesn't have to.

None the less, Android Wear smartwatches are still dependent on their Bluetooth connection in most cases. If you turn off your phone's Bluetooth off, the watch will be disconnected. I say "in most cases" because many Android Wear smartwatches (including the ZenWatch 2) have built in WiFi support, where you can actually connect the watch itself to a WiFi connection in order to receive notifications from a phone that is no where near the watch. This is an entirely different topic tho and gets a little in depth, so we'll start a new thread if your interested there.

I haven't felt the need to use the wifi feature and I heard it consumes a ton of battery. This watch has amazing battery life and I even have the smaller size so I can only imagine the battery life on the 49mm.

The persistent Android wear notification on the notification drop down panel is a little annoying. It either says connected or connecting as if it is trying to find the watch to connect. Also a disconnected notification sometimes shows

 

[Old Stoneface]

I haven't felt the need to use the wifi feature and I heard it consumes a ton of battery.

I leave WiFi on "Auto," because I tend to set my phone down somewhere when I get home. My home WiFi network gets pretty good coverage, especially ever since I upgraded it to a dual-band 802.11a/b/g/n/ac access point, last weekend. Now I can wander all over the house and the watch usually stays connected to the phone.

I haven't noticed much, if any, increase in battery consumption.

However... It's been my experience that the WiFi automatically picking up when the Bluetooth gets out of range isn't very dependable. I just experienced that, now. Fired-up the remote camera app and walked to the opposite end of the house and down into the basement. Lost the watch<->phone connection. It eventually connected to the WiFi network and regained it, but it was far from seamless.

 

[popkurn611]

I leave WiFi on "Auto," because I tend to set my phone down somewhere when I get home. My home WiFi network gets pretty good coverage, especially ever since I upgraded it to a dual-band 802.11a/b/g/n/ac access point, last weekend. Now I can wander all over the house and the watch usually stays connected to the phone.

I haven't noticed much, if any, increase in battery consumption.

Interesting, good to know

 

[Eric Omeara]

My LG G4 won't vibrate at all. No matter what setting it's in. Please help.

 

[popkurn611]

The vibration can be turned on or off last I knew, but I don't know of any way to customize the vibration's intensity .

So I know within the zenwatch app on the phone you can hit find my watch, but can you do find my phone via the watch??

Also, my weather is super inaccurate...it has the right location but definitely not the right temp

 

[recDNA]

So I know within the zenwatch app on the phone you can hit find my watch, but can you do find my phone via the watch??

Also, my weather is super inaccurate...it has the right location but definitely not the right temp

yes. if u enable it. it is one of the built in apps.

 

[IO90]

You can change the intensity. Your watch mimics your phone settings. Go into your SMS app on your phone and change the vibration settings​. I changed it to "very short" and now when I get a text my Zenwatch does a short, barely noticeable vibration.