Smartwatch Thread (news/apps/updates)

AndyCr15 · 25 Feb 2019 at 11:01

It depends what you mean by 'these things'. Actual half decent smart watches are still worth quite a lot. Cheap Chinese knock offs, sure, never been worth too much. It is quite impressive if they can knock them out for £6 though.

V_R · 12 Mar 2019 at 19:55

Just got the H update on my TW Pro.

mrgubby · 12 Mar 2019 at 20:47

V_R said:
Just got the H update on my TW Pro.

Mines still on Android 8.00 with security patch July 2018

And just as I post an update appears

DAIR · 14 Mar 2019 at 09:26

iMacMart said:
Sent my Fitbit ionic back so got £300 to spend looking for a fitness smarter watch currently... Any recommendations gents

Sorry for the bump. Can you tell us why?

grudas · 14 Mar 2019 at 10:25

still rocking my s3 frontier.

samsung pushed a new update, that has fixed a few of the slower areas of the watch like starting workouts.

even better now!

malachi · 14 Mar 2019 at 11:06

grudas said:
still rocking my s3 frontier.

samsung pushed a new update, that has fixed a few of the slower areas of the watch like starting workouts.

even better now!

Still have got mine but I just noticed that the Galaxy Watch Active is being released this week. Not sure how it compares to the S3 Frontier, deciding if it worth the upgrade...or sidegrade?!?!?!?

grudas · 14 Mar 2019 at 11:12

malachi said:
Still have got mine but I just noticed that the Galaxy Watch Active is being released this week. Not sure how it compares to the S3 Frontier, deciding if it worth the upgrade...or sidegrade?!?!?!?

i thought active was supposed to be a "cheaper" way into the galaxy watch lineup so plastic build, smaller screen etc..

dont think it'd be an upgrade

iMacMart · 14 Mar 2019 at 13:09

DAIR said:
Sorry for the bump. Can you tell us why?

Sure

Lack of Fitbit pay
bad integration with my (at the time) Pixel 2

DAIR · 14 Mar 2019 at 14:29

Fair enough. May skip that then as I also have the Pixel 2.

Tempted to go for the Galaxy Watch.

Gman · 14 Mar 2019 at 16:20

DAIR said:
Fair enough. May skip that then as I also have the Pixel 2.

Tempted to go for the Galaxy Watch.

Only thing putting me off is the lack of an internal speaker, and the fact you can't get ahold of the black one for pre-order on the Samsung website where I've got £50 off.

smsmasters · 14 Mar 2019 at 16:39

Beer_MonsterUK · 15 Mar 2019 at 04:45

Gman said:
Only thing putting me off is the lack of an internal speaker, and the fact you can't get ahold of the black one for pre-order on the Samsung website where I've got £50 off.

I contacted Samsung support to see if the black galaxy watch active would be back in stock before the preorder deal ran out and she insisted it would be (and put me on an email alert list). 50 quid off, 70 quid trade in for my S2 and the free wireless battery pack make it seem like a good deal.....still not going for the rose gold though.

**Edit** back in stock and ordered for £109 with the battery pack offer.

Egon · 15 Mar 2019 at 12:42

I know a few people have picked up TicWatches on this thread, I had an E2 delivered yesterday. All the ticwatch pre-installed apps ask for the mobvoi app to be installed but when you go looking in the play store it's not there.

Are they worth bothering about anyway? Can I even remove them? I'm on about the fitness apps like ticpulse and the like.

Gman · 15 Mar 2019 at 15:59

Beer_MonsterUK said:
I contacted Samsung support to see if the black galaxy watch active would be back in stock before the preorder deal ran out and she insisted it would be (and put me on an email alert list). 50 quid off, 70 quid trade in for my S2 and the free wireless battery pack make it seem like a good deal.....still not going for the rose gold though.

**Edit** back in stock and ordered for £109 with the battery pack offer.

Boom.

My bank balance hates you.

Buffman · 16 Mar 2019 at 08:41

Got a galaxy active watch on order from china (eglobal)

Anyone know if smart pay works outside the region its procured from?

Begbie · 17 Mar 2019 at 13:27

The Craig said:
Got a galaxy active watch on order from china (eglobal)

Anyone know if smart pay works outside the region its procured from?

wow,thats cheap! Samsung pay, so aslong as your bank accepts ,you should be good.

Robzere31 · 25 Mar 2019 at 12:37

Anyones S3 frontier watch measuring floors correctly?
Mine hasn't worked at all for several months. Assuming its a software fault as plenty of people are complaining about it but no solutions seem to be about.

Gman · 25 Mar 2019 at 15:57

The Craig said:
Got a galaxy active watch on order from china (eglobal)

Anyone know if smart pay works outside the region its procured from?

Sent mine back on Sunday, Too small compared to my huawei w1 , the heart rate monitor was very erratic. At one stage it got stuck at 114 and never moved even though my actual rate was 62 (did this several times, even after a reset). Finally, the Interface was not very intuitive compared to android wear too much reliance on the back button instead of swiping.

nam · 25 Mar 2019 at 23:29

very happy with my galaxy watch active in Silver got it on Friday and average over 2.5 days on battery life. I have not made any change settings apart from the watchface. Seems pretty accurate with sleep and the number of steps i am doing each day automatically compared to the Xiaomi Band i had before. No idea about the Blood pressure monitoring seems to be not available in the UK

V_R · 28 Mar 2019 at 10:09

My Ticwatch Pro won't charge anymore. Googling suggests its a very common issue that is cured by Mobvoi sending out a new charger. Just about to email them.

I've gone and bought a Fossil Q Explorist Gen 4 with the tan strap: https://www.fossil.com/uk/en/products/gen-4-smartwatch-explorist-hr-tan-leather-sku-ftw4016p.html

Really like it so far! Will probably sell the TWP.