Smartwatch Thread (news/apps/updates)

I bought the Huawei GT2 for the both of us, to go with our Huawei mobile phones. What a terrible idea that turned out to be.

It's OK for general stuff like the time, message alerts, reminders to be active. The walk tracking is decent enough.

My big gripe with this watch and/or accompanying app is that it doesn't track sleep properly. It's guesswork at best.
I've had mornings where I feel well rested and it tells me I didn't have a good sleep. On occasion I have a bad night, waking up all the time, can't get comfortable etc. Yet the app says I slept really well despite showing some of the times I woke up.
Add to that I didn't want to wake my wife up so just watched YouTube vids for a while. The app added that time on to my "light sleep" and updated my score.

TLDR - I don't rate Huawei for accurate sleep tracking.

Are there more reliable alternatives? I'm not going Apple but anything else could be considered.
 
I dug out my old Ticwatch S to use recently in my tennis sessions. Last night was first time I used it and I set a Google Fit exercise for Tennis which was working fine but whilst I was playing I also noticed some random exercises popping up on screen, almost like an automatic exercise because I had sprinted to get a short ball. It was very annoying and I am wondering how I go about turning that off so it only does what I tell it too. Any ideas?
 
Cadder said:
TLDR - I don't rate Huawei for accurate sleep tracking.

Are there more reliable alternatives?
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I can't see how any can be accurate, I use a proper NHS Philips CPAP machine to track my sleep patterns because of my Sleep Apnoea.
It then pushes more oxygen into me when I stop breathing and the Sleep Nurses can ring it up and get all the information off it.
 
SexyGreyFox said:
I can't see how any can be accurate, I use a proper NHS Philips CPAP machine to track my sleep patterns because of my Sleep Apnoea.
It then pushes more oxygen into me when I stop breathing and the Sleep Nurses can ring it up and get all the information off it.
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I appreciate that consumer-grade sleep tracking products will fall short of perfect accuracy. I would expect them to at least be able to do what they claim and advertise. Huawei claim they can track sleep and record when you are in REM, light or deep sleep. In my experience they actually cannot. It seems to be guesswork or some inaccurate app formula.
 
This reminds me. I haven't tried the sleep tracking on the TicWatch Pro 3 GPS yet, but, seeing as how once I hit the hay I'm out and nothing short of a nuclear detonation will drag me back from the land of Nod, I don't know what it will tell me.
 
Waiting for WearOS to be upgraded before I decide on what to buy. Really want another fitbit as I've been very happy with my current one, although can be swayed to another brand if it makes sense.
 
pinkpound said:
Classic4 for me I like the bezel + the protection it offers with a aftermarket bezel ring on
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I'm looking forward to seeing the watch 4 classic lte.
Atm I'm using the active 2 lte.

The things I'm looking forward to:

Hopefully bigger battery.
More storage. but still, can't see why they never went for a 32gb.
New chip which again should lead to longer running times between charges.
New os. will be interesting to see if we can finally initiate for example messenger chats, whats app chats, etc.(From what ive read and seen. its wear os with a skinned Samsung os).
Hopefully the lte vers will be stainless steel.

The things I'm not looking forward to.

You need to buy new straps the old ones will not fit.
Watch faces. I have spent a fair amount of money. I'm hoping i just don't lose all of the watch faces. Would be a pitta to buy some again.
A moving bezel. whilst I have the active 2 i do not really miss the rotating bezel, it's more aesthetics. and something to get knocked or possibly knocked.
I am with EE and every time i change my smartwatch it's a pitta. with the esim.
Everytime a new feature is released with Samsung. its rarely ever released with the new watches(ECG for example)
 
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