What Android watch should i get

Does anyone know of any smartwatches that sync with Nike Run Club?

Hi Guys,

Looking to get my first smartwatch. Top choices atm are the Fossil Gen 5 and the Skagen Falster 3. Also looking at the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 but think i prefer to go with WearOS. Looking for the minimalistic design with nfc,gps,decent batter and fitness tracking(running & swimming). Having a speaker to take calls would be a bonus.

Anthing else i should be looking at, also any iser experiences.

Thanks

Euphoriasean wrote: »

Hi Guys,

Looking to get my first smartwatch. Top choices atm are the Fossil Gen 5 and the Skagen Falster 3. Also looking at the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 but think i prefer to go with WearOS. Looking for the minimalistic design with nfc,gps,decent batter and fitness tracking(running & swimming). Having a speaker to take calls would be a bonus.

Anthing else i should be looking at, also any iser experiences.

Thanks

Beware if you want to tap and pay using your watch, Samsung doesn't work in Ireland. Fitbit does though (bank depending)

I picked up the HUAWEI Watch GT 2 (46 mm) on Amazon prime day. I had a basic fitbit charge 2 and it was grand so wanted a bit more functionality but wasn't sure I'd get the use / benefit from one. With that in mind I couldn't justify spending the €220 or more they were selling for a while back.

I got this one for €130 delivered so 80-100 saving. It arrived Thursday so fully charged it and updated the firmware. I've been wearing it since about 8pm Thursday night, done a work out. SpO2 test, messed with music and whatsapp notifications. As of now (10:22am Saturday) 38 hours of use I have 70% battery left so based on that I'm thinking 5/6 days of battery life but I'll update when it runs down completely. It says 2 weeks but I will be very happy with getting from Sunday night to the weekend on a single charge as i tend to go back to a traditional watch then.

So in terms of build quality - feels good and strap is nice and supple with good flex. It seems like a high quality material. The charger is a pin type but has a USB connector which is same as my phone so that's handy. I don't know anything about wireless charging but the little puck is good enough for me. The screen is excellent, very sharp and easy to use. I haven't change face style yet but there seems to be loads available. Navigation around the watch is easy and the two buttons work well. I'll be honest I haven't quiet figured out how to optimise it fully yet. Controlling music on the phone works well and you can download some to the device but don't think I'll use it.

I haven't tried the Bluetooth call feature - keep forgetting. I think its also suitable for swimming but double check that. I only enabled notifications for whatsapp but you can turn on all sorts of other ones. However if I did that it would never stop buzzing. I think it shows the 10 most recent messages but appears to be only text info. No ability to reply that I can see, long test messages scroll easily but does not support graphics, emojis etc. I really like that I can see and read a message fully but the sender only sees it as delivered and not read. Very useful for work!!

I've only used the Huawei app so far but might try Wear OS and see what that offers in terms of additional features. The OEM one has lots of workouts and seems geared towards fitness. Data recording seems spot on and detailed but again its early days.

In summary I'm happy with it at the price point I paid. Had I spent 200+ I probably wouldn't be but then I haven't really tried to maximise what it can do. I don't have an apple watch but its not in the same league for features or tools from what I can tell. However as an out of the box, basic configuration setup it works well.

Positives:
Good battery
Excellent display
Feels like a quality product
Easy to use
Tells teh time and date!

Negatives:
Doesn't support google pay in Ireland but UK has been added recently so fingers crossed
Face customization if that's important
Can't reply to whatsapp - even a basic Ok or Busy or something would be handy

If I remember I'll post back in a few weeks and here is a pic for ref. As I said for €130 I am happy with it and I'm sure it can do much more than I have bothered to figure out so it may be wasted on me. I like an old school mechanical watch if I'm honest but whatsapp alerts are really what I wanted for work stuff.

Gratuitous pic for ref

ImARebel wrote: »

Are there any decent watches out there that you can put a chip into?

SD card? SIM card?

So I am looking for a smart watch for xmas. I have done some research and found that the fitbits arent really compatible (or at least not supported) for use with a redmi note 5 - which i appreciate is fairly dated at this stage. The phone itself is 3 years old but perfect, so i dont want to have to replace it.

The watches i find with the functionality (and will work with my phone) are both Xiaomi - ill post links below.

I cant find the link to the review of the other one - it looked like an imitation apple watch but funtionality was immense.
Here is the one i would like, i would prefer if it were rectangle, but hey ho. The problem with the below is there is no release date for the eu version.
https://www.wareable.com/smartwatches/xiaomi-mi-watch-color-sports-edition-official-8138

My question to you great folks is, can you recommend a watch that will work with my dated phone - but has both fitness and smart phone capabilities. On a budget - max 150 if possible. Would be great if it had gps, waterproof and all the typical other functions, hrm etc

Thanks in advance

flazio wrote: »

Have you tried to install the Fitbit app onto the phone? If the app works on the phone then the watch should be fine.

Yea, ended up getting rid of the fitbit. There was just constant connectivity issues. It became painful to use.

Fitbit Versa 3 does get its own GPS to the best of my knowledge. I have a Versa 2 and I have to agree that it's not the best at talking to my Sony Xperia XZ2 but it's still a nice novelty to pay for items with my watch.