‘Looks at perfectly functional Galaxy Watch 3 on my wrist’

  • aramova@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Garmin watches are semi-smart and have great sensors. My Epix 2 Sapphire runs for 11 days on a charge as well.

    Tried a Pixel, returned it for refund. Don’t use iPhone or Samsung phone so their bespoke software wouldn’t work for me.

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      Garmin Instinct 2 Solar gives me 31 days on a full charge if it doesn’t get any sunlight. It is smart enough to vibrate me awake without waking my partner and receive notifications, no matter what Android/iOS phone I use.

      What were your main gripes with the Pixel watch?

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        1 month ago

        Now your comment has piqued my curiosity…I never considered a bigger smartwatch, and have kept myselft mostly to the Xiaomi band, which does more or less what I need it to…But I’m now curious how well does a Garmin cover the main points for me: -Read messages from SMS, Whatsapp, Telegram, etc (can I also reply to them, maybe voice-type or similar?) -Obviously tracking fitness, routes, heart rate and sleep etc it is probably way bounds out of the miband’s league. -Can it pair to a headphone and use it to play music during a fitness run? Does it have esim support or similar to use data? (these are a clear no-no on the miband, but then again, heh…about 25 bucks it costed me!).

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          • Can read messages. On Android can reply with canned responses set up in the Connect app
          • GPS tracking during workouts without having to have phone within range, has heart rate, sleep tracking and more
          • Instinct can control media (play/pause/skip) when phone is in range, though the Forerunner music can store music to play via Bluetooth headphones
          • No LTE/eSIM support on any of them that I know of
          • Best feature for me by far is the time is always visible and in fact is even more visible in direct sunlight