Google Pixel Watch 2 review: better battery, better watch
Google Pixel Watch 2 review: better battery, better watch
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Google Pixel Watch 2 review: better battery, better watch
But repairability is still an open question mark.
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The scratches during the review period makes me nervous. I walk into walls all the time with my watch so that's a no go.
I'll wait and see if it's more widespread and if there's any xmas discounts before I potentially pull the trigger
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Yeah I've got arms like an orangutan. Despite the amount of stuff I've smashed my watch 5 pro against it's still scratch and scuff free.
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Honestly. I'll stick to my 35€ Mii band. I use it since 4 years now. Battery lasts over 2½ weeks. Can still read Whatsapp/sms, control my audio, measure heart rate and wear it inside the pool. 350 bucks just because the screen is bigger? Okay.
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you are comparing fitness bands and a smart watch.
this thing just like galaxy ones is running Android
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I was looking at it. But I'm guessing it still doesn't even barely compare with the Garmin watches for fitness?
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I just switched from Garmin, the heart rate tracking is much better during workouts on the pixel. Enjoying the first few days not needing a chest strap!
Garmin of course had a lot of extra details for running, but I've stopped needing that. It depends the type of fitness you're doing in the end.
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I do everything from gym workouts, to pilates, jogging and even Mountaineering / long hikes. My Forerunner 305 needed a chest strap, but, my newer one doesn't (and I agree, the optical sensor, whilst I was skeptical when they were first released, are actually really awesome).
I guess I'm also a bit iffy about the battery life too. I'll need gps tracking, strava syncing, and heartrate tracking for 8+ hours per day I guess
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Which is weird considering Google owns Fitbit
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the resell market is very saturated from all the free ones lol, sealed ones are going on swappa for like $200
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It's Google Spyware so the word better means nothing. :)
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Most companies will “personalize” this based on a cockamamie formula that subtracts your age from 220 while giving you no recourse to alter that if it doesn’t line up with your actual fitness levels.
What I don’t love about Safety Signal is it requires you to pay the extra $50 for the LTE model of the Pixel Watch 2 and you must have a Fitbit Premium subscription.
When signs of physical stress are detected, you can choose to receive notifications that prompt you to log your emotions, do a breathing session, or take a walk.
On top of a busy workweek, my grandma died, I closed an emotional chapter in dealing with my mom’s estate, and out of nowhere, I somehow scratched the living bejeezus out of my Pixel Watch 2 review unit (more on that below).
Right after this review first published, Google reached back out to tell me that the scratches appear to be the result of scraping against a hard or uneven surface, and are unlikely to be something related to incidental contact.
[Update: shortly after initial publication, Giovannello emailed to clarify that Google has decided to extend Preferred Care to Pixel Watch 2 in the US and Canada.
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That f'ing sucks. Thanks for the tip.
No it's not, I'm using it right now and I don't pay for FitBit Premium.
I'm stupid and read it wrong at the time I just needed to setup an account 🤦
How much is the subscription?
Wait... You can't even do continuous heart rate monitoring and logging without a subscription. YIKES!
They were incorrect.