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another CAD rant..i think i'm done with androidwear

Posted on 10/31/17 at 10:26 am
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
86747 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 10:26 am
its damn near unusable. after rolling back from the v2 update (which is horrible) i'm having constant disconnects (even though the urbane is both wifi and bluetooth), super embarrasing when i'm in a meeting and the watch fails to mute my notifications and they go off..wtf? that never happened before.

i say 'play music' and it tries to launch youtube on my phone instead of google music..wtf.

i try to voice text someone and it takes honest-to-god about 30 seconds before it responds and sends it. it used to be almost instantaneous. wtf google. its easier now to voice text on my phone because my watch is so laggy i can never be sure its actually going to send

a quick flick of my wrist brought up 'ok google' and now it takes 4-6 snaps before the phone will react..wtf?

apps constantly crash on the watch. cant count the # of times i glance down at my watch at a white screen.

in short, a once-promising product that used to do a few tasks in snappy way has now become slow and unusable and i have virtually ZERO third-party apps on it and factory reset the damn thing about once a month.

very disappointed. i feel like i'm walking around with a glorified brick on my wrist.
Posted by bbap
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2006
96490 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 10:29 am to
I wanted to get on board with android wear but i think the reason you are seeing issues is because the entire project in general seems to be on the chopping block. Just not enough interest it seems.

The only smartwatches that have any traction at all are apple watches.
Posted by GurleyGirl
Georgia
Member since Nov 2015
14170 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 10:46 am to
You clearly enjoy beta testing bleeding edge technology.
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
59752 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 11:32 am to
It's probably because you have 700,000 apps on it. Isn't that what you said was causing my android phone's lag issues when I mentioned thinking about switching back to Apple?
Posted by dltigers3
Collierville, TN
Member since Jun 2010
2165 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 11:38 am to
What watch do you have? I have a Moto 360 sport with 2.0 on it and it runs fine. My only complaint is battery life sucks. If I use it at all it is almost dead by 6 pm
Posted by therick711
South
Member since Jan 2008
25860 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 11:43 am to
My google assistant on the watch is arse. It doesn't really work very much any more. Beyond that, the assistant is worse than what I had before. Seriously, it can't tell you sports scores?

Posted by dltigers3
Collierville, TN
Member since Jun 2010
2165 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 11:46 am to
Yeah, I can't comment on that, I rarely use the assistant on my phone, and I've only used it a couple of times on my watch to set timers.
Posted by bbap
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2006
96490 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 11:56 am to
quote:

I rarely use the assistant on my phone


That's crazy talk.
Posted by dltigers3
Collierville, TN
Member since Jun 2010
2165 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 12:00 pm to
I know, I've tried to make an effort to do it, but it doesn't work well on my s6 active. My pixel 2 will be in in a couple of weeks and I'm sure once I get the free home mini I will start using it alot more
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
86747 posts
Posted on 10/31/17 at 12:01 pm to
quote:

It's probably because you have 700,000 apps on it. Isn't that what you said was causing my android phone's lag issues when I mentioned thinking about switching back to Apple?


quote:

i have virtually ZERO third-party apps on it and factory reset the damn thing about once a month
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
59752 posts
Posted on 11/1/17 at 3:35 am to
OK. Thanks. Just wanted to make sure since you were so insistent on this being the cause of lagging issues for others.
Posted by DeoreDX
Member since Oct 2010
4146 posts
Posted on 11/1/17 at 6:22 am to
I'm still sorting an OG Moto 360 and it still works great. It never got Android Wear 2.0 though.
Posted by BaddestAndvari
That Overweight Racist State
Member since Mar 2011
18578 posts
Posted on 11/1/17 at 8:47 am to
My Urbane is running just fine still?

What is so disappointing in 2.0 or whatever? I haven't noticed anything wrong with it?
Posted by rocket31
Member since Jan 2008
41861 posts
Posted on 11/1/17 at 8:50 am to
You seem pretty dumb I'd highly recommend switching to apple
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
86747 posts
Posted on 11/1/17 at 9:41 am to
quote:

My Urbane is running just fine still?

What is so disappointing in 2.0 or whatever? I haven't noticed anything wrong with it?


2 basically caused my phone to constantly crash and lose connection to 'google assistant' not to mention terribly slow.

reading forum posts basically everyone else is saying the same thing.

but i guess you have the one magical watch that is somehow immune to all these issues.
Posted by Spock's Eyebrow
Member since May 2012
12300 posts
Posted on 11/1/17 at 9:49 am to
quote:

but i guess you have the one magical watch that is somehow immune to all these issues.



Maybe the laws of Androidwear cease to exist on his wrist?
Posted by bbap
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2006
96490 posts
Posted on 11/1/17 at 10:13 am to
i thought 2.0 had those issues early on but they cleaned it up.
Posted by BaddestAndvari
That Overweight Racist State
Member since Mar 2011
18578 posts
Posted on 11/1/17 at 11:32 am to
I might just be lucky, but I do believe they have fixed all the issues. Though I wouldn't know, as I've never had the issues...
Posted by CarRamrod
Spurbury, VT
Member since Dec 2006
57951 posts
Posted on 11/1/17 at 1:02 pm to
i would love a smart watch but there isnt one out there that fits my needs.
Posted by dltigers3
Collierville, TN
Member since Jun 2010
2165 posts
Posted on 11/1/17 at 1:51 pm to
I'm just asking for clarification, did you say that Android wear 2.0 made your phone crash?

Or only when trying to use Google assistant on it?

I have never had a crash on my phone or watch with 2.0, but as I stated before, I almost never use the Google assistant
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