JimSmith94
Android Enthusiast
FYI, the Android Wear Gear Live is newer than the Tizen Gear 2 and Neo. Soon it will be older than the upcoming Gear S, which will also be running Tizen.
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Gear Live - where are these things sold?
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FYI, the Android Wear Gear Live is newer than the Tizen Gear 2 and Neo. Soon it will be older than the upcoming Gear S, which will also be running Tizen.
nickdalzell
Extreme Android User
As am I. Tizen was not so much a problem as the 'weather update bug' was. I had to keep refreshing the weather on the watch manually as it outright refused to update no matter what I did. Wear does a lot better job serving the current weather conditions. this bug with the Gear series has been an issue since the OG Gear. a shame as the watch does a lot of good things but having it saying 73 degrees and sunny when it's really 90 and rainy is not acceptable.
Wear takes a little getting used to and it's not 100% the first or second day you use it, but it gets better all the time, and the Android L design is so close to Samsung that it doesn't clash with the UX used on my other devices, although made well, the G Watch is a very ugly looking watch.
People say it doesn't make or receive calls or text from the watch. this is incorrect. it's a bit different, the G Watch has no speaker, but with a Bluetooth headset (I use a Plantronics Voyager Legend) you can still say 'OK Google, Call [contact]' and it pipes it right to the headset. texting works akin to using S-Voice to text [contact], although Google's voice detection is more spot on compared with Samsung's. I'm just happy to not smudge up my screen to do things.
Wear takes a little getting used to and it's not 100% the first or second day you use it, but it gets better all the time, and the Android L design is so close to Samsung that it doesn't clash with the UX used on my other devices, although made well, the G Watch is a very ugly looking watch.
People say it doesn't make or receive calls or text from the watch. this is incorrect. it's a bit different, the G Watch has no speaker, but with a Bluetooth headset (I use a Plantronics Voyager Legend) you can still say 'OK Google, Call [contact]' and it pipes it right to the headset. texting works akin to using S-Voice to text [contact], although Google's voice detection is more spot on compared with Samsung's. I'm just happy to not smudge up my screen to do things.