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I want to like smart glasses. And wearable tech in general. Too bad it's all entirely centralized, monetized, and exploited for political gain.
When I learnt about the concept I was immediately in. Even just the option to remind me of people's names would be life-changing, not to mention all the other information and reminders and whatnot not only at my fingertips but right into my eyeballs.
And then Google's glasses came out and were a data privacy nightmare and that day I think I lost another bit of my childhood innocence.
Same. I gave up on the tech future a long time ago.
I love wearables as well and I'm deeply bothered by apple having the best smart watch in terms of sensor quality. Almost all wearables are locked behind one app or an other, the whole scene kind of blows.
I have a Garmin watch and I can't see any benefit for my usage from an Apple watch. Quick reminder that Garmin watches have 10/15 days battery life and decent privacy 😀.
Sensor quality for heartrate is really good on the apple watch. There are a few studies about it. Garmin is really solid from what I can see though and ya, amazing battery life.
All I can say is that the heart sensor is good enough for my usage (running, cycling, sleep monitoring).
Do you have a heart issue? Because if not, its like having a thermometer, still know when you have a temperature, but real time tracking. Asking because my girlfriend does have a heart issue, and there is really no other reason for it to be "the best."
10 / 15 days! No way. I have owned multiple garmin watches over the years and none of them have ever lasted 10 days, even when brand new. Even if you don't actually use them for recording activities I can't see them ever lasting that long.
My current watch is admittedly 4 years old at this point so I expect some degradation but I average 3 recorded activities a day and the battery will last 3 days at the absolute best and that is running it down to like 2%
I like garmin hardware but struggle to believe anyone is getting 10 days or more from a single charge!
A solar Instinct can go for weeks. With gps tracking 3-5 hours a week.
Just had a look at this, interesting, although it is bolstering its battery life with solar power.
Do you have real world experience with it? Does it last as long as it claims? I have to charge mine every 2 - 3 days as it is right now.
Mine is a Venu 2, 3 years old, and it lasts 11 to 12 days. I record activities 3 times a week only though.
Judging by all the replies it seems like the Venu watches have exceptionally good battery life in comparison to all the forerunner models I have had!
routinely get nearly two weeks out of my Venu 3
Are you not recording any activities / using any GPS?
Obviously everyone has different use cases and experiences so I don't want to disregard other experiences it just seems so far out of reach for me compared to the experiences I have had across 5 or 6 different models of their watches over the years.
I have mostly used different iterations of the forerunner range and a Vivosmart which was fucking trash IMO.
I use it as a step counter and a sleep tracker every night (with plugin), don't use any of the built-in activities though
That makes more sense I guess as I know the GPS is a major battery drain. Maybe that model is also better with battery in general as I know for sure none I have ever owned would last that long just using it as you do. :)
I use Gadgetbridge for my CMF Watch 3 Pro and I have only noticed minor issues.
Wearables could thrive in an open environment. But meta is currently the only big player and I don't think they have the will and corporate capability to open themselves up. They will play in their walled garden and that will cut down on creativity and innovation.