There were no reviews for this watch yet, which, I assume, is why it was half the price of other watches with similar features. I purchased two – one for me and one for my daughter. Set up was pretty quick and easy, the app seems good. For both of us, the app did change our weight after initial setup, so we both had to go back and correct that.
Something to note – these watches have 2 bluetooth connections. One connects through the app and allows you to make/receive calls and get notifications, the other acts as a bluetooth speaker. I found a YouTube video searching “all sound going through bluetooth watch” – there are videos for both iPhones and Androids to solve that problem.
Connecting to the watch and CarPlay worked as expected – maintaining both connections with CarPlay taking priority.
We’re still playing with exercise mode, so I can’t speak to it’s accuracy or data collection yet (no red flags with one-time checks, though). We did discover that you can’t leave the exercise data screen during workouts (seems to be a common issue) or customize the workout screen to include time (some watches offer this). The only thing that worked was if you receive a call, the call info popped up for you to answer it. The only way to leave the exercise screen to use any other watch function is by ending the workout (pausing didn’t work).
I left a review for the app in hope that an update that will offer some missing features, suggesting they include the option to display the date as month-day (locked as day-month); allow changing the name of the watch for differentiation within a family (we were only able to edit the bluetooth speaker names, so our 2 watches have the same bluetooth name when connecting to the app); include more “visually accessible” watch faces – too many of their options have very small print; and have more options when using a custom background (what data to include, day and/or date formats, font size, and placement of data).
The bands are nice looking and solid. The watch face wasn’t too bulky on our petite wrists. I ordered some stretchy nylon bands (18mm) for quicker on/off and general comfort, which is working out great. I like the magnitic charging connection, and the battery life seems good so far.
While it could use some updates, this is 5-star for the price… and at least these issues could be fixed with app updates and/or watch updates provided through the app.
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