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[Q] Turn-by-turn navigation

Has anyone with the Moto 360 used turn-by-turn navigation? Would you mind answering a few questions?
1, Does it work?
2. Does it killed the battery more rapidly than any other function?
3. Does it require so much from the processor that it freezes up?
4. Is it necessary for navigation to be running on my phone for to work?
5. Will it work in Europe?
I'm considering using the Moto 360 for navigation while touring some European cities, my thought was it would be nice to have this capability without constantly point out my note 3 to check it. Security wise it would be fantastic. I'm still waiting for Motorola and Best Buy to get this in stock so I can buy it and try it. Thanks for taking the time.

dennishhh said:
Has anyone with the Moto 360 used turn-by-turn navigation? Would you mind answering a few questions?
1, Does it work?
2. Does it killed the battery more rapidly than any other function?
3. Does it require so much from the processor that it freezes up?
4. Is it necessary for navigation to be running on my phone for to work?
5. Will it work in Europe?
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1.) Sort of. I drive a truck and with my hand on the steering wheel, it is tough to feel the vibration of the watch on my wrist that signals an upcoming turn. Because of this I find myself continually checking my watch. Safer to just have maps on the phone speak the commands.
2.) Not really. It pops up pretty much just like any other notification.
3.) I don't think it requires any more from the processor than a notification. Your phone is doing all the work. The watch is just sending info back and forth from it.
4.) Yes. But the watch will start it if it is not already running.
5.) I dunno.
For me, it is pretty much pointless for driving. But if you're on a bike or on foot, it will certainly keep you from constantly checking your phone. But note that the vibrations are subtle and short. Any appreciable vibration imparted to your hand or wrist will make it hard to discern. I think Android Wear needs to have a setting for more persistent vibration for other modes than just timers and alarms. Missing your turn is just as inconvenient as being late for something (and in fact may cause you to be late).

Great Info
Thanks so much for taking the time but your information is invaluable! Definitely going to try the Moto 360 out and have high hopes because your help. I'll call Motorola tomorrow asked them about if the technology will work outside of the US. I imagine the new update coming for android there will be a whole bunch of new improvements. I'm a sucker for technology so here I go again. One more question would be after you miss a vibration is it still possible to look at the watch and see if you're on the right path?

I have not missed a turn as all of my testing was done on familiar routes. But to answer your question, if you miss a turn, the phone will just recalculate your route and send new info to the watch.
You can look at your watch at any time to see what the next upcoming turn is.

For #5 check this out.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mapfactor.navigator

to the europe question: sure... maps with navigation works too.

Review on the New Lollipop Update to Moto 360

I got an update this morning and was very excited as soon as I booted up after downloading the new update file.
1. Nothing was pretty much interesting as far as lollipop for wear is concerned as compared to lollipop for Phones and Tablets. No vibrant colors, no extended settings, ,
2. Accessibility option has been included which I personally don't care of.
3. Battery Drain - More (To be frank - Worse) than the previous KitKat version. Almost drained 30% (might differ from one to other) with minimal use in 4 hours which would last 8-9 hours with KitKat.
This is the review of my Moto 360. I'd better stick to previous version if I were to suggest and would wait for some patches or stable fixes to the battery issues and some decent vibrancy to the watch. Please do provide your feedback on your Motos.
Thank You.

Do you run Lollipop on your Android device?
I think it'd also be beneficial if anyone posted their reviews with device model + OS version.
I haven't gotten my 360 update yet, but I'll post mine (phone is Lollipop 5.0.1) once I do.

I got my update yesterday. Running HTC M8 GPE on 5.0.1. Battery life hasn't been much different for me, but the voice recognition is terrible now. That was during my initial testing last night. I have upgraded to the latest google play services on apkmirror since then and have yet to test the voice recognition this morning. I'm at work and won't really have time to test it out without looking like a lunatic in my quiet office. until later. I'll report back hopefully.

I got the update here in the Philippines last morning.
The battery is terrible but after I uninstall Facer the battery is normal again.
The notifications is now manageable, I can use priority when I'm busy, show all when I'm not doing anything or none when asleep.
Sunlight mode and the theater mode is OK but not useful for me.
App priority is the best for me, especially when a specific application is being used frequently it makes me stopped using the wear app launcher (though this app is not working at the moment).

digitard said:
Do you run Lollipop on your Android device?
I think it'd also be beneficial if anyone posted their reviews with device model + OS version.
I haven't gotten my 360 update yet, but I'll post mine (phone is Lollipop 5.0.1) once I do.
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It is not necessary to have a mobile running Lolllipop OS. Because, I'm on 4.4.3 right now .
I'd suggest you to do the following steps
1. Settings---->Apps---->Moto Connect----->Clear Data and Cache
2. Uninstall your Android Wear App
3. Reset your Moto 360.
4. Install Android Wear Again
5. Pair both of the devices.
6. Check for Updates. Now you should be all set with a update notification.

phaniblaze said:
It is not necessary to have a mobile running Lolllipop OS. Because, I'm on 4.4.3 right now .
I'd suggest you to do the following steps
1. Settings---->Apps---->Moto Connect----->Clear Data and Cache
2. Uninstall your Android Wear App
3. Reset your Moto 360.
4. Install Android Wear Again
5. Pair both of the devices.
6. Check for Updates. Now you should be all set with a update notification.
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Never said you needed Lollipop, but when reviewing it would be good to know what OS is on the device (and model) and such. Because you may have a variance in behavior, etc, between the OS' and integration of components. As AW5 and the Lollipop Tablet/Phone OS were designed to work together we may see differences in performance (.ie battery life like the user above mentioned) depending on the OS combination, installed components, etc, when compared to 4.4.X devices. Also, since companies have a tendency to bloat up software a bit knowing what phone / OS combination might help too if X users have problem and others don't on the same OS it could be a piece of software talking (.ie Facer was DESTROYING battery performance w/ their most recent update the other day due to changes made for AW5).
So if 10 users have 4.4.X devices and have one performance issue/etc, and 10 users have 5.0.X devices and do NOT have that issue... it helps us with useful information on thigns you may see, based on the users review, if you have a similar setup.
Also that didn't work for me. I tried it last night. Hence why I'm still waiting.

Are you using Facer? Have you switched to the Facer for Android 5 face on the watch yet?
see-> http://www.reddit.com/r/Facer/comments/2p2in2/battery_life_android_wear_5_duplicate_watchfaces/
When you receive Android Wear 5, please switch to the other Facer watchface. It should be called "Facer for Android Wear 5." Please note there was an issue with the names and an update is rolling out that fixes the names.[/qoute[
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I got the update too. The biggest problem is that it stops notifying from time to time and requires a restart. Battery life seems as good as before.

I have the same problem with notification. It stops and I need to restart the watch.

Voice recognition is almost absolutely worthless now with new update. I try to send a text.. Doesnt recognize the "send command", let alone string it all together in one phrase "send text to (contact's name) hello." which is said as "send text to john hello period"
I have to now say each part of the command separately. "send text" to whom? "john" message? "Hello" and when I said period, before it would put a period, now it spells out period.
There really is not difference with this new update, except there were some bugs with facer/watch maker syncing.
Battery life is the same. Im running Lg g2 5.0 alpha build and battery seems fine.
Also, when i delete an email through Gmail on my watch, it vibrates confirming it was deleted. I dont like this very much, and wish it could be turned off. The new option "tilt to wake screen" seems to make the screen turn on very easily, just by rotating your wrist instead of lifting and rotating your arm. This is good and bad. Good it makes it easier to get the screen to come on without such a defined motion. Bad because I found it turning on when i didnt want to (typing, driving, doing daily tasks, etc). Which i would think will waste more battery.

How do i get my update i reset it like 4 times still nothing ?

How can you give an opinion on battery life when you've had the update less than a day. The download and install process alone take a large chunk of power then you have to take into account settle in time and you playing with it more than usual to see what's changed.

Updated last night, connected to my stock rooted Note 3 (4.4.4)
Using watchmaker
Battery last night was horrible.
left for work this morning at 6am and I am at 75% right now at 3pm. Been getting notifications all day long at least a 4 or more per hour.
I have not had a chance to test speech Recognition yet, besides "ok Google" a few times.
So far been very happy with update.

What are your settings? Tilt and ambient settings?

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Voice recognition is almost absolutely worthless now with new update. I try to send a text.. Doesnt recognize the "send command", let alone string it all together in one phrase "send text to (contact's name) hello." which is said as "send text to john hello period"
I have to now say each part of the command separately. "send text" to whom? "john" message? "Hello" and when I said period, before it would put a period, now it spells out period.
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I can't believe more people aren't talking about this. I am experiencing the same thing. My battery life is fine.

Flandro said:
I can't believe more people aren't talking about this. I am experiencing the same thing. My battery life is fine.
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Anyone else struggling with consistent voice recognition?

Update has been perfect for me. Batter life is still amazing. Have about 60% left after 10 hours off charger getting at least 8 notifications an hour. Not including phones calls ( 3 and hour give or take).

Wifi useage

Hi all,
I am trying to work what smartwatch to buy and keep being drawn towards the smartwatch 3 because of its built in wifi. Now I know that there isn't support for it yet but has anyone heard any rumours or have a good guess as to what they think it might be used for?? Googling this has yet to turn up anything useful for this.
Personaly I would like to use the wifi to still get notification when I am at work when I am connected to the wifi but dont have my phone with me. It would also be really cool to have the things like my keep enteries and calander appointments stored locally on the watch and notifications for them would still trigger without having my phone with me.
Personally I would prefer a round smartwatch however this sort of functionalility is way more useful for me and the fact it has GPS and uses USB is a big plus for me.
Thanks in advance for all your responses.
James

Smartphone 3, WiFi I have no use for it.
Android Wear smartwatches pull notifications from the smartphone using bluetooth I really do not know what they have in mind by including WiFi
Do not forget the Smartwatch 3 screen can be set to ambient mode on always. You can read comfortably notification in direct sun light.

I was also looking at Moto 360, LG G Watch R and ZenWatch. Smartwatch 3 is not the best looking but I end up getting it because of the GPS, NFC, micro USB and being able to swim with it (IP68).

Samsung Galaxy watch active with pixel 3 xl

I got my wife the Samsung Galaxy active watch and it paired just fine with her Pixel 3 XL. The watch is missing a messaging app. She is able to get messaging notifications and reply to messages, but can't access previous messages because the little blue messaging app is nowhere on her watch. I tried to got to app store on the watch but couldn't find anything to download. All reviews on YouTube show that app right from the start. Am I missing something? Is this an option only for Galaxy phones? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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I got my wife the Samsung Galaxy active watch and it paired just fine with her Pixel 3 XL. The watch is missing a messaging app. She is able to get messaging notifications and reply to messages, but can't access previous messages because the little blue messaging app is nowhere on her watch. I tried to got to app store on the watch but couldn't find anything to download. All reviews on YouTube show that app right from the start. Am I missing something? Is this an option only for Galaxy phones? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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You won't be able to see the messages unless you you a Samsung phone (which has the messages app), but when you get a text message, it will show on the watch, you can reply back to it and see previous messages. Make sure you have "messages" notifications enabled from the wear app. I am using the galaxy watch with the pixel 3 xl.

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You won't be able to see the messages unless you you a Samsung phone (which has the messages app), but when you get a text message, it will show on the watch, you can reply back to it and see previous messages. Make sure you have "messages" notifications enabled from the wear app. I am using the galaxy watch with the pixel 3 xl.
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Hey dude, I don't have one but am considering switching to it from my Fossil Sport because the Sport battery sucks. I have a couple questions for you since you're the only person who said they have one that I found! If you don't mind:
1. What's your battery life like?
2. I use the Nike Run app... if you open it on your phone will you geet any view of it on the Samsung watch?? That is why I originally got the Fossil
3. Do you think the Active is just as good with your Pixel as it would be with a Samsung? I have an S10+ now but I change phones like most people change underwear lol.
4. Anything else you can tell me to help me make my final decision..
PLEASE!!!! lol. thanks man.

eorsini said:
Hey dude, I don't have one but am considering switching to it from my Fossil Sport because the Sport battery sucks. I have a couple questions for you since you're the only person who said they have one that I found! If you don't mind:
1. What's your battery life like?
2. I use the Nike Run app... if you open it on your phone will you geet any view of it on the Samsung watch?? That is why I originally got the Fossil
3. Do you think the Active is just as good with your Pixel as it would be with a Samsung? I have an S10+ now but I change phones like most people change underwear lol.
4. Anything else you can tell me to help me make my final decision..
PLEASE!!!! lol. thanks man.
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Hey there,
1.Battery life in my case is like around 15% usage a day which is great given, the idea of the tizen is very different than wear os. sarcastically, I got the fossil sport as well, and I have been using that over the galaxy watch. The galaxy sport would probably have a great battery as well, maybe a little less than the galaxy watch.
2. I have not seen the nike app on the galaxy watch, however, I have used s-health. I was able to get decent tracking but without a map gps, you'd be limited to mapmyrun a few other ones, I honestly only used shealth since I found third party apps to drain the battery much much much quicker.
3. Yes, going with the active would be a solid choice, again, then only thing you won't get is the ability to recall text messages at any time, but you'd be able to view them and reply back to them as notifications or as they come in + you can compose a new one. Keep in mind that it doesn't have the real bixby, it is s-voice, which is extreme trash.
I also change phones like underwear "JOD"... It even works on the iphone but that's different "you won't be able to reply to notifications or messages, just view them"
3.a -- there is an app called pulse sms I believe or something like that that would allow you to sync text messages on the watch, view them, do anything you'd want with them, just will drain your phone's battery and watch like crazy.
4. Anything to help you. Well, if you will hold onto your android wear, it is nice to have both. I went back to android wear "with the faults of it and the bad battery life over the galaxy wear stuff", for me:
Pros of the galaxy wear:
-Great battery life.
-Consistent performance "once in a while it would lag but not that much"
Cons:
-Using it as a smart device is just not great.
-It is s-voice branded bixby which is just bad, like really frustrating to use, to the point that you'd find yourself typing on the t9 keyboard they provide rather than talking to that piece of S.
-App support sucks. Forexample, I am grocery shopping and I made a list in google keep, and I don't want to have my phone out, you can't pull google keep on the watch like android wear. Also, other apps like spotify is more frustrating to use than good.
-No google assistant. I use smart home stuff, and unless you have the samsung hub, you cannot control your stuff, wink, wemo ifftt, etc. That ecosystem is still very very very poor compared to android wear.
Overall: If you are looking for a watch with great battery life, and the ability to see and minimally reply back to text messages while using stock-ish apps like s-health and you're okay with a very limited app and community support, go for it.
If you're looking to have more apps, watch-faces, voice assistant, more fitness apps, you're in the google eco-system, stay with wear OS because it can be a very unpleasant experience after the honey-moon period.
Hope this helps, let me know if you have anymore questions.

Thanks that exactly what I needed. Today my Fossil battery life was way better so maybe it just had to bake in after the recent update. I went with Android WearOS originally because of the app support and potential. I'm hoping the battery continues to get better. I was struggling to make a day without a bit of a charge, however I'm on my final walk with the dog today and it's still around 30% after a 7am wake up. I couldn't justify both watches but I'm jealous you have em lol

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Thanks that exactly what I needed. Today my Fossil battery life was way better so maybe it just had to bake in after the recent update. I went with Android WearOS originally because of the app support and potential. I'm hoping the battery continues to get better. I was struggling to make a day without a bit of a charge, however I'm on my final walk with the dog today and it's still around 30% after a 7am wake up. I couldn't justify both watches but I'm jealous you have em lol
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I hear you, one was a gift and I wanted the fossil and it was on discount so picked it up.

Android Auto Update - What do you think?

The day after I received my new Note 10 - I plugged my Note 10 Plus into my Kenword (head unit in my car) and before I could do anything with Android Auto, I got a message saying "Update" -
So a new Android Auto update installed and therre are many improvements I have found - I wondered what anyone else who uses Android Auto in the car stereo unit thought about it?
ONe of the biggest things I like is that I don't have to launch android auto and then choose IHeartRadio everytime I turn on the car like I used to. Now, Android Auto and IHeart Radio starts by default as soon as I plug in my phone and start driving. I think it is automatically launching the last program I used which makes it easier when you get in your car and plug in.
The UI has improved a lot too - offering a much improved layout - easier to access the different programs, easier to use.
The only disappointment is I still don't get Wireless connection to Android Auto like it works on Google Pixel devices. (I thought Android Auto was supposed to be wireless for all devices that are on android 9 and later, but I guess that hasn't happened yet. Hopefully that will change soemtime soon.
In any event, I use Android Auto whenever I am in my car. I love the iHeart Radio Ap and the tight integration with my phone, google maps and more and I really like the new update they launched.
What do you think of the new version of Android Auto ?

i like the old android auto better, it much easier to switch google map and waze.
on this new android auto, i have to keep scrolling until waze or google map, my car doesnt have touch screen.
i wish we can rearrange the icons.

The new update is WAY better in my opinion. Looks better and is more user friendly.
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The new update is WAY better in my opinion. Looks better and is more user friendly.
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I agree. before the update it took multiple steps for me to start listening to my Favorite stations thru I Heart Radio - after the update, the last station I listened to starts playing almost immediately after starting the car and plugging in my phone. Much Better for me....and personally, I really like the new UI

I just wish i could get a full screen map with out all the extra junk