Zenwatch vs Gear Live ?? - Asus ZenWatch

Hi guys ,
I am going to buy my first android wear and I cant decide between these two :
Gear Live
Zenwatch
Which one is better ?? and Why >??
both have every thing but
the gear live : heart rate monitor , looks more spotry | its cradle sucks , samsung is slow in updates
Zen watch : Looks more premium , its cradle is fine ( not good as the lg g though ) | ( Some people say that asus is slowly in updates as samsung but I have never used asus phone before so I dont know )
thx in advance

Mem_0 said:
Hi guys ,
I am going to buy my first android wear and I cant decide between these two :
Gear Live
Zenwatch
Which one is better ?? and Why >??
both have every thing but
the gear live : heart rate monitor , looks more spotry | its cradle sucks , samsung is slow in updates
Zen watch : Looks more premium , its cradle is fine ( not good as the lg g though ) | ( Some people say that asus is slowly in updates as samsung but I have never used asus phone before so I dont know )
thx in advance
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The price also plays a big factor. Zenwatch is great for the price. Trust me you wont be using the heart rate monitor at all during your daily use.
And the biggest plus point is Zenwatch has speakers so with next update it might start working. And there you go.
Cheapest yet decent smart watch with speakers
Hope this helped. I own a LG G R.

Actually, the 1st gen Zenwatch doesn't have a built in speaker, only a microphone (the Zenwatch 2, however, definitely has one).
Asus might be a bit slow on updates, but they have said that they are working on the Android Wear 1.4 update, due by the end of March. (I can't speak for Samsung smartwatches, as I've never owned one.)

itechnoguy said:
Actually, the 1st gen Zenwatch doesn't have a built in speaker, only a microphone (the Zenwatch 2, however, definitely has one).
Asus might be a bit slow on updates, but they have said that they are working on the Android Wear 1.4 update, due by the end of March. (I can't speak for Samsung smartwatches, as I've never owned one.)
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Got the update today. Not sure all the details though.

Related

lolipop update for android wear

http://www.fonearena.com/blog/12535...receive-android-5-0-lollipop-update-soon.html
http://phandroid.com/2014/12/09/android-wear-lollipop-update/
glad to hear that......
Do you think swr50 will have this update?
There is no doubt that sw3 will get the update. The question for me: is it possible use KK phone to connect lollipop wear.
I love my watch, screen is gold, battery amazing 44% from monday. Under lollipop it will be the best
Fabof94 said:
I love my watch, screen is gold, battery amazing 44% from monday. Under lollipop it will be the best
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I couldn't agree more
Do you turn off the watch at night? That's the only way I can eek 3 days out of it. It dies in about 48 hours of usage.
G watch and moto 360 are already getting the update... No reports yet of updates for SWR50
http://blogs.sonymobile.com/2014/12/10/smartwatch-3-the-latest-android-wear-updates/
Any day now.
How to push the update?
Is good to get the update... but I wondering how the update delivered to the watch...
I am using an old phone which still running on Kit Kat.. is the lollipop update for Android Wear is Independence from the Android OS?
If bundle together.. have to send another buck to change my phone....
Yes i switch off the watch all the night. This morning i havent update
Sony PC companion still said I'm on latest version. Will have to wait a bit. Guess it will be fast as this soc is not unique ancient sloth as in moto360
cant found any smartwatch 3 update on the web
lightofhonor said:
Do you turn off the watch at night? That's the only way I can eek 3 days out of it. It dies in about 48 hours of usage.
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Yes I turn off it during the night. For me, the avg battery usage is 1.8% per hour.
news?
From what I have seen on the web is that it will be pushed out by Google - so within the week (hopefully!) These new watchfaces are a major reason why I wanted a smartwatch in the first place! They look awesome!
I'm still waiting as well updates I've seen
LG G Watch
LG G Watch R
Moto 360
Samsung gear live
haven't seen
Asus Zen watch
Sony Smartwatch 3
One of the things that concerned me buying a Sony Smartwatch 3, Sony getting their hooks into this.
Update better come fast or this is the last Sony Smartwatch I buy.
I read reviews at Google Play, it is truly amazing how many people are giving developers 1 out 5.... watch face on phone but not on watch.
They do not have the latest Android Wear firmware
My Android Wear Companion has just received an update from Google play, still nothing on my watch
my phone is kk and it wont be updated until jenuary. Can i connect it with sw3 lollipop ? if not shame on google.
Android wear is compatible with Android 4.3
Powright said:
my phone is kk and it wont be updated until jenuary. Can i connect it with sw3 lollipop ? if not shame on google.
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Upcoming Changes to Android Wear... SPEAKER SUPPORT!

http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/1...for-new-wear-os-update-apk-teardown-download/
The most significant change is support for watches with a speaker. Everybody has known for a while that audio support was on the way. Not only has Google mentioned this in the past, but we've seen that both the Huawei Watch and LG Watch Urbane Second Edition are already equipped with speakers. Nevertheless, this is a pretty good clue the firmware update isn't too far away.
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Pretty exciting stuff if true...
Seems like we would be getting it next christmas
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The Asus ZenWatch 2 also has a speaker.
In fact speaker support was the main reason I upgraded from my LG G Watch.

Any body already bought the phone ??

Hey Peeps,
I am planning to buy this phone very soon in India...!! As always expecting cool Development stuff to be started on this Phone. If anybody has bought the phone, it would be great if you could spark up the discussion here in the forums.
How good is the Display ?? How are the Dual Cameras ?? Battery Backup ?? stuff like this.
Hello! I'm from Brazil and I bought one, here are my review:
-The screen is very good, does have a good brightness control (low is very dark and high is very clear.
-Speaker is not stereo, but I believe they removed that option on past devices already, but is very loud for a one-speaker.
-Battery can reach to a entire day plus half the next day if you use it moderately.
-Does not have a dual camera, this option is only for G5 plus not G5S - but for a 16mp camera its very good, and the frontal one (5MP) looks it does have decent quality on daylight ( I did not tested on during the night), does have led flash on both sides (frontal led =) and backwards led)
-I tried the dual window function and I left twitch app running in pop-out mode (it like to have 3 windows at same time) and the phone did no have any problem to execute them.
- does not have NFC
-If I'm not doing it wrong if you have the dual version the external sd card can be put on sim 2 slot but you will lose the dual sim function.
thats it, overall I liked the device and covered most of my needs but I really miss a root/recovery and bootloader unlocked at least to use xposed functions which I miss the most. But lets hope somebody help us with cool devs stuff!
Any other question I might have missed, let me know!
Hope to help you in your decision =)
Hi. Got it Today in Germany. I'm very sad about there is Case Available in Germany. I haven't Unboxed it. Its Birthday Gift for my Daughter. Have you a Case or a Link for some?
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Bought it today and so far I'm loving every aspect of it (my previous one was a Moto G 2014). I just really wanted to install TWRP and root but I only found methods for the G5S Plus. Does anyone know any way of doing it?
Got the phone for a few days now after destroying my Sony Z3 compact and like it so far. Camera and screen are very nice. Battery lasts 2 days so far, now at 29% on the 3rd day.
- does not have NFC
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Not true. I used NFC to start the migration from the old phone.
Hello all!
Got G5s a couple of days ago; I'm moving from a Nexus4 and I was looking for an Android stock experience.
Pretty satisfied of phone: good screen and general usage, I'm loving fingerprint sensor and gesture associated to it!
I'm waiting for G5s modding because I'm missing root I hope G5s' threads will populate in next days...
I'm only disappointed about battery duration (just a full day, not more than this) but I have a strange battery consumption by 'Google Play services'... anyone has the same problem?
- Very pleased with the phone. It's less bulkier and does look better in real life than in review video's on youtube.
- Battery lasts almost two days and a turbocharger is included.
- Screen is beautiful. Had my S7 edge on 1080p default and in my opinion this is as good.
- Fingerprintreader is great and extremely fast (compared to the S7edge) and I like the swipe thing.
- Loudspeaker could be better but it's okay
- On apps like Plex and Netflix I do not loose my connection with the chromecast anymore
- Love the almost stock UI and the moto features
- 16mp camera is okay
I did install the moto key apk from the X4, so I can login to websites with my fingerprint. Lenovo should have made it available to the G5S too, because it just works, so why not include it.
Looking for a good phonecase now. Any suggestions?
florian.frick.5 said:
Hi. Got it Today in Germany. I'm very sad about there is Case Available in Germany. I haven't Unboxed it. Its Birthday Gift for my Daughter. Have you a Case or a Link for some?
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Am in the same boat here in SE Asia can't find a case or a screen protecter and had the phone around 6 days now ..
Bought it two days ago for my wife.
+ screen is nice
+ aluminium unibody feels premium
+ fingerprint sensor is good
+ camera is OK, missing OIS
+ battery is good
- OS updates lag - no new ones for WIFI KRACK vulnerability. OS version is from June
- searching or case still
- speaker volume is average. Though good output.
Price performance is very good.
update came today. Oct 1 security patch and bugfixes.
I have few questions about this phone:
My phone will came to me tomorrow
Working fast? No lags with fb,messenger apps?
Games working OK? For example Asphalt 8 or Real Racing 3,much lagging?
battery is good?( in my p8 lite is very bad....)
thanks for answers!!
TodNex said:
update came today. Oct 1 security patch and bugfixes.
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I haven't got any updates.... August Patch
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Buying this watch..how is Android Wear 2.0 on it?

I have been a bit frustrated with the smart watch market because at least for me, every new company release seems worst or uglier than the originals.
For example, I have the LG Watch R with a sand/tan colored strap and I love how it looks but every other LG release has been ugly IMO.
So I have decided to get a more formal wear watch which took me to the Huawei Watch but it seems version 2 is also pretty ugly so I rather get version 1.
How is Android Wear 2.0 on it? I had to force 1.5 on the LG Watch R because 2.0 ran like crap on it.
Thanks!!
I've just moved from the Sony SmartWatch 3 to the Huawei W1 and am impressed. Screen display and clarity trump Sony but do miss ambient light sensor. When I first updated to 2.0 the watch is seemed laggy but noticed it was trying to port all apps from 1.5. I felt that 1.5 ran better on the SW3 but factory reset and it's been running smooth for past couple of weeks.
Few other niggles with notifications not always working but I think that is 2.0 in general
shaolin95 said:
I have been a bit frustrated with the smart watch market because at least for me, every new company release seems worst or uglier than the originals.
For example, I have the LG Watch R with a sand/tan colored strap and I love how it looks but every other LG release has been ugly IMO.
So I have decided to get a more formal wear watch which took me to the Huawei Watch but it seems version 2 is also pretty ugly so I rather get version 1.
How is Android Wear 2.0 on it? I had to force 1.5 on the LG Watch R because 2.0 ran like crap on it.
Thanks!!
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I recommend you get it, in my experience AW 2.0 is very good,I myself never miss a single notification which is connected to my Galaxy S7 Edge.
There was one glitch though ,Google voice didn't work properly with WhatsApp, but after latest Google app update it had been sorted out, now works 100%.
Thanks guys. I am getting one then!
Guys. I have some problems with wear 2.0. Created 2 thread in question and answers. Right now I am n it fully happy with this. Google feed not working for me. Sms send in in contacts app not working. Fb messenger not working. After read and clean notification on my s6 edge Plus notification are clear but messaging app still show sms as unread.
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2.0 is awful
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2.0 is awful
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Actually I have it running in both, this and my LG Watch R and working just fine. With LG I had to install a 2 core kernel but after that it is very smooth.
shaolin95 said:
Actually I have it running in both, this and my LG Watch R and working just fine. With LG I had to install a 2 core kernel but after that it is very smooth.
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Swipe left should bring up the menu. ...
Swiping left again should bring up frequent contacts
I wanted to buy the gear s3 but tizen was a deal breaker for me so I got mine 10-24. I bought watch 1, IMO watch 2 looks ugly . Updated to 2.0 same day and really happy with it . Using a dark face that I've created myself. I turn it off while i'm sleeping. I get 4 days of battery life (6am-11pm). Only drawback is I have the red glow problem. But again it doesn't bother me cuz I got it for $150
If only music controls weren't trash...they were SO much better before

Huawei GT watch flash to Android Wear

Hello is there a possibility to flash the Huawei GT with android wear? Ive just recieved my one and i gotta say its plain and basic. If not possible then im deff selling it and going back to my old trusty Garmin Fenix.
Appologies Mods should of posted in questions. But can it be under topic of discussion also?
Almost zero memory on Watch GT, so big NO
No chance, it has 128MB of ROM, 16MB of RAM and a single core M4 cpu - it gets a decent battery life because it's actually a sensible design for a watch unlike every Android Wear watch. Think of it more as a Pebble with an OLED screen.
Come on Huawei, we need some tools so we can embrace this sensible platform otherwise it's dead on arrival !
I think Huawei should creat big update to be able to change our private watch face by connect with watchmaker or some apk otherwise GT will be dead soon. Actually i feel so bored when using GT.
Good day All colleagues
Please note that I've Huawei watch Gt FTN-B19
Greek version
And while paired to phone it didn't change language only to English
Could and professionals here had experience in this situation?

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