How is WearOS doing in 2023? - eviltoast

I’m thinking about making a return from Garmin in the near future with Samsung announcing the Galaxy Watch 6 making a return with the ever-so-popular rotating bezel, and Google is now focused on their own Pixel Watch. For people who are currently using a WearOS device, what are your thoughts on the current state of the platform as a smartwatch and fitness tracker as of mid 2023?

  • JshKlsn@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Ya, my mi band has that, too. It’s called always on display. Since it’s OLED, it doesn’t cause a ton of battery drain, and I can see the time without lifting it.

    • renohren@partizle.com
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, they probably changed things around since the miband 3 then the 5 I had, it used to eat the battery like there was no tomorrow when left in AOD, it wouldn’t last more than 4/5 days… But then again if you left the AOD on, the OLED screen was so bad (i mean after a few years the clearcoat was so scratched up and the pannel was not enough bright) you couldn’t read the time when the sun was on it. I guess all brands evolve to give better quality… Software wise, pretty happy about gadgetbridge, that was a life saver, xiaomi’s software was deplorable, zepp is even worse, it calls home all day long.