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submitted 1 year ago by Cameri@lemmy.world to c/android@lemmy.world

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?

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[-] renohren@partizle.com 1 points 1 year ago

I don't even need to lift to see the time, i just glance at it, the led pannel is on permanently like a casio watch, it glows when I lift, and the oled within it wakes up for notifications, incoming texts and calls, when I'm using maps, to control media players etc...

[-] JshKlsn@lemmy.world 1 points 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 1 points 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.

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