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I also forgot to mention that it's quite ugly and looks very cheap. I personally wouldn't wear it even if it did have good battery life.

Got a galaxy 5 watch a few months ago, which was a much better purchase.

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I picked up a galaxy watch 4 on a whim and I gotta say wearos is a trainwreck. Half the value is getting notifications to your wrist but you have to have corresponding linked apps on both the watch and phone. And typing on a watch is a nightmare -- you're paired to my phone! Why aren't I using that keyboard!?

Honestly the Pebble was not that high of a bar. Keep the screen on and send me my notifications and I'm happy.

Pebble was peak smarthwatch experience for me. Simple, straightforward, e-ink display. Super bummed that Fitbit bought them out. My Fitbit Versa is _almost_ as good as the Pebble but it's still trying too hard.

> Half the value is getting notifications to your wrist but you have to have corresponding linked apps on both the watch and phone

At least with my experience with Wear OS 3.5 and 4, this isn't the case. You can get notifications from any app and don't need two apps to do so.

I must be doing something wrong then. I wasn't getting any useful notifications on my watch until I installed all the corresponding watch apps to the phone apps. The watch runs WearOS 3.5. But either way: getting a decent experience should not be this hard.

I've got it the way I like it now but it was a lot of installing software and playing with settings. Which is fun! But it means I would never recommend WearOS to somebody who isn't geeky about Android.

How's that one been re battery life?

Somewhere around 2 full days. I usually stick it on the charger when I sit down at my desk, and less than 30 minutes is plenty to get it back to 100%. 0 to 100 might take around an hour.

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