‘Looks at perfectly functional Galaxy Watch 3 on my wrist’

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    Garmin watches are semi-smart and have great sensors. My Epix 2 Sapphire runs for 11 days on a charge as well.

    Tried a Pixel, returned it for refund. Don’t use iPhone or Samsung phone so their bespoke software wouldn’t work for me.

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      Garmin Instinct 2 Solar gives me 31 days on a full charge if it doesn’t get any sunlight. It is smart enough to vibrate me awake without waking my partner and receive notifications, no matter what Android/iOS phone I use.

      What were your main gripes with the Pixel watch?

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          • Can read messages. On Android can reply with canned responses set up in the Connect app
          • GPS tracking during workouts without having to have phone within range, has heart rate, sleep tracking and more
          • Instinct can control media (play/pause/skip) when phone is in range, though the Forerunner music can store music to play via Bluetooth headphones
          • No LTE/eSIM support on any of them that I know of
          • Best feature for me by far is the time is always visible and in fact is even more visible in direct sunlight
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        At the launch a lot of the features like sleep tracking were paywalled behind Fitbit, and you had to use Fitbit instead of Google Fit which I had been using.

        After a week of using the Fitbit app I just found it annoying and pushed the social media aspect far too much for my liking. It felt more like a Fitbit than an Android Watch and that’s not what I was looking for.

        Prior to trying the Pixel I had an LG Watch Sport that I really enjoyed.

        The Garmin while it lacks the ability to do things like control smart lights or integrate heavily into phone controls like the Pixel Watch did, its battery life is amazing, the sensors are great, it gets the alerts I need from the phone, and I’ve actually become very very fond of the gimmicky flashlight that’s built in.

        I can easily export health and data to CSVs, and move it if I want to.

        The full offline map capabilities are also big if I go backpacking.

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          There is a Home Assistant app for Garmin watches that is pretty usable. The flashlight is surpassingly, hilariously, one of my favorite features though.

    • Metacortechs@lemmy.world
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      Another vote for Garmin, wearing a Descent mk2i as my daily and dive computer. Two weeks on a charge, all the tracking I could ask for. It’s big, but so am I so it doesn’t look ridiculous.