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?

  • renohren@partizle.com
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    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
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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.