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Does anyone know of any systems comprising about 4 cameras that can be set up to stream its videos to the Athena?
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i belive the X10 system can be configured for this type of thing as well as running macros for heating lights etc etc and designed to be used with pda's !!!
spzero said:
i belive the X10 system can be configured for this type of thing as well as running macros for heating lights etc etc and designed to be used with pda's !!!
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spzero, thanks for the tips mate. I'll investigate this.
edit: it looks very very good. This is EXACTLY what I'm looking for. But they only ship to US and Canada
I'll see if I can find another website that sells to Australia.
BTW, are you using this yourself? If so, care to share your experience with this product?
It looks very very exciting, and I really want to be able to watch my office on my Athena.
The X10 system is probably better, and I am going to look into it myself but currently I have 2 things that im doing
1) The easiest is to get a webcam (or for better pic quality) a cheap TV capture card (either USB or PCI) and plug a security camera into it, I then open my webcam/capture card in a simple program (I use VLC) and use remote desktop to view on my PDA. (even better I have full remote control over the camera PC from my PDA) the pic quality is like fast updating stills 1 or 2 frames per second
2) Install software like webcam monitor this will monitor your camera for you, if it detects motion it will photgraph it via your webcam and email it to anywhere you like, if you setup win live on your phone you will receive pics like text messages every time the cam pics up a disturbance !
I forgot to mention (because I have not done it myself yet I plan to do it next time Im away from home) Orb is free video broadcasting software, if you have a TV capture card or USB device connected to your computer not only can you watch live TV streamed to your PDA on the go but you can connect a camera and get that streamed to you aswell !
ive not used it my self 'the gadget show' did a revie of it some time back you may be able to see it at their website chanel5.com or .co.uk or .tv im not sure which its a uk tv station a quick google should help, its really impressive stuff and i had considered it before when i was renting a place but never got round to it, i own my home now and considering it again. ive only heard good things about it and i belive its what bill gates has at his house for his home automation,
I tried using orb, it was excellent ! Full motion video of my living room !! it was kinda boring though as nobody was in.
I would imagin you only want to watch it when your alarm system has been triggered to call your mobile. The camera allows you to confirm if it is a false alarm, and if not what's going on in your house.
No point watching it when nothing is happening.
eaglesteve said:
I would imagin you only want to watch it when your alarm system has been triggered to call your mobile. The camera allows you to confirm if it is a false alarm, and if not what's going on in your house.
No point watching it when nothing is happening.
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Oh I don't know. It would be more interesting than Neighbours
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Does anyone know of any systems comprising about 4 cameras that can be set up to stream its videos to the Athena?
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Thought you might like to see these links, they will do what you are looking for and Z-Wave is awesome
Hardware:
http://www.basshome.com/hawking_technology_z-wave_automation_1973_ctg.htm
Preferred Software:
http://www.prlog.org/10029340-crayo...ith-wave-alliance-firms-at-cedia-expo-07.html
Alt Software 1:
http://www.smarthome.com/12924.html
Alt Software 2:
http://www.smarthomeusa.com/ShopByManufacturer/HomeSeer/Item/HOMESEER-V2.0/
If you have any questions you can PM me...
v/r
Bob
Has anyone experience with the connection of the galaxy with a bluetooth GPS ? My car's windows are provided with a heat shield made of a metal film, i can only use a bluetooth GPS in my cars GPS windows.
I would use Sygic.
I'm now using a HTC Touch Pro WM6.5 and it works fine with a Bluetooth GPS
I contacted Samsung with my question but the only answer i got was that i had tot contact route 66 ???
The bluetooth GPS is for me the point to buy a galaxy or not<;
Don't buy any android phone, far as I know, bt gps not supported on android. May be some workarounds for specific programs.
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Bynar010 said:
Don't buy any android phone, far as I know, bt gps not supported on android. May be some workarounds for specific programs.
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Its a pity that android does not suport external gps.. I'd like to use that too. (I just got a Galaxy S).
I think the galaxy S has a socket for gps antenna on the back (under the cover).. so you can at least try to plug in one of those 5€ ebay gps 1.5ghz antennas to improve signal. Just put the magnetic box on the roof of your car.
As I've replied in the GPS Poll thread, I believe TrekBuddy supports external GPS just fine, so I wouldn't think it's Android limitation rather than a choice of the programmers of most apps - IMO they just don't bother supporting external GPS when there's not a single Android device that doesn't have internal...(I guess).
I guess you got a point when you say that all Android devices have a gps chip embedded. But I sill think it's an Android limitation not supporting an external gps.
On Symbian devices, you just have to say 'use bluetooth gps' in your application once you've paired it.
In WinMo the internal gps has a com port, so does the external when you hook it up. Again you tell the gps software which com port it has to use.
This kind of association does not exist inside Android. You can hook up a external GPS, but no program will access it. The OS itself doesn't have access to it.
BTW I looked this up, but I could not find what chip goes inside the SGS. Is it SirfStar III? Can anyone confirm?
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BTW I looked this up, but I could not find what chip goes inside the SGS. Is it SirfStar III? Can anyone confirm?
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It is a Broadcom BCM 4751 chip. Designed on a friday afternoon, after a long, well-wined lunch. Or so I heard. But I hear a lot of nonsensical rumours.
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It is a Broadcom BCM 4751 chip. Designed on a friday afternoon, after a long, well-wined lunch. Or so I heard. But I hear a lot of nonsensical rumours.
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Beowulf_pt did you manage to redirect data from external GPS?
I can read data with "bluetooh GPS" aplication but i did not find any redirect software.
I have a Hollux receiver that say's 10 satelites in use rather then 8 of the galaxy.
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Beowulf_pt did you manage to redirect data from external GPS?
I can read data with "bluetooh GPS" aplication but i did not find any redirect software.
I have a Hollux receiver that say's 10 satelites in use rather then 8 of the galaxy.
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You got me wrong. I'm not trying to use the BT GPS with the SGS as that is currently not possible in android. No native stack support nor navigation apps that use the units over the internal GPS. Only that little experimental app that reads NMEA data but has no real use. I hope Android gets this in 3.0 but I doubt it.
What I will try to do with the Samsung is to connect it to an external amplified GPS antenna (1.5 GHz) via the connector on the back of the samsung (net to the SIM card).
I have not recieved the antenna yet so I can't comment... but it should at least provide some better SNR results.
PS: I also have a Holux. It is quite nice, I use it a lot with my Nokia E72 and it works fine unlike the SGS
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I guess you got a point when you say that all Android devices have a gps chip embedded. But I sill think it's an Android limitation not supporting an external gps.
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I can understand their decision not to invest time in this as all android devices have an internal GPS... but time has proven that that is a bad idea as many units have really poor GPS. The Galaxy S is probably the worst of them all.
Without the ability to use an externa receiver you're pretty much screwed... no alternatives at all.
Guys,
Did any one try this app ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7703266#post7703266
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Guys,
Did any one try this app ?
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7703266#post7703266
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this is the site of the developer :
mobile-j.de/snipsnap/space/start
wonder if it's works well, pitty it doesn't support sygic and others ....
Guys a new application is on the market and for free ...
Check Bluetooth GPS Mouse
Work but in my case a bir of lag sometimes ..
jllb said:
Guys a new application is on the market and for free ...
Check Bluetooth GPS Mouse
Work but in my case a bir of lag sometimes ..
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The free version is a trial, it disconnects every 10 minutes or so. The full version is 1.99€.
I tried the free version with two of my bluetooth devices (Holux M1200 and ncs-navi 150), seems to work fine with both.
BTW, with JM7+voodoo fix combination, the internal GPS has been quite satisfactory so far (touching wood...)
Has anyone experience with this application yet ?
Bluetooth gps seems to have a bug. It seems to update it's location and after that sgs will give its location, what happens is that it starts switches between the two locations every second
If you turn gps location service off from android settings, the lag is gone.
However, an app named "gps provider" does not lag in the same way. I think bluetooth gps mouse app will have updatea, where this problem will be fixed.
Other than that the location is very precise using an Nokia LD-W3 bluetooth gps.
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i'm using the bluetooth gps mouse with sygic mobile maps and it works perfectly. I did'nt hope it was working that nice.
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The free version is a trial, it disconnects every 10 minutes or so. The full version is 1.99€.
I tried the free version with two of my bluetooth devices (Holux M1200 and ncs-navi 150), seems to work fine with both.
BTW, with JM7+voodoo fix combination, the internal GPS has been quite satisfactory so far (touching wood...)
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What you mean with "quite satisfactory"? Does the internal GPS get a fix without A-gps support? I mean without being online?
I use GPS Bluetooth mouse unlimited on a daily basis with Motonav , Sygic or Navigon.
Internal gps receiver AND Mobile networks( A-gps) are disabled on my sgs.
My external gps receiver got a sirfstarIII chipset . In a hot start I get a fix in less than 20 seconds. Otherwise 4 to 6 minutes in a cold start.
Once again no need for internal gps receiver and / or A-gps (celular network) for for a fast and stable satellite fix. Pure GPS navigation pleasure...
Offline GPS navigation = Freedom
And it rocks on my super-Amoled gs screen!!!
I am pretty sure I am not the first one to think along these lines, so I am seeing if anybody has heard any announcements along these lines from hardware companies, as I would be very interested in this kind of setup.
Basically, what I have in mind is a sort of bluetooth-connected phone, with a minimal screen and numberpad that would be paired with a tablet with voice capabilites to act as a real phone while the tablet is tucked away in a bag or pocket. So basically you could treat it as a phone, while the tablet is actually doing all the work.
The advantage being you could have full tablet and phone capabilites from two pieces of hardware while being on one phone plan, not to mention the phone could be made incredibly small and light as there would be much less hardware necessary for it to function.
Now naturally as the voice and data enabled tablet space is just now reaching the market, I wouldn't expect anything to be available, but as I said before I can't be the first one to think of this, so if anybody has heard of any murmurs regarding such an idea please do tell.
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i will use the sony ericcson liveview
Exactly my thoughts about Galaxy Tab?
@DDReaper Can one make phone calls from liveview?
I too am interested in this. Has anyone figured out how to install and use the dialer on the pad?
Plantronics BackBeat 903
http://www.plantronics.com/europe_union/en_GB/products/mobile/bluetooth-headsets/backbeat-903
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@DDReaper Can one make phone calls from liveview?
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I don't think so, it wasn't mentioned in the initial announcement/press release IIRC.
Also, on one of the pages on SE's site about the features of LiveView, it says:Communications
Messaging - Display incoming SMS
. . . . . . . - Display RSS feeds
Social networking services - Display Facebook™ updates
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - Display Twitter™ updates
Calls - Show phone number for incoming calls
. .. . - Mute ringer for incoming phone calls
No mention of calls whatsoever.
I think you're probably as well off going for a standard bluetooth headset and maybe using voice-dialling or just dialling from the Tab itself.
I found this one that seems to be a full handset for bt:
Canyon CNP-VTW1 Wireless Bluetooth Voip Phone
This little nifty thing is cool. I had one of these earlier. They where bundled with some Acer laptops earlier. Works just as a bt headset.
Acer Bluetooth VoIP Skype Phone
Hmm, double post
This doesn't have the keyboard you mentioned...
But it is a pretty cool device... bluetooth speaker separate from the Tab...
BT receiver/ speaker with text recognition as well... and calls out name or phone number of person calling.
okay... xda won't let me post a link cus I'm new... google frommy+galaxy tab+bluetooth speaker
and it should pull up.
I have bought a QLA bluetooth for my tab, after paired, I can just use it as a mini phone. Please refer to this page. Sorry, it's Chinese page, but you can check the image, just what you want - screen, dial pad, and download contacts from Phone.
http://www.qla.com.tw/product/product_2.asp?typeid=2&type_name=QLA%C2%C5%A4%FA%A6%D5%BE%F7&id=249
And here you can see another user (not me) used it for Galaxy Tab.
http://blog.yam.com/kiss486/article/32165739
http://blog.yam.com/kiss486/article/31161168
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I have bought a QLA bluetooth for my tab, after paired, I can just use it as a mini phone. Please refer to this page. Sorry, it's Chinese page, but you can check the image, just what you want - screen, dial pad, and download contacts from Phone.
http://www.qla.com.tw/product/product_2.asp?typeid=2&type_name=QLA%C2%C5%A4%FA%A6%D5%BE%F7&id=249
And here you can see another user (not me) used it for Galaxy Tab.
http://blog.yam.com/kiss486/article/32165739
http://blog.yam.com/kiss486/article/31161168
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ok, i am sold. Where can i buy one?
I'm also interested in one!
Hello
yes also 1 for me
what is the price ?
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Seem it is only sold in Taiwan, we can buy it in many 3C stores and online stores here.
Hmmm.... if you have friends in Taiwan, maybe you can ask his/her for help.....
The price is around USD45 - 50.
Found this little guy
http://www.amazon.com/Mobile-Action-Voiis-Pocket-Messenger/dp/B000X3ZQ6C
thanks NightFire123
for you this one can run ?
im using samsung wb 870, works like a charm. It also supports stereo bluetooth
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thanks NightFire123
for you this one can run ?
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I dont know what exactly you wanne know but I dont own this one, only found it on several pages. I'm interested in the se liveview thing and gonna wait.
Liveview
Iwould like to know of the SE Liveview can search the contact list and start calls, so I could use it as a remote for calling with my tab.
If its possible one will be mine
Nokia BH 902
I found this one but I´m not really sure if its possible to start calls via phonebook in the headset itself
http://www.nokia.de/produkte/zubeho...tooth-headsets/nokia-bluetooth-headset-bh-902
found another, good idea but bad build
http://en.akihabaranews.com/54657/p...-combo-a-bleutooth-headset-digital-wristwatch
Actually I bout my galaxy 7 months ago and I installed it on my car by car mount. It is my navigator, music player and ... but I need to add two things more:
First: I want to use it as my TV in my car by using external TV tuner (Digital or Analog). Is it possible? Is there any accessory for me to do this? Any solving way?
Second : I want to connect my flash memory to my phone to play music from my flash memory like so many car audio systems . is there any way for this ?
and the last , is there any software that has this ability to read SMSs loudly ? Because when I`m driving it is impossible for me to read my SMSs.
thank you allllll
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(External TV Tuner)
arrounddd 200 views and nooo answer !!!
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Thats because there is no such F***KIN thing you plum
stream tv via wifi foool
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Lol. Unfortunately he is right.
With the read SMS, there are plenty apps on the market that can do this. Give them a try to find personal preference.
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Such a thing doesn't exist. Just Slingbox or something similar
tv is so retro man.......STREAM IT!
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Actually I bout my galaxy 7 months ago and I installed it on my car by car mount. It is my navigator, music player and ... but I need to add two things more:
First: I want to use it as my TV in my car by using external TV tuner (Digital or Analog). Is it possible? Is there any accessory for me to do this? Any solving way?
Second : I want to connect my flash memory to my phone to play music from my flash memory like so many car audio systems . is there any way for this ?
and the last , is there any software that has this ability to read SMSs loudly ? Because when I`m driving it is impossible for me to read my SMSs.
thank you allllll
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Could you please send us a picture from your installation? I am curious how did you do that. Thanks
If you were in South Africa your wish would have come true... one of the local satellite providers (Multichoice / DSTV) offer a device called the Drifta that you pair with your Android device and you are then able to watch TV on your device.
Do a google search for "DSTV Drifta"
so he's not a fool after all if this drifta is true
and I dont know which one is more of a fool when someone asking an external tv tuner to watch tv in his car and someone answered to stream it via wifi
unless your city is shrouded with wifi all over
in some country where wifi is not abundant and 3g is still sluggish, tv is still a main activity throughout the day, open your vision to a bigger world, you;re not living in a box. they sell galaxy tab there too
if i'm not mistaken, the brazilian galaxy tab is equipped with tv tuner?
so maybe there's a possibility of that , and maybe that's why he's asking
there's nothing wrong with that
a simple answer "No, it doesnt exist" would be much nicer without the fool remark
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Could you please send us a picture from your installation? I am curious how did you do that. Thanks
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which installation , there is nothing yet , Iwas asking to help!!!
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so he's not a fool after all if this drifta is true
and I dont know which one is more of a fool when someone asking an external tv tuner to watch tv in his car and someone answered to stream it via wifi
unless your city is shrouded with wifi all over
in some country where wifi is not abundant and 3g is still sluggish, tv is still a main activity throughout the day, open your vision to a bigger world, you;re not living in a box. they sell galaxy tab there too
if i'm not mistaken, the brazilian galaxy tab is equipped with tv tuner?
so maybe there's a possibility of that , and maybe that's why he's asking
there's nothing wrong with that
a simple answer "No, it doesnt exist" would be much nicer without the fool remark
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Well put! I agree with your sentiment
Slingbox
You can even control your home cable box with it, last I used it you needed wifi, but that was years ago
Im from South Africa and I own a Samsung GT-P1000. All you do is purchase the little drifter box from Multichoice, then download and install DSTV Decoder app from Samsung Apps icon on your device.
Open the DSTV Decoder app, connect your drifter, enter your Smartcard number of your home DSTV and vwala, there you go TV on the road on your Tab
Korean version of the galaxy tab has a built-in tv tuner. If your country supports the dmb type of broadcast then that is what you need
Has anyone had any success using a Samsung Gear Sport/S3/Frontier with their Nokia 8? I bought a Gear Sport without realising that this Nokia flagship phone, only to find it will not complete the pairing process with the watch. Plenty of other non-Samsung Android phones work the Samsung Gear devices, yet Nokias sit in an odd niche that does not support them.
Really annoying because the device is really quite nice, just the odd idiosyncrasies of the Nokia 8 stopping it from working. Must be something to do with the Bluetooth implementation (where else have we see corner cutting in that department...AptX anyone?)
I use gear s2(predecessor) with Nokia 8 and don't have any issue so far. Software wise it should be similar to gear s3
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Has anyone had any success using a Samsung Gear Sport/S3/Frontier with their Nokia 8? I bought a Gear Sport without realising that this Nokia flagship phone, only to find it will not complete the pairing process with the watch. Plenty of other non-Samsung Android phones work the Samsung Gear devices, yet Nokias sit in an odd niche that does not support them.
Really annoying because the device is really quite nice, just the odd idiosyncrasies of the Nokia 8 stopping it from working. Must be something to do with the Bluetooth implementation (where else have we see corner cutting in that department...AptX anyone?)
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Same here... I bought Gear S3 a week ago but I can't complete the pairing process with my Nokia 8. I tried every method and solution I could find but still no success :crying:. I hear there are issues with car bluetooth conectivity as well. I just hope that Pie will fix this. I am getting very frustrated with this phone!
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Same here... I bought Gear S3 a week ago but I can't complete the pairing process with my Nokia 8. I tried every method and solution I could find but still no success :crying:. I hear there are issues with car bluetooth conectivity as well. I just hope that Pie will fix this. I am getting very frustrated with this phone!
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sucks that you're having the same! I'm going to hold out for Pie to see if it helps (should be here very soon!) And if it doesn't help trade up to a Galaxy S8 for guaranteed compatibility!
Stringy said:
Has anyone had any success using a Samsung Gear Sport/S3/Frontier with their Nokia 8? I bought a Gear Sport without realising that this Nokia flagship phone, only to find it will not complete the pairing process with the watch. Plenty of other non-Samsung Android phones work the Samsung Gear devices, yet Nokias sit in an odd niche that does not support them.
Really annoying because the device is really quite nice, just the odd idiosyncrasies of the Nokia 8 stopping it from working. Must be something to do with the Bluetooth implementation (where else have we see corner cutting in that department...AptX anyone?)
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Hello @Stringy I wanted to buy a gear s3
Can you please tell me how its working on nokia 8 after official pie update?
Also can you tell me about gear s3 functionality like notifications,apps etc are woking exactly same as on our device as compared to a samsung device.
If you have a video demo kindly send it because I am a bit nervous
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Hello @Stringy I wanted to buy a gear s3
Can you please tell me how its working on nokia 8 after official pie update?
Also can you tell me about gear s3 functionality like notifications,apps etc are woking exactly same as on our device as compared to a samsung device.
If you have a video demo kindly send it because I am a bit nervous
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Since Pie beta OTA update everything is working as it should. Watch automatically reconnects to phone after time away from it, all notifications are seamless and it functions perfectly! Setup worked first time after the update.
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Since Pie beta OTA update everything is working as it should. Watch automatically reconnects to phone after time away from it, all notifications are seamless and it functions perfectly! Setup worked first time after the update.
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What about the app support?
Does it have apps like in wear OS?
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What about the app support?
Does it have apps like in wear OS?
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Has Spotify with offline music support (unlike WearOS) so it can play directly to headphones.
It also has Strava, which is good for workout tracking.
This is where my app usage ends!
It does have apps, but I'd recommend reading/watching reviews to see if it has what you need as I think it has fewer than WearOS. What it does have, however, is far better battery life than any current WearOS device could possibly hope for.