I feel like WearOS devices are ALWAYS one more generation away from being good. The NEXT generation of processor, the next version of the software, the next interface update...
You're not wrong! The reason I hold out hope for the future is that W5+ is a true generational leap in silicon, rather than the kind of iterative improvements Qualcomm has delivered with 2100/3100/4100. That plus Google's devotion to at least its own house-branded wearable seems to imply a brighter future for Wear OS. But time will tell.
@@TheMrMobile your optimism (and really excellent insights, and your love of Star Trek) are why I've been a fan for so many (many, many at this point) years. Thanks Captain Two-Phones!
I actually feel the opposite. Having used wear OS since the original square LG G Watch, I think it does everything it needs to. You don't need fast CPUs and long feature sets for something that tells time and shows notifications. If anything feature creep is my biggest problem with wear OS. I have newer and more feature packed smartwatches, but the one I keep coming back to is my 4+ year old Armani Wear OS watch. A nice looking watch with a big screen and fast stable software.
Well said! Amazing video as usual - but a quibble with Mr M on “next time?” The issue here in 2022 is software - not hardware. The software is poorly optimized. New hardware hasn’t fixed poor optimization once again. It’s why Wear OS is in a stalled loop and, I’d bet but can’t say for sure, why some features are missing. If Pixel fixes this it will be bc the software saw more care and tweaking, not the hardware
@@jomeyqmalone See, I think you've hit on one of the problems with WearOS: I'm actually fine with a low-power, simpler device most of the time - I don't want a GPS and apps on my everyday watch. I want stability, notifications, fitness tracking, and battery life (plus the ability to tell time). But I don't think WearOS has ever wanted to be that - they've always wanted to be a high-powered "do-everything" device on your wrist, but between the hardware and software it never quite gets there. For a simple EDC device I'm thinking hard about a Withings (although the lack of realtime API support is a bummer), but for the *sometimes* when I do want a watch as a fully capable device, if not WearOS then what? An Apple Watch? No thanks. So that's the conundrum: WearOS doesn't want to be a low-power, basic system, but has just never managed to be a good "do-everything" device.
Really steep asking price for a product which effectively relies on the success of how Google moves forward the Wear OS platform if you ask me. This could easily become an expensive paperwieght quite soon...
I just cannot understand how so many high end watches have such a thick black bezel around the entire screen. Moto360 had a screen that went all the way to the watch frame except for the ”flat tire” which was far less space than these bezels, not to mention the galaxy watch4 classic shown in this very video has a screen that goes to the edge of the watch frame without a black bezel ring
That bezel is for the ambient light sensor. The Moto 360 and Huawei watch first generation are the best looking watches. I ended up going with the Skagen watch. Had the least visible bezel out of all of the current watches out there
WearOS feels like a continuous tease. I got a Nixon Mission back in 2016 (6 years ago now!), and I can't think of a single thing this watch can do that it couldn't. Even battery life hasn't improved.
Google is always in a weird position where it creates something new, innovative, and that shows promise. But then when that thing doesn't immediately light the world on fire (with no marketing push) then Google either scraps it or puts it through endless retoolings, rebrandings, and relaunches. WearOS actually beat WatchOS to market, yet nearly a decade on it still feels unfinished compared to Apple. WearOS's only claim to fame is circular displays, which are cool, but don't make up for terrible software and support. Apple Watch 3 is still on the latest OS update, and it's almost 5 years old. Find me any WearOS watch launched in 2017 that is still receives updates. Though seeing as how seldom Google releases updates, technically some of them could still be almost up to date. I doubt the Pixel watch will change anything. It'll be like all of Google's other endeavors. It'll get no marketing, have 1 or 2 really neat features that no normie hears about or understands, fail to sell, and send Google back to the drawing board. It will not be the savior WearOS needed 5 years ago.
Well said. Wear 1.x was great, but they just never optimized it, so the new versions feel like from 2015 To be fair, the first G watch can still be used with a modern phone, but I doubt much longer.
Yeah I feel like you're right that the Wear OS 3 experience on anything but the Pixel Watch is akin to something like AOSP Android versus what you get on a Pixel smartphone but it looks like the Pixel Watch customizations will stretch further than the comparison of AOSP Android 12/13 versus the Pixel 6 Android experience for instance. I'm still excited to see the final result of the Pixel Watch though since that's still my main choice over the GW5, hopefully it's well received.
I actually think it's a really good move by Google. They have transitioned to the same approach with android automotive, where they provide a framework for different manufacturers to build upon. Since the software is such a massive part of the phone/watch/car/etc experience, Google now let's manufacturers tailor that experience to their own brand ideals. It also then let's Google take more creative risks with their own UI, like material U in android 12
It feels like Wear OS 3 is in that Windows Mobile 6/early Android stage where manufacturers all had their own skins (Touchwiz, HTC Sense, etc) and there will be a few standouts (like there were on phones back then) before the whole trend dies off and Samsung is the only one left still skinning their devices in a major way
I wonder where the whole Android world would be without Samsung. They alone made Android worth it and they're doing the same with these "side projects" like the watches.
This guy is my favorite tech youtuber and for some strange reason youtube stopped recommending me this channel now ima have to watch the past 15 vids I didn't see 😂
Thank you for the informative review and the straight-ahead delivery. Easy to follow and understand. I feel like this watch is one data point of many and that we are all still learning what Google's plans for OS3 are. As far as the watch itself, I'm surprised by no speaker being present and of course, no Google Assistant. I agree that this release has a ways to go and that updates will fix some missing features. How you fix the no speaker, however . . . Thanks, Mike. A really well-done review. Good luck with your efforts.
I like my galaxy iv classic, got it because it looked like it was designed in the 90s. Had that sports watch look to it. heck i didnt even notice that the bezel turned until i accidently turned it and it did something.
As a non athletic googler, who has always wanted a slick and simple round watch, and couldn't find an excuse to buy one yet... This is yet another no but from me. When you mentioned it has no assistant.. the main uses I can think of (for myself) will be checking messages (top knob?) And summoning the assistant (for starting up timers, or adding items to my shopping list - bottom knob?).
I'll probably never own a smartwatch but I love watching MrMobile smartwatch reviews! I'm excited to see how the market will grow and change in the months to come.
Glad they finally updated Google Maps for WearOS. Does it still spam you with notifications if you have it running on the phone too, though? It's weird they've redesigned so much of the UI on the whole OS though to make it boring, but none of it is consistent!
You can turn off watch notifications for google maps. It almost drove me insane before I figured it out. Now I just need google assistent to function. Works as expected on my phone, but my Galaxy Watch 4 says that my language isn't supported yet. Doesn't make sense.
I'm thinking the same, that there's always a reason from Google as to why it hasn't fulfilled promises or expectations, whether that be software or hardware reasons.
I'm excited what comes from a more reasonably priced option from a manufacturer like TicWatch. I don't mind wearing something without fancy branding. I just need something to help me keep on top of my notifications
Thank you for this. It is one of the very few reviews of an upscale smartwatch -- which yes, has a market. Any chance you could review the Tag Heuer Connected E4 (at least the 42 mm version)?
Great review, when I saw the watch, I thought that I finally found my replacement to the old watches I inherited in my drawers and my daily driver smartwatch - I think I can be ok with no speaker, but no google assistant? Can you possibly connect it to bluetooth headset or are you bound to carrying a phone?
I would instead recommend getting a used Omega Seamaster, Cartier Tank, or a Longines Conquest. Better options, and they are similar or cheaper in price. They will also outlive you and do not require weird software updates. Mr. Mobile himself has an excellent 8 bit Brew Watch. That watch is great in the $3-500 range. You can't go wrong with any of these.
Have contemplated a smart watch for years but have yet to find one that makes me want to pull the trigger. Now, I'm so attached to my traditional mechanical watches, I'm not sure I'd give it up for a smart watch. Simplicity over function, and whatever I can do on my phone, should stay on my phone?
That's disappointing. For $1,200, I would expect the battery to last at least a few days, and for Google Assistant (or at least *some* assistant) to come with it. Google letting manufacturers make their own software for the watches ... worries me. Mont Blanc and other watch companies don't really know computer tech very well, so I'm anticipating a lot of half-baked software.
More and more, I just feel like straying to the hybrid watches. A good list of essential health tracking, built around a nice looking timepiece. I dont need moving wallpapers, I dont need to stroke my ego with my face on a watch dial, I dont need games on my watch, and so on
Get a duex max monitor. It's perfect for on the go working. It is basically another screen that you stick to the back of your laptop and completely runs off the laptop.
Just get a Garmin. After several pretty good Samung Gear S3s, an Apple Watch 4 and a few others I bought a used Fenix 3. Superb daylight readable display, one week battery life, robust build quality, mechanical buttons and rarely crashes.
Still waiting for WearOS 3 on my fossil gen 6 and after watching this I both understand the delay and yet I'm losing hope that the update will be game changing
It should be call "WhereOS" because every review from before and after the last Galaxy Watch seems to referencing this revolutionary update and fixes that let's face it will never come. The cynic in me says if Google manages to drag wearOS toward any success it will hit the magic metric for them to axe it in fear they actually build something right. I'm surprised they're not positioning Chrome to kill
Nice review Captain, interesting to see even if it is a price tag that i wouldn't consider, it show the potential of more budget friendly brands like Mobvoi or something like that
I can't believe that such an expensive watch doesn't include a speaker. Even my Honor MagicWatch 2 which cost me like $130 includes one and you can even make calls with it.
The galaxy watch 4 got Google assistant in June I believe after many months of release and the promise that it would get the assistant. I'm still bummed out that Google doesn't support Google pay on the watch for tap to pay in India. I use Google pay on the phone for everything. So it would be amazing to have it on the watch as well.
My daily work watch is a Huawei Watch GT 2, it does everything I need and the battery life is over a week (almost 2 weeks really) the only battery saving I do is "tilt to wake". Why can't other manufacturers match the battery life of the Huawei? I've got various smart watches and none can compete with it. I'd love to know the answer.
Feels like there wasn't much intersecting said about the software but that's where Wear OS will prove its place for me. I'm still kinda rooting for Wear OS at this point but I'll go where the best option is and I think Samsung still have that monopolised for android phones personally. I think we need to wait and see what other manufactures are able to pull off and if they provide enough incentive for people to actually buy these watches.
For $1200, there should be a speaker and a camera. That watch is basically a better built watch bearing the design/design queues from Fossil but missing a few features.
Looked like a great watch until the price hit me right between the eyes. Wow. What I'm finding weird about my taste in watches these days is I like the good, old-fashioned watch faces so I can tell time at a glance. Really don't want/need more than that I think.
This is cool from montblanc but it’s like when jack in the box makes tacos. Like their tacos but their not that good and should stick to their bread and butter. For montblanc that would be pens and for that their pens are pretty good
No assistant? I guess I won't update, then. But I'm not surprised. Google seems to go one step forward and two steps back with updates on any of their products. Why should Wear OS be any different? And I agree with you about the new lists looking boring. 🙄
The samsung galaxy watch has had google assistant for awhile atleast in Canada, curious that this one doesn't have by default since with samsung I can use both bixby and assistant
No voice assistant? Almost makes me want to buy it because of that😋 I hate those things and always disable them anyway. But no speaker is kinda bummer since it could be used in a pinch as a speaker phone is the phone is in another room etc.
I have the Galaxy Watch 4 and wearOS has gotten really good over time. It works flawlessly. Battery lasts about 2 days. idk.. you tech reviewers are sometimes so hard to please.
I'm waiting for the Pixel Watch release because it might prove me wrong. I don't get why there isn't more love for WearOS 3 on the GW4 series. It's not pure WearOS, but there's not the typical Samsung bloat. There's just no way to really feature-load a smartwatch. So this watch really is so similar to the GW4 functionally. Aesthetically, yes. Very different. But still very enjoyable to use. Personally, I just don't see how another WearOS watch released in the near future can shine a light on some big flaw of WearOS with Samsung. We're not talking phones here. Everybody is waiting for there to 'finally be a good WearOS watch', and I really feel like there's been one for about a year now. I'm not sure why everybody seems to be missing that.
Seeing the fact that I'm not much of a fitness tracker person and I was looking to possibly maybe upgrade from my Galaxy watch 4 I was looking for something that didn't have some kind of a huge sensor on the back or that really didn't even have one at all as I don't really use any of the sensor capabilities I was looking for a watch that actually looked like a nice classic smartwatch and since I guess most companies do not have the rotating bezel I was looking for a nice pushers and a crown. I guess what I'm getting at is my question is is in your personal opinion would you suggest this particular Montblanc over my Galaxy watch 4? Price not being an option of course as I will pay for the quality I'm looking for. I haven't felt like I had a smartwatch that didn't look like a smartwatch since my Asus zenwatch 3..(kinda makes me wish they came back now that wear os has improved) I asked because in no way shape or form and my enthused with this new Galaxy watch 5 and 5 pro which just look like rerendered Galaxy watch active models and I'm not sure what other to go on
Tbh before whacking this vid when I got my Galaxy Watch 4 classic I thought it was still running Samsung’s WearOS and not WatchOS because of how much Samsung changed the look and feel of the OS
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I feel like WearOS devices are ALWAYS one more generation away from being good. The NEXT generation of processor, the next version of the software, the next interface update...
You're not wrong! The reason I hold out hope for the future is that W5+ is a true generational leap in silicon, rather than the kind of iterative improvements Qualcomm has delivered with 2100/3100/4100. That plus Google's devotion to at least its own house-branded wearable seems to imply a brighter future for Wear OS. But time will tell.
@@TheMrMobile your optimism (and really excellent insights, and your love of Star Trek) are why I've been a fan for so many (many, many at this point) years. Thanks Captain Two-Phones!
I actually feel the opposite. Having used wear OS since the original square LG G Watch, I think it does everything it needs to. You don't need fast CPUs and long feature sets for something that tells time and shows notifications. If anything feature creep is my biggest problem with wear OS.
I have newer and more feature packed smartwatches, but the one I keep coming back to is my 4+ year old Armani Wear OS watch. A nice looking watch with a big screen and fast stable software.
Well said! Amazing video as usual - but a quibble with Mr M on “next time?”
The issue here in 2022 is software - not hardware. The software is poorly optimized. New hardware hasn’t fixed poor optimization once again.
It’s why Wear OS is in a stalled loop and, I’d bet but can’t say for sure, why some features are missing.
If Pixel fixes this it will be bc the software saw more care and tweaking, not the hardware
@@jomeyqmalone See, I think you've hit on one of the problems with WearOS: I'm actually fine with a low-power, simpler device most of the time - I don't want a GPS and apps on my everyday watch. I want stability, notifications, fitness tracking, and battery life (plus the ability to tell time).
But I don't think WearOS has ever wanted to be that - they've always wanted to be a high-powered "do-everything" device on your wrist, but between the hardware and software it never quite gets there.
For a simple EDC device I'm thinking hard about a Withings (although the lack of realtime API support is a bummer), but for the *sometimes* when I do want a watch as a fully capable device, if not WearOS then what? An Apple Watch?
No thanks.
So that's the conundrum: WearOS doesn't want to be a low-power, basic system, but has just never managed to be a good "do-everything" device.
$1,200 and no speaker!? Hard pass on this one
Great video about WearOS 3 though! I cannot wait to see what Google does with this on the Pixel Watch!
Thanks Mike! Looking forward to seeing your coverage on same.
@@Motawa88 The decision to ditch the speaker has nothing to do with Google.
Really steep asking price for a product which effectively relies on the success of how Google moves forward the Wear OS platform if you ask me. This could easily become an expensive paperwieght quite soon...
yeah as soon as I heard that I was like woahhh that's nuts.
@@Motawa88 mobvoi ticwatch with wear os have great speaker you can use to answer calls too.
I just cannot understand how so many high end watches have such a thick black bezel around the entire screen. Moto360 had a screen that went all the way to the watch frame except for the ”flat tire” which was far less space than these bezels, not to mention the galaxy watch4 classic shown in this very video has a screen that goes to the edge of the watch frame without a black bezel ring
It's a classic style
The OG 360 is still by far the best looking android watch yet. It's insane that they haven't been able to beat or at least recreate something as good
It seems to make sense. That's a tech-thing, not their specialty. The tech companies are better and have more experience with it
The 360 is still my favorite and best looking watch. I'll take the flat tire any day
That bezel is for the ambient light sensor. The Moto 360 and Huawei watch first generation are the best looking watches. I ended up going with the Skagen watch. Had the least visible bezel out of all of the current watches out there
WearOS feels like a continuous tease. I got a Nixon Mission back in 2016 (6 years ago now!), and I can't think of a single thing this watch can do that it couldn't. Even battery life hasn't improved.
For $1200, I’d want a piece of the summit in the box!
Google is always in a weird position where it creates something new, innovative, and that shows promise. But then when that thing doesn't immediately light the world on fire (with no marketing push) then Google either scraps it or puts it through endless retoolings, rebrandings, and relaunches. WearOS actually beat WatchOS to market, yet nearly a decade on it still feels unfinished compared to Apple. WearOS's only claim to fame is circular displays, which are cool, but don't make up for terrible software and support. Apple Watch 3 is still on the latest OS update, and it's almost 5 years old. Find me any WearOS watch launched in 2017 that is still receives updates. Though seeing as how seldom Google releases updates, technically some of them could still be almost up to date.
I doubt the Pixel watch will change anything. It'll be like all of Google's other endeavors. It'll get no marketing, have 1 or 2 really neat features that no normie hears about or understands, fail to sell, and send Google back to the drawing board. It will not be the savior WearOS needed 5 years ago.
Well said. Wear 1.x was great, but they just never optimized it, so the new versions feel like from 2015
To be fair, the first G watch can still be used with a modern phone, but I doubt much longer.
Yeah I feel like you're right that the Wear OS 3 experience on anything but the Pixel Watch is akin to something like AOSP Android versus what you get on a Pixel smartphone but it looks like the Pixel Watch customizations will stretch further than the comparison of AOSP Android 12/13 versus the Pixel 6 Android experience for instance.
I'm still excited to see the final result of the Pixel Watch though since that's still my main choice over the GW5, hopefully it's well received.
I actually think it's a really good move by Google. They have transitioned to the same approach with android automotive, where they provide a framework for different manufacturers to build upon.
Since the software is such a massive part of the phone/watch/car/etc experience, Google now let's manufacturers tailor that experience to their own brand ideals.
It also then let's Google take more creative risks with their own UI, like material U in android 12
Looks clean for sure. I wish we could use Huawei smartwatches over here. Their UI looks pretty exciting.
I love that charging animation with the stick figure plugging in the charger on screen that was amazing 😁
It feels like Wear OS 3 is in that Windows Mobile 6/early Android stage where manufacturers all had their own skins (Touchwiz, HTC Sense, etc) and there will be a few standouts (like there were on phones back then) before the whole trend dies off and Samsung is the only one left still skinning their devices in a major way
I think if Material You and Wallpaper Theming gets implemented in Wear OS, the watch would become colorful and fun.
Wear OS just can't figure it out. Very disappointing. Makes sense why Samsung had to go so far to make up for WOS3's shortcomings. 🙁
I wonder where the whole Android world would be without Samsung. They alone made Android worth it and they're doing the same with these "side projects" like the watches.
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I don’t care for the google feed but definitely need google assistant . Hence why I love my gw4
This guy is my favorite tech youtuber and for some strange reason youtube stopped recommending me this channel now ima have to watch the past 15 vids I didn't see 😂
Thank you for the informative review and the straight-ahead delivery. Easy to follow and understand. I feel like this watch is one data point of many and that we are all still learning what Google's plans for OS3 are. As far as the watch itself, I'm surprised by no speaker being present and of course, no Google Assistant. I agree that this release has a ways to go and that updates will fix some missing features. How you fix the no speaker, however . . .
Thanks, Mike. A really well-done review. Good luck with your efforts.
I like my galaxy iv classic, got it because it looked like it was designed in the 90s. Had that sports watch look to it. heck i didnt even notice that the bezel turned until i accidently turned it and it did something.
As a non athletic googler, who has always wanted a slick and simple round watch, and couldn't find an excuse to buy one yet... This is yet another no but from me. When you mentioned it has no assistant.. the main uses I can think of (for myself) will be checking messages (top knob?) And summoning the assistant (for starting up timers, or adding items to my shopping list - bottom knob?).
Hey Michael, I think hackers stole your image :/
I'll probably never own a smartwatch but I love watching MrMobile smartwatch reviews! I'm excited to see how the market will grow and change in the months to come.
Finally another smart watch video. I was waiting for so long to see one
What is the black and orange face at 6:26? It looks really nice.
Glad they finally updated Google Maps for WearOS. Does it still spam you with notifications if you have it running on the phone too, though?
It's weird they've redesigned so much of the UI on the whole OS though to make it boring, but none of it is consistent!
No it doesn't. Atleast not on the galaxy watch 4.
You can turn off watch notifications for google maps. It almost drove me insane before I figured it out. Now I just need google assistent to function. Works as expected on my phone, but my Galaxy Watch 4 says that my language isn't supported yet. Doesn't make sense.
@@Tomazack I've turned them off, it just doesn't feel like you should have to do that.
@@ink3988 well, that how a lot of things are. Be happy you at the very least could turn it off.
@@Tomazack yeah lol, wearos is fairly rough. I still really like it though.
4:02 That can likely be disabled by turning off animations in the developer menu.
Awesome!! I was waiting for this forever. Please update this with the Samsung Galaxy 5 Pro
I'm thinking the same, that there's always a reason from Google as to why it hasn't fulfilled promises or expectations, whether that be software or hardware reasons.
Thank You for every Review! Greetings from Poland!
I'm excited what comes from a more reasonably priced option from a manufacturer like TicWatch. I don't mind wearing something without fancy branding. I just need something to help me keep on top of my notifications
Thank you for this. It is one of the very few reviews of an upscale smartwatch -- which yes, has a market. Any chance you could review the Tag Heuer Connected E4 (at least the 42 mm version)?
Yea, I'm really frustrated that there are next to no reviews for the Tag Heuer E4. And the new Porsche edition doesn't have a single TH-cam video.
That turn around time! This is why you are the 🐐
Great review, when I saw the watch, I thought that I finally found my replacement to the old watches I inherited in my drawers and my daily driver smartwatch - I think I can be ok with no speaker, but no google assistant? Can you possibly connect it to bluetooth headset or are you bound to carrying a phone?
I would instead recommend getting a used Omega Seamaster, Cartier Tank, or a Longines Conquest. Better options, and they are similar or cheaper in price. They will also outlive you and do not require weird software updates. Mr. Mobile himself has an excellent 8 bit Brew Watch. That watch is great in the $3-500 range. You can't go wrong with any of these.
Lets go Michael. Another awesome vid is around the corner 🙂
Have contemplated a smart watch for years but have yet to find one that makes me want to pull the trigger. Now, I'm so attached to my traditional mechanical watches, I'm not sure I'd give it up for a smart watch. Simplicity over function, and whatever I can do on my phone, should stay on my phone?
Really loving the thumbnails.
How is the connection between watch/phone? many drops during the day? - what I’ve experience with wear OS. Btw, nice review 👍
That's disappointing. For $1,200, I would expect the battery to last at least a few days, and for Google Assistant (or at least *some* assistant) to come with it.
Google letting manufacturers make their own software for the watches ... worries me. Mont Blanc and other watch companies don't really know computer tech very well, so I'm anticipating a lot of half-baked software.
For 200 USD get a mobvoi and have a 3 day smartwatch.
FEW DAYS? I would expect it to last a whole month.
Many Garmins last weeks or more with normal use.
@@oktosite_ and that's why they are the only smartwatches worth buying
@@lars2894 I would only expect a month if it had a secondary display that used less power or if it were e-ink.
More and more, I just feel like straying to the hybrid watches. A good list of essential health tracking, built around a nice looking timepiece. I dont need moving wallpapers, I dont need to stroke my ego with my face on a watch dial, I dont need games on my watch, and so on
Mr.Mobile - need more often content!!!
Get a duex max monitor. It's perfect for on the go working. It is basically another screen that you stick to the back of your laptop and completely runs off the laptop.
Just get a Garmin. After several pretty good Samung Gear S3s, an Apple Watch 4 and a few others I bought a used Fenix 3. Superb daylight readable display, one week battery life, robust build quality, mechanical buttons and rarely crashes.
Not particularly interested in watches but I love the episodes that Michael puts out. 😁
👍🏽 same.
The black/dark background with white text or icons everywhere reminds me a lot of MeeGo from the Nokia N9
Still waiting for WearOS 3 on my fossil gen 6 and after watching this I both understand the delay and yet I'm losing hope that the update will be game changing
Please also do the Tag Heuer Connected if it ever gets Wear OS 3.
It should be call "WhereOS" because every review from before and after the last Galaxy Watch seems to referencing this revolutionary update and fixes that let's face it will never come.
The cynic in me says if Google manages to drag wearOS toward any success it will hit the magic metric for them to axe it in fear they actually build something right. I'm surprised they're not positioning Chrome to kill
I’m not currently into smartwatches , though i remember drooling over a squared sony smartwatch back in 2013-14.
After a long time a smart watch review on my fav channel ❤️
Nice review Captain, interesting to see even if it is a price tag that i wouldn't consider, it show the potential of more budget friendly brands like Mobvoi or something like that
This looks amazing BUT a thousand bucks! Seriously I think i will wait for my Galaxy 5 watch. I love my Galaxy 4, so...
Is that the fold 4?!! Or am I dreaming 😳
I was thinking the same thing , it looks a little slimmer than my fold 3 .. could just be the camera angle though …
Great as always Michael
Even the Google assistant took what a year to reach the galaxy watch 4? For this watches price tag you would think it would be there
Finally! A smartwatch review by MrMobile.
I can't believe that such an expensive watch doesn't include a speaker. Even my Honor MagicWatch 2 which cost me like $130 includes one and you can even make calls with it.
The Best looking Smartwach on the market
Hoooooooold on a little. At 1:50 is that a sneak peak of the Galaxy fold4???
The galaxy watch 4 got Google assistant in June I believe after many months of release and the promise that it would get the assistant. I'm still bummed out that Google doesn't support Google pay on the watch for tap to pay in India. I use Google pay on the phone for everything. So it would be amazing to have it on the watch as well.
As always, great review! Super fun to watch. But please, as a french, it hurts me so much when you pronounce the “c” at the end of mount blanc :)
Not gonna lie, I really like it
My daily work watch is a Huawei Watch GT 2, it does everything I need and the battery life is over a week (almost 2 weeks really) the only battery saving I do is "tilt to wake". Why can't other manufacturers match the battery life of the Huawei? I've got various smart watches and none can compete with it. I'd love to know the answer.
Great video. Mrmobile needs to do a collab with wearOS and make a smart watch. All creative control goes to him😁
I really hope that material you has a strong presence on the pixel watch. Still waiting for wear os 3 on my ticwatch e3.
why is there a recent apps list when wear os has like no apps does that mean they plan on bringing more to weaer os?
Finally, at a good time. Not in the middle of the night 🌃 😴😂
Should get your hands on the honor gs pro 2 , brilliant watch great price!! Hopefully you might check it out, keep up the good work
Feels like there wasn't much intersecting said about the software but that's where Wear OS will prove its place for me. I'm still kinda rooting for Wear OS at this point but I'll go where the best option is and I think Samsung still have that monopolised for android phones personally.
I think we need to wait and see what other manufactures are able to pull off and if they provide enough incentive for people to actually buy these watches.
Star trek themed watch face...link for it? 🙂
For $1200, there should be a speaker and a camera. That watch is basically a better built watch bearing the design/design queues from Fossil but missing a few features.
Looked like a great watch until the price hit me right between the eyes. Wow. What I'm finding weird about my taste in watches these days is I like the good, old-fashioned watch faces so I can tell time at a glance. Really don't want/need more than that I think.
What was that lcars watch face you had on there for a second?
Please need a dedicated Nothing Phone 1 review from you.
Its aesthetics reminds of your stellar reviews.
Any chance you have a review of the Fossil Gen 6 Hybrid in the works?
This is cool from montblanc but it’s like when jack in the box makes tacos. Like their tacos but their not that good and should stick to their bread and butter. For montblanc that would be pens and for that their pens are pretty good
No assistant? I guess I won't update, then. But I'm not surprised. Google seems to go one step forward and two steps back with updates on any of their products. Why should Wear OS be any different? And I agree with you about the new lists looking boring. 🙄
That price and you don’t even get a speaker or a voice assistant, but you do get some large af bezels. Talk about a bad deal.
Yeah, I'm very confused about there being no speaker
Google should learn from Apple about making the smart watch os. All this years and they are still in beta stage. 🤦♂️
Improvement? Idk. Although I do know that a square face( like the Apple watch) is the only form factor that will make sense to me.
Honestly my Samsung active 2 just works, looks, and feels nice.
I see no reason to use anything else for now.
Just Purchased summit 3, love this watch, coz it's so simple
Maybe I missed it in the video, but is the experience "fast"? Any lag?
Classic style🔥
I generally prefer Google's flavor of Android to OneUI on phones but honestly OneUI on the galaxy watch 4 wipes the floor with this Wear OS 3 UI
The samsung galaxy watch has had google assistant for awhile atleast in Canada, curious that this one doesn't have by default since with samsung I can use both bixby and assistant
Fold 4 sighting?
What watch face is that at 00:25?
Nice LCARS watch face there, Michael. 🙂
how do you compare this watch against the Tag Heuer Connected smart watch ?
Wow awesome video Mike
I just got a Moto 360 3rd Gen to replace my 2nd Gen 360, and the battery isn't very good. Have other people with a 3rd Gen 360 experienced the same?
This is basically wear os 2? With just slight change. I was happy with wearOS 2 though. What has it taken Google so long?
Will you review the huawei gt3 pro?
No voice assistant? Almost makes me want to buy it because of that😋 I hate those things and always disable them anyway. But no speaker is kinda bummer since it could be used in a pinch as a speaker phone is the phone is in another room etc.
Man that price is insane
What was that watch with wear os2?
I think this would work better if the screen was monochromatic and the font looked more similar to how it looks in the app, similar to times new Roman
I have the Galaxy Watch 4 and wearOS has gotten really good over time. It works flawlessly. Battery lasts about 2 days. idk.. you tech reviewers are sometimes so hard to please.
I'm waiting for the Pixel Watch release because it might prove me wrong. I don't get why there isn't more love for WearOS 3 on the GW4 series. It's not pure WearOS, but there's not the typical Samsung bloat. There's just no way to really feature-load a smartwatch. So this watch really is so similar to the GW4 functionally. Aesthetically, yes. Very different. But still very enjoyable to use. Personally, I just don't see how another WearOS watch released in the near future can shine a light on some big flaw of WearOS with Samsung. We're not talking phones here. Everybody is waiting for there to 'finally be a good WearOS watch', and I really feel like there's been one for about a year now. I'm not sure why everybody seems to be missing that.
Hopfully I see it on my ticwatch 3 soon.
Seeing the fact that I'm not much of a fitness tracker person and I was looking to possibly maybe upgrade from my Galaxy watch 4 I was looking for something that didn't have some kind of a huge sensor on the back or that really didn't even have one at all as I don't really use any of the sensor capabilities I was looking for a watch that actually looked like a nice classic smartwatch and since I guess most companies do not have the rotating bezel I was looking for a nice pushers and a crown. I guess what I'm getting at is my question is is in your personal opinion would you suggest this particular Montblanc over my Galaxy watch 4? Price not being an option of course as I will pay for the quality I'm looking for. I haven't felt like I had a smartwatch that didn't look like a smartwatch since my Asus zenwatch 3..(kinda makes me wish they came back now that wear os has improved) I asked because in no way shape or form and my enthused with this new Galaxy watch 5 and 5 pro which just look like rerendered Galaxy watch active models and I'm not sure what other to go on
Anyone know if Google assistant is now available on this watch? And did it have a speaker and mic?
Tbh before whacking this vid when I got my Galaxy Watch 4 classic I thought it was still running Samsung’s WearOS and not WatchOS because of how much Samsung changed the look and feel of the OS