Watch 3

I've used smartwatches for over a decade. I eventually gave up on them and reverted to a fitness watch. The mediocre functionality and poor longevity meant, to me, they weren't worth the cost. So I used a couple of Amazfit watches (the Balance was particularly nice) because they did the basic smart

Right on. For me #2 is more important. OPW3 tracks activities well, but it doesn't do anything with that data. Training load, readiness, monitoring recovery, set Garmin apart and don't require new sensors. But if we can get new sensors, high blood pressure monitoring would be great. Right now OPW3 i

My wife has the opw3 43mm and it's a really great watch. Health and fitness tracking is basic though - enough for her needs, but not mine. On that basis, I personally wouldn't, as much as I love the larger version's look. I'm not too fussed about updates, as long as the watch functions well. But it'

I've had my OPW3 for a couple of months now and I've not had any issues with lag or freezing and restarting. My watch so far has been a great experience and feels very fluid and responsive. I use it everyday for notifications and Whatsapp, walks and runs. Could it be an issue with a particular watch

It's either Apple's way or no way in apple land. Meanwhile I'm rocking a south Korean foldable, Chinese smartwatch (OPW3 is a beast!) and Jabra earphones. Works like a charm! (Yes Android but at least there's freedom, and one day I'll ditch Google's grubby software hands)

You can't go wrong either way. I was never in Samsung's ecosystem but love the OPW3. You can't find better in terms of battery life especially in battery save mode where it retains all fitness tracking (minus some animations). For my use case the OPW3 is plenty accurate for health but the Samsung co

I also switched from the GW4C, and my general experience is that Samsung gave way more generous sleep scores, regardless of the actual quality. Same goes for calorie consumption, the same workout with GW4 "burned" about 30% more calories compared to what the OPW3 tracks and calculates, or what the t

I own or have owned pretty much all the WearOS releases in the North American market. My current pick for best all rounder WearOS watch is the OnePlus Watch 3, but I still often wear a GW Ultra and Pixel Watch 3. I use Garmin for fitness tracking since I use an external HW monitor because I sometime

It's been heartbreaking for me too, but at the end of the day, pretty much all smartwatches have this lifecycle. It's really a shame because with that build quality I am expecting it to last much longer. I was actually looking forward to the Pixel Watch 4, but when I heard the battery will be only m

My wife has a opw3 43mm and after using it for a bit it's a fine watch. Well built, great battery life, good sensors and good software, but in terms of nerd level training and stats it's just not there. It's a bit on the competent but a bit casual side. I can't say about Samsung. Pixel watch is defi