- cross-posted to:
- android@lemmy.world
- becomeme@sh.itjust.works
- googlepixel@lemdro.id
- cross-posted to:
- android@lemmy.world
- becomeme@sh.itjust.works
- googlepixel@lemdro.id
Google says it can’t fix Pixel Watches, please just buy a new one | With no official repair program and no parts, broken Pixel Watches are just e-waste.::With no official repair program and no parts, broken Pixel Watches are just e-waste.
I’ve got a Pebble and an original recipe Vivoactive. They’re both workin’ perfectly fine after all these years, battery lasts about 5 days because I have the GPS, schedule/alarms, and messaging enabled.
Once the pebble battery becomes a spicy pillow, I’ll replace it. I swim, shower, everything with these watches. They’ve both been through hell and back, and I think there’s a small scuff on one of them, at most.
not OP but I still don’t understand instead of turning your wrist, just pulling out your phone for the same if not better features
It’s not always easy to pull out your phone, especially if you’re sitting. You don’t always have free hands. Your phone isn’t always on your person. Stuff like that. Also, it’s really nice to, at a glance, see what the notification is and know that you don’t even have to bother pulling out your phone.
So, I teach. Having a text just go “zzt” on my wrist, I can check the sender at a glance, and if it’s important, check the phone. Same with calls. Otherwise I can dismiss it and check later.
I also have my watches set up with reminders for things lile “10 mins left to class” that silently buzzes in my wrist so I know to wrap up, and both track my movement and sleep. Fun bits of data for myself, to see if I’m sleeping poorly or being as lazy as I think I am one day. The pebble even has an 8:30PM wrap-up for the day that tracks my average steps and lets me know if i’m ahead or behind my usual.
They’re useful when a phone would be too many features or too much noise.