Google says it can’t fix Pixel Watches, please just buy a new one
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With no official repair program and no parts, broken Pixel Watches are just e-waste.

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.

  • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    44·
    1 year ago

    Garmin watches look amazing. I just wish they had more smartwatch capabilities. I’d love complications on the watch face, and I feel like I should be able to start the assistant with a hotword.

    I’m not sure if the Google Watch can do the latter.

    • echo64@lemmy.worldEnglish
      74·
      1 year ago

      On the other side of things. I’m super happy that garmin watches don’t have more smartwatch capabilities. Their laser focus on sports wearable is what keeps them massively competitive there and keeps me on weeks of battery life instead of hours of battery life

      • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        16·
        1 year ago

        I totally understand that. They look perfect for their target market.

        As far as I know, they’re the only wearable that does realtime stroke/length tracking for swimming, which is really cool. If I was more serious about exercise, that’d be the perfect excuse reason to buy one.

      • Final Remix@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        I’ve got an OG Garmin vivoactive. Besides the naming bullshit of this being vivoactive and there now being a “vivoactive 1”, it’s great. It’s a sidegrade to thebpebble, which I never thought I’d find. So now I just swap between this and the pebble when the mood suits me.

        Love Garmin smartwatches.

          • Final Remix@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            1 year ago

            Check out the pebble communities online though, even the subreddit. There’s new batteries you can get, and guides to repair. Barring that, there’s always someone looking for even dead pebbles.

      • books@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I’m leaning this direction because I don’t really use any smart features in my watch. Just my fitness shit.

        Any recommendations on Garmin watches for a guy who likes to bike/bike but not crazy sports level enthusiast?

        • echo64@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Whichever one you like the look of and is cheap. Garmin watches are just divided into styling and features. If you don’t need specific features you can just get the cheapest one that fits your styling.

          I started out with a vivomove because I liked the hybrid look (real watch hands) and only needed basic health stuff. Did notifications which is all I really care about for smart stuff.

    • Saneless@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      There’s plenty of watch faces with cool shit on them in the store, same as with Google

      And having had watches that do respond to “hey Google” they were super iffy and inconsistent. Buttons are easier to avoid frustration, which the Garmin has.

      As far as “smartwatch capabilities” I haven’t missed anything from my Wear watch. I certainly don’t miss charging it every day or having it die by 5pm because I actually used it

      I’m charging my Garmin this morning. Haven’t charged it since Sunday… a week ago Sunday