Sentences with phrase «use as the smartwatches»

Huawei also took the approach that this was first a watch, so they use the «always on» display with a 1.4 - inch 400 x 400 resolution AMOLED face and anytime you are not using it as a smartwatch, the Ambient Mode display of 40 designs is on.

Although the Blaze has really fitness tracking capabilities, you can't use it as a smartwatch.

Both devices can handle things like notifications and music control, but they're not as intuitive or convenient to use as the smartwatches on our list.

Not exact matches

However, analysts were disappointed that the watch is missing a key element seen as vital in emerging smartwatch technology: It lacks biometric sensors that could be used to monitor heart rate, respiration and other body functions deployed in other wearable fitness devices.

Fast and easy service which can be easily used on web, mobile, tablet as well as on Smartwatch with its compatibility with iOS and Android.

The watch face uses the smartwatch altitude meter to track your elevation according to sea level, adapting the position of the landscapes as you climb and fall.

There is an onboard OnStar 4G LTE data connection that can be used as a portable Wi - Fi hotspot, but it's mostly there for remote monitoring and telematics control of the EV via Chevrolet's MyLink app for smartphones and smartwatches.

For the ultimate in convenience (making it almost as convenient as the fob itself) the app also supports Android Wear and Apple Watch, allowing you to use your smartwatch to start the car, lock and unlock doors, activate the horn and lights, or set parking meter reminders.

E-Paper has transcended e-readers into other practical uses, such as digital signage and smartwatches.

This morning E Ink Holdings announced the availability of a new color - changing film known as Prism that's based on the company's electronic paper technology used in devices like Amazon's Kindle and the Pebble smartwatch.

New Sony SmartWatch 2 can be used as your phone remote.

webOS as a platform is currently kept alive by LG, who purchased the platform from HP in 2013 to develop into its own software platform and has so far used it to develop a critically lauded smart TV platform before shifting development to a possible wearables platform in the vein of Samsung's Tizen with a rumored webOS - powered smartwatch.

Mirasol has primarily lived as a technology demonstration, but in late 2013 Qualcomm also released its Toq smartwatch as an example of the display tech in real - world use.

Created with the traveler in mind, this smartwatch phone can be used as a standalone phone or it can be used along side your mobile phone.

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(As opposed to using a dock or microUSB like just about every other smartwatch we've seen.)

Just as the original app uses your phone to track your noise and movement as you sleep, Sleep as Android for your smartwatch allows you to track sleeping patterns without leaving your smartphone on the bed.

I used it as a second screen for my phone, as an activity tracker, and even for tracking my sleep (via a third - party app)-- you know, the stuff that smartwatches are typically used for.

Fitbit's «Mass Appeal» smartwatch comes without GPS, which is a bit of a drawback for anyone wanting to use it for that specific purpose as GPS is featured in the Fitbit Ionic, but the idea of the new watch is apparently to cater more to women in addition to men, highlighting that Fitbit will want -LSB-...]

Fitbit's «Mass Appeal» smartwatch comes without GPS, which is a bit of a drawback for anyone wanting to use it for that specific purpose as GPS is featured in the Fitbit Ionic, but the idea of the new watch is apparently to cater more to women in addition to men, highlighting that Fitbit will want to offer something that's more well - rounded as opposed to packing it with all kinds of features.

I occasionally used the Tizen stock apps pre-installed on the smartwatch, such as the calendar app and the weather app, but I'm the type of person that almost always has their smartphone out anyways.

As mentioned above, we think the best option is to create a basic HomeKit automation that asks for permission to unlock when you arrive home, which you can approve via your phone's lock screen; but this still requires you to use your phone or smartwatch.

The patent was published by the USPTO and reveals a charging pad that could be used to charge two phones at once or, as another example, a phone and a smartwatch.

Even playing games was fun using the bezel as a controller, and I never really enjoyed gaming on other smartwatches.

In our testing using the watch's LTE connection for shorter tasks — notifications, text messages, Siri, and other «traditional» smartwatch things — battery life wasn't nearly as bad, but we did notice the battery draining much more quickly than with LTE disabled or when in range of our phone.

As Apple prepares to start selling its Apple Watch later this week, Google has announced some new features for its Android Wear software, which is used by a variety of smartwatch makers.

Using the overflow button you can pair a new wearable, disconnect or forget the Smartwatch 3, as well as view the demo cards and a tutorial of Android Wear.

For iOS owners, your experience with Samsung's Gear smartwatches won't be as satisfying as using Apple's option, the Apple Watch Series 3.

That depends on how you want to use your smartwatch, as well as the size of your wrist and arms in general.

Using a smartwatch as a dedicated running watch is still not as satisfying as it should be.

More specifically, the Android Wear 2.0 version of the application allows you to use it as a standalone messaging app from your Android Wear 2.0 - powered smartwatch and eliminate having to use your phone to engage in conversations.

Using a clever mix of a letter - keys - forward approach with punctuation and options on wheels, and a decent dose of autocorrect and predictive technology, the keyboard manages to make typing on a smartwatch's tiny screen about as natural as it can be without venturing drastically from the way typing is done on a smartphone.

Samsung needs to provide as many compelling smartwatch use cases to keep consumers locked into its smartphone hardware, and PayPal is desperately looking for partners to keep it relevant against the threat of Apple Pay's ubiquity.

If you plan to use a smartwatch primarily for working out, you may want to consider fitness trackers with smartwatch - like features, such as the

Instead what I would like to see is a better use of notifications, complications and glances that are unique to the smartwatch platform, as well as smartwatch data being utilized to enrich existing mobile and web experiences.

In a post published over the weekend, Redditor H3x0n pointed to a new name and logo for Google's Android Wear platform as they set up a smartwatch for use with their phone — which leads us to believe that the company may soon rebrand it with the label «Wear OS.»

If you plan to use a smartwatch primarily for working out, you may want to consider fitness trackers with smartwatch - like features, such as the Fitbit Ionic or the Garmin Forerunner 235, the latter of which lets you change its face and read notifications.

It's nothing special, and precisely the same as you're used to on something like the TomTom Runner or most smartwatches on the market - choose from albums, playlists or shuffling all songs.

«I use my Fitbit as a watch — and I prefer wearing it to my smartwatch, because it's slimmer and not so obtrusive,» said Gartner analyst Tuong Nguyen.

The smartwatch can be used as a fitness tracking wearable device as it lets users monitor and track a range of wellness statistics including steps taken, calories burned, activity duration, heart rate, exercise intensity and relaxation level.

In the past I've never used this much as I wear smartwatches all the time, though I do find myself reaching in my pocket to make sure the phone is muted whenever I need it to be.

When you are using your Smartwatch like Samsung Gear 2 you have to think of it as a Smartphone as your data about calls, photos messages get stored in it.

Fitbit recently announced its third product in the GPS sport watch category with the Fitbit Ionic, technically its first smartwatch when you use the definition of a smartwatch as one that supports applications.

Some smartwatches designed for children were officially banned in Germany earlier this week, following a decision of the Federal Network Agency based on concerns over their potential to be used as illegal spying tools.

Maybe you could keep wearing it as a makeshift smartwatch even if you never use the fitness tracking features at all, as long as it has a display.

With modern smartphone and smartwatch technology, screen burn in can manifest as a result of the different life spans between the red, green, and blue LED subpixels used in OLED panels.

People usually use smartwatches to check the time, emails and so on, but it's pretty unconventional to use your watch to play a graphically intense game such as Half Life.

As the latest and greatest Apple Watch, the Apple Watch 3 is of course the best smartwatch to use with an iPhone.

Moreover, the arrival of Android Wear on Apple's iOS platform finally opens door for smartwatch makers such as Asus, Huawei, LG and Motorola to expand their lineup, but it is still not a good news for the ones who wear older Android Wear models or are using any iPhone model older than the iPhone 5.

The step counter is just as arbitrary as every other smartwatch I've used — which is to say, very arbitrary.