Smart Watch. Yay or nay? (Update: I got one!)

[d21lewis]

NATO said:

d21lewis said:

I've been wanting an Android Smart Watch lately but I don't know why and I don't really know what they can and can't do. Does anyone here have one? Any regrets? Any recommendations?

I have a LG G Watch R, and had (up until selling it) an iWatch.

process of owning them goes like this:

1) spend first few hours tinkering and being impressed
2) spend next few days finding apps, experimenting with watch faces
3) occasionally forget to charge, no point wearing it
4) realize that actually, controlling playback of your music and the volume, playing on your phone only has very limited usage, along with every other app
5) eventually stop wearing it because you can never be bothered to keep it charged

Long story short, waste of fucking time.

Just get a cheap xiaomi "smart" watch so you can occasionally do health app / tracking stuff, and see the time, full android/ios watches are a waste of money.

This is kinda what I was afraid of. I have a couple of friends at work that have one and say they love it but they never say what they love about it. I may have f'd up. I've been looking at videos and reviews for the one I ordered but I won't know for sure until I have it.