I'm not the parent, but I'm in the market for a new fitness based smartwatch to use with an Android phone. To date, I've had
- MS Band and MS Band 2:
+ HRM, GPS, Always-connected Bluetooth usable for Android Smart Unlock. Decent Web interface for fitness tracking. Syncing more-or-less works. Build-in sleep tracking. Decent screen.
- Mediocre battery life (24-36 hrs). Touch-to-see screen (or < 24hrs battery life with always-on setting). Is now abandoned. No music storage on watch, so I need to carry my phone.
- Moto360 sport
+ HRM, GPS. Android Wear always connected, so Android Smart Unlock works. Music on watch, so I can run w/o phone. Always on screen.
- Horrendous battery life (12-18hrs), MotoBody is a dumpster fire. There is no web interface, and the calorie tracking is inconsistent. I can do the same 6 mile run in the same time with the same average heart rate, and one day it will say I've burned 350 Kcal and the next day it will say 1100Kcal. And Google Fit is even worse. There is effectively no sleep tracking, since the battery will be dead by the end of the day.
I've ruled out the fitbits because they do some funky bluetooth thing which is not usable for Android Smart Unlock, and because they don't offer a model with HRM, GPS and BT Music playback (AFAICT). Even if I could forgive that, my wife has a Charge HR, and she has horrible issues with sync.
I was thinking about a Pebble Core + Pebble Time 2. The core would be an added device to carry in order to get GPS and music, but it is at least smaller than my Nexus 6p. I wonder what will happen with the core now that they've been acquired.
I was also thinking about the Polar M600. But the Moto360 has scared me off a bit from AndroidWear, so I've been waiting for my Band2 to die.
- MS Band and MS Band 2:
- Moto360 sport I've ruled out the fitbits because they do some funky bluetooth thing which is not usable for Android Smart Unlock, and because they don't offer a model with HRM, GPS and BT Music playback (AFAICT). Even if I could forgive that, my wife has a Charge HR, and she has horrible issues with sync.I was thinking about a Pebble Core + Pebble Time 2. The core would be an added device to carry in order to get GPS and music, but it is at least smaller than my Nexus 6p. I wonder what will happen with the core now that they've been acquired.
I was also thinking about the Polar M600. But the Moto360 has scared me off a bit from AndroidWear, so I've been waiting for my Band2 to die.