On: Thanks to Siri Recaps, your Apple Watch is always listening

[napolux]

Never bought a smartwatch, even when I was in love with the Pebble. I hate having to charge it every day. I don't need notifications on my wrist.

I have a Casio that has a 10 years battery and dual timezone I need when I travel and a TAG Heuer when I need a "better looking" watch.

I don't need to track steps or trainings. Even when I did it was with stupid gadgets like early fitbit bands without displays.

When I will need something that will alert people when I fall (in many years from now, hopefully) I will use a specialized device.

* You don't need a smartwatch. *

[dmd → napolux]

You said a bunch of statements about yourself, and then made a statement about me.

You should have concluded "I don't need a smartwatch."

Not everyone has the same needs.

[napolux → dmd]

> Not everyone has the same needs.

True, but almost all of the people don't really need a smartwatch :)

[dmd → napolux]

One saved my aunt's life. But I suppose I didn't really need an aunt, right?

[basch → napolux]

tap to pay is handy, i would wear something just for that if it lasted all week on a charge.

having a fitness / sleep tracker that i cant wear while i sleep cuz it needs to charge defeats the purpose. doesnt quite fill during a shower.

apple also made it prohibitively cumbersome / confusing to own two devices that boot up to identical instances. why cant i have two pieces of hardware, and whichever one i pick up resumes the session. i dont want them to have two configurations, i want them to mirror each other, if a setting changes on one, it changes on the other.

[napolux → basch]

> tap to pay is handy, i would wear something just for that if it lasted all week on a charge.

https://www.swatch.com/en-us/swatch-pay/how-it-works.html

(just the first that comes to my mind, no battery usage)

[ukuina → napolux]

Sadly not supported in the USA.

[napolux → ukuina]

there might be others. this is the first that came to my mind

[lozenge → basch]

Garmin Pay? My Vivoactive lasts about 7-8 days with sleep tracking and phone notifications. 20 days if you disable phone connectivity.

[0gs → napolux]

fwiw, the new pebble lasts a week on a charge and it is great. but agree most of the smart features are still useless.

[rpdillon → 0gs]

It's great except for the side button durability. I had to throw my latest Pebble out because of that.

[outime → napolux]

>I hate having to charge it every day

My smartwatch lasts 10-14 days.

>I don't need notifications on my wrist

I do, as I hate missing the few calls I get, and I love being woken up by a vibration on my wrist instead of a blaring alarm.

I won't address the rest as it's quite subjective, but honestly saying you don’t need a smartwatch is bordering on ragebait.