Review: My First Andriod Wear Smart Watch: nearly discontinued moto 360 1st gen.

May 24, 2015

Review: My First Andriod Wear Smart Watch: nearly discontinued moto 360 1st gen.

Hello, everyone.
After around 1 year of no blog entry in my blog. Now, it's time!

Since so many people want me to review this beautiful First android wear: 1st gen moto 360
Here we go! and this is his face

I bought moto360 with black housing and black 23mm metal band from amazon USA.
Shipping via UPS and Japan amazon partner; Yamato Transport (familar with Black Cat mascot); that take around 4 days from amazon to my place (Aichi-Japan) with 267 USD. (import tax and shipping fees included)

It's very elegance and doesn't fell so cheap when matching it price and function.

Here comes its function. (A lot of picture, if you care about data transmission then do it at unlimited data connection place ex. landline home internet)

If you want to know the basic specification and features, see all at http://moto360.motorola.com/

For basic operations in almost every pages are
     Swipe top to bottom >> Quick Settings
   Swipe left to right     >> Dismiss
     Swipe right to left     >> see more...
     Swite down to up      >> Return to Clock watch

This is my custom face of the watch

You can just search with your voice with his precise English voice control (no virtual keyboard, too)

You Just say "OK Google" when watch display time (like above), then he will search for you

List of examples voice command and "Start..." for apps

Apps: Moto's stand-alone pre-installed apps, Google smarphone aid apps,

and Sony's smart watch compatible apps (My phone is XPEIRA Z3)

I think all commons apps are usually fond in the internet so, I would like to demonstrate Sony's special apps.

The First one is "TrackID" that listen to music and find what name is it for you.

It's good, like find in mobile phone after all, every apps can open in smartphones and block from showing notification in smart watch.

The Second one is "Music" (or Former "Walkman).

Clock Screen Display

Ambient color change together with album art cover

You can also create playlist (in phone), see the list and choose it from a watch!!

If you play without headset, he will find it for you!

Afterword: It's feature like they moved it from a phone apps, except only EQ and sound effect modification. Great SONY!

To be concluded...
Pros.
   - It's very elegance in among android smart watches. (In my opinion)
   - Despite it looks, it very light! and built quality is great.

Cons.
   - Many of it's features is not independence, phone is strongly required.

   - Batterry is just ONE DAY!!! (It's extended when using airplane mode << it will not smart anymore)
   - You must intentionally touch the screen for receive his feedback.
   - Not work with iOS at all, I think...
   - Moto's built in apps does not log further than one week! ( I don't know why??)
   - Calories from Google Fit and Moto Body Caoloires does not math!!

Etc...

When you slide your finder from top to bottom in watch face, you will get a quick setting page

For in theatre which screen light is strictly prohibited. You must push button for open screen instead of normally twitch your watch from back to front. (like a normal way to look watch)