You're just not the clientele. Says more about you than about garmin tbh.
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iPhones May Soon Work Better With Third-Party Smartwatches
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You're just not the clientele. Says more about you than about garmin tbh.
Can't say I miss any notifications on my Garmin, they are too many as it is. Maybe this is because Garmin's Connect app is installed on the phone?
BTW - really love the ability to pause notifications during work-outs on the Garmin. I only allow phone calls and they are easily dismissed with a button press on the watch.
BTW - really love the ability to pause notifications during work-outs on the Garmin. I only allow phone calls and they are easily dismissed with a button press on the watch.
Yeah, this looks like it's just about notifications - something Pebble already did just fine.
The text messaging was by reaching individual deals with individual phone carriers to allow the watch to directly send text messages via data. It was 100% separate from Apple's own messages system. It just used the iPhone to have data access to the carriers. If you weren't on a supported carrier, you couldn't send text messages. And it didn't work with iMessages. Any replies you sent were "green bubble" SMS messages. (iMessage incoming did appear just fine via the notification system. It was only outgoing/replies that were impacted.)
The way Notification Forwarding is described, how it won't allow notifications to your Apple Watch and how it needs to be turned on and off for each app manually, sounds like it might be maliciously compliant again. If you'd have both an Apple Watch and another third party accessory you'll constantly have to switch these on and off if you want to swap between them, and you can't use them at the same time.
Apple ignored competition for too long. So here we go!!
This is an article about third party devices, what do you expect?
Also, the AWU is a comparable price to the ‘overpriced’ Garmin watches, and Garmin watches are much more suitable for ultra endurance activities.
(From a previous Apple Watch owner)
My Vivoactive cost less than $300 brand new. And it’s battery lasts for days.
Garmin and Apple are playing in different leagues. The tracking data a Garmin watch delivers just isn‘t comparable and Apple Watches are just a toy in comparison.
the real benefits of an AW can be found in the deep integration into the Apple ecosystem. It can unlock your Mac and it has a huge pro with Apple Pay.
But talking about battery life or connectivity, the Apple Watch is just a joke. Have you ever tried to connect the heart rate monitor of the AW to e.g. your bicycle computer (Garmin, Wahoo, whatever ..) - this is not possible just because Apple does not want you to. Third party device manufacturers would have to pay Apple and implement GymKit Hardware (which also uses only BLE to transfer data) to make this possible.
Apple,
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Clearly you don't follow DC Rainmaker, Desfit, Chase the Summit, , etc....and as for numbers, show up at a 10k, half or full marathon, or any trail-running event, and count the number of Garmin vs Apple Watch.
In other words, get out of your bubble.
There are a lot more Garmin watches than the just Fenix; it's the flashiest, but I rarely see them compared to other Garmin watches. I paid $350 (on sale) for my Forerunner 265 and I get about a week of battery life, with daily 1-2 hours of GPS usage, so you don't need to go high-end to get great battery life.
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I found this annoying at first when I switched to a Garmin, but in the end it really helped with my notification hygiene. If it is important enough for an app to notify me at all, it is important enough to show on my wrist. If not, app notification toggle off.
There are distinct differences. Certain apps don't operate the same way because they bring in pictures, live apps don't appear, and notifications buzzes will happen on both devices where they won't if you have an Apple watch. So ironically, what you want with notifications is already the default ifyou have a third party watch!
Yes they are niche. But if one wants an iPhone extension on their wrist Apple Watch has the ecosystem.
The Ultra connects to the speed, cadence and power outputs from all my BTLE sensors without an issue. There’s no requirement for it to connect to my Edge 1050 whatsoever, if I don’t have it on the bike I’m riding that day.
Does this change anything regarding the fact, that CAN NOT connect it to your cycle computer, if you want to? Or does it change the fact that this is not possible, only because Apple does not want it to connect to your cycle computer as a simple,HR monitor?
Apple wants to sell GymKit - this is the one and only reason. Apple,
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There is precisely zero reason to connect an AW to any Garmin head unit. None. I’ve had every 800 series and several of the 500s, and now have a 1050. I’d love to know what you think the benefit of connecting my Apple Watch to it would be. I’ve done 5 Ironman events, and more road, MTB and gravel races than I could easily count. Not once in training or racing have I wished for that facility. In triathlon, there can be a small advantage in mirroring your Fenix or Forerunner to an Edge, but it’s not something many people I know have done or would do.
Oh - and further to your HR comment…nobody riding with a decent head unit is getting HR from their watch. They’re wearing a strap. The wrist is a bad place for measurement on the bike.