I've got mine for about a week now and i have mixed feelings.
First of all, i really wanted to remote control the music and the calls from the watch. But this is not possible.
GW01 has and embedded speaker and microphone so you answer calls(listen and speak) and you hear music from the watch. If you wanted to use it while having a bluetooth headset connected, just like i did, you can't.
Pairing with your phone gives you 4 uses:
- Phone audio
- Media audio
- Input device
- Contact sharing
As you would have guessed, disabling Phone audio will disable the calling and messaging functions, disabling Media audio will disable Music playback and control. This means that the "Apps" will ask for the missing permissions and will not launch. And if you give those uses to the GW01, you will not be able to pair it with a headset at the same time.
There are 2 heart rate related Apps. One gives you a fixed heart rate while the other gives you a continuous feedback.
The body temperature seems to work just fine. As for the UV, seems a bit too much since you can just look up.
There is a vibrate app that just vibrates the watch. No other use... or at least i cant find one. Maybe for testing vibration or something?
The notifications are a bit strange but i think it has to do with the way the phone's app sends it to the watch. For example facebook group messages show the sender's name while direct fb pm's don't show the sender.
There are some strange options for notification like "open" which opens the notification on the phone. Why would i want something like that? On the other hand, the "like" option is pretty cool for a fast reply.
The gesture control is a little bit buggy and i disabled it after a day's use. It detects not the movement but the turn of the wrist. So in 45 degrees the screen is off, turn it 10-15 degrees it wakes, turn it a little more and it's off again. Plus while walking hands moving around, the watch was continuously going on and off again.
On the up side, the speaker is loud enough for everyone to hear your call in a crowded place while the microphone is decent if you hold the watch near your mouth. Move it a little far and you are silent.
The watches' battery status appears on the notification bar thanks to the fundo app so that's another plus.
The watchfaces was another big disappointment. There are so few of them. But as it seems on other watches having the same OS, they found a way to add your own custom made faces so i will keep my hopes up and go on searching.
Last but not least, the battery time is better than expected. having the screen timeout at 15 seconds and using it connected to the bluetooth all the time i've got a little over 2 days of use without charge.
I would say it is a decent first smartwatch if your budget is miles away from an android wear.
P.S. If someone finds a way to fix that call/music control issue or add more watchfaces (except the ones through the FundoApp), leave a note
