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Note, it's one customizable button that brings up basic bluetooth touch screen controls, not as useful as pebble with multiple customizable buttons but it's ver

Note, it's one customizable button that brings up basic bluetooth touch screen controls, not as useful as pebble with multiple customizable buttons but it's very servicable since the screen is large. Also note software drama with the Huawei ban, so you need to install their store and healthsync to get everything working. I'm in Canada, and the few vendors that sell huawei watches regularly discount to ~180 USD. I got my gt2 pro with points from our local pharmacist for slightly less than that. It was mainly spur of moment purchase for the oxygen monitor for covid, otherwise I would have been satisfied sticking with miband. Personally not into big watches, but got plenty of compliments. Matter of taste, but I would not spend 300+ USD for a smart watch yet, still not sure how battery life will play out. Other tip I have since you focused on music controls is you can spend $20 to get a bluetooth car control remote with physical buttons to control media easily during winter with gloves on and wear whatever watch you want. I use to keep one in my breast pocket and can control my media through feel alone. It's stupid but it works.

gnicholas 4y ago
Thanks, this is super helpful! I had never thought of a bluetooth car remote, but it does look like it could be a good solution. I'm actually thinking of upgrading my AirPods to the 2nd gen, which offers built-in controls and would reduce my reliance on the watch's controls. Do you have any concerns about location data or other data being sent off to China? I had thought it would be enough to forbid the mobile app from having my exact GPS location, but I later realized the watch has GPS and can report that to the app, which can then send it anywhere. I don't know how carefully Apple looks after private data that is collected by a peripheral device.

gnicholas 4y ago

Thanks, this is super helpful! I had never thought of a bluetooth car remote, but it does look like it could be a good solution. I'm actually thinking of upgrading my AirPods to the 2nd gen, which offers built-in controls and would reduce my reliance on the watch's controls. Do you have any concerns about location data or other data being sent off to China? I had thought it would be enough to forbid the mobile app from having my exact GPS location, but I later realized the watch has GPS and can report that to the app, which can then send it anywhere. I don't know how carefully Apple looks after private data that is collected by a peripheral device.