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That's funny, phone related features are the first things I turn off on my Garmin watch when I set it up. The last thing I want is my wrist buzzing off when I

That's funny, phone related features are the first things I turn off on my Garmin watch when I set it up. The last thing I want is my wrist buzzing off when I am focused lol. In fact, any notifications on my wrist are just flat out obnoxious. I'll take my multiple weeks of battery life for a single charge on the Forerunner 965. The data and analytics are fantastic as well.

scarface_74 2y ago
There is a “Do not disturb” feature on the Apple Watch.
- nluken 2y ago
  The point of that comment wasn't to suggest that you couldn't also silence notifications on an Apple Watch, it was to illustrate that the ability to receive these notifications isn't as relevant to Garmin's watches' target market as it is to the Apple Watch's.
wiether 2y ago
Yeah, I think that's part of the reason both the Apple Watch and Garmin's can thrive: because they have their own market. I recently renewed my Garmin watch and I did the same: disable all the phone related features. And one of the Reddit comments quoted in the article says the same: > Apple Watch is a Smartwatch with fitness features, Garmin is a Fitness watch (with admittedly lacking) smartwatch features. People still buy Garmin watches instead of Apple Watch because they don't want the "smart" stuff, they want the fitness stuff first. And yeah, the battery life is also a big factor!
maples37 2y ago
I'm pretty happy with the level of "smart" integration on my Garmin watch. For me, that's "shows me a preview of incoming SMS and Telegram messages" and the contact name when I receive a phone call. Plus the syncing of fitness activities. I do go back-and-forth on whether I want it to buzz or not, but that roughly overlaps between when I'm wearing the watch in the first place, so that has worked out well in my particular case. It fits well into my general philosophy of smartphone notifications, where real humans are allowed to buzz or make noise (phone calls / text messages) and everything else waits silently in the notification drawer until I choose to look at the phone.

scarface_74 2y ago

There is a “Do not disturb” feature on the Apple Watch.

nluken 2y ago
The point of that comment wasn't to suggest that you couldn't also silence notifications on an Apple Watch, it was to illustrate that the ability to receive these notifications isn't as relevant to Garmin's watches' target market as it is to the Apple Watch's.

wiether 2y ago

Yeah, I think that's part of the reason both the Apple Watch and Garmin's can thrive: because they have their own market. I recently renewed my Garmin watch and I did the same: disable all the phone related features. And one of the Reddit comments quoted in the article says the same: > Apple Watch is a Smartwatch with fitness features, Garmin is a Fitness watch (with admittedly lacking) smartwatch features. People still buy Garmin watches instead of Apple Watch because they don't want the "smart" stuff, they want the fitness stuff first. And yeah, the battery life is also a big factor!

maples37 2y ago

I'm pretty happy with the level of "smart" integration on my Garmin watch. For me, that's "shows me a preview of incoming SMS and Telegram messages" and the contact name when I receive a phone call. Plus the syncing of fitness activities. I do go back-and-forth on whether I want it to buzz or not, but that roughly overlaps between when I'm wearing the watch in the first place, so that has worked out well in my particular case. It fits well into my general philosophy of smartphone notifications, where real humans are allowed to buzz or make noise (phone calls / text messages) and everything else waits silently in the notification drawer until I choose to look at the phone.