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"The Bluetooth phone-to-watch connection is unstable and loses connection randomly. Every android wear device we've tested does this". I've tested all of them

"The Bluetooth phone-to-watch connection is unstable and loses connection randomly. Every android wear device we've tested does this". I've tested all of them (literally), on 3 very different phones (GS5, LG3, Moto X) , and never experienced this. Without any more data on the test environment, one might think they would stop to check whether the problem is on their side if it happens all the time on every device. It's like saying "Every table we tried had objects roll off them. Therefore, they are bad tables" (or you know, the floor you put them on wasn't level)

com2kid 12y ago
Bluetooth is very finicky. * The version of the OS running on the phone can impact BT stability * What other BT devices you are paired to can impact BT stability * The RF environment you are in can impact BT stability Reliably replicating Bluetooth bugs is... interesting.
- gioele 12y ago
  > Bluetooth is very finicky. Is there any hope that these new wearable computers will lead to the adoption of something better than Bluetooth? Something based on IEEE 802.15.4, maybe?
  - com2kid 12y ago
    BTLE is actually quite simple to understand. BTLE implementations on the other hand, those are horrible. It isn't all that hard to outright crash an iPhone when using BTLE. Other platforms are... interesting. Part of the problem is that the overall big BT spec is rather all encompassing, getting test coverage on it is hard.
- threeseed 12y ago
  One of the advantages of being Apple. They have almost all their users on the latest OS, they control the stack end to end and everyone is quite fine if features are only supported on certain models.
  - martiuk 12y ago
    One of the advantages of having a Nexus/Play Edition Device. They have almost all their users on the latest OS, they control the stack end to end and everyone is quite fine if features are only supported on certain models.
    - petersellers 12y ago
      What about the other 79.1% of android users? http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html
      - martiuk 12y ago
        I was talking about Nexus/Play edition devices, not all Android devices.
      - Chestofdraw 12y ago
        71.2% can be ignored since android wear doesn't support them. My own experience in wearable tech is that 68.7% of our android users are running 4.4 and the nexus 5 is twice as popular as the next most popular phone.
    - threeseed 12y ago
      Android Wear devices are supposed to work with Android devices not specifically Nexus devices. Moto 360 is supported on all Android devices with BT 4.0 support which is a lot of different hardware and software combinations.
    - crwll 12y ago
      Not necessarily. Remember the huge problem with 2013 Nexus 7 having wifi and bluetooth on at same time? Many bluetooth keyboards and some other accessories just wouldn't work at all with wifi enabled. It was broken for the longest time. Looks like it still is not working properly for some users: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/ORce7P9V4qU https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/ORce7P9...
  - 12y ago
fastest963 12y ago
I agree, I've never had a problem with my Nexus 5 and my wear watch.
TeeWEE 12y ago
Totally agree. My LG Watch G and my Nexus 5 never have problems connecting to bluetooth. And the connection is rock solid.

com2kid 12y ago

Bluetooth is very finicky. * The version of the OS running on the phone can impact BT stability * What other BT devices you are paired to can impact BT stability * The RF environment you are in can impact BT stability Reliably replicating Bluetooth bugs is... interesting.

gioele 12y ago
> Bluetooth is very finicky. Is there any hope that these new wearable computers will lead to the adoption of something better than Bluetooth? Something based on IEEE 802.15.4, maybe?
- com2kid 12y ago
  BTLE is actually quite simple to understand. BTLE implementations on the other hand, those are horrible. It isn't all that hard to outright crash an iPhone when using BTLE. Other platforms are... interesting. Part of the problem is that the overall big BT spec is rather all encompassing, getting test coverage on it is hard.
threeseed 12y ago
One of the advantages of being Apple. They have almost all their users on the latest OS, they control the stack end to end and everyone is quite fine if features are only supported on certain models.
- martiuk 12y ago
  One of the advantages of having a Nexus/Play Edition Device. They have almost all their users on the latest OS, they control the stack end to end and everyone is quite fine if features are only supported on certain models.
  - petersellers 12y ago
    What about the other 79.1% of android users? http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html
    - martiuk 12y ago
      I was talking about Nexus/Play edition devices, not all Android devices.
    - Chestofdraw 12y ago
      71.2% can be ignored since android wear doesn't support them. My own experience in wearable tech is that 68.7% of our android users are running 4.4 and the nexus 5 is twice as popular as the next most popular phone.
  - threeseed 12y ago
    Android Wear devices are supposed to work with Android devices not specifically Nexus devices. Moto 360 is supported on all Android devices with BT 4.0 support which is a lot of different hardware and software combinations.
  - crwll 12y ago
    Not necessarily. Remember the huge problem with 2013 Nexus 7 having wifi and bluetooth on at same time? Many bluetooth keyboards and some other accessories just wouldn't work at all with wifi enabled. It was broken for the longest time. Looks like it still is not working properly for some users: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/ORce7P9V4qU https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/ORce7P9...
- 12y ago

fastest963 12y ago

I agree, I've never had a problem with my Nexus 5 and my wear watch.

TeeWEE 12y ago

Totally agree. My LG Watch G and my Nexus 5 never have problems connecting to bluetooth. And the connection is rock solid.