Top Android SmartWatch and Wear has also still potential

That the SmartWatch is a real Designerstückchen, is often enough been written in the press.

The circular display is sharp crack and with the pre-installed Watch Faces (I counted 24) you have plenty of choice to select his personal watch design. If that was not enough, the Android Wear App Store is growing daily and added every day new tools and Watch Faces.

The rounded display the LG is almost indistinguishable from an analog clock and fully fit suit in any case.

I feel the LG neither too bulky nor too big, but my height is 190cm and so dainty watches would ausschauen ridiculous to me.

Criticisms to the size of the SmartWatch to lie in each individual and who is not sure personal feeling, they should look at just before time.
The tight is right and I'm not stupid markets have the LG also in their range and thus the sample wear is certainly no problem before making a purchase decision.

Now for SmartWatch itself and my personal experience with it.

At some points I shot photos. A picture is worth just sometimes but worth a thousand words.

The first shock this morning. Scratching of the case, how can that be? After a brief recovery with repeated display existing in the LG heart rate measurement the all-clear.

Around the housing foils are mounted. Hardly visible and of course not described in the instructions. If the film was intended as a protection of the housing be (film can be really easy to pull off), then LG has with this solution fails (image).

Often the too rigid watchband is criticized. The criticism is entirely justified when one bear the clock after one day wraps up and returned. I have the impression that the bracelet, the more you on the clock and stores,
is supple.

Otherwise, the replacement of watch strap in watchmaking around the corner is not an act. The bracelet has a standard width of 22mm and is a common format.
I would, however, of a self-exchange advise. Not everyone has watchmaker tool (looks very very small Torx screws) home (picture) lying around and the professionals in workshops know what they are doing.

Charging the clock via the supplied docking station (next to the power supply and USB cable) is a perfectly acceptable way to charge the SmartWatch.
Well, through induction to charge the SmartWatch as in the Moto 360 the highlight would be at the LG par excellence, but still better than the Auffummeln a USB rubber cover (have fun with it in what felt like 200 charge cycles per year) as at the SONY SmartWatch 3 ,

I use the clock about 12 to 14 hours a day and have the evening just between 55% and 60% remaining battery - power before it is placed on the charging station. The display is set to "Always On" and set the brightness to the highest setting.
At night in bed to carry a clock is for me not to personal attitude towards life and thus I have every morning a freshly charged SmartWatch.

A second charging station would not be bad but if you go on trips the answer when and how that can be ordered is my LG still owe.

LG calls the Key Features of Smart Watch the heart rate monitor, pedometer, pressure gauge and compass - functions.

The pedometer works pretty reliably and the steps taken to synchronize in Google Fit.

Whether match the values ​​of the pulse measurement reality my next doctor's visit with parallel measurement result. Displayed values ​​seem to me at least logically. Nevertheless, there is no permanent measurement instead only on demand (OK Google) or by selecting from the menu.

The pressure gauge is probably meant the altimeter. This feature and the compass function but I have only about Watchface hiking. The current altitude can be entered manually when calibrating the compass, however, I get a compass failure (image).

Let's see what the LG Support Says.

However, I did not perform with the SmartWatch through new terrain before an orienteering. So I can live quite well with the small defect.

The SmartWatch is well known, 4GB of internal memory can be equipped also with music. Legal practice to accompany fitness activities with some music, without having the phone nearby.

However, it is not so convenient to get music on the SmartWatch.
Basically, it works only with Google Play Music and with this application you have to stop, unfortunately, then employ very intense.
Especially if you do not want to hear the music you buy now at Google (AMAZON AutoRip). The own music one must only over the PC to Google so that they upload seconds is downloaded later on your smartphone.
In the Google Play Music app itself then the hoes at In Wear must be enabled in order to get the music to the SmartWatch download.

Cumbersome it is really no longer. But we do not complain once, as it works at all. However, the transmission seems to work only after the Hopp or top principle. So everything is available to music on Google Play Music is transmitted.
It is important that the SmartWatch still has at least 70% battery power, otherwise it does not work according to Google. So the best LG park on the charging station and transfer the music during charging.

How to only individual playlist transfers I have not yet found out.

But again, I do not want to complain, Android Wear is indeed ongoing development of Google.

Loading music on the SmartWatch and the driving of BlueTooth devices like headphones but comes only from version 4.4W2.
Who, however, Android Wear has installed on his smartphone while buying the LG G WATCH R, automatically has the latest version.

To delete music from the SmartWatch is also quite spectacular. Simply chop at In Wear download remove. Also here, the chopping is removed is all gone charged on the SmartWatch Music. Selective removal does not work (yet).
If the music on the SmartWatch, so you can easily change over a small menu and the volume in front of the tracks and jump back. (Picture)

So, I think that's enough for a first impression. If I should come up with even more there an update.

I can even recommend a few apps from the Android Wear Store warmest.

Essential for me the Mini Apps Wear Launcher, Memory Info, Weather Watch and Luxury Watch have become.

The Watch Faces Apps you must indeed pay for additional Faces and functions, but spend almost one Euro for is devoid of any criticism, as we read in the reviews of the apps sometimes.

The developer of the Mini Launcher Was hoping for donations and this is perfectly justified. This app will constantly improved and developed. It has almost all the features from the launcher in access and has to shimmy not only by the Android Wear by menu.

Saves a lot of time really.

UPDATE 02 December 2014

Who is in possession of a SONY smartphones, which is the version 8.5.A.0.6 like really well in conjunction with a SmartWatch the WALKMAN update.
About the WALKMAN app you can (must go with any Android SmartWatch. I have the LG G WATCH R and the Sony Xperia Z3) its songs on the SmartWatch now also transferred.
The WALKMAN app, it is now possible to transfer individual playlists on the SmartWatch. To do this just type in the playlist called and "Load On tragb. Device" is set to be turned on.
The playlist is then transmitted via Bluetooth to the SmartWatch.
Delete the transferred playlist is also quite easy, simply turn the switch back and above the playlist will be deleted.
A big advantage over Google Play Music is that there at SONY sufficient own music on the smartphone (with me is the music stored on the SD card) to be transmitted. Create a playlist, activate switches, transfer, done.
As simple as it can go.
Before the questions come, I do not know if the WALKMAN App is available also for non-Sony Smartphones.