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Combine elegance with control over your daily schedule with this LG watch, featuring Android Wear technology. The slim design is ideal for both leisure activities and the office, and Android connectivity lets you monitor everything from your schedule to your steps taken. This LG watch lets you create a custom look with interchangeable face options.
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This is my first Android smartwatch. Coming from the Microsoft Band 2, which I liked. Wasn't looking for anything special, so the lack of GPS, NFC, heartrate monitor and the rest didn't bother me at all. Wanted basic notifications, which is what I like a smart watch for. As for the battery, it is sufficient. I leave the watchface on always (it's dim but quite readable) but I turn off any gestures that will turn it on full, so my wrist movements don't keep turning it on all day. All you have to do is touch the face if you want to turn on the face fully. Then, unless you start playing with it a lot, it lasts at least 15, maybe 16 or so hours. Not stellar, but sufficient. It charges very quickly. Done from 0 to 100 in an hour and a half. I also turn WiFi off since who needs it with the phone always nearby.
I think it looks great. Some reviews complained that it looks cheap. Doesn't look that way to me at all. Mine's the dark gray Titanium model. As thin or thinner than most regular watches and very light. The Titanium model is good for men. I like how the plastic base is pretty much the same dark color. The band it comes in, though a Google Mode band, didn't seem exactly stellar so I got a nice expandable dark gray band from Walmart for 4 dollars (package said twelve but checkout said $3.60 plus tax- thanks Walmart) and that looks great. No more fiddling with the clasp. It's difficult to get a regular band onto any watch and this was no exception. You have to fool with those pins that get easily lost. Be careful.
Love Android Wear 2. Love the Complications in the watch faces made for AW 2. Like the whole OS. Easy to navigate and easy to learn. There's really not that much to it but it really gets the job done. The haptic feedback is too mild and short. Got the app "Feel the Wear" that lengthens (but doesn't strengthen) the feedback, which does the trick. Loads easily onto the watch from your phone. Now the watch "flashes" three times in its notifications. You can make notifications stay until you dismiss them, but the five second notification (the only other option except off) is fine. If you miss it, you just scroll up and there it is again. Neat. I also love the Google Assistant. You can have it always listening for the OK Google prompt, but that takes battery. A short push of the watch stem, that integral part of this watch, brings it up. Some professional reviews have complained that it takes awhile to show up and awhile to answer. This has not been the case for me. It works fast. It's delightful to just "ask the watch" anything and get the written (the Style does not speak) response, often with a picture to boot. So, so neat. It's so much easier than getting your phone out, turning it on, and starting the Assistant app. The watch has always heard me so far.
I also really like the scrolling watch stem. Makes navigation much easier than swiping. It's very smooth and sleek. You just have to learn that pressing the stem does not select. You have to touch the screen to select. The Agenda app is cool. Tells you your calendar. There's a Find My Phone app that rings your phone. I put a Calculator app on it also but I don't need a lot of apps on the watch. It's still usually much easier to do most things on the phone. But plenty of apps, almost all free, are available along with lots of watch faces. Although you can now go to the store on the watch, it's still a lot easier to get apps and faces from your phone. They automatically (almost always) load onto the watch from the phone. That Feel the Wear app had to be loaded manually.
All in all, the Style is a very fine watch indeed. As the first AW 2 watch, it's a great debut, IMO. Yes, the battery could be better, but with a little painless pruning, things are fine. Just be aware that if you play with it a lot during the day, you won't make that 15 hour mark. That might be a deal breaker for some. After the first couple of days, who plays with their watch anyway? Watch face is readily visible outside when it's on full. I would have given five stars but for the battery and the Mode band it comes with. I'm very happy with this watch and I think you will be too.
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