Adam Kos Which smartwatches are the best for iPhone? Apple gives us a clear answer, because its Apple Watch is born to be the ideal extension hand of your iPhone. But then there is the American Garmin production, which many more active-minded users cannot afford. However, the Apple Watch can't be matched by basically any other solution for one simple reason.
The point of a smart watch is in several areas. First is that they are an extended arm of the smartphone, so they inform us on the wrist about what notifications are coming to our phone - from messages, e-mails, phone calls, to any information from the applications we use. This brings us to the second meaning, i.e. the possibility of their expansion through more and more titles, usually from third-party developers. In the third case, it is about monitoring our health, from simple step counting to more complex metrics.
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Want to reply to messages? You are out of luck
If we look at the range of Garmin products, they communicate with iPhones through an application Garmin Connect. Not only is all data synchronized through it, but you can also set your watch here and monitor all measured values and activities. Then there is the app Garmin Connect IQ, which is used to install new applications and perhaps watch faces. When your Garmins are paired with iPhones, you will receive all events that come to your phone on them. So far everything is fine, but here the problems are different.
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Whether you receive a message in the Messages app or on Messenger, WhatsApp, or another platform, you can read it, but that's about it. Apple does not allow you to answer it. Only the Apple Watch can do that. But it is the will of Apple, which does not want to provide this functionality to anyone else. If you are asking about the situation with Android phones, it is of course different. On Garmin devices connected to Android, you can also respond to messages (with a pre-prepared message, those present can also be edited). You can also receive and make phone calls on watches that allow this.
The novelty in the form of Garmin Venu 3 paired with an Android phone can also display a photo on the display if someone sends it to you. Not so the same watch paired with an iPhone. The watch maker, the app developer may try, but the result will always be the same. The limited/closed nature of Apple's ecosystem has its positives, but it also restricts users accordingly, in quite common areas. So, if you defend Apple in all those antitrust cases with your attitude, then let this be an example of how the company restricts even an ordinary user who simply does not want to be "completely" Apple.
Comparing the incomparable. Both watches are great, but each for something different.
I agree that when the Venu 3 finally came with the option to unsubscribe to a message and it is sometimes useful, why can't it be done with the iPhone as well. I have an Apple watch just for these features.
So they are better, because Apple has said as many times before that the user is vul, who cannot decide who to give his data to. That probably says it all.
What kind of nonsense are you talking about? How can you not decide who you give your data to?
You cannot allow Garmin to reply to messages. Also, I have an Android phone….
Ah, more whining about apple trees/LSA… No AWs are better than Garmins because they can handle many times more. Garmins are only sports testers. And I say this as an active sports user who switched from Germin Fenix after about 7 years.
The second thing is, the real reason for the restriction. Unfortunately, the author just "embarrassingly whines", without any major analysis/proof. But one would probably look for that in vain on Jablíčkára. What we're going to do is some stupid pre-prepared answers and in one image display model probably won't save anyone, but then again, if Apple is really deliberately and without reason preventing such "happiness", then it should get over its fingers.
That's right, Garmins are excellent sports testers, but that's where it ends, AWs are an extension of the mobile phone. And thanks to the "terrible" closedness of the system, everything is perfectly tuned.
Comparing an Apple watch and a Garmin is like comparing a road bike and a mountain bike. Both are great, but each for slightly different terrain, although they can sometimes overlap a bit. These two brands are for completely different users.
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An answer through the watch is probably the last thing I need. Even though I'm an Apple fan, I didn't buy an Apple Watch. The main reason is battery life, nothing else. Life is short enough to deal with another device every day that I have to keep charged.
We bought a Venu 2 plus, but I'm not very excited. Not much for the money (12K). Application about nothing, bluetooth range weak, UX terrible, responsiveness not much.
I had an Apple Watch Ultra and I didn't like charging every third day. I don't need to answer or make phone calls from the watch, so I went back to Garmin and bought a Forerunner 965. Battery life more than 10 days with Always On enabled. Stone!
He needed someone to kick him, or he would have no idea what he was writing about.
After all, some "experts" will do anything for the traffic of their server.
Great comparison. Compare an electric scooter and a vacuum cleaner next time. The telling value will be the same.