The LG G Watch is one of the first Android Wear devices available and started shipping out earlier this month. There is finally a smartwatch that is affordable and still has all the features you expect from a smartwatch. This is the first smartwatch released by LG and is available on the Google Play Store. While this is a useful watch there are a few pros and cons about the device.
We do have to mention that with the high price tags on smartwatches right now the $230 price point using a new Google OS is quite nice. The watch is also compatible with devices running Android version 4.3 or newer over a Bluetooth sync sending notifications to the watch and allowing a good bit of interaction. You can also decide which apps you want the watch to get notifications from while turning off those you don’t want to see.
LG G Watch Android Wearable Specifications
The G Watch is has some pretty good specs although we would like to see better battery life as you won’t likely get more than a day out of the battery without having to charge it again. This said the specifications are nice for a watch with its 1.2 GHz processor, 512 MB of memory and 4GB of storage. Here is the full list of specs:
- Android Wear Operating system
- 22mm changeable silicon wrist strap
- 1.65” 280 x 280 IPS LCD display weighing 63 grams
- 400 mAh internal battery giving about 36 hours of power (24 more likely by our experience)
- 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor
- Low energy Bluetooth 4.0 for syncing the watch to your phone
- 9 axis accelerometer/compass/gyro
LG G Watch Wearable Design
The G Watch is a nice looking watch although it is a bit boxy for our tastes with its rectangular minimalistic design it still fits the wrist comfortably with a screen large enough to use. The watch is rather thick just under 10mm from wrist to screen. There are no buttons on the watch itself at all making the screen the only form of input. The wrist band that you get with the watch is actually very comfortable with a clasp that is easy to manage. This said you can easily replace the band with any band you choose to meet your style. The most interesting part of design is actually with the charging cradle and not the watch itself. The charging cradle is a magnetic base that has terminals on it allowing you to leave the cradle plugged into power on your nightstand or wear ever and setting the watch one it securely in seconds.
LG G Watch Features
The watch is literally a screen on your wrist that basically gives you the Google Now functions along side your devices notifications. You can easily swipe up and down to see different cards containing things like weather, notifications, emails, text messages and even has a pedometer built in showing your steps. You can complete many functions on the device with voice by saying “OK Google” when the watch is awake. You can swipe right to remove notifications and swipe left for more options pertaining to the notification like responding to text messages and emails.
Conclusion
The LG G Watch is easily one of the best smartwatches for the price available right now but thats not a hard task with only two Android Wear devices currently on the market. This said if you are looking for an affordable smartwatch that allows you to interact with your phone without ever touching it this is a great device to check out. I have had it on my wrist for several days now and have to say that it does save time not having to pull my phone out of my pocket to see who is calling or to respond to a quick text message.