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233 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
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90 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Shows all your phone's notifications on your wrist
Always on display
Easy to customize watch face and watch bands
Decent battery life
Smart Google Now functionality. Larger text than Gear Live. Works with standard watchbands.
Always-on displa
Comfortabl
Slick interfac
Good use of voice actions
Easy to attach wristband
Convenient charging cradle
It runs Android Wear
The G Watch shows off Android Wear's impressive voice recognition
Android phone connectedness
And potential for future app support. It has solid build quality
Is water- and dust-resistant
And the included magnetic charger is easy to use
Having Google Now on your wrist is truly useful and convenient. Charging cradle is easy to use. Tracks steps
Always on Google Now access
Material design gives the platform a flowy look & feel
Screen is usable outdoors
Design is simplistic
Minimal
Easy to customize with different watch bands
Fast charging time
Android Wear handles plenty very well already including notification cards and voice commands
Wear should grow quite well
The editors didn't like
Doesn't do anything your phone can't already do
Screen tough to read outdoors
More expensive and fewer features than the Gear Live. Short battery life. No physical buttons. Android Wear lacks a Back button. Few apps available. Bulky
No heart rate monito
Android Wear a work in progres
Lots of swiping required
More expensive than slightly better competition
Impossible to read in sunlight
Extremely boring industrial design
Poor battery life
A generic-looking design
Terrible battery life
A display that doesn't work in bright sunlight
A strange card-based notification system that doesn't always pop info you want
Costs more
Lacks the heart-rate monitor
And has a slightly weaker display th
The hardware is bulky and uncomfortable. Features are limited—for now. Notifications are often delivered with a significant (5minuteplus) delay. Battery lasts barely a day. The constant vibrating of new notifications is really just the worst thing ever
Published: 2014-07-18, Author: Robert , review by: talkandroid.com
Abstract: Smartwatches have been around for a couple of years now, but most consumers sat on the sidelines waiting for something more compelling. Watches like the WiMM One, Sony SmartWatches, and Galaxy Gears (now just Gear) were all okay, but they seemed to serve ...
Abstract: The LG G Watch review is here! It's one of the two Android Wear devices you can currently buy, but is it any good? First generation hardware and software usually aren't the best, but let's see how Google and LG came together on this one....
Design is simplistic, minimal, Easy to customize with different watch bands, Fast charging time, Android Wear handles plenty very well already including notification cards and voice commands, Wear should grow quite well
Design might be too minimal for some, No buttons, only touch inputs, Difficult to get battery to last more than 2 days, Some functions still missing, or not perfected, on Android Wear, Smartwatches still on the fringe, not yet widespread
8.0 If you are even remotely interested in having the world not just at your fingertips, but always at the ready on your person, then Android Wear is a wonderful place to start and the LG G Watch is the watch that presents to you Android Wear with no fril...
Easy to attach wristband, Convenient charging cradle, It runs Android Wear
More expensive than slightly better competition, Impossible to read in sunlight, Extremely boring industrial design, Poor battery life
Android Wear is a solid step forward in smartwatch interface design, but LG's implementation is uninspired and costs $30 more than Samsung's very similar hardware....
In absolute term, the LG G Watch is an interesting smart watch which is worthy of your attention. It is comfortable to wear and if the functions that Android Wear provide are of interest, the G Watch will perform quite well. The main advantage that it has...
Published: 2014-07-10, Author: Christina , review by: wired.com
Having Google Now on your wrist is truly useful and convenient. Charging cradle is easy to use. Tracks steps
The hardware is bulky and uncomfortable. Features are limited—for now. Notifications are often delivered with a significant (5minuteplus) delay. Battery lasts barely a day. The constant vibrating of new notifications is really just the worst thing ever
Published: 2014-07-09, Author: Alex , review by: pcmag.com
Smart Google Now functionality. Larger text than Gear Live. Works with standard watchbands.
More expensive and fewer features than the Gear Live. Short battery life. No physical buttons. Android Wear lacks a Back button. Few apps available. Bulky
The LG G Watch is one of the first ways to get Android Wear, but it costs more and does less than the Samsung Gear Live....
We'll make this part easy: Both the LG G Watch and the Samsung Gear Live should get you through a full day without worry. But regardless of which watch you choose, you'll almost certainly need to charge it every single night.Some folks seem disappointed b...
Abstract: When I was young I wanted to be Michael Knight (I still do) so when the LG G Watch Android Wear launched how could I not buy one and look a little bit more like my hero.Back in the 80's I used to stand in front of our old TV and be glued to the screen for...
Always on Google Now access, Material design gives the platform a flowy look & feel, Screen is usable outdoors
Boring design makes it unappealing looking, Screen has a bland look to it, It's more expensive than Samsung's offering, Battery delivers a day of usage at the most
LG has a tough road ahead of itself, a sad prediction knowing that the company is trying its darndest to be relevant in this budding segment. Honestly, it's not too much of a shocking revelation, seeing that its official unveiling a couple weeks ago allud...
