This universal “smart” watch is pretty good. It’s lightweight, contemporarily-styled, and comfortable to wear. The watch band has the feel of a very soft and smooth rubber- and even has a bit of stretch to it. The band features a multitude of buckle holes and two adjustable straps, making it easy to find a good fit for just about any wrist size. The display is big and bright, and the touch-sensitive screen is responsive. Of course, the accuracy of the time and date isn’t an issue, the “watch” gets all of that information from my phone. Designed to work with Apple and Android phones alike, this watch features the basics- time, date, weather, several health functions (blood pressure, pulse, O2 sats, etc), and basic function contol of music apps, as well as slightly more advanced functions like making and taking phone calls- at your wrist, and reviewing texts, and notifications. The watch connects to your phone, via bluetooth- and is subject to the typical 30-foot BT range limitation. But if the watch does disconnect (from being out of range), it’s pretty quick to reconnect automatically, as soon as it can. This watch is not a ‘stand-alone’ device… there’s no SIM card support. Without your phone nearby, it’s just a watch. Call quality- through the watch- is very good…. It’s built-in speaker is loud and clear, and callers said I was loud and clear, too. A dial pad is accessible on the watch face- though speed dials programmed on your phone do not work. You can transfer up to 8 of your preferred contacts into the watch- for speed dial purposes. But in my tests, for some reason the watch’s app doesn’t “see” all of my contacts… missing the very ones I wanted to put in the watch! There is little in the way of troubleshooting information in the manual (or the app)… so I eventually gave up on the “speed dials”. While you CAN see incoming text messages (if they aren’t too long), you CANNOT respond to them from the watch. I also noticed that looking at a message, from the watch, did not change the message’s status to “read”, on the phone. You can set up notifications from social media accounts- like FB, etc., but email apps are NOT supported- so, no checking those from this watch. There is a function to control a music player app you might have installed on your phone… and maybe it will work for you. I have “Rocket Player” on my Galaxy S22. Sometimes, I could get music to play- or skip a track- but more often, nothing happened. It seems to be related to the phone’s display going to sleep. I don’t have any active phone lock/security enabled, but when the display turns “off”, transport controls on the watch go ‘dead’. Waking the phone, starts playback… but within seconds, the app stops responding to watch commands again. “Rocket Player” works with every other device I connect, so it must be this watch’s app. (P.S.: I did ensure the app had ALL permissions enabled.) When it works, you can even have the music play through your watch- if you like. One note, the speaker placement on the watch can be slightly problematic, at times… I found that when I move “just right”, my arm can pretty effectively block all sound from being heard. It happens rarely- but it is possible. After a day of fumbling around- familiarizing myself with the watch’s functions, basic operations have become quite simple. Battery life is pretty good. I can go 2, to 3 days between charges- with moderate use. This watch doesn’t support wireless charging, and doesn’t come with a power/charge cube… only a USB cable with a magnetic attachment for the watch-side. Out of the box, that watch came “some assembly required”… the bands needed to be attached to the watch body. This was a simple affair however. There are little tabs on the spring-loaded watch band bars, allowing simple connection/detachment. Overall, I’m happy with this generic wearable tech. By far the most useful function (for me) is the ability to answer a call with the watch… especially while in the car. Somehow, it never fails that my phone will ring, when it’s in my pocket- and I’m sitting down, wearing a seat belt! This watch has made that aggravation, a thing of the past!
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