Moto 360 Owner Observations. New/potential users check here

Tlicious1020 · Oct 1, 2014

The mini wear launcher is buggy after the update. So I uninstalled it. I noticed today you can't set up an appointment on the calendar with the watch. That needs to be fixed.

Glad I didn't try at the chiropractor office and used my phone because I would have looked like a boob.. I didn't use Google Now until Sprint got 4G up and running. But now it's everywhere and so is Google Now.

Delecron · Oct 22, 2014

I forget where I read it but I remember reading that there were a few more tricks the watch could do if paired to an X. Anyone know of any?

Also, how does the whole "Ok Google" work when both are active?

Thanks in advance

Outatime · Oct 23, 2014

I don't think it does anything extra, but when the watch is physically on it overrides the phone's "Ok Google now" hands free activation. It does that on my Maxx which is the same architecture as the X.

Sovby · Nov 12, 2014

Does the Moto360 watch work best with a motorola phone such as a droid? Does it work with the Note4 or the Nexus6? What are the experiences with users of other android phones? I'm thinking about getting one but i was wondering how compatible it would be with a samsung phone.

drexappeal · Nov 12, 2014

Sovby said:
Does the Moto360 watch work best with a motorola phone such as a droid? Does it work with the Note4 or the Nexus6? What are the experiences with users of other android phones? I'm thinking about getting one but i was wondering how compatible it would be with a samsung phone.

Considering Samsung released an Android Wear smartwatch, I'd find it hard to believe there'd be any issues with any Samsung phones. I have the Note 3 and it works perfectly. The one hiccup with Android Wear and Samsung phones is the Samsung text messaging app doesn't quite work the same way Hangouts works, so you can't send a reply using voice, whenever a notification comes up. Hangouts (and maybe the new Google Messenger app) is the only text messaging app that allows for voice reply.

As for Nexus phones? Well, Android Wear is a Google OS, so I'd find it hard to believe if any Nexus phones have issues.

As for working best with a Motorola device? Why, just because the 360 is made by Motorola? Again, the Moto 360 has Android wear, not proprietary Motorola UI. Google designed Android Wear to be more restrictive with changes from OEM's, as compared to Android OS, so the way Android Wear works (regardless of the manufacturer) is pretty much the same.

Sovby · Nov 12, 2014

Yeah, thats the reason. I'm planning on upgrading to the Note 4 from the Note 2. I've been trying to decide between the droid turbo & the note & i think i've settled on the Note. Also, since samsung is making their own smartwatch i was curious as to how compatible the 360 would be.

drexappeal · Nov 12, 2014

Sovby said:
Yeah, thats the reason. I'm planning on upgrading to the Note 4 from the Note 2. I've been trying to decide between the droid turbo & the note & i think i've settled on the Note. Also, since samsung is making their own smartwatch i was curious as to how compatible the 360 would be.

Just to be clear, Android Wear was made to be compatible with all Android phones that run Kit Kat or higher.

bjybhs8 · Dec 2, 2014

Hello, new user here, less than 24 hours of being an owner. When I first used the 360, OK Google was pulling up the correct app for heart rate and step counter. Now it pulls up a google search result. Has anyone experienced this and is there anything I can do to fix?

Thanks in advance

lunatic59 · Dec 2, 2014

Are you using the Google Fit app or the Moto fit app?

bjybhs8 · Dec 2, 2014

lunatic59 said:
Are you using the Google Fit app or the Moto fit app?

I do not have Google Fit installed on my phone. So Moto Fit is currently installed on the Moto360.

lunatic59 · Dec 2, 2014

If it worked initially, try restarting your watch. tap>scroll up to settings>restart.

bjybhs8 · Dec 2, 2014

lunatic59 said:
If it worked initially, try restarting your watch. tap>scroll up to settings>restart.

I've done a handful of restarts and 1 factory reset. I just noticed that the new faces from connect now appear on the watch (18 hours later). But still when I say "Show my heart rate", I get a google search result list.

lunatic59 · Dec 2, 2014

On your phone, go to your app drawer and tap on Android Wear, scroll down and see what "Show me my heart rate" is set to.

bjybhs8 · Dec 2, 2014

lunatic59 said:
On your phone, go to your app drawer and tap on Android Wear, scroll down and see what "Show me my heart rate" is set to.

Fit (the other option is Moto Body Heart Rate)

Fit is selected for steps too

I just noticed also that Moto Body apps under "start". This morning there were only a couple of apps listed. Seems like there are a lot of new changes happening today while I've been at work.

lunatic59 · Dec 2, 2014

Okay, something definitely changed. I'm getting Google search now too. :mad:

I'll keep looking into this.

bjybhs8 · Dec 2, 2014

lunatic59 said:
Okay, something definitely changed. I'm getting Google search now too. I'll keep looking into this.

Oh, great. I'm not the only black sheep :cool:

Clementine_3 · Dec 2, 2014

Gave a try and "show my steps" brought up a Google search. Just adding my name to the list.

bjybhs8 · Dec 2, 2014

I did a full reset and full charge when I got home from work. Restarted my phone after I uninstalled all the wear apps. Reconnected and still won't show me my steps or heart rate. I'm testing my battery overnight and I'll see if there's any issues with my battery.

marctronixx · Dec 3, 2014

Functions normally for me. Stock not rooted moto 360 and nex 6

lunatic59 · Dec 3, 2014

It seems to be only the heart rate and steps voice commands that are not being recognized. I've tried navigation, notes, text, email etc and everything else is working. I haven't found anything yet but I was going to contact Motorola and see if they had an answer.

TheAmazingDave · Dec 3, 2014

Same here... How bizzare...

Steps and heartrate commands bring up Google Search here as well, and my voice commands to start a workout and other Endomondo functions don't work either. Everything else is though.

Lunatic, if you call Moto, I'd be very interested in what they say about it.

lunatic59 · Dec 3, 2014

Well tier one support was useless. Typical reading from a script restart nonsense. Got an email response coming, supposedly.

bjybhs8 · Dec 3, 2014

Thanks Lunatic for going through the trenches.

On a good note, looks like my battery issue is fixed. Yesterday at this exact same time, I was already below 70% and right now I am 93%. Granted, I have not added any additional apps just Wear Battery Stats. Tomorrow, I'll add the few apps I had installed yesterday and see if anything triggers the drain.

lunatic59 · Dec 3, 2014

I've had some confirmation over on the motorola boards that this is occurring to other folks as well. Not sure if it was a Fit update bug or something else is going on here.

TheAmazingDave · Dec 3, 2014

I think it might have more to do with Google Play Services, although that's just a thought. I think that's what handles voice (and other) commands from the watch.

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