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[–] Nighed@sffa.community 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought the charge series was meant to be their basic 'not really smart' watches?

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The only hard one would be Google Maps. Wallet is just NFC and the screen. YouTube Music is just storage and Bluetooth.

Even then, I would expect Maps to operate with a cached map.

[–] quirzle@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wallet is just NFT and the screen.

NFC? Pretty sure if they incorporate NFTs as a form of payment, it'll be a whole thing.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, NFC. Stupid autocorrect.

[–] colonial@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, no thanks. My third Charge 5 in 1.5 years "randomly" died a few days ago - I'm not that gullible.

[–] Welp_im_damned@lemdro.id 4 points 1 year ago

Honestly I prefer this over the pixel watch. I just need tap to pay plus health tracking.

[–] figaro@lemdro.id 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've had a charge 5 for a year. 1 week battery life is the best feature. I don't need all the fancy stuff other watches do. I even turn off GPS because my phone already does that.

[–] steve@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

This is kind of why I don't want to go to a smart watch.

[–] ryan@the.coolest.zone 2 points 1 year ago

I love my Charge 5. I'm glad Google is keeping the series going. Whenever they inevitably sunset the tiny Charge watches and start pushing the big ol' smart watches that don't work for my tiny wrists and have a bunch of features I don't care about, that's when I'm bowing out.