It’s changed a lot since I moved off my Huawei then. And the primary reasons I went Tizen when I did were the glacial pace of software improvements and the shitty “upgrade” they announced to the SoC all the WearOS devices were using at the time. I don’t recall the details of the crappy qualcomm “upgrade” aside from remembering that it really wasn’t one in practice, and solved neither the battery life nor performance problems of WearOS at the time. (not even sure they were calling it WearOS then, IIRC they changed it from the original name around that time)
A used watch 5 pro (or just buy a new one) can be had for like $160. I can leave all my stuff turned on and I always get over 48 hours.
I’m not surprised a watch several gens newer is going to get better battery life than my original GW, but I don’t find I’m fussed enough about anything about it to spend money on an upgrade currently.
It’s changed a lot since I moved off my Huawei then. And the primary reasons I went Tizen when I did were the glacial pace of software improvements and the shitty “upgrade” they announced to the SoC all the WearOS devices were using at the time. I don’t recall the details of the crappy qualcomm “upgrade” aside from remembering that it really wasn’t one in practice, and solved neither the battery life nor performance problems of WearOS at the time. (not even sure they were calling it WearOS then, IIRC they changed it from the original name around that time)
I’m not surprised a watch several gens newer is going to get better battery life than my original GW, but I don’t find I’m fussed enough about anything about it to spend money on an upgrade currently.