1 00:00:00,199 --> 00:00:06,799 so way back in the Stone Age Motorola worked with me very briefly when I did 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:11,920 my Moto X and Moto G reviews then they went silent for a bit and frankly I 3 00:00:08,559 --> 00:00:13,599 didn't care anyway then the Moto 360 got 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:16,720 announced and went holy crap I need to get in touch with Motorola again and 5 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:22,039 apparently so did every other reviewer on the planet because I finally got one 6 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:26,800 a couple of weeks ago just like we finally got the go-ahead to publish our 7 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:28,920 senheiser factory tour soon yay and so 8 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:34,000 here are my thoughts on the Moto 360 specifically and Android Wear in general 9 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:34,000 I 10 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:45,320 guess The Cooler Master nepton 240m features an exclusive pump design and 11 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:48,800 their new silencio fans to provide impressive near silent performance click 12 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:53,440 now to learn more the setup process with the Android 13 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:56,760 Wear app is really simple I'm pairing my phone worked effortlessly but what 14 00:00:54,879 --> 00:01:00,840 exactly did I just pair my phone to Hardware rundown time on the inside of 15 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:05,360 the watch you'll find 500 112 Megs of RAM 4 gigs of storage Bluetooth 4.0 low 16 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:10,720 energy a podometer and heart rate monitor dual microphones a vibration 17 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:12,640 motor a 320 mAh battery that supports 18 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:17,159 wireless charging with the included Dock and finally and this has been the source 19 00:01:14,479 --> 00:01:21,320 of much discussion about this device even though it doesn't seem to have a 20 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:27,119 performance impact a Texas Instruments TI omap 3630 processor which is a 21 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:29,439 4-year-old CPU design built on a 45 NM 22 00:01:27,119 --> 00:01:33,000 manufacturing process so the speculation is that Motorola could have potentially 23 00:01:31,079 --> 00:01:38,960 extended battery life with something a little bit newer onto the outside I've 24 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:41,520 got the stone horor leather band on mine 25 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:46,240 which I think is pretentious hipster for not waterproof but very lightweight and 26 00:01:43,960 --> 00:01:49,799 comfortable dyed cowhide but if you don't like leather then it's available 27 00:01:47,719 --> 00:01:53,119 in a variety of well okay there's a different color of leather but also it's 28 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:57,520 available with metal bands although the Tinker among you may want to pick up the 29 00:01:55,360 --> 00:02:02,240 leather model anyway and then a pebble metal band for 30 bucks they're actually 30 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:07,439 compatible and you can do the swap yourself if you're a little bit handy 31 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:10,720 The Watch Body itself is IP67 water and dust prooof something you can learn more 32 00:02:08,879 --> 00:02:14,400 about here if you feel like it and features a heart rate monitor on the 33 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:18,599 bottom a stainless steel housing around the round watch face with a microphone 34 00:02:16,319 --> 00:02:24,599 port on the left and the watch's lone physical button on the right then 35 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:27,319 finally the main event a 1.56 in 320x 36 00:02:24,599 --> 00:02:31,040 290 backlit LCD touchscreen display covered in Corning Gorilla Glass 3 I 37 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:35,800 think this is a good opportunity to say I was really impressed with the watch's 38 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:40,200 ruggedness overall I'm pretty careless and in spite of me wearing it every day 39 00:02:37,640 --> 00:02:45,239 for 2 weeks the Moto 360 you see in our close-up footage is in basically perfect 40 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:50,040 condition excellent considering that this is what my daily driver watches 41 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:56,920 tend to end up looking like even if they have Gorilla Glass the display is good 42 00:02:54,040 --> 00:03:02,440 it's 205 pixel per inch pixel density is noticeably non-retina but not enough to 43 00:02:59,519 --> 00:03:06,680 be normally distracting in day-to-day use and viewing angles are very good 44 00:03:04,799 --> 00:03:11,720 with full brightness and a watch face with high contrast between colors but in 45 00:03:09,519 --> 00:03:16,000 ambient mode when the display is on but dim you will need to look at it a bit 46 00:03:13,799 --> 00:03:21,599 more directly what is ambient mode you might ask well instead of just having 47 00:03:18,159 --> 00:03:24,080 the display off or Max brightness with a 48 00:03:21,599 --> 00:03:28,680 very deliberate motion gesture required to wake it up ambient mode is much more 49 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:33,799 Loosey Goosey about waking up when you gesture more casually and then it stays 50 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:38,000 on i'llbe it at a lower brightness for longer after activation allowing you to 51 00:03:35,879 --> 00:03:42,560 use the watch more naturally you know tilt it toward yourself on the couch use 52 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:45,519 it while lying on your back uh you know pull up your sleeve before checking it 53 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:50,080 and lots of other stuff that doesn't normally work very well in the in the 54 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:54,840 regular mode if you're using ambient mode you can probably still get through 55 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:58,799 a full day on the battery but it's much tighter and you can basically forget 56 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:03,640 about using a lot of the Android Wear functionality that's being added like 57 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:09,560 running apps or even games directly on the watch oh yeah Linus Android Wear how 58 00:04:06,599 --> 00:04:13,920 is that anyway honestly right now pretty buggy um thankfully there were no 59 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:17,680 outright crashes or anything but while none of this stuff happened consistently 60 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:20,239 enough for me to reproduce it on camera here are some irritating bugs I've 61 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:24,680 encountered over the last couple of weeks in no particular order uh refusing 62 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:29,160 to take voice commands while running turn-by-turn navigation failing to 63 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:32,120 display incoming calls on the watch even though I can clear see they're coming in 64 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:36,600 on the phone and they are connected switching to a playlist of the ringtones 65 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:40,039 on my phone when I receive a text message while listening to Google play 66 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:44,639 music over a Bluetooth headset displaying gobble deg instead of proper 67 00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:50,680 characters in place of weather and date data and the list just goes on and at 68 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:55,320 times honestly the stuff that did work correctly wasn't a lot better thought 69 00:04:52,840 --> 00:04:59,840 out if I get text messages from two different people in between checking and 70 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:05,440 responding to them not only can I not do ful things like respond with voice or 71 00:05:02,199 --> 00:05:07,080 Mark as red I can't even read them 72 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:11,000 Hangouts handles this much better with swipes to the right opening the message 73 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:14,720 that you start your swipe on but not Everyone likes Hangouts Google and 74 00:05:12,759 --> 00:05:19,639 another great example of this broken functionality is Twitter direct messages 75 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:24,720 and mentions just pile up with the only option being open on 76 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:27,199 phone I also dislike the way information 77 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:31,560 gets managed sometimes music Control is one of those situations where if I'm 78 00:05:29,039 --> 00:05:36,120 listening to music I probably want the control of it at my fingertips and it'll 79 00:05:33,840 --> 00:05:40,600 get buried under other cards as new notifications roll in another is if I'm 80 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:44,960 on a call it would be nice if there was a notification card for it I can accept 81 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:48,840 a call with the watch but I can't terminate it I mean what if I use my 82 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:53,440 Watch to take the call because I was planning to use a speaker phone like if 83 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:57,919 I'm driving or a wired headset if I have to take the phone out of my pocket to 84 00:05:55,680 --> 00:06:02,919 hang up then the watch is very purpose of me not needing to take out my phone 85 00:05:59,639 --> 00:06:05,080 phone was defeated there is really great 86 00:06:02,919 --> 00:06:09,440 stuff too though reading whole emails instead of being stuck with previews 87 00:06:06,759 --> 00:06:14,280 like the pebble is almost a switchable advantage in and of itself Google Now 88 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:18,759 voice recognition worked great for me indicating solid integrated mics drop 89 00:06:17,039 --> 00:06:23,319 cam notifications complete with a snapshot of what's going on are awesome 90 00:06:20,759 --> 00:06:27,240 for checking on the baby and discovering that I could have my turn-by-turn 91 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:30,720 navigation on my wrist was another almost switchable moment for me and 92 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:35,080 probably a lot of people who don't have Car mounts for their phones and that's 93 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:39,680 just that's just the tip of what Android Wear will be able to do in the future I 94 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:43,919 mean you can already get other cool stuff like thirdparty watch face 95 00:06:41,639 --> 00:06:48,319 managers um I used facer which you can use to download and create new watch 96 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:52,080 faces to augment the utterly anemic stock selection although I have to say 97 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:55,360 it is appalling to me that you even need to work around with a third party tool 98 00:06:53,639 --> 00:06:59,680 for this but I digress and then there are other useful apps including the 99 00:06:56,879 --> 00:07:04,360 usual Smartwatch you know ring my phone buzz me if I go out of range and health 100 00:07:01,599 --> 00:07:09,520 tracker stuff but also you know some androidy stuff in there like custom 101 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:12,280 launchers which you can learn about here 102 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:17,400 uh calculators a Google Keep integration a network status change Notifier a 103 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:21,160 screen Locker so errant water drops don't fire up Google Now all the time if 104 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:25,160 you're in the shower for example and even this super handy spin the bottle 105 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:29,039 app if you happen to be a daring adolescent okay that one's not that 106 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:34,800 useful but at the point is we're going to see more in the future so bottom line 107 00:07:32,199 --> 00:07:40,000 though is it awesome lonus are you ready to abandon your Pebble Steel for Android 108 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:42,039 Wear the answer is unfortunately no um 109 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:45,800 part of this is the hardware I continue to believe in the importance of 110 00:07:43,319 --> 00:07:49,639 multi-day batteries for mobile devices even though the convenient wireless 111 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:55,599 charging dock takes some of the sting out but the biggest part of the problem 112 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:57,360 here for me is software smartphones won 113 00:07:55,599 --> 00:08:02,599 me over to single day batteries by giving me Oodles of function ity that my 114 00:08:00,199 --> 00:08:07,680 old flip couldn't and while being able to run apps in the background on a on a 115 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:12,319 watch something that Pebble can't 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