WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:07.200 For the last few weeks, I've been using what is arguably the best smartwatch on 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:10.800 the market, the Garmin Venue X1. I've never used a Garmin smartwatch before. 00:00:09.120 --> 00:00:15.040 And right out of the gate, there were a ton of things to absolutely love [music] 00:00:13.200 --> 00:00:22.000 about this thing. First and foremost being the giant sapphire glass covered 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:24.400 2in OLED display. As you can see, it's 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:28.080 already set up, but there's really not that much to miss about the setup 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:32.719 wizard. It's painless and other than one small typo, was basically just cute. It 00:00:30.720 --> 00:00:37.840 was as easy to set up as any modern smart device that I've used in recent 00:00:34.559 --> 00:00:40.079 years. It's shockingly slim for all of 00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:43.920 the features and sensors that it has packed into it, which really did make 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:49.680 more of a noticeable difference to comfort than I actually expected and 00:00:46.559 --> 00:00:52.640 includes a sports style band that really 00:00:49.680 --> 00:00:58.239 indicates what this watch is for. On paper, I am the perfect target audience 00:00:55.760 --> 00:01:04.400 for this because I am techie, I'm active, and maybe most importantly, I 00:01:01.359 --> 00:01:07.200 can afford an $800 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:11.600 smartwatch. Good god, is it ever expensive. But let's talk about what you 00:01:09.280 --> 00:01:15.840 get for your money. Included in the box is a 00:01:13.520 --> 00:01:22.080 really, you guys, 1 and 1/2 ft proprietary charging cable. 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:26.159 What even is this? To its credit, it goes on pretty easily. It is reversible 00:01:24.080 --> 00:01:29.600 and I didn't have any issues with the interface [music] with respect to, you 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:33.920 know, water getting on it and preventing it from being charged, which, oh, 00:01:31.360 --> 00:01:40.240 speaking of, it's water resistant to 50 m or five atmospheres, but is not as 00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:44.560 dive focused as something like uh Huawei's recent efforts. All right, you 00:01:42.320 --> 00:01:51.840 also get some documentation. I love documentation. Not charging it below 0° 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:54.880 is an odd choice for something that's so 00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:56.479 outdoorsy focused, but maybe the hope is 00:01:54.880 --> 00:02:02.079 you won't be charging it that often. They claim up to 11 days in power saver 00:01:59.119 --> 00:02:07.680 mode, up to 8 days in smartwatch mode, and I usually got more like 2 or 3 days 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:11.280 because I used the always on display because in my opinion, if [music] you 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:15.280 can't always tell the time, it's not a watch. It's certainly not very smart. On 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:18.640 their site, they get even more granular about what kind of battery life you can 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:23.040 expect with the most demanding use case being all systems, global navigation, 00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:27.680 satellite mode with music playing. And they say you can get up to 7 hours. Now, 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:31.680 that's not necessarily long enough for the most demanding athletic events. Like 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:34.959 say, what were you saying? An Iron Man event takes longer than that. Super 00:02:33.200 --> 00:02:38.879 cool. Wouldn't know. Never done an Iron Man event. Uh but in fairness to them, 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:43.840 that's with a lot running. GPS, Gloness, Galileo, QZSS. I've never even heard of 00:02:41.760 --> 00:02:47.120 that one before. They do that one. I know. Heart rate monitor, blood oxygen 00:02:45.760 --> 00:02:53.120 saturation monitor, barometric altimeter, compass, gyroscope, accelerometer, thermometer, and ambient 00:02:50.720 --> 00:02:58.400 light sensor. And they managed to pack that all into this skinny titanium 00:02:55.680 --> 00:03:03.200 frame. So, actually, I the display was a really high point for me as well. So, 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:04.959 it's a 2-in OLED with a 448x486 00:03:03.200 --> 00:03:08.800 pixel resolution that I found very easy to read in basically [music] 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:14.879 every circumstance. Let's have a look at the interface. Frankly, I didn't find it 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:18.879 to be the most intuitive thing, but it's kind of part for the course for smart 00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:24.319 watches. So, you pull up to get access to a bunch of your sort of common 00:03:20.959 --> 00:03:27.360 functions and important data. Here's all 00:03:24.319 --> 00:03:28.959 your notifications. Boom. Uh, there were 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:34.080 some things I really liked about the way it handles notifications. For instance, 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:39.440 in Microsoft Teams, when you dismiss something from here, it's dismissed. You 00:03:37.519 --> 00:03:42.720 don't get harassed by that notification again when you load up your phone. But 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:45.920 that is a bit of a double-edged sword. I did have a couple times that I swiped 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:51.120 something away from my watch and it was like now that's gone forever. So, so 00:03:48.879 --> 00:03:55.200 that's cool. Then we can press this button and I went and I customized my 00:03:53.440 --> 00:04:00.159 various activities. It wasn't immediately obvious to me how to get rid 00:03:57.040 --> 00:04:02.159 of the ones that I don't want. I don't 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:05.200 walk for exercise. I walk to get somewhere. Like I don't need that as an 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:09.360 exercise thing. If anything, I would like it out of the way of the stuff that 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:14.000 I do do. I love the stair climber, the elliptical, the rower, and then check 00:04:11.200 --> 00:04:18.959 this out. They got badminton. Yo, that's freaking awesome. But like, see, these 00:04:16.560 --> 00:04:22.560 aren't pinned, right? But they're still they're still here and they're at the 00:04:20.400 --> 00:04:25.520 top, which was a little bit irritating. You know what else is irritating? 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:30.400 Interrupting your video to tell you about our sponsor, >> AIFlow. 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And I 00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:59.919 basically didn't use this that much um because I think that this is it. This is 00:05:56.720 --> 00:06:02.000 the definitive nail in the coffin of me 00:05:59.919 --> 00:06:05.840 caring about [music] advanced smart watches. Like I said at the beginning of 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:11.199 the video, on paper, I'm the perfect customer for this. It's really cool. 00:06:08.960 --> 00:06:15.120 Like it can do all this stuff. But what I found more than anything else was that 00:06:13.360 --> 00:06:18.479 I used it to set a timer for like footwork drills and stuff. I probably 00:06:17.039 --> 00:06:25.440 could have done that for a lot less than $800 US. And there were some areas where 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:26.960 the Venue X1 did fall short for me 00:06:25.440 --> 00:06:31.759 compared to other smart watches that I've used. For instance, it doesn't have 00:06:29.360 --> 00:06:36.800 any cellular connectivity. So, you can't just go out and leave your phone at home 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:43.360 if you expect to get any calls. And making matters worse, its integration 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:45.280 with databased calling apps was not 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:48.880 perfect. I got a team's call once while I was in the bathroom. TMI, sorry. And I 00:06:47.280 --> 00:06:54.400 had left my phone at my desk and I was like, "Oh, I will simply take action and 00:06:52.080 --> 00:06:57.759 I will let them know that I no, I will do absolutely nothing." I couldn't take 00:06:56.080 --> 00:07:03.440 the call and talk to them through my wrist. And I wasn't even able to send a 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:05.199 message that said be right there or give 00:07:03.440 --> 00:07:08.240 me a sec or you know, whatever. Here, Belle, do you want to call me on Teams? 00:07:06.960 --> 00:07:11.039 >> Yes. >> Do you really want to though? You don't sound like you want to. 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:20.599 >> Yeah. >> Don't you love his enthusiasm, folks? incoming call. Okay, 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:20.599 so my options are 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:27.520 decline call. [laughter] 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:29.990 Okay, and that's on Android. Some iOS 00:07:27.520 --> 00:07:34.080 users have pointed out that [clears throat] the integration with iOS 00:07:31.440 --> 00:07:38.160 and notifications and whatnot is not as good as it is on Android. However, it is 00:07:36.479 --> 00:07:43.360 important to lay the blame for that where it belongs and it lies with Apple. 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:47.680 Apple, get your together. If people want just an iPhone, that's okay. If 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:51.599 people want just AirPods, that's okay, too. I promise this video is not going 00:07:49.599 --> 00:07:56.960 to turn into an Apple rant. See? See my discipline? I'm done. [music] Anyway, 00:07:55.039 --> 00:08:00.879 no, no, I'm not quite done. The uh Pebble co-founder who recently 00:07:58.800 --> 00:08:04.400 relaunched Pebble was talking about how flipping difficult Apple makes it for 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:08.080 third party accessories to work as well as the first party ones. Apple, get your 00:08:06.800 --> 00:08:13.120 together. Sorry, I'm done. I'm done. This is the coolest feature of this watch, though. This is something I've 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:18.479 never actually seen before on a watch. CHECK THIS OUT. WA! IT HAS A BUILT-IN 00:08:15.440 --> 00:08:19.680 FLASHLIGHT. AH, how cool is that? It 00:08:18.479 --> 00:08:23.919 doesn't look that bright right now because we're under studio lighting. But 00:08:21.520 --> 00:08:29.599 let me tell you, this got me out of some binds. I did not use it that often. Used 00:08:26.975 --> 00:08:35.279 [music] it like three times, but man, what a rush. What a rush those three 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:39.440 times, you guys. Flipping amazing. And you know what? The comments are going to 00:08:36.640 --> 00:08:45.600 be full of people who get a ton of value out of this stuff, right? That's like so 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:49.680 cool. And um I love it for you. Oh, 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:51.440 played some crazy badminton last night. 00:08:49.680 --> 00:08:55.279 Way way way more than I probably should have cuz I have training again today. 00:08:52.959 --> 00:08:59.040 Oh, that's one thing the Venue X1 can help you with theoretically. It can like 00:08:57.040 --> 00:09:02.640 help you plan your optimal recovery time and tell you when you're good to go 00:09:00.160 --> 00:09:06.880 again. I just like went hard with the massage gun, had a long bath, and then 00:09:04.880 --> 00:09:11.680 got really hydrated in hopes that I will somehow survive today. They've got like 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:16.240 pace tracking for if you're a cyclist or a runner. Climb pro, which I don't know 00:09:14.320 --> 00:09:19.839 if you're going to like free climb a skyscraper or something. Maybe that'd be 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:23.680 useful. Maybe it wouldn't. I wouldn't know. Never done it. Oh, they've got a 00:09:21.440 --> 00:09:27.680 bunch of cool tennis stuff, which presumably the Australian Open would ban 00:09:25.839 --> 00:09:32.880 anyway. They got a bunch of golf stuff, including course view maps for 43,000 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:38.320 golf. Did you know there's 43,000 golf courses on Earth? Wow. Golf. Yeah. 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:43.200 Wow. We can have a look at the app if you guys want. There's my body battery 00:09:40.800 --> 00:09:47.120 in case anyone cared about that. So, some days I start pretty low and other 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:51.839 days I start high and I go low. I've never been able to understand this cuz 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:54.000 like I eat a thing of pad thai like 00:09:51.839 --> 00:09:58.959 every other day for lunch at work that has got to be like 2500 calories. It's 00:09:56.640 --> 00:10:03.120 like a family style like pad thai serving for the table. And apparently I 00:10:00.959 --> 00:10:06.480 only burn like 2,000 calories every day. But I eat other meals. I don't 00:10:04.880 --> 00:10:13.519 understand the math of this. You guys look at that day. What day was that? 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:17.680 Good lord. Wednesday CES 00:10:13.519 --> 00:10:20.240 22,000 steps. I like going for a walk at 00:10:17.680 --> 00:10:24.160 the end of the day. Um, you know, to take my mind off all the walking around 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:28.640 that I've done that day during CES. So, I end up walking a flipping [music] ton 00:10:26.160 --> 00:10:32.800 during the show. Last comment, I don't know if they got any like antimicrobial 00:10:30.560 --> 00:10:37.200 whatever in it, but the strap didn't get super stinky, which normally is a 00:10:35.200 --> 00:10:43.200 problem for me. Thanks for watching ShortCircuit. Sup, 00:10:39.680 --> 00:10:45.200 Garmin fans. Hopefully I uh 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:48.640 didn't displease you. Please don't yell at me in the comments forever.