Motorola - Moto 360 Smart Watch for Android Devices 4.3 or Higher - Gray Leather

Beyond a doubt one the best watch purchases I've made in years. I have more watches than I'll admit to in print... Bad news : Battery life sucks- On at 6:30 am and at 50% by 8:30. It took a while to get that range. I keep the faces to low power (thank you Intellicom app!) and wifi to home at nights. Not really a go to for all day adventures as an activity tracker. Not completely able to use any 22mm band (tiny groove in the middle why?) and the spring coils are evil little demons. Messing with the band will more than likely cause the infamous cracks on the back. The heart rate monitor makes me wish I had my fitbit back or maybe I'm heartless. It doesn't report monitoring unless you activate the app. Again miss the fitbit but only when I want to track activity levels because... The good part: This is a watch collector must have! The silver/stone combo is the ultimate neutral. On my girly wrist, it doesn't come off too manly and on husband's it looks just right. I like big ole chronograph watches so there wasn't a moment of "Gah! What is Big Ben doing on my wrist?!" Some reviews said it looked odd from the side and yup, it does now that you mention it.. but that angle is not a common position so okay.. I wish the band was more flush with the casing so I needn't worry about the back cracking.. But it gets compliments almost daily. The leather is study and has worn to a nice weathered look. Which is way better than the black strapped ones. I know people with the black band it looks crinkled and ready to replace within a few months. The UI is very intuitive. I love all the geeky things it can do. Everything from running my car radio, buzzing me to turn left, finding my phone and replying to texts without digging for the phone in my purse. Notifications are more subtle in meetings. Paring this to my old HTC m7 and now Galaxy s6 edge was easy. Yes, I now match outfits to watch faces, this might stop someday but until then I've got a great watch to play with at a great price point. Tech geek is more than appeased.

I love my Moto 360; but even with the 5.0.1 update the watch battery just doesn't make it all day long. I have to charge it after lunch just to make it last until I get home after school. Granted I have a couple of 15 hour days between work & college; but it's about out of juice by the end of the work day. I also have a few scratches on the gorilla glass after only 8 days of use (in an office setting). I am now ordering the screen protector & an extra charger because it charges faster with the one made for the Motorola versus my other qi charger. That being said, I love the functionality of the watch. I have a family member that needs to be able to contact me immediately if needed and it's a nice reassurance that the watch will light up with a text (including Google hangouts!) message or a phone call so I can give a quick glance to see if it is an immediate need to grab my phone. If they will get that battery a little longer life, I would never have to take it off during the day to charge it. I <3 my Moto 360! I also <3 the Minion time app I got from the app store.

I've only been using the watch for two days, but so far I have mixed feelings on the watch so far. Battery Life: Many articles are saying the recent firmware upgrade gives the Moto 360 significantly better battery life, but in my first days of use I am only getting about 15 hours on a charge with ambient mode off. Hopefully that will improve as the watch better calibrates its battery estimates (and I stop playing with the watch so much). Looks: The watch itself has a nice look, but the round shape is a bit "cartoony". Also, while the gray band feels nice to the touch, it has a cardboard look to it which I am not a fan of. Luckily the watch body's stainless steel matches well with the Pebble Steel band, which fits perfectly and definitely improves the look (see attached picture). Best Buy sells them for $20, a much better price than what Motorola is saying the cost of their steel band will be (closer to $80). Android Wear: Android wear is in it's infancy, and it shows. While notifications work well, the ability to interact with them varies by application. For example, GMail and Hangouts allow you to reply by voice, but the stock Email client gives the option to reply but it doesn't work. Also, there is no way to see a message once you have dismissed it. Finding the "launcher" is tricky, it is buried at the bottom of the options in the OK Google screen. A third party launcher is available, but it can get in your way and isn't ideal. I think Google will improve the features as they move to the L release, but time will tell.

I really cannot take my eyes off of my moto 360-stone leather band! I was lucky enough to snatch one right before it was sold out in a mere 30 minutes when this color first came out to best buy! I've been getting a lot of compliments on how beautiful it looks, and I do agree it's a great looking device with a lot to offer! I love being able to show it off to people who ask me "how can you tell time when the screen is all black?!". I just flick my wrist, give it a few swipes and amaze the crowd! I like that I can get all of my notifications while I'm in a meeting, driving, or if I leave my phone in my office to meet with employees, I don't miss a thing! The battery life is great, my moto 360 gets off the charger at 7:30am and by the time I get home at 7:00pm it's still around 50-60% charged, and I do get a lot of notifications!!! Sometimes I can go for 2 days without fully charging it. I just throw it on the charger when I wake up to wash up/get dressed for work for 30 mins, and by the time I take it off to leave, it's good to last for the rest of the day. I like how most of the apps are free on android wear, unlike the pebble which charges you when you download the companion apps in the play store. In addition, I don't have to download extra apps to control music, or display notifications with foreign languages (ex. Chinese) as I do get notifications on Whatsapp and WeChat. Android Wear still has a lot of space for improvement, but so far I have no complains and love having it on my wrist everyday!!! I can't wait for the other android wear smartwatches to come out!

It may not be perfect but in my opinion it’s the best of the smart watches on the market today. With the latest firmware installed and ambient mode turned off I am getting over a day of runtime on a single charge. On the other hand with ambient mode turned on I am getting about 12 hrs worth of life before needing to charge. I am not a huge fan of the leather band that comes with the watch; however, an easy $19 upgrade of adding the pebble steel watch band took care of that.

If you love the android/google ecosystem this watch just adds so much more to that. I would recommend just getting the one with the leather watch band and buying the pebble steel band. There are issues with this watch, but once you give it a try it will be hard not to love it. Also it is the best looking android wear watch you can buy (for now). The battery life is not bad, I set mine to a fixed brightness of four with the ambient light on and still get over 14 hours of use.

I was able to get this watch by ordering in-store and having it shipped to the house. Easy to do. First couple days with it were interesting, and many other's complaints of battery life being short were realized, but it was 80% my fault as I was fiddling with it constantly. Once I matured in how I used it a bit, and the latest software update for Android Wear came along, the battery life seems to have tripled. No problem going all day. Watch will be better as more apps take advantage of the tech. However, it does a great job at notifications, even from non-compatible apps, and there are really cool wear-based apps like Bearing that are great for the outdoors. I switched out the band. I put a Super Engineer 20MM on it (the 22MM does not allow you to release the pins) and it really feels a lot tougher. Leather band is very nicely made, but just not 'me'. Pebble Steel bands work, but feel very flimsy. You must swap the watch connection and clasp connection links on this band to work, just as an FYI.

This is the best design for a smartwatch so far on the market. Paired up with Android Wear we have a solid operating device as well. After the initial newness period when I was playing with it at all times, Ifind that I manage atleast 14 hours on a single charge. This easily meets my needs in a day waking around 7am and returning it to its charger around 7pm. Battery life is effected heavily by the watch face you use as well as ambient mode or screen on all the time. Watch faces that are not built in kill the battery quicker. The watch band can be changed out with most 22mm bands, So far this watch has been a solid peice in my tech & accessories arsenal. Very classy design and solid functionality.