Thank you
This information is very helpful. Thank you. Things like this should help folks to understand that their phone, Android in particular, has functionality that can affect the way the Watch functions. The android software is changing as well. This requires constant maintenance for the watch software. Folks should also understand that the android software can change while the programmer in working with what they believe to be the latest. As a retired programmer of 30 years I understand these things. 
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This is so true. I tried explaining that to individuals in the forums. It is not trivial writing code for Android or even iOS. each has there hurdles you need to overcome.
Android user here, Galaxy Note 10.
was able to sync successfully, sms messages are coming thru ok, though without names (I heard the watch doesnt sync with your phone contacts, and they are working on this), phone calls are coming thru ok. I’m not getting any app notifications though, At all. I’ve got quite a lot of apps turned on within the wyze app. I have the app running in the background, with no battery limitations on for apps, I’m unsure what to do. I’ve had my phone screen unlocked and see notifications coming thru from apps, but nothing on my watch. I also didnt get any sleep data lastnight.
P.S I don’t think your group messeges get pushed to your phone, because I haven’t received mine. just individual text messages. I tried some shortcuts with my wyze products on the app, and they have transfered over to my watch, so that is working ok. Its just the actual app notifications that do not work.
thanks for you help!
While I don’t disagree with this, in concept… Android actually doesn’t change that much outside of major revisions, which at best come out annually. While there are hurdles to programming across android and IOS, this is actually significantly easier if you don’t keep 2 code bases and instead use a platform agnostic language/framework, like flutter for instance. However, Android programming in terms of properly working with background tasks I don’t think has really changed much since Wyze has been in business… Let alone since they added this watch to their lineup.
Even so, Google offers fairly flexible compatibility abstraction, that if used properly, can prevent the need for major software changes for multiple versions. Even things like keeping an entire app running in the background, rather than creating a service with the limited functionality that you actually need in the background, hasn’t really been “proper” coding on Android for a while now. Android added the “background task” notification of shame when developers keep the functionality in the main app rather than using something more sensible like WorkRequest. The notification goes ahead and lets you know that an app is basically ignoring any battery saving features that Android provides as well as batching of notifications/data syncing. To me, this either means that they rushed it out the door or just don’t know better.
Given that I still get crashes on a rule that I made in their app when it tries to pull the rule from the server for the past few months (probably got stored malformed), I’m going to assume that it’s more of the latter.
I will say that I’ll give them some leeway as it looks as though Wyze created their own firmware for the watch (rather than doing something crazy like adopting Wear OS, which would’ve locked then mostly to Android device) which makes things even more difficult for them. Now they have to create the entire framework between the app and device. While I was excited to get this smart watch, it’s a bit of a sad state when (from pictures in this thread) the smart watch is less functional than their fitness tracker.
I feel like they would’ve been better off holding off a couple extra months before shipping the pre-orders to finish more of what is considered “basic” smart watch functionality these days. There are some things that can be expected based on the hardware that was advertised… No lux sensor for auto brightness (though this field l could be worked around with time based rules from the app to change brightness), no proximity sensor, no microphone, no speaker, no local storage. Fair enough, this was all expected.
However, they needed more time for the software. For instance, take this “concept photo” that I literally just snapped a screenshot from the Wyze watch page…
Where’s that notification at? I don’t have anything on my watch even remotely resembling that for emails.
I think it really shot them in the foot to release this watch as is. I personally can’t recommend it to anyone as it currently is. Maybe I’m another 6 months to year of software updates, it will get where it’s a decent smart watch… But, that’s definitely not where it is today.
-Joe
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wish I could get my wyze notifications, or just any app notifications for that matter lol
I do agree that Wyze could utilize an agnostic development environment, which would make things a bit easier, but as I am not on the development team I cannot say one way or the other on how they actually do their development.
All I can say is that 37 years in the development field and working on iOS and Android efforts for last few years have yielded some basic understanding of the differences and requirements each platform places on the application. iOS is more stringent on how they require things to get done, if you wish to put it on the App Store. Android is more open. However, Android did go through a major over haul in recent years, some of which had to do with privacy, battery life, and adaptive / learning options. This changed how individuals need to send notifications as they will experience delays if they do not. They even went as far as removing the option to turn off the Doze mode (it was called something else in the past) without replacing it with another option. Matter of fact, even some of the Android/Google apps are affected by this.
Don’t think I am making excuses here, as I have always said that Wyze needs to correct the notification issues for Android. But, I always try to provide options which could help individuals with similar issues. Everyone has there opinions or decide how they would like to resolve their problems, it is always nice to see if someone else was able to fix an issue so that I don’t spend a lot of time trying to myself.
With that said, the Wyze watch for me has been working great. Yes, it needs to have updates made to it, but from the initial setup, I have not experienced any major issues which would require me to put it away. I see in the forums that others have, and hopefully a resolution can be provided.
Problems so far are:
- The GMail issue is still a problem, I get who its from and the subject line now and not the preview.
- Tapping the screen to wake it needs to be added
- Stronger Vibration or double vibration as it is a bit weak
Enhancements I would like to see
- Ability to provide canned responses or maybe type responses to Text Messages or maybe emails
- Ability to add apps if I want to
- ability to reoganize or change what some of the Swiping does. I would like my most important things to be readily available.
These are just some.
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Got the watch on Saturday. Here is my impression after also owning the wyze band:
- Faces are terrible - like from a bad 1960’s movie.
- Connectivity is very poor. Walk away from the phone and you are disconnected. I imagine this is a battery saving feature. I would rather charge the watch every day than have no connectivity.
- Weak haptic vibration - again I bet this is to save battery.
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Welcome to the community.
- I agree on the faces, I use a picture of my Grand-kids. So I have not said anything. But they could be better.
- I always carry my phone, since it is Bluetooth, you can only go so far. If they utilized the WiFi, it would better. But you make a good point.
- Agree 100% it is too weak.
In all cases, I am sure most was to save on Battery as you implied. I really want the Tap screen to wake option. This helps, especially when the lift to wake does not fully work all the time. It should be noted, my TIC Watch had the same issue, it did not always work either.
The problem with tap-to-wake is that traditionally, that has to keep the capacitive face of the screen on constantly (if it can even be powered apart from the screen). Which is a pretty big battery drain.
They could implement a tap-to-wake though based on an up/down from the accelerometer though, since that’s on anyway to track steps. I think it would work better as double tap to wake though, to prevent false positives.
The vibration strength definitely needs to be about 50% stronger too. Maybe even 100%. As is, the alarm function barely gets my attention if I’m sitting still and awake.
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Good point and explanation on the Tap to wake. Double tap would work as well
Thanks for the welcome spamoni4. I use a picture as well…the connectivity issue is important to me because why read texts or messages on the watch if I am holding the phone? The whole idea for me was freedom of movement when away from the phone. I am sure the Wyze Band has a longer range than this watch.
Hopefully they address these issues in upcoming updates.
Mario
Hi, I’m currently using the watch 47, and have been for the past 4 days or so. I’ve been experiencing some difficulties receiving app notifications. I don’t get any notifications from my wyze cameras, IG, FB, Gmail or anything. I do get text messeges and phone calls and all the data readings like sleep and heart rate seem to be working ok.
I’ve gone thru all the options on my phone that I could think of, toggled on and off a lot of options and nothing helps.
Have anyone else experienced this with Android? I have a Samsung Galaxy Note10
thanks
Out of the blue I got my first stretch reminder. I set it up 7 days ago so I guess that’s something. If it happens again in 50 minutes I’ll be shocked.
Lol. Me too
Me too. It finally popped up, so I stood up and stretched
Apparently it was a one time thing. It’s been over and hour and it never went off again.
Stellar software. I guess something got triggered server side that sent that out.
Hi everyone. Just tried a very crude test walking away from the phone with both the watch and the band and the watch lost connection right away. No more messages or e-mails. The band was still connected one flight down the stairs. Messages also get loaded much faster in the band than the watch.
Processing speed. - 44 has a 100+150 Mhz while the 47 runs a 96 Mhz.
I’m so far really enjoying my 47. The band is nice enough, but I replaced it with an army green nylon band…looks nice.
My issues are mostly the same, though I admit my requirements are pretty small. I just want to get my notifications and time and don’t even mind having to push the button to wake it up. So it’s kinda perfect for me. That said, my issues/needs are:
- Connectivity – it loses connection to my iPhone SE 2020 by just walking down the hall. Very limited range, and my Wyze Band connects much further.
- Clock faces – agree on the comments here. I’d like more muted options. The built in ones are an odd mix of pastels and neons.
- Vibration – agree here as well. It could stand to be around 50% stronger. If I’m active, I don’t feel the vibration.
- Apps - I’d like to disable/hide apps that aren’t used.
Overall, I’m pretty satisfied based on my limited requirements. From my list, the connectivity issues seem the most important though