Android Wear 2.0 Overview on LG Watch Sport
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Android Wear 2.0 Overview on LG Watch Sport

Unlike Kellen, I didn’t flash a Developer Preview of Android Wear 2.0 on one of my smartwatches as they were rolling out. I figured I would just wait for it to publicly launch and experience it with a fresh pair of eyes, and I’m happy I did that. 

Android Wear 2.0 is a large change over the last version of Google’s wearable OS, looking more polished and thought out, at least from my 15+ hours of usage. As for a basic list, Google threw in Google Assistant, support for Android Pay (not available on Watch Style), plus this rotating crown design and implementation has me totally mesmerized on the LG Watch Sport.

If you are in the same boat as me and have never laid eyes on Android Wear 2.0, the below video was made with you in mind. During the video, I go over changing watch faces, tweaks to the settings menu, using Google Assistant, as well as customizing actions for the two buttons that flank the crown.

Got any questions about Android Wear 2.0 or the Watch Sport? Hit me up in the comments below.

Software Overview on LG Watch Sport

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Tim

Stumbling upon Droid Life randomly after purchasing a Motorola DROID in late 2009, then setting out to learn everything he could about Android, Tim quickly became an integral part of the site's comment section. After quite some time of strictly commenting on Droid Life, Tim was offered an opportunity to write feature stories for the site, such as custom ROM overviews, as well as interviews with Android community members. Following success of those, Tim became a full time writer and editor for Droid Life, now spending his time on news articles, device reviews, producing videos, and much more. Tim currently resides in Portland, OR with his longtime girlfriend and two wonderful dog children (Loki & Thor). In his spare time, Tim enjoys playing guitar, drinking coffee, practicing photography, and destroying kids on Call of Duty.

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  • looks nice… also looks alot like Tizen on the gear 3 … but I am looking forward to it on my fossil watch

  • Having conflict issues with Android Wear 2.0 and the Lexus Enform App. Android Wear 2.0 prevents the Lexus Enform App to launch automatically therefore rendering the Lexus app useless and no connectivity to the cars infotainment system. Any ideas?

  • How is it that Google didn’t have enough sense to launch a Pixel watch alongside the Pixel phone, Google Assistant, and Wear 2.0?

  • Is talkback turned off, Tim? It didn’t seem to read anything back? Is that feature disabled on this watch?

  • stopped in AT&T and played with this. Its huge. way bigger than my OG 360. a friend of mine has the s3 frontier and it was bigger than that. it just sticks up way too high….unless you are just packing a big wrist, I would not suggest buying this. Its just felt uncomfy and unnatural to have this thing sitting up so high on your wrist.

    AW2.0 though, that is where its at. Wish it would hit my OG 360. I’m thinking of snagging a Zenwatch 3 or waiting for Wahways 2nd.

    • Good to know- My 360 could use an upgrade but not looking install a boat anchor on my wrist 🙂

  • But, But, I just bought the Gear S3! One thing I like of the LG wear is that you can install standalone apps. And alos you can reply back on the watch with Hangout app. You cant do that on Gear S3.

    • Scratch that: On Gear S3 you can reply to Hangouts messages by installing Android Wear on your phone and it does not need pairing.

  • How do you answer calls from the watch now? All I see is is the end call button but no answer button? This is on a Huawei Watch.

    • When a call comes in there are two buttons on the face. One to hang up or one to answer the call.

      • Not on the Huawei Watch, Wear 2.0. It only shows the red Decline button on 2.0. If I roll back to Wear 1.5 you get both.

  • I love my watch, just a heads up that a*sholes at ATT will try not to sell you the device if your not activating it. They will tell you that’s it out of stock…fyi, can you do a review on LTE and if it’s worth it…

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  • Tim, have you tried using Watchmaker or Facer using the new complications? I’m curious as to how those might work.

  • @Tim My bank’s (Santander) lack of support for Android Pay (as well as Samung and Apple pay) is the exact reason why I’m gonna be switching soon. So you’re not the only one in that boat.

    Also, thanks for the video, My watch should be in soon, and this will help get used to the all the new features.

  • I am hearing people are having trouble activating this watch on the Verizon network when purchased from the Google Store. Anyone else heard that. Had any luck activating it?

    • as of now, no one will be able to activate on Verizon; none of the IMEIs (Verizon’s, Nor Google’s, or AT&Ts) are in the database, and are not expected to be until 3/16/17. so, unless you have a Urbane 2 LTE you can switch sims with, you are SOL – tablets are suspected to not work for this, due to no SMS or phone share allowed with their IMEIs(sources : I have been talking with corp and reps for 6 hours)

      • I was able to get my LG Sport activated on the Verizon network. The staff at the store activated a sim on a returned phone then installed it in the watch. Works great. Only snag is the network sees it as a phone, so it is going to charge me the line access fee ($20) for the next billing cycle. After that, I will be able to adjust it to the $5 fee once the IMEI for this device shows up in the system.

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