Re: Smart watches

From	Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: Smart watches
Date	2025-08-20 15:43 +0200
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Andy Burns, 2025-08-06 14:46:

> Theo wrote:
> 
>> Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>> Andy Burns wrote:
>>>>>> I've disregarded smartwatches up to now, but starting to consider them,
>>>> a couple of questions ...
>>>>
>>>> Can the watch stream music to bluetooth earbuds when not carrying the
>>>> phone around?  Similarly for phone calls?
>>>
>>> I doubt it. Mine can control the music, but it comes from the phone.
>>
>> If the watch can store the music itself, then it must be able to do
>> bluetooth to headphones.
> 
> I think that's right, the watches I've looked at have e.g. 32GB of 
> flash, I presume music is the main thing you'd want to store?  I can't 
> see collected fitbit type data being huge.

There are plenty of apps for WearOS which also need storage. A
smartwatch is nowadays just a small smartphone.


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