Do I need to buy a smartwatch?

Many of you are led by this question, right? You have not made up your mind yet, you are not sure if you are going to use this new gadget; and of course, No. you know if it's worth the investmentas these wearables are not cheap.

I am going to comment on several factors and explain my personal experiences, just above and with examples, so do not panic or throw your hands at your head, son sJust some of the basic things to know about smartwatch. I will also leave you at the end a list with the most interesting smartwatches of the moment as well as their most important characteristics; From here everyone can start to find out if they really need to put a smartwatch in their life.

But what is a Smartwatch?

By itself, a smartwatch is not a big deal, a led screen clock where you can see the time, date, put skins to customize it and a few specific applications such as the stopwatch or the alarm.

To understand a smartwartch we have to think differently, we have to understand that it is an extension of our smartphone, The two communicate vía bluethoot and that we allowe control our phone through the smartwatch of a unique and fast way.

The star functionality of a smartwatch, without a doubt, is the notification management. The notifications that we normally receive on our smartphone will now also be available on our smartwatch allowing us to access them simply and quickly, without wasting time and without having to take the mobile out of the pocket.

You want an example, right?

Let's make it easy to understand, I'll give you some examples of use, totally real and that happen to me often.

I'm meeting a friend for coffee at 19:30 p.m., it's 19.25:5 p.m. and I'm on my way, smartwatch in my pocket and watch on my wrist. Suddenly, vibration, I look at the clock, I see a whatsapp from my friend saying that it is already there. With two simple interactions on the smartwatch, I respond to the message saying by voice: "I'm on my way, I'll be here in XNUMX minutes."

I have not needed to take out the mobile phone, I just wanted to send a simple, clear and concise message; without losing time.

Another example? Let's get to it. It looks like it's going to rain, I raise my arm and say to the smartwatch: "ok google." I wait 1 second for him to go into listening mode and I say again: «The time». AAt the moment I receive the weather forecast next to the temperature.

Marching one more: gthanks to the smartwatch APP Spotify I can control the volume of la reproduction and go to song; all this without having to take out the smartphone and by means of a few simple actions with the finger on the screen of my smartwatch.

Come on, the last one. If we install una application of «fit" is our will allow count the steps and the distance traveled automatically, without the need to interact with it, and automatically, then we can consult this data in the form of daily, weekly or monthly summaries.

I am not a person who usually wears watches or accessories.

This is a clear point against, if you have always gone from wearing a watch and it does not suit you, it may not be the best idea to spend the money on a gadget that will end up forgotten in a drawer.

We must remember that since we never leave the smartphone at home and carry it everywhere, many of us have gotten used to checking the time on it, thus freeing our wrist. I, personally, have been one of these for the last 3 years, previously we could say that I have been a person of those who wear a watch 50% of the time. Things changed when I bought my smartwatch 3 months ago, I no longer leave home without él. For me it has become something not essential, but yes quite Useful.

Ok, I'm interested, but tell me about the drums.

We come to the most tricky issue of all and precisely this is the one that has thrown me the most when it comes to purchasing a smartwatch. In our daily life we already have a lot of things, right? I use the smartphone a lot, usually the tablet and let's not forget the laptop, ah, the ebook too. And of course, another device in the family means that we will have to take care of it and keep it with battery. Make no mistake, that is a compromise and why not say it, a nuisance.

With its small size a smartwatch does not have much space for a good battery, so current models have 200-400 mAh batteries, about. This battery, together with responsible use, will give us autonomy para 1 day or 2 at most. Although for future generations the smartwatch is expected to increase its autonomy for the moment, I am sorry to inform you that this is what it is. Oh, and the increase in autonomy is not going to be like anything to shoot for.

To be victorious after two days, I recommend that you have the low brightness, screen off until you interact with him and him automatic screen off set to a few seconds, just enough to check the time.

Many smartwatches have a fast charging mode that we give to 40% or 50% of battery in 20 minutes, so take advantage of this.

Ok, I want one, what smartwatch do I buy?

Well that's a very personal thing. Although the market is quite limited, it has not yet reached the point where they all offer the best benefits; so you will have to trust the recommendations of the editors and the opinions of the users. FíYate fine in all specs and eunderstand them carefully.

But ¿what choose Android Wear, IOS o own systems such as Tizen from Samsung? Once again you will have to assess and weigh. Intuition should tell you that an Apple Watch will get along better with an iPhone but in general, all systems have their strengths and weaknesses.

A very important factor when we go to buy a smartwatch and which we must look at is the design, and that is el watch is a tool and at the same time a complement. Accessories are governed by the laws of personal taste and fashion, so we have to like them. For you to understand me, I am wearing an Asus Zenwatch 2 since I am more of rectangular watches and it seemed like a very good option.

Don't worry, there is a smartwatch out there for you, which will fit you perfectly, be it round or rectangular. They all have bodies, bezels, spheres and finishes in different materials, and colors. Of course, most of them come with a wide range of interchangeable straps to choose from: leather, gold, stainless steel. But be careful since all these settings can easily swing the price of a 300 smartwatch€ to € 600; and much more if we are going to look for something more luxurious.

Here we present some of that smarwatch traditional iinterestsbefore the market and some of its basic specifications: