Casio/G-SHOCK, one of the few brands which I think could plausibly stretch/apply itself into more tech areas than it currently does. Wearables, re-entering the market for ruggedised android phones, etc.
How's the battery life on these Casios with fancy features?
My ideal smart (dumb) watch has step/heart/sleep tracking synced to my phone, no other connected features (especially no notifications), and a ~month of battery life. Currently that only satisfied by a Withings Scan Watch or a few Garmin models with the notifications disabled...
It seems that the battery lasts 35 hours with heart rate tracking, 1 month with no HR, and 11 months with power saving.
Run Time
Using activity functions (heart rate): Approx. 35 hours max.
Using in watch mode with heart rate measurement OFF: Approx. 1 month
Using with power-saving function ON: Approx. 11 months
I'm not sure how well the "solar charging" feature works, though. It's surprising that it does not last longer than Fitbit or Garmin.
Yeah, 36 hours is honestly pretty disappointing. The old Withings ScanWatch easily ran >2 weeks with HR and notifications enabled, I'd have expected similar performance from the Casio.
Is that even possible with medial grade wrist devices? Apple Watches can perform it only during sleep which makes sense. It seems like a difficult problem to solve without a chest strap, or just measuring during sleep.
The only other alternative I can think of is a screen strap (some companies make those screenless ones, Polar, Whoop) around the bicep, as it’s relatively close to the shoulder and chest areas which gently move with our breath.
Nah, this is not the first G-Shock with an HRM. This is only the first in the "G-LIDE" series designed for surfers which usually has a tide graph. But there have been Wear OS G-Shocks and G-Move watches with HRM in the past.
It's a cool novelty but as a sports+tech+watch enthusiast (I guess which makes me the ideal target market for it), it doesn't speak to me. It's far too chunky at 17mm (that's 0.66 inches) and the fact I would need to charge a "legacy" watch has no appeal to me.
More like, automatic time correction is the best reason we found for mandating smartphone pairing and we hope you won't remember there's a better solution.
Also, 35 days that the battery lasts is 1/10 of a year, compared to 10 years that radio-synced watches have, so two orders of magnitude less. Fuck off with smartphone pairing, Casio.
edit: 35 hours, lol, so more like three orders of magnitude less.
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Use USB charging for the heart rate monitor, step tracker and notifications. Time display is powered by solar charging alone when the battery runs low.
"""
I have a gshock already (GM-B2100D-1A) and I love it - I especially love that it should never be opened, always just works, and it looks ok too (:
Uhm the caption isn't remotely correct? Casio has had a G-Shock with heart rate monitor and smartphone link for years now. This is the first G-Lide series watch with these features however.
Casio/G-SHOCK, one of the few brands which I think could plausibly stretch/apply itself into more tech areas than it currently does. Wearables, re-entering the market for ruggedised android phones, etc.
Yay for the heart rate, boo for the smartphone.
How's the battery life on these Casios with fancy features?
My ideal smart (dumb) watch has step/heart/sleep tracking synced to my phone, no other connected features (especially no notifications), and a ~month of battery life. Currently that only satisfied by a Withings Scan Watch or a few Garmin models with the notifications disabled...
Garmin Instinct 3 Solar, very close to 30 days for me. YMMV depending on how much sun you get
It seems that the battery lasts 35 hours with heart rate tracking, 1 month with no HR, and 11 months with power saving.
I'm not sure how well the "solar charging" feature works, though. It's surprising that it does not last longer than Fitbit or Garmin.My ideal watch also has: mobile voice & data connection (via eSim), speaker and microphone, camera.
Those in addition to what it already has: 1 month battery life, HR and SpO2 tracking, flashlight.
Also, blood glocose and BHB monitoring would be nice.
And I didn't mention the software..
36ish hours a charge w/ HR stuff enabled.
Yet, my 10+ years old pebble 2 HR lasts a week, and the new pebble time 2 claims up to a month.
Yeah, 36 hours is honestly pretty disappointing. The old Withings ScanWatch easily ran >2 weeks with HR and notifications enabled, I'd have expected similar performance from the Casio.
Take a look at the Amazfit NEO. I use it with all the notifications off.
Waiting for a watch that can measure respiratory rate.
Is that even possible with medial grade wrist devices? Apple Watches can perform it only during sleep which makes sense. It seems like a difficult problem to solve without a chest strap, or just measuring during sleep.
The only other alternative I can think of is a screen strap (some companies make those screenless ones, Polar, Whoop) around the bicep, as it’s relatively close to the shoulder and chest areas which gently move with our breath.
Nah, this is not the first G-Shock with an HRM. This is only the first in the "G-LIDE" series designed for surfers which usually has a tide graph. But there have been Wear OS G-Shocks and G-Move watches with HRM in the past.
I want this in the classic F-77W or F-91W shell. Has this been already done neatly?
It's a cool novelty but as a sports+tech+watch enthusiast (I guess which makes me the ideal target market for it), it doesn't speak to me. It's far too chunky at 17mm (that's 0.66 inches) and the fact I would need to charge a "legacy" watch has no appeal to me.
> smartphone pairing enables automatic time correction
I like how they're advertising this shitty feature that's much more cumbersome than what their watches have now, namely https://gshock.casio.com/europe/technology/radio/
More like, automatic time correction is the best reason we found for mandating smartphone pairing and we hope you won't remember there's a better solution.
Also, 35 days that the battery lasts is 1/10 of a year, compared to 10 years that radio-synced watches have, so two orders of magnitude less. Fuck off with smartphone pairing, Casio.
edit: 35 hours, lol, so more like three orders of magnitude less.
It's super cool and I love G Shock in general but the Casio app is straight up awful.
Have you tried this open-source app:
https://github.com/izivkov/gshock-smart-sync-webapp
A web app i have to host on my own, use workaround apps to connect to it vs a clunky casio app that just works? I’ll go with clunky here
I use this app on android : https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.avmedia.gshockGoogleSync...
I mean... this is Hacker News. A lot of the audience would be excited about an self-hosted alternative.
Not when it’s such a hassle
looks neat, but this would stop my buy:
""" Use USB charging for the heart rate monitor, step tracker and notifications. Time display is powered by solar charging alone when the battery runs low. """
I have a gshock already (GM-B2100D-1A) and I love it - I especially love that it should never be opened, always just works, and it looks ok too (:
Uhm the caption isn't remotely correct? Casio has had a G-Shock with heart rate monitor and smartphone link for years now. This is the first G-Lide series watch with these features however.