I'm not a watch person, and the only reason I occasionally wear one is because it's a Garmin and I'm recording an outdoor activity with it. But while cycling, when the phone in my backpack makes a notification noise, it is kind of handy to just be able to look at the watch to see what kind of notification it is - the kind hardly worth looking at or the kind worth stopping and pulling out the phone to reply to. This particular gadget doesn't have a microphone and any app interaction on it involves a multi-button dance. But if there was a single button audio recording app, I can totally see myself using it. Especially as you get older (I'm guessing - can't interview younger me) fleeting thoughts can be awfully fleeting.

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Tempest1981 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> if there was a single button audio recording app

Would the watch require 1 or 2 hands to record audio?

The ring seems easier to use while biking. Or driving.

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apparent 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's easy to use a Pebble while driving. Not like you can't take one hand off the wheel briefly to hit a button.

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malyk 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Can't you just say "Hey siri, add a note"? I add reminders, send texts, etc. that way.

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scratchyone 11 hours ago | parent [-]

Yeah, there's lots of places you can't speak out loud bc it's disruptive to others though. Personally I set a lot of Siri reminders, but it's weird and uncomfortable to talk loudly at your phone in public spaces so I can only use it at home or outdoors. If the ring can follow through on the promise of being able to whisper to it, that's fairly valuable imo

	▲	Daneel_ an hour ago \| parent [-]
		You can whisper to Siri on your phone or your watch too - that’s not a ring exclusive.

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braincat31415 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There is another way to go about it - ignoring the phone completely while enjoying biking or jogging. Or leaving it at home. Unless I am on a call duty, all my notifications can wait.

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MarkusWandel 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

My notification volume is relatively low, but there is one kind of notification, involving a certain significant other (we have high-needs kids) that requires action. So if the phone rings or there is a text message, for example, seeing at a glance (no button presses) what number it is from definitely allows stop/continue decision. I wish I did have a life where I can leave the electronic leash at home, or at least on mute.

	▲	ternus 10 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		On iOS, and probably on Android though I haven't checked, you can choose to only be notified of messages from certain contacts (in iOS it's in Focus Modes). This may help.
	▲	braincat31415 14 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Understood.

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bigiain 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

My original Pebble purchase decision was made thinking "This will be great, I can use it while commuting to see who's calling or messaging my phone, so I can decide whether to pull over to respond or not!" I had a 35-40 minute each commute where I rode a motorcycle every day back then.

Turns out, the number of times I pulled over to return a call or message was precisely never. There was nothing so important that I could do anything about it by the side of the road, or that couldn't wait half an hour till I got to work/home.