But it's a decision that I welcome. Android Wear is still finding its footing and with Sony jumping into the mix can only be a good thing. And don’t worry about draining your battery life – the Augmented SmartWatch Pro is designed with efficiency in mind, so it won’t slow down or use up too much power while in use. Although rumours abound of a Sony Smartwatch 4, at the moment it’s still under wraps so, should you buy one of these three older models? The answer very much depends on what you want from a smartwatch and your own personal preferences. If you have a Sony Xperia smartphone, you may appreciate the better connectivity, but if you’re looking for a fully functioning wearable for a similar price, you may be better off looking at a Samsung Galaxy Active 2. Try a factory reset from the Recovery Mode of the watch, you can google the steps for getting in to the recovery mode. Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions. Read our editorial mission & see how we test.

The SmartWatch 3 is definitely Sony's best smartwatch yet. The switch to Android Wear, however, is both a blessing and a curse. It's an improvement over Sony's previous smartwatch UI, but I'm just not convinced that it's ever going to become the type of operating system that makes the smartwatch something people need, rather than something they maybe-sort-of-want. Are you looking for a way to make the most out of your smartwatch? Look no further than the Augmented SmartWatch Pro app, designed to enhance your watch’s capabilities unlike any other app on the market.

As with all devices, you can expect a range of pros and cons. To make your decision-making easier, we have detailed the main pros and cons below so that you can get an idea of what you would be spending your money on. Pros But what sets this app apart is its augmented reality features. With just a few taps on your smartwatch screen, you can access a map overlay or view information about nearby restaurants and businesses simply by pointing at them with your watch face. It’s like having a personal assistant right there on your wrist! Sony has popped a relatively mediocre 1.6-inch, 220 x 176 TFT LCD display in the Smartwatch 2, which is no where near as detailed or bright as the AMOLED offering in the Galaxy Gear, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. This device is powered by Android Wear and works well if you are not used to wearing a smartwatch. The decision to not update it over the years has meant that the functionality is not what it once was and it is therefore much harder to use if you wanted it as an everyday watch. When it comes to using the watch, you simply tap the screen to bring it to life or cover it with your palm to dim it when you have finished.

Google Play is currently home to more Android Wear apps now than when it launched in the summer, but this time around I only saw 17 additions from when I reviewed the G Watch R over a month ago, bringing the total count up to 193. That's a decent amount of apps, but it doesn't suggest that Android Wear development is necessarily spreading like wildfire. On the plus side, the SmartWatch 3 has a 420mAh battery, which is just large enough to be the highest-capacity cell we've seen in an Android Wear device so far. Sony claims the battery is good for up to two days of use, but I think you're going to need to charge the watch every night, particularly if you use GPS a lot. Yes, you can definitely get more than a day's worth of battery life out of the SmartWatch 3, but it's probably going to die at some point the following afternoon. However, if you are considering purchasing one, then it really is not worth it unless you are looking to save a piece of history. They are hard to find, very outdated, and do not beat or even meet the current competition. The Sony Smartwatch 3 is ultimately not worth spending your money on.

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The SmartWatch 3 is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core ARM Cortex A7 processor and 512MB RAM, so it performs on par with other Android Wear devices. It also has 4GB of storage, 2.5GB of which are available to users out of the box. I hope it’s not only me that think that this watch is beautiful and looks better than the generic circle watch.