[Moto 360] myswe:
still poor battery life

So, I never did this because battery life is really subjective but the battery life on the moto 360 is even after the update pretty bad.

If you want this as a watch that has cool features such as instant voice text reply notifications at a glance... do not get it. We are not there yet.

If you want this because you love gadgets and will want it no matter what, go for it. It is great and it brings joy to me every day.

And here is why:

I got the watch 2 weeks ago and obviously played a lot around with it at the beginning. That killed the watch rather quick. This is normal and it happens every time you buy a new phone as well.

But now after 2 weeks I am consistently worrying about my battery life and actively try to keep the screen off as much as possible to get me through the day. We are no where near that.

The best day so far was the watch dying on me by 4 p.m. with it being at least 1 hour in flight mode. Battery life is pretty bad, it apparently was worse at the beginning but do not be fooled by any update review, it is still bad.

My normal day:

Before I start I want to make clear that I always charge all my devices over night, it is natural to me that all your stuff get plugged in while you sleep. Phone on charger, watch on stand.

I wake up around 8,, shower and put the watch on around 8:30 the latest... from here I drive 10-40 minutes depending on what I do that day. At first I kept the navigation notification "on" on the watch but turned

those off after realizing that this killed my watch before 1 p.m. no matter what. So yes, one of the key advertised features on the watch (navigation notifications) are turned off.

With that being said I kept the music notification on, I control spotify with it (more comfortable then reaching for the phone in the car (also not illegal)). Other then the drive I pretty much only get email and

text message notifications. I get about 50-100 texts + 500 - 100 emails a day. That's way above average I understand and the watch certainly does not go off on every singe message (not for email at least).

When I notice (vibration) a notification I actively press the button to turn the screen off quicker to safe battery...

But no matter what I do, I have not made it passed 4 p.m. so far.

I recharge the watch 1-3 times a day to keep it alive. Charging is very quick so usually I am back at 100% everytime I take it off the stand.

I will start looking at custom rooms and kernels to improve battery life but as I said it is pretty bad.

My wild guess why battery life is bad:

Screen brightness

-> I do not use ambient light but the regular screen setting is already killing to much battery. It is 90% of the time to bright. The automatic brightness adjustment is crap.

The manual one even worse... setting the screen manually to "brightness 1" is way to bright. There should be a slider or something. Usually I am indoor I can save battery life by having a darker screen.

Other factors

-> Does anyone know if custom watch faces do suck a lot of battery life?

I use facer but a VERY simple watchface (digital time only - text white - bg black)

Does the amount of apps installed change battery life?