by Anura Guruge
on August 13, 2021
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I consider this to be LARGE-scale deception by THE MEDIA & Google.
I am (kind of) lost for words.
When I first heard about this HUGE (& totally unacceptable) limitation, earlier today, on a YouTube video, I thought that they had got it wrong! (See video below.) I was going to prove them wrong. Ah! They were RIGHT. And I had been badly misled. I am MAD. I am furious.
How could this be?
I was QUITE excited about the ‘Watch 4 (Classic)’.
Given my commitment to all things Google & Android (in addition to being a Google stock holder) I am really anxious to get a good, full-function smartwatch based on Google’s ‘Wear OS‘. Then I will be ALL Google: browser, phone & smartwatch (–> & possibly even my new 2022 Volvo XC60). I was so looking forward to having Google Maps on my wrist.
I have tried out two previous Samsung smartwatches: the ‘Watch 3‘ (last year) & the ‘Frontier S3‘ (in 2018). I gave up (& returned) the Watch 3 after exactly 7-days.
I thought that the Watch 4, with Google’s Wear OS, would be a better fit. I was wrong.
As some of you know I keep a close eye on smartwatch trends. As such I have been closely following all the news re. the Watch 4 for months. I made a point of reading quite a few reviews & watching an equal number of videos on the Watch 4 following its August 11, 2021, launch. Until the above video I did NOT see anything mentioning the ‘only with Samsung phones’ limitation. The media has let us down. I am trying to rectify it.
I have a Google Pixel 5. The health-features of the Samsung Watch 4 will not be available to I. How is that for Google-support. Will NOT work with Google’s flagship phone. Ridiculous. A sham. A scam.
I opened a chat window with Samsung (U.S.) a few hours ago to get clarification on this. As soon as I started asking about this specific issue, I was told that they did not like my attitude & that I was getting blocked. WOW. Hilarious. Not that I care. Well, that was the best proof ever.
Do NOT get a Samsung Watch 4 (Classic). It is not what it promises to be.
