Hi guys,
I'm just wondering what you would change or improve on the band 2 firmware or tiles.
Personally I'd love to see:
- the band as a notification band and not a typing device. Remove sms typing, or at least don't add this feature to facebook/mail. Typing is an example of something you don't want to do on such a small display and in my opinion one of the most important reasons why iWatch and Android Wear devices are failing right now. In my opinion the band philosophy should be that the device is a multisensor device that measures & displays things faster & better than a smartphone, and not more than that.
- instead, add a few fast replies to email/sms/facebook/whatsapp like "ok!" "I contact you soon, I'm in a meeting etc.". Just like the fast replies you can send in response to incoming phonecalls now.
- display notifications of new messages/calls on watch mode (just like glimp on windows phone)
- add battery percentage (or colored battery symbol red >0% - orange >25% - yellow >50% -green >75%)
- clear the notification tiles on the phone if I have read the messages on the band, and vice versa. Right now, the band notifications are handy but the result is that you have to clear a lot of message notifications on two devices. Not necessary and only irritating...
- remove the settings menu from the band and add it to the microsoft health app. Much easier to organize it, now there is even a settings menu within the settings menu.
- stop notifications during a workout or activity. No one wants to be disturbed during a training and it saves battery life, so I'll see only advantages here.
I'm just wondering what you would change or improve on the band 2 firmware or tiles.
Personally I'd love to see:
- the band as a notification band and not a typing device. Remove sms typing, or at least don't add this feature to facebook/mail. Typing is an example of something you don't want to do on such a small display and in my opinion one of the most important reasons why iWatch and Android Wear devices are failing right now. In my opinion the band philosophy should be that the device is a multisensor device that measures & displays things faster & better than a smartphone, and not more than that.
- instead, add a few fast replies to email/sms/facebook/whatsapp like "ok!" "I contact you soon, I'm in a meeting etc.". Just like the fast replies you can send in response to incoming phonecalls now.
- display notifications of new messages/calls on watch mode (just like glimp on windows phone)
- add battery percentage (or colored battery symbol red >0% - orange >25% - yellow >50% -green >75%)
- clear the notification tiles on the phone if I have read the messages on the band, and vice versa. Right now, the band notifications are handy but the result is that you have to clear a lot of message notifications on two devices. Not necessary and only irritating...
- remove the settings menu from the band and add it to the microsoft health app. Much easier to organize it, now there is even a settings menu within the settings menu.
- stop notifications during a workout or activity. No one wants to be disturbed during a training and it saves battery life, so I'll see only advantages here.
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