Look at every guide to buy a smart watch on the Internet. I guarantee that it is either divided into separate evidence For iOS and AndroidHe loves freedomOr include categories such as “best for iPhone” or “best for Android”. (Also, like freedom‘s Fitness tracking guide.) It was not always that way.
Five years ago, you can buy a smart watch from Samsung or Fossil and use it with iPhone. The problem was that it was never good. Apple watches were superior, not only because they could communicate smoothly with Mac and AirPods, but you can also send quick responses to the texts. The other third -party smart watches could not do all of this.
Loss of ability to interact with other devices barely does not represent deals – it’s not Which – which It is difficult to go through the regular pairing process. But most people look at smart watches as an easy way to stay in touch without looking at their phones. Loss of quick responses because you may prefer an appearance or features of an external party? For many people, it is a meaningless comparison. For years, I will ask the hardware makers why this feature was not available. Every time, from large and small companies, the answer was that Apple did not allow it. Therefore, I was not amazed when smart watchmakers began to kiss iOS farewell in 2021 with OS 3 wearing. In the years after that, the number of makers of the wearable platform It is still dwindling.
This is a great reason because it is good for the European Commission to give the Apple career orders recently To open iOS operating capacity To other tool makers. You can read We explain On the exact courage of what this means, but the essence is that it will be difficult for the Apple to Gatekekeate iOS features for its own products. Apple will have to allow Apple to allow the smart watch manufacturers company to display and interact iOS notifications. I am sure that Garmin fans around the world, who have long complained about the inability to send quick responses to iOS, erupted in chants.
Apples, and At least one technical postHe criticized this decision as it hinders the Apple’s ability to innovate. In a statement, Apple spokesman, Marny Goldberg freedom It will force the company to “give up our new features for free for companies that do not have to play with the same rules.”
But the past few years have been somewhat dull to create smart watches. Samsung copied Apple starkly in the 2024 smart watches with Galaxy Watch Ultra and Galaxy Watch Fe. Google has mostly stuck to improving the pixel watch. Apple presented a superior model in 2022, but otherwise, last year Series 10 It was another repetitive update. Ultra 2 only got a new color. (Despite this color He was Satinated as hell.) In the world of wearable devices, smart watches are a type of … only there.
These days, I receive more inquiries about smart episodes and smart glasses – because everyone knows that if you have iPhone, you will get Apple Watch, and if you have Android, you will get a Galaxy watch or pixel watch. (Perhaps a OnePlus Watch 2 or 3 If you really care about the battery.) If you are a sporting tolerance, you will get Garmin. There are not many incentives for any of these companies to clarify designs or think outside the box when Lock the ecosystem for all, but ensures that they are not forced to do so. There is no urgency. The result is the smart watches became boring because we are waiting for the following great health advantage to get rid of the FDA. I yearn for the strange excitement in the smart hours for the 2014-2020. Instead, I have difficulty believing that 2025 smart hours will be much different from last year. (For the record, I would like love To prove a mistake.)
Fans of walled gardens should admit that they do not always work. the Powerbeats Pro 2 A warning story should be how IT philosophy is injured. Although they are Apple product, Android users already have more options when it comes to how they use professionals 2. On iOS, the heart rate feature is limited to seven applications and users must choose between monitoring the heart rate or listening to melodies when connected to the gym equipment. Android users do not have such restrictions. Is Powerbeats Pro 2? more Smoothly on the iOS apps you support? Yes. But this is not important to everyone. Some people only want the ability to choose how they use the products they buy.
The bottom line is that the European Union step improves the consumer’s ability to choose the best smart watch for their needs regardless of their phones. There is no reason that calls the amazing marathon that gives in -depth training standards, free training plans, and battery life throughout the month to get the Apple Watch Ultra on Garmin just because they also want quick responses. I will admit it He is Very convenient and enjoyable to stay in one ecosystem. But if Apple Watch is already the best smart watch, you should be able to defend this address even if third parties have access to iOS notifications.
