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Smartwatches can easily last seven years; I want software support to match (www.androidauthority.com)
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Smartwatch software support lags well behind smartphone pledges, even from Google and Samsung, but this really shouldn't be the case.

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[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There is, my Pebble 2 is showing 30% and I last charged it on Friday. It's gonna turn 8 in a few months. The key is making something with 10 day battery life so that it takes ten years to hit the lifespan of 400 or so charge cycles, and not something that needs to be recharged daily which barely lasts a year.

Does it still last 10 days, of course not, but 4-5 days after 8 years is still perfectly usable.