Do not even think about getting a WearOS watch with less than 1GB of RAM or you will convert it into a small projectile.
My Moto drains at a rate of about 5% per hour which is a quantum leap compared to older watches. Battery life has improved greatly on WearOS and especially on the Fossil Gen 5 series. The Moto is drop-dead gorgeous and has a decidedly brighter display (no more flat tire either). Particularly battery life, only Fitbit is better. As I said though, it's leagues better than any WearOS watch except for notifications. Your phone will suffer a hit on battery life using a Samsung, no two ways about it. That's just to get the watch going, if you want to track your health you need Samsung Health and if you want to pay from your wrist you need the Samsung Pay Plug-In installed on the phone. There's the Galaxy Wearable app, Watch Active Plug-In and Samsung Accessory Service. Second and equally important is the number of battery-hogging plug-ins and services required. First is Bixby - it couldn't pick the winner of a one-horse race and I'll leave it at that. Galaxy Active 2?The Active2 is a clearly superior device with 2 limitations that affect my particular use scenario.
But we're talking $1,400 here so that's a consideration.What are your thoughts on Moto 360 vs. The bugs are an irritant, they don't make the device unusable. The dual screen is a game changer and any other phone with this many niggling bugs would have been sent back by now. It's not a difficult process, it just takes some time and I'm still in the test-drive phase with the Duo not to mention Bixby is a s**tstorm compared to Google Assistant. I have a Galaxy Active Watch2 still paired to a OnePlus 8 because it has the blood pressure hack and if I use it on the Duo I have to start completely from scratch. Go more than 20' away and it drops the connection.
Samsung gear 360 app incampatible with s8 Bluetooth#
I prefer Fitbits for their app, health monitoring and sleep tracking but their lack of Bluetooth 5.0 keeps me away. I'm waiting on the Fitbit Sense to drop next week to see how much better it is compared to my Versa 2. I've used Google Pay many times already without issue. I'm using a Moto 360 (2020) because I like the way WearOS handles notifications and using the Google Assistant to initiate calls without having to touch the phone. But we're talking $1,400 here so that's a consideration.