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The first 37 hours with the Zenwatch 2

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I’ve been the Zenwatch 2 since I got it from the Asus store at 10.47am yesterday and so far its been rather impressive.

I’ve not encountered any of the random disconnections that I’ve been reading about and the battery life is pretty good. I’ve even tweeted about the battery life a couple times today because Í was impressed about how frugal it is.

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Below are the list of tweaks/adjustments that I have done with my Zenwatch 2 and Note 4 so far:

  1. Updated the firmware;
  2. DIsabled Google Fit;
  3. Disabled S Health on my phone (it doesn’t work with the watch);
  4. Installed Zenwatch Manager;
  5. Installed Zenwatch Wellness;
  6. Installed Calendar for Android Wear;
  7. Installed Swarm;
  8. Enabled Smart Lock (Google);
  9. Added the Zenwatch 2 to the list of trusted devices to unlock the Note 4 via proximity;
  10. Edited the Master watchface to include phone battery, watch battery and number of steps taken; and
  11. Enabled “Forgot phone warning”

 

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