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Wyze Watch
An Affordable Apple Watch Lookalike
T apps so that is all you get.
here has been lots of talk about Wyze af-
The Wyze Watch connects to your Bluetooth and use
fordable smart home devices on Tech for
Seniors the past year, from light bulbs and home your phone Internet connection. If you do not have
your phone nearby the watch will only be able to track
security camera. And now they release their $20 your blood oxygen level heart rate steps and function
Wyze Watch.
as alarm clock add or timer. All its other features re-
The watch allows you to set up quire a phone connection.
shortcuts to control smart de- Unlike other phones the wife does not have it always
vices from your wrist with a few on display city, therefore I will go black in a few sec-
taps. Like the Apple Watch, onds. But it easily turns back on when you raise your
you can read you blook oxygen arm. One of the neat features you can set a start and
saturation (SpO2) level and like stop time for this feature so will not illuminate while
most other watches it can help you are sleeping.
you keep tabs of your calorie
burn, heart rate, sleep, steps As I mentioned, it does not have a microphone there-
and for some, the date of your fore, it does not work with Amazon Electra, Google
next period. assistance or any other Voice Assistant. This could
be one of the reasons why it is so cheap.
The Wyze Watch comes in two sizes: 44mm and
47mm. The 1.73-inch case that fits small wrist and The watch does not allow you
the 47mm has a 1.85-inch case for larger arms. to get notifications from Face-
book, Instagram, Twitter, Face-
Both watches give you the option of adding back- book, Gmail, and Yahoo mail.
ground photos of your choice. Amazon is built in All notification can be turned on
although the watch does not have a microphone, or off.
and thus does not support voice assistant. If you
wish to take dip with the watch, it has a water- All in all, the wise watch is not
resistant rating, which means it can be submerged much of a smart watch or your
up to 164 feet of water for 10 minutes. I hope you fitness tracker, but it does offer
are scuba diving at that depth. a few stand out free features an
affordable price. If you are look-
Unlike many of the smartwatch on the market, the ing for bang for the buck, then you might want to look
Wyze Watch promises up to 10 days of battery life.
elsewhere.
The Wyze Watch offers the following apps, fitness
tracking data which shows you calories burned and
steps, blood oxygen, heart rate, sleep, minstrel cy-
cle, tracker, alarms, timer, shortcut for controlling
why smart home devices sold separately, weather,
and settings. It does not support the downloadable
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