Aptkdoe Smart Watch Answer/Make Calls, 1.85″ HD Touch Screen

For the money and if you have the patience to persevere with the app..there’s much to like. I can’t vouch yet for the accuracy of the various functions as it’s too soon to tell nor its durability.

Here are some important points about linking the device to your ‘phone. Firstly don’t try and pair over bluetooth, immediately like you would for most devices. You definitely need the Android app downloaded first. I can’t speak for the Apple store.

The app you need is Gloryfit on the Google Play Store. There is a QR code on the instruction leaflet but I don’t have the QR reader facility on my ‘phone for some reason. It took a bit of Googling to work this out. Don’t try putting the brand name in of the watch in the Google Play Store it simply won’t come up with what you need.

On starting the app, you don’t log in or create an account as you would traditionally to get things working. Pop in your email address when requested. Press Catchpha..this will send you an email with a code to input to allow you to progress through the app. At no point are you registering for an account. Once you’re up and running it should stay active, Although I haven’t disconnected the app from the ‘phone yet. It will do at some point as I set my ‘phone to turn off at night. After install and launching and going through some steps, at some point it offers to sync with your ‘phone. The watch shows as P66D (then some other random bits in brackets) in your Bluetooth devices. To enable all the functions, you’ll have to grant various permissions, many of which are accessed through the app..although some will go through your ‘phone settings. You’ll have to individually select which apps have access. You’ll of course need to make sure it has background access all the time. Once all this is done you get to the really useful stuff. You can add different watch faces for example. With regard to contacts, you can syncronise your contacts wholly..however there is a 100 contact maximum or select ones you wish. But, if like me you have multiple numbers for people you’ll find that the number you want isn’t always available as not all your phone slots are revealed and I can’t work out how you might cycle through them. I can report that the built in watch mic and speaker reveals a surprisingly clear communication channel. This is great for me because I’m not supposed to put a mobile ‘phone near my heart pacemaker. With regard to the exercise functions, there’s heap to choose from with regard to what your recording. You can set alarms through the app only. There’s a huge fiddle factor, when setting up your favourite routines. I’ve got this as a temporary replacement for my Huawai GT2 as the screen got cracked when I hit it with a dumbell..er.. I’m sure this doesn’t match the likes of Samsung, FitBit and the like in terms of quality and robustness but it looks smart enough. Many of the watch faces are a bit garish, but there are some that don’t sting the eyes on viewing. Can’t yet speak to everything the watch is capable of, but I was struggling to find a helpful guide on how to get up and running so I thought I’d share my experience thus far. All this is far from comprehensive..but considering how much it does for the money and if you treat it kindly you have the basics on hand…or on wrist..for a great price.

Cheap and cheerful with loads of daft things to muck around with. The blurb suggest it works with Alexa. Look out for a little sort of ‘wave-form’ icon to activate this. I’m assuming you have to have the Alexa app running on your ‘phone which I don’t but, I thought I’d mention as it was a case of coming across it rather than actually finding a specific instruction or way of doing it.

In short, fun to play with if somewhat faffy to get the best out of it but unless it explodes unexpectedly if it lasts a year I’ll be happy.

Toodle-pip.