![]() ![]() We wore the Kate Spade watch alongside a Fitbit Charge HR and found the hybrid to be significantly more stingy than the Fitbit (which is known for slightly overestimating steps, for instance). dots to show low, moderate and intense exercise. ![]() It shows this in a lovely little graphic, showing footsteps completing a circle, with daily and weekly graphs and illustrations of how you're doing e.g. As ever, assume you'll have a more seamless experience on iPhone.)įor fitness, the Metro Grand captures three things: steps, distance and estimated calories burned. (Warning: we had some issues with syncing, often having to hit the 'try again' button, on the Android app. So you can have it hooked up to Bluetooth all day or you can just manually connect and sync it to see your results. Though as we say below, on Android we had a couple of Bluetooth issues, which we really wish would be ironed out.Īs for activity tracking, you can use this as an on-the-go tracker or a passive one. There's an activity, sleep and goals dashboard, a section for notes to self, a 3.2.1 feature for the countdowns, 'Make the link' actions for the buttons and alarms in the main settings menu. And the app for iPhone and Android – simply called Connected – is beautifully designed and easy to handle even for beginners. In use, the button presses worked nicely a genuine time saver when you use it for play/pause for music and podcasts. It sounds simple but it's a good example of knowing its target audience. You can also set the crescent moon cut-out on the watch face as a fill-in countdown to an upcoming event. The Kate Spade can be set to change its hands to a particular contact to show who is calling, but we couldn't get this feature down either. ![]() As with getting vibe alerts for messages etc from the connected smartphone, I found this to be hit and miss with some coming through and other times just… nothing. Speaking of the buttons, or 'pushers' in Fossil parlance, these can be customised for a number of actions including music control and remote smartphone camera (the bottom button), displaying step progress or another time zone. Plus, the three buttons are really satisfying to press and the middle button has, you guessed it, a spade on. The diamanté champagne bubbles, 6 o'clock glasses and spade logo at 12 won't be for everyone, but are a nice dash of personality for those who are into that. This watch is available in various designs: rose gold casing with a thin, black watch face and black leather strap gold casing with white watch face gold casing with black watch face silver model with a grey leather strap and a gold casing with pale pink leather strap and white watch face. This will blend in with any outfit and, of course, function as a normal watch when you're not using the smart functions. In its defence, the shiny watch body doesn't suggest any tech is at fault for the size – it really does look it's designed that way. So yes, it sits up on the wrist and could stand to be half the width. Read this: How to style your smartwatch with the SS/17 trends And yes, Kate Spade has already been showing off its wares at Baselworld, though these won't be arriving until autumn 2017. The one downside is its chunk, something Fossil Group is dealing with across its whole designer range for 2017. It's comfortable too and light enough, though after a while I did feel like my arm was being weighed down a little. It feels polished, well made and expensive. With a gold finish, manic pixie pretty analogue watch face and preppy strap, the model I've been wearing looks far from a gadget. These have ranged from "That's blingy" and "Ooh, is that the Kate Spade?" to "What's that? No way it has tech inside, what tech?" etc etc. I've received a lot of compliments and near compliments in my time wearing the Metro Grand. ![]()
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