According to the person on the other end of the line, it was obvious the microphone wasn’t near my mouth, and they assumed I was using a speakerphone. It doesn’t provide the most private of conversations, but that doesn’t matter when taking them at home, and the volume often isn’t sufficient for noisy environments anyway. The SmartBand Talk works like a Bluetooth earpiece, but instead of in your ear, it’s on your wrist. It’s not a phone, but it does have a microphone and speaker
However, when it does show a message, it does so clearly and legibly, and announces its arrival with a vibrating alert. It worked fine with Google Inbox, but not with LG’s own email app, or CloudMagic. It’ll deliver Hangouts, SMS, incoming calls, and various social media messages but emails, or anything from a third-party app, it’ll ignore, or deliver sporadically. If you want to receive every notification from your phone on your wrist, regardless, the SmartBand Talk is probably not the device for you. It’s sensible really, and lets you keep the device free from feature bloat. Strip it down to ones you’ll actually use, and speed isn’t a problem. Load it up with all the available add-ins, and it slows down an interface that isn’t all that fast to begin with. If you’re wondering why these aren’t all included as standard, it’s because the SmartBand Talk isn’t a powerful device. For example, you can add a remote shutter release for your phone’s camera, a LifeLog bookmark button, and even a small voice-recording note taker. It’s hard to call the extra features available for the SmartBand Talk “apps.” Yes, they’re small software add-ons, but almost all of them have a single function and rarely require much interaction to operate. Using the Beddit sleep monitor’s similar feature where an alarm sounds on the phone felt far more natural. This is through a vibrating alarm, and I found it hard to get used to. The sleep tracker covers light and deep sleep, and has a smart alarm which will wake you up during a light sleep phase. For example, it was convinced that me driving for 30 minutes was worth at least 1,000 steps. The SmartBand Talk’s step count was also very optimistic, and often misread what I was doing. However, if you’re hoping it’ll suggest workouts based on your activity, or anything much deeper than simply noting the data down, you’ll be disappointed. LifeLog is fun, provided you put in the time and then make use of the bookmarks. Important moments can be highlighted with a bookmark, and there’s a shortcut on the SmartBand Talk to add one. LifeLog also tracks how you use your phone, and notes down how long you spend playing games, browsing the Web, on calls, or using social networks. If you’re not sure which type of wristband is for you, it could turn out to be the perfect choice.
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