Nowadays when smartphone seems to be a commodity
in life and it can be linked up with so many gadgets to facilitate
our lives to be more convenient. Nobody can refuse that Smartwatch
is one of the gadget that comes to top of mind to the smartphone
owners as a top gadgets they want to have.
Today I want to share with you guys on my review of
Martian watch. Ummm.. probably they are not the widely known
brand,however, they have cool features that you'll see soon... come
and have a look together!
Martian is originated from USA. The company Martian
was well known for the award winning SilverCare Personal Safety
Alert Device, which was a 2 way voice communication watch and also
the world's first voice command watch. They position themselves as
the crossroad of smart devices and stylish
watches.
Pairing Martian Watch with your android
phone
Martian watches are compatible both for Apple and
Android smartphones. We managed to pair it with a Google Nexus 4
Android phone. Firstly make sure that your phone has Bluetooth
capability otherwise you cannot use the cool functions on the
watch. Enable Bluetooth by going to Settings on the phone. Search
for devices to until you find Martian Watch symbol located on your
available devices list, click on it to start paring
The Martian Watch alert application allows you to
configure alerts for Text messages, Calendar, Facebook, Gmail,
Whatsapp, Line, Google, Skype and Linkedin. Simple toggle Off to On
if you want to activate alerts for the apps you want. (Note this
instructions are specifically for Android smartphone devices, for
Apple iOS you will need to refer to the manual or go
online.)
The Martian Watch has 3 bottoms, 2 on the left
side and a Crown on the right. The Crown is only used for adjusting
the hands of the analog clock, and most functions are activated by
a combination of both buttons or 1 on the left . Below the watch
face is a OLED display which shows the notification emails, alerts
and on the bottom right side of the watch is the microphone,
speaker where you can receive calls via bluetooth from your
smartphone.
Using Voice command
One of the major functions that really impressed
me with the Martian Watch was the ability to remotely activate
Google voice-text input function. E.g press the top left button
once, the OLED will display red and your Android smartphone will
activate the Google voice recorder. Simply speak into the
microphone of the watch and it will convert your voice into input
text. I tried this to find out the weather or search on Google. It
may take a while to distinguish your voice, but its is close to
accurate after a few practices. The functions are endless for
Martian Watches as it shows it can act as your remote device for
your smartphone.
Calls
Also an impressive feature of the Martian Watch is
the incoming & outgoing calls. We tested this function by
asking a workmate to call my phone. The Martian Watch actually
vibrates on your wrist when an incoming call gets in. To answer it,
I simply pressed the top button once to speak and listen, and to
end the call press the top button again. To mute or reject however
when the call comes in you just had to press the bottom left
button. Once you have finished the OLED display will show “Call
Ended” if English is the setup language on the Watch.
For making outgoing calls on the Martian Watch, you
had to active voice command on the phone. There will be a beep
after you press the top button and you can use to search your
contact address to call.
Email & Text notifications
Email notifications and text can be viewed on the
OLED screen with the first 40 characters in a display only once.
Simply press the top button when you see a green flash of the OLED.
To really activate voice commands for your android phone you will
have to create custom hotspot voice enable commands. This is quite
advance setup which will not able to be covered in this
review.
Any opinion on this watch??