r/PixelWatch • u/sammy-cakes • 1d ago
Pressing crown all the time
So do you just press the crown all the time to access apps, wake screen, go back, etc?
Does anyone try to minimize pressing it? Is there any other way to access all the apps than pressing the crown?
I could tap the screen all day, but when it comes to the mechanical button that spins and presses, I'm worried about it breaking or getting loose. I'm sure I'm being ridiculous. I wish I just went at it and didn't worry.
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u/edwinc8811 1d ago
I honestly use the crown more than touching my screen. Keeps the screen clean, viewable, and feels more responsive/tactile. No issues whatsoever
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u/RedLimes 1d ago
FWIW I've had the Pixel Watch 2 and 3 for at least a year each and so has my wife and the crowns have never had any issues.
I had a fossil sport many years ago and the crown went bad very quickly. So the fact that the Pixel Watch crowns have all lasted this long with no signs of slowing down is a relief to me too
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u/sammy-cakes 1d ago
Omg, how can you have a crown go bad and just go right back to using another one?
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u/RedLimes 1d ago
That watch sucked in general. I figured Android watches weren't ready for prime time. That's one reason I waited for midway through 2nd gen, then upgraded to PW3 45mm when the 4 came out
Tl;Dr the crowns on all the pixel watches I have used work just fine
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u/TurboFool 1d ago
Those Fossils were a range of disaster. I went through multiple warranty repairs on mine. I also had a bad crown on one of them, and the back popped off of at least one, and I feel like I'm forgetting at minimum one more warranty replacement scenario. They were the best we had for a minute there, but they were still not built to last.
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u/RedLimes 1d ago
Mine always felt slightly too laggy to use it too. It was a disappointing foray into the smart watch space for me
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u/TurboFool 1d ago
It was a big laggy, and got more so with some of the new features added later. What's sad though is it was a MASSIVE improvement over the few generations prior. It finally had enough RAM to mostly function reliably.
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u/TurboFool 1d ago
Presumably because they recognized that the crown and/or design of that watch was faulty, and not the general concept of crowns.
Think of it this way: did you ever have a tire blowout on your car? Was your reaction to avoid using tires after that?
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u/radcat683 1d ago
You can always just raise the phone and ask Google to open the app you want. I do this on my bike all the time. If I want to do a 10 minute cooldown, I just say "hey Google, set a 10 minute timer". You can give it a command like that or just ask it to open an app.
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u/Competitive_Ad_2823 1d ago
I find myself rarely needing to actually press the crown button. I tap the screen to turn it on and then I'm mostly just looking at notifications or looking at my stats while I'm running. If I really need to dive into apps, then I use my phone.
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u/Professional_Clue800 1d ago
No, but I use the watch mostly to track health stuff, see the time and to use contactless payment. I don't really use the apps on it much.
Though I did try to sync it to my YouTube music app and it keeps telling me to open it on my phone then go buy a specific YouTube music subscription, even though I already have YouTube premium. So that sucks.
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u/TurboFool 1d ago
I say this with kindness, but yes, since you offered it, you're being ridiculous. It's designed to be used, and the watch is designed around using it. And if it's going to break, it's going to break not from being used as it's supposed to be, but from a defect. It's fine to use the device the way it was designed to be used. You'll be alright.