I received my Versa yesterday. It's paired with a Pixel 2 XL. Unfortunately, I think it's missing key features and I don't think I can use it as an alternative to Wear OS.
- I assumed there would be a calendar view. It didn't occur to me there wouldn't be. The ability to see a simple, non-editable list of my upcoming calendar events (even just the current day and the next day) is fundamental. Pebble did this well with their Timeline view. Apple Watch and Wear OS do it ok. Versa needs this to be a legitimate contender for use during a work day.
- I need to be able to silence my phone during meetings and other events and still have notifications delivered to the watch. Wear OS and Apple Watch are smart about this - they offer the ability to have the phone notifications get automatically muted when the watch is being warn. Versa doesn't have this ability (suppose that's a limitation of not being built by the platform vendor). But worse, if I put my phone into do not disturb mode, then the Versa doesn't get any notifications at all. So I can't mute my phone and still get notifications in any reasonable way. Perhaps I could try getting used to turning the volume up and down. Maybe that is a solution but, if so, it's an unfortunate one.
I don't think this watch is a keeper at this time. It's unfortunate, it's a really nice design.
