@jml326 You’d be surprised. SlickDeals has people posting $3000 watches all the time and creaming themselves over how nice (and cheap!) they are. Why anyone would pay more for a watch than I did for my car I won’t understand, especially since my car also tells time.
@callblackout Can I still let you know in a week? That’s assuming I can’t actually figure out something more than checking the time and using the timer.
I have two. Selling both. The wife and I both like our cheap plastic Android watches. I have the 24K gold for her and the stainless for me. Each worn for a few hours.
Hey guys! Meh buyer @mandirose here. Disclaimer…I’m the buyer of this deal, so I of course am a little biased, but I have been using the watch now for a couple weeks and will happy to answer any questions as honestly as possible if anyone has any
@dagirlgenius current software is as far as you’ll get, the app should be available in google play and apple store for 2 years but there will be no support from olio on these
@mandirose Can you change faces and backgrounds of the watch without the app? At the demo site for the black watch, I am seeing four choices of hands, and four background choices. Can I choose between them without using the app?
@bdb The watch faces are dependent on style:
Gold: Clear sky dial with sunfire yellow accents
Rose: Eclipse astral dial with turquoise accents
Steel: Radiant white markers with ice blue accents
Black: Technical dial with burnished gold accents
@caffeine_dude I don’t have the exact measurements but will try to find them. I will let you know the link watches have 2 extra links included with them but I’m sure that doesn’t help much
@Superllama7 Depends on the settings you choose but realistically, 8-18 hours depending on setting choices. They say 24 hours but I haven’t experienced that long
@mandirose I have read that some of the processing is done on the cloud with this watch. Assuming that the company is no longer supporting that, have you noticed any issues caused by that?
@tinsami1 That’s a great question. I’d say pebble for software and this for looks. A merchandiser in the office has a pebble and helped us test one and I think he would say pebble but he did like this watch a lot. I personally don’t like the look of pebbles so i would say this one, but again I’m biased haha
@mandirose My question would be if you knew of any way to put third party firmware on this. It might be fun to write custom software for if there’s any possibility of ever doing that. Searching hasn’t turned anything up.
If you were selling Pebble Time Steel watches at that price, I’d probably jump at it. I need a spare. When my current one’s watchband broke, it was a pain going back to the old watch.
@mandirose Are you able to take off the face and replace it with another? I’d like to keep the 24K band and I have a rolex face I want to switch with it.
@mandirose Apparently this watch was supposed to have an open API. Is there any chance we might be able to get that for hacking and such? Since there will be no support for this watch in the future.
@caffeine_dude I bought one of these when they first came out. It’s a nice looking watch, and the battery lasts more than a day. I have a big wrist (8+ inches) and put my own strap on it.
@GLaDOS Out of business and acquired by Fitbit are 2 very different things. While Olio was also acquired, the difference is Fitbit makes end user, consumer products and Flex (the company that acquired Olio) primarily makes components and business related products.
@crocetti slight correction, they are listed on ebay for that price. Only 1 up for auction. Granted still a lot of time left, but currently it is at $1.25. Watching it just for curiosity, but I would not suggest buying a bunch trying to make a fortune lol
@kazriko I don’t know of any way to do that BUT if you do buy one and figure it out, we’d love to have you post about it in the forum for our other mehmbers
@mandirose I haven’t worn it in a while, so I put it on this morning. When I got my watch originally, it was almost impossible to get it to Bluetooth with my phone. Now it does it instantly. Which is nice.
@dswift0117@crocetti Selling prices have been hovering around $125. Which would be helpful in determining value if a huge glut of these wasn’t about to hit the market.
@mandirose@WilsonSports@comeatmebro standard spring-loaded pins. I was able to get both the metal & leather bands off with a small flat head screwdriver, since I didn’t have a watch tool kit lying around. Had I actually paid $1395 for one I probably would have been more careful
@GLaDOS Did that, that’s why I’m using the pebble again. But the vibration motor is starting to go out on it too, so a spare would still be handy. The watch band breaking just made me realize how much I use the thing.
@curtw4 Hey Curt. Music should control the music on your phone. As we put in the write up, weather was a feature that wouldn’t work anymore. Same with navigation.
@mandirose I guess I read the write-up with too much optimism. The write-up said “already don’t perform…” but because their youtube video shows it working, I just assumed a newer firmware was required. Both weather and Nav are things it can get straight from the phone, no need for a “cloud” server. So, I guess “staged demo” of those functions?
Probably something to hang onto in case anybody ever writes functioning firmware for it.
@mandirose I didn’t see an answer on the full manual. The watch is beautiful and does some stuff, but I feel like it’s hit and miss and would love to know officially at least how the different features are supposed to work.
@mandirose I received mine, paired it with my iPhone and charged it to about 30% and wore it for a few hours. It died during that time and I’m unable to get the screen to come back on. I left it charge all night last night and the watch still won’t turn on. I know it’s not actually on because my phone isn’t paired to it anymore. Any ideas on what to do??
@joelmw Again, as we wrote in the write up, the thing the watch does best now is notifications and telling time. No full manual available that we know of but here’s a link to their youtube channel showing how to set up some of the features youtube
@mandirose hey, I’m in need of assistance. I just took my watch out for its first day, and it just turned off, seemingly out of nowhere, early in the morning. I let it charge to full capacity the night before. Is there some sort of reset, button, gesture, something?
@communist It charges, but it gets really hot compared to the official charger. I’m pretty sure that’s why they recommend only their charger. On the plus side, my Galaxy S6 charges nice and cool on the watch’s charger.
@mandirose Mine turned on and seemed to pair okay… but then it turned off and I can’t seem to figure out how to get it back on. It’s also getting really hot from the charger. Is this normal? Is there anything special I have to do?
@Rabernathy hmmm only other advice I would say is to take it off the charger and let the battery run out and try again in about 20 minutes. If that doesn’t work, contact customer service and let them know what’s going on and they’ll be able to help
@mandirose does your Weather screen work? I just have clouds with question marks in them. I thought maybe it would use my iPhone’s weather, but apparently not? (And yeah, I get the part about the company not being in business anymore)
@mjc94ma I’ve found the more I wear mine, the more things I find out about it that I like Just so you know too, if you have notifications about weather (like my accuweather notifies me if there’s going to be a severe storm) those notifications will show up!
@troy@mandirose@WilsonSports@comeatmebro I just changed out the band on mine with a tiny screwdriver. Used the pins from the original band (black steel) and replaced it with this band from Amazon “Beauty7 Black 24mm Brushed Finish Butterfly Clasp”. I really liked the original band, but it was about one link too small and I couldn’t find any way to get one more link. This one isn’t exactly the same color, but it looks nice and matches the style pretty close… but more importantly, it’s about one link size bigger.
@Liquidblue Mine came with 2 links and 2 pins in a small plastic bag in the box the watch came in. Inside one of the little side panels that lift up. Or did you mean it still didn’t fit with those 2 extra links?
@Whitcomb Weather and directions do not work but email should. Do you get notifications on your lock screen for emails already? If not, you have to change your settings on your Iphone. The watch should replicate the settings you have on your phone, I.E. I don’t get facebook alerts so they don’t come up on my watch but I do get text alerts and those do
Hard to find reviews but the ones I do find are of people complaining that it outright doesn’t work or that many of the features don’t. I’m tempted to try one given how much it is marked down but then I have to remind myself that it is still a $50 smartwatch which isn’t that great of a deal for something that might not work or might work so poorly that I don’t use it.
smells fishy - if it came with certificate, even knowing it means nothing from a company belly up, I’d be up for a bid. Shame, watches are a good market with fickle buyers (and I would like to be a buyer).
I get a lot of nice compliments on the House of Marley watch I got here a while ago. Those wood accents are something people apparently don’t see every day.
I could probably find use for a gold watch since I have gold accoutrements I wear with my suit to weddings and what not. Maybe if these are still selling in the morning…
Did you get an auto? I got the fluid auto. Gains about two minutes over two weeks of daily wear. Only one comment, though. Doesnt matter, i still love it.
@michaelahess How else are people going to monetize their transformational disruptive innovations? Mandatory structural external dependencies for everday functions are really the only way to do that.
You’re talking about destroying the basis of our whole rent/license-everything economy with your nutty and quaint concepts of backwards 20th century “ownership”. And hampering the gubment’s right to surveillance of the lib’ruls and turrists. Murica!!!
Wouldn’t it just be easier to buy an Android Wear watch at this price range?
While you wouldn’t be able to get a Gen 2 watch (to take advantage of NFC, WiFi, Wear 2.0, etc…), you could still get the LG G Watch, Moto 360 (1st Gen), possibly the G Watch R, etc…
@PlacidPenguin No doubt it would be, but I would be more interested in these watches if I could guarantee that they’ll have functioning software a year from now.
@PlacidPenguin@communist I actually have a Moto 360, which is perfectly functional but pretty casual. I’d be interested in a “dressier” Android watch at this price point. I’ve been looking around for some kind of Wear equivalent of LineageOS that I could slap on these devices, but I haven’t come up with anything. It could also potentially be a fun project device, but it doesn’t look like these are very open to tinkering. Oh well.
Kinda ironic that that’s cheaper than what I saw I could sell my LG G Watch for. (It just sits there unused. Although just for fun, I put it next to my Huawei Watch on my wrist.)
@kruzen you should be able to wear it on your wrist and simultaneously carry a windows phone on your person without causing a disruption in time and space. Beyond that, I don’t believe there is any.
@mandirose Could you clarify one question - how much does this watch do without the app? I’m thinking forward a few months - the server has been taken down, and the app has been pulled from itunes and google play.
If you take one of these watches from its box, charge it, and put it one your wrist, what functionality does it have?
@mandirose Thank you. So, my understanding is that if the servers are not maintained, then this device will no longer function, even as ‘just’ an awesome looking watch.
So, in the case that the servers are not supported past two years, then we will get two years of a nice looking watch, and then it will be one more thing to stick in my museum of great tech that no longer works.
@bdb As long as you download the app before it was theoretically pulled from the app store, it should at the very least work as a watch in that instance
@mandirose So what can it actually do other than tell time? Does the weather work? Push notifications for emails/texts/phone calls? Can I make my fancy little golf app work with it?
@Satchmo it’s best at notifications for texts, emails and phone calls. It also has been able to show me notifications for pretty much anything that my iphone notifications show. Social media, slack, weather alerts, even has worked for uber alerts, like that my driver was arriving. And telling time of course.
@mandirose And I’m assuming Meh’s fantastic warranty is going to stand behind this purchase if I can’t bang it against the table hard enough for it to work right?
I only have 2 watches with different brands. Since I am not really into fashion, what’s important for me is just to know what time is it already regardless of its specs. Also, if its really durable then its worth the price.
@mandirose It’s fantastic at telling time for the roughly 8 hours it’s on before the battery dies. And when the face doesn’t mysteriously turn off for 24 hours at a time without any possible way to wake it up
@dwileyjr344 if you just want to use it as just a watch, I suggest turning off bluetooth entirely. This greatly increases the battery life, especially if you have the setting on auto or low. Should get you through the day on these settings
@mandirose I am likely going to do that if the watch ever turns on again. It has been updating for the last 19 hours. The app on the phone still says 80% which is where it was when I went to bed last night. The watch did not turn on when I woke up this morning and remains in its sad state. I have left it under a bright light for 20 minutes and tried shining my phone’s flashlight on the watch’s light sensor for about 5 minutes with no luck. I think it may have just given up on its desire to live.
@mandirose@dwileyjr344 I’ve got through my day with about 14% remaining. You have to make sure BT is connected and not “searching.” I think the searching really drains the battery. Also keep the light on auto/low and of course make sure you’ve updated the software.
Everyone should read that linked Verge article. It’s no wonder this company went belly up: it was all about marketing how fancy it was.
You can’t change the watch face? That’s a feature! Changing the face would mess with the fancy design!
It’s got no fitness tracking? That’s a feature! Nobody uses that stuff, and the extra sensors would mess with the feng shui, or the karma, or something.
@DavidChurchRN Nah…I think the new writer doesn’t like or appreciate the history behind the baby arm. LOL In the photo with the vapid female model she could have been photoshopped out and the baby arm substituted. Bingo. Not appropriate use of the appropriate baby arm. (grin).
@sourhead Hmm… who writes these things so I can ping just him/her (and not the octopus; I wasn’t paying attention when someone new was hired apparently) to lodge my “complaint”? LOL
@PlacidPenguin Hmm saw you had pinged me in that thread and I actually had said something to him about baby arms. LOL Maybe @skemmehs hates baby arms. (grin).
@tydalforce Don’t sell yourself short think of it as #collector’s items as @El_Oel said they may someday be valuable- if not to someone else maybe just for you since you held onto it this long.
At this price, no thanks. I picked up a Pebble Time recently and have been extremely impressed, it’s basically everything I want out of a smartwatch (from a $30 refurb no less), with good third-party software support going into the future.
@Oneroundrobb From the specs this may look a lot better than the Martian Notifier, but it doesn’t appear to do anything the Notifier doesn’t except run the battery down faster.
@craigthom@Oneroundrobb It does a shitload more than the Notifier, including providing continuing access to full notifications, which is huge for me. They just scroll by and go away on the Notifier, which means that mostly I miss them, unless I train myself to stop whatever else I’m doing to pay immediate attention to my watch–which I just don’t want to do most of the time. Also, the Notifier only shows a small portion of the notification; mostly it’s a reminder that I need to look at my phone. The text on the Olio is complete, readable and–I daresay–beautiful.
In addition, the Olio:
can clear notifications from the phone itself
shows different and colored icons for different types of notifications
can set a reminder based on a notification
has a timer and stop watch
controls music (I’ve used it with iTunes and Spotify so far), including volume
shows the date
scrolls the watch face among different time zones, so I can see with a quick flick, for instance, what time it is in Qatar (people we love and Facetime with live in Qatar, and I’m always forgetting the time difference)
has a few different watch faces with additional information that, again, I haven’t completed sorted out, but they look cool (I think one shows frequency of notifications or something; another might show busyness according to schedule)
has alarms that are completely controlled on the watch
indeed, controls not only the watch, but aspects of the phone from the watch
shows the weather at four different times (I haven’t looked this up or sorted it out yet, but it does work) and at multiple locations
is just prettier to look at, IMO
I’d bet there’s more, but that’s what I’ve discovered so far. I hear rumor that there’s a mic or at least some way to access Siri.
The Martian isn’t worthless. I like it and it’s cheaper. The face isn’t bad. It has a little flashlight, which has actually been practical for me on occasion. In addition to showing that brief notification (which is sometimes enough to be useful), it has a cool feature where you can program different notifications to different pulses, so that it’s easy to tell, for instance, whether I’m getting an important call vs. a stupid nag from a game.
My Olio made it through the day and I’ll plan on just charging it overnight every day (battery life does seem to have improved with the update), but I’ll keep the Martian in my bag for backup.
@sourhead Not really? If I’m trying to focus, I turn it to quiet mode. Other than that, I’ve silenced most of the annoying ones down so it’s usually something important. (Someone spending money on my credit card, a text message from a co worker or my wife, or a notification in Slack.) The main two things I use it for is controlling my music on the phone, and as a “keep unlocked” token for my phone. (while it’s connected, my phone doesn’t automatically lock, but if I walk away from my phone and leave it somewhere, it locks automatically.)
@mandirose But…but… that’s today’s meh page and your watch says it’s 11:46 on 6/4/17. It’s only 10:32 EST as I post this! So, this also has a flux capacitor?
@sourhead I’ve got a Martian Notifier from meh (more than one, actually), and I have different vibration patterns for different notifications, so they are pretty easy to ignore after a half second. or check.
@Kyser_Soze I have an inexpensive Seiko 5 automatic. It keeps damn good time and doesn’t even have a battery. If I had to charge my watch like my iPhone, my watch would be dead most of the time.
I’d have to say I’m intristically, fundamentally, essentially, primarily, inherently and mostly unimpressed with the product. Additionally, you’re pie chart looks a little confusing however it does look like a good word search puzzle. But I do like your wordage, expression, elocution, articulation - or should I say - delivery of your write up on attempting to sell the product.
@WTFsunshine Maybe this is, instead of watches is pie chart of chocolate pie, blackberry pie, cherry pie, peach pie, french silk pie, apple pie…If so then in that case: /buy/blackberry pie, buy/peach pie, buy/cherry pie, buy/french silk pie…
@BeerIsSoAwesome Sorry - was suppose to be intrinsically. Neither spellcheck nor I caught it. @Satchmo Never called Meh a pie chart I was saying their pie chart was confusing to look at. @Kidsandliz I’m with you if it’s that kind of chart…I’ll take apple, pumpkin, chocolate and French silk! @mike808 if you’re referring to angel hair spaghetti pie not my thing. Same goes if you’re referring to the other type of hair pie.
@Kidsandliz First way is when you use angel hair pasta to make what looks like a lattice crust topping. Trying to find a politically correct way to explain the second version but best I can come up with is that it involves a mans (or womans) mouth and a woman’s lower region. Trying to keep it PG.
I don’t know wtf to get my son for his 28th BDay. He’s not going to want anything to lug around due to his crazy schedule/moving coming up. I think he would be non-plussed if I made him pancakes.
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Thank! Seems like a pretty good deal for a guy that needs a “Dress” watch and is broke. Keep me posted on other deals please at [mod: removed email; post again if you insist, but seems ill-advised]
$50 that can be spent on worthwhile item or charity. Otherwise it $50 bucks into the #Crap Museum. There is a reason Olio failed … watch never worked!!
As a watch collector, that’s a beautiful watch. I’m so sorry I missed it. That was the best thing meh ever sold. So what if the os will be out of date in a year or two. It’s a beautiful watch. It was cheap enough.
what color? what color? (and what’s with all the different bands? I’ll have to read the copy again.)
while I’m posting, the post office is coming out with a heat sensitive solar eclipse stamp in a few weeks. It’s very nerd cool! I’m pre-ordering today.
@sammydog01 Nutz. I was leaning towards the Rose, just cause I have none. yeah, it’s sort of a mystery what 4pm will bring. Heh. No one can get a hold of me, otherwise I could go into the entrepreneur business at 4pm…all these non-vmp people want watches. Mr. Meh, I don’t know what you had to do to get this deal, and I don’t even know if I’ll snag one, but Kudos, sir.
I’ve got a black/metal band, paid for, that I’d trade for a gold/any band + $$. Or just buy a gold one straight $$. Wish I had heard of meh before last night, would have gladly paid the $5 to be a VMP!! Cool site and glad to have stumbled on it.
@CFL_Kent I’d get you a watch if you wanted one, but we can’t meet up, so that’s out, (someone earlier posted their email and it was deleted.) I have a little ios, and android, but am mostly windows os. My phone is webOS, which was an HP os that could have easily been third place in operating systems if it wasn’t for a bad CEO HP had,(their transducing charging docks were pretty much standard-throw your phone or tablet on a pad, and it charges, no little cables to hook up). Anyway I’m used to breakthrough or obsolete hardwear. Ex Amiga programmer, ex pirate ectera.
(wew. so much typing. I won’t be back for a month.)
@CFL_Kent there’s still one model left. I have the steel one. Later this morning decided I wanted to get a black one with the bracelet, but was too late. Had to settle for a black one with the strap (which I’ll have to replace). Hope it tells time better than my older one…
I got a gold Pebble Time Steel from Woot last month for $65.
I didn’t want the red band it came with, so I swapped it (and the gold band hardware) for a white silicone one from Amazon that looks nice - with a textured white band, you don’t even notice it’s not leather unless you look closely.
And it does not rely on cloud services, only on the Pebble app, which has itself been updated to be cloud-independent. Some watch apps may need cloud services, but that’s up to the specific app.
You all know you made CNN? A headline like “Get an Olio smartwatch for $50” and they linked meh. Those highfalutin, (I spellchecked), executives are gonna be a bit surprised when chair socks come up tomorrow.
I still don’t know which watch to buy. Grrrrrrr. thanks @MWPollard for the sort of help.
@wew I’m wearing the Black Watch face with the Suede band in the photo above and I love that it looks different than other watches I’ve seen out there. Really can’t go wrong on any of these though, as someone who’s seen each and every one in person, there’s no bad choice on these
@wew Yeah, pretty sure they know they’re on CNET considering this line is in the article: “The Meh folks were nice enough to send me one to check out…”
@mandirose my main problem with the watch is that it doesn’t tell time very well. I’ve had it sitting on the charger by my bed for the last few months. Picked it up today to wear it (thanks, Meh! for the reminder) and it said “4:02am, 1/1/2014” or something like that. I launched the app on my phone and it snapped to the correct date/time.
Also, I took it off the charger around 7am, and put it back on the charger at 6pm. Battery level was about 60%
@sgrenald not sure if you have an iPhone (I do) but I find just keeping the app running in the background makes everything run very smoothly. Only uses about 4% of my battery keeping it open in the background so doesn’t effect my cell battery too much.
@mandirose I do have an iPhone. But I’m not normally using my watch. It’s not a big deal to launch the app, though. I just thought it was odd that the (probably) fifty cent quartz timekeeper in the watch didn’t work that well. Kinda wish I’d grabbed the black w bracelet in the morning, but I’ve got a spare strap around somewhere for the leather one. One of the reasons I didn’t get the black one in 2015 was because it was $100 more than the steel one.
@jrm_cr_fl Hi, still looking for the Olio? I have the all steel version that I picked up last week. I paid the $60 + $5 for shipping. Add $5 to ship it to you for a total of $70. Let me know.
For years I could not (and still cannot) justify a smart watch. There was this guide that helped confused people like me determine if a smart watch was for them. It pretty much surmised that only if you were a gadget freak and needed the latest tech would a smart watch me worth it. Well, for $65, a nice classy watch with smart watch features didn’t seem like a big gamble. So, black steel on black, on its way next week. Sorry to those that wanted that model too. Of all the colors available, that looked the nicest to me. Already have gold and stainless analog watches. Even a rise gold one too. I do wear analog watches regularly, now I look forward to a black stainless smart watch on my wrist soon.
I almost missed this completely, but got one of the last ones with the suede leather strap. I’ll probably have to spend $20 to get a proper strap, but my curiosity got the best of me.
Hey Mehmbers! Just wanted to create a sort of “crowd sourcing” troubleshooting/FAQ post. I’d be more than happy to try to answer any questions if people have any once they receive their watches. I’ve set up about 20 of these at this point so I might be able to help and figure others in the community will probably be able to help assist as well because you’re all so awesome Below is a link to Olio Devices youtube channel. You can find setup videos here if needed.
@mandirose Hi, I just got my watch today and plugged it in and synced it to my phone. After about 3 hours (had maybe 50% charge) the watch shut off and I haven’t been able to get the screen to come back on… any idea on this?
@mandirose I watched the YouTube videos and tried everything. The watch refuses to connect with my iPhone 7 plus and it does not even power up unless placed on the dock! Its been on the dock for more than a day so I know its a 1000% charged. I also noticed that the watch gets noticeably “warm” when on the charger. Can you help?
@mandirose Correct. It turned on once before, I used it for the afternoon and it turned off, and now I cannot get it back on. Even on the charger. My Iphone (which it was paired to before this happened) doesn’t show it on/connected anymore. That makes me believe it isn’t related to the brightness issue I’ve read about on here. The watch seems “dead”
@mandirose Actually, after letting it sit back in the box for 2 days, I tried plugging it back in. It is charging now apparently, the screen came on… not really sure what happened. Going to let it do a full charge before messing it with it. I will let you know if I cannot get it to work after it.
@Flick I’m happy to hear it. Check the about section to make sure the update starts. I have a feeling if you can get it to update you’ll be good to go but if not let us know and we will get it worked out for you!
@mandirose Hi, I wanted to post a picture of the issue I am having with the Olio Model One, but could not find the option on this forumn. After sufficient charge the device boots to a frozen screen with lines showing up at the bottom. The device does not get past this, and I ran through any troubleshooting tips I could find, but nothing works. Any advice?
@maiera01 this is definitely a new one i’ve never seen. If you contact customer service, they’ll be able to assist you @thumperchick will you watch out for this one?
@mandirose Thanks, I figured was not easy fix since I get no response from it. I read that Olio released a Firmware that bricked a bunch of their devices before they quickly released a patch for it, I have a feeling I received one of them.
@maiera01 Write in and ask for me, if you already wrote in, reply to our last message and let us know that we tried to troubleshoot, but weren’t able to get it working. thanks!
@Thumperchick@mandirose I get the same screen as above. Watch has been on the charger for 4+ hours. Phone sees device when do a bluetooth scan but watch never goes beyond the above screen.
@HCETEHT HI THETECH, YOU HAVE A REAL LEET USER NAME.
IF YOU SPENT MUCH TIME READING THIS FORUM YOU WOULD PERHAPS SUSS OUT THE FACT THAT THE COMPANY IS GONE, THE SERVERS ARE GONE, AND UNLESS YOU CAN SET UP SOME SORT OF HOME SERVER TO FOOL THE WATCH AS SOME HAVE DONE IN THE PAST WITH THEIR LEET GAMES, YOU ARE SIL.
THAT STANDS FOR “SHIT OUT OF LUCK” SIR. I WISH I HAD BETTER NEWS, BUT THETECH CAN SUSS IT OUT, RIGHT?
When people bought this watch, the servers were still active to a certain extent. I mean, as @mandirose pointed out, certain features were unavailable, but the servers were still live.
From what I could tell though, at some point in the summer (probably nearer to the end), the servers were taken offline when the company was sold.
So unfortunately, the watch can’t be setup anymore.
Poor @mandirose, she’s gonna get bombarded by all these lost souls looking for tech support. She didn’t do nothing but try to do her best job as a mediocre employee and buyer…
Apparently, the internets are finding this HUGE thread chock full of AWESOME tech support and now people are going to ping her. Happy Holidays Mandi!
Biggest piece of advice I can give…once you finish the getting started instructions, let your watch fully charge before playing around with it. Many watches will start downloading a software update once the watch charges to 60% (some might come already with the latest software). You can check the ABOUT section of your app to see if your watch will need the update (may take a few minutes of charging though for it to say you need it)!
Make sure your watch stays connected to bluetooth while it’s downloading the software update and also make sure the watch stays on the charger while downloading. I highly recommend doing this overnight while you sleep and your watch should be ready to go when you wake up!
@mandirose Update: after the update I took it off the charger at around 8:30 am and at 6pm it was sitting at 61%. It’s now 10:30 pm and I’ve still got 37%. Much better potential after the latest firmware installed.
I sure wish that Meh was using UPS or USPS for shipments. I live 15 minutes from the Meh warehouse, but thanks to the cluster F that is FedEx they always take a full week to make my deliveries. If Meh ever had an option to just swing by and pickup in person for the locals I would prefer that over waiting a week for every order to arrive.
@nickads It seems to be a local issue. FedEx in the DFW area in Texas has outsourced all of its delivery routes to 3rd party contractors. Ever since they made the change we have noticed that they only deliver to residential addresses once per week.
I dont have this issue when packages are shipped FedEx to my office right down the road from my house. If this had been shipped to my business address it would have arrived today.
Looks like I got angry too soon due to FedEx fatigue with other shipments lately. The tracking was updated today the package was forwarded from FedEx to USPS and they are showing that it will arrive tomorrow in my regular mail delivery. That I have no complaints about whatsoever…Much better than waiting on the FedEx driver in our area.
@Ebrake
Let’s hope mine gets updated as well, but generally, FedEx Smartpost has been okay to painfully slow with my previous meh shipments… the last 3 shipments have been 3, 4, and 5 business days from Carrollton, TX to San Diego, CA.
Currently my Fedex status still shows 6 business days for delivery for this one.
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Anyone able to spare/sell extra links from their Black/Metal band? I added the two extras included, but I’m 2-3 short of mine fitting my wrist. Apparently Olio never sold extras. What you got in the box was it…
@Flick Try putting the watch face near a bright light. You can use a flashlight or your phone flash. On some watches the brightness function was calibrated incorrectly. Shining a bright light on it should make the face readable so you can correct.
@Forgetmestick56 tried that, not working either. I’ve had it charging for about 2 hours now and can’t get the screen to light back up now. Like I said the bottom seems to be warm from charging. My olio assist app says it isn’t connected anymore either
@hatryk Can’t imagine how frustrating that must be! Double check to make sure the plastic protector is off the charging puck and the back of the phone (I missed the one on the back of the phone!!!). Open the Olio app and go to my watch and click on “unpair” and go to phone and delete/select “forget device” and try to repair from Olio app. Go through pairing steps again and try the light trick again - hopefully something will appear on the face. If nothing, I am straight-up out of ideas, my friend. Good luck!
@Forgetmestick56 I originally didn’t see the plastic on back of the watch but I took it off and I still have no screen appearing when I put it on the puck. Super pissed off
@hatryk I have the black stanless steel model. It arrived with 3% battery life. It had enough of a charge to pair with my phone but it died soon after and will not charge. I removed the protective plastic film and tried to charge it yesterday and today with no luck. I have contacted the customer service team. I expect to receive a response on Monday.
@hatryk I was able to get the watch to work after placing it in bright sunlight for a few minutes. Apparently this reset the brightness setting??
Check out the post from (@mandirose) with this info
@hatryk Mine is not charging at all. I have tried various combos of charging. I tried the sun thing too. I did contact customer service. I purchased the gold/brown leather band
@evenrute if it’s a brightness issue the watch should be working. I don’t even get any tactic feedback if I push the screen. Wasn’t home today to check the sunlight fix but I’m not hopeful. Also no email from customer service yet. Going on 2 days.
@mandirose I am also having the same problem. I bought the black on black version, and I am getting no charge at all. I left it on the charger for four hours it was warm to the touch, I tried the flashlight/sun trick and nothing. I downloaded the app, and the app does not find the watch at all to sync. So what do I do now?
Anyone know how to get weather to work? It shows, but with a ? instead of the actual weather. It originally worked, but then I had to re-pair it and it stopped showing the actual weather. Thanks
@RiotDemon but it did work when I initially paired it. I unpaired it and when I paired it again I see the weather in the clock quadrant, but they aren’t showing the actual weather. Guess I need to try again. Thx
@barrysegal weather was one of the features we had said doesn’t work BUT we’ve heard a few people have gotten it to come up. If anyone has any advise or figures out and tricks please post them in the comments!
@mandirose I don’t know how but it starts to show up whenever it feels like it on the quadrants face. However it does show hour by hour weather? I have no clue how it works.
wondering since it worked on the old version of software until it automatically updated and then stopped working if maybe there is an issue with the new version of software?
I guess that patience is a virtue since the weather just started working again. If it shows up but without the actual weather, be patient and hopefully it will start to work.
@barrysegal After seeing your post, I tried again. I do not know if all of these are required, but with this configuration, I now have the Weather complication working:
@curtw4 I had all four panels of weather working for my main location, but just noticed that now I have one little weather icon and temperature showing in each of two different time zones. That’s all I know for now. It seems like it might be something as simple as it starts by gathering information for the current time. The zones on mine are somewhat disparate, and the little quarter that’s active (not just a question mark) seems to coincide with whatever is the current time in the zone.
Also, I was getting weather without the Apple app even installed. (I know this because when I searched for weather, one of the returns was current local conditions; when I selected it, I was told that the app wasn’t installed.)
Anyone who receives the Rose Gold Band and wants to sell their links, I am a buyer - should have bought 2 watches then I would have all the links I could wish for…
I’m trying to figure out how to get TWO watches to sync. My old one connects fine, but there doesn’t seem to be anything in the app that lets me connect the new one to my phone (yes, I’ve got the bluetooth connection going)
I’ve had a full day to play with this and I have to say, for what it is and what it cost its a snazzy watch. Looks good and everyone I’ve shown has been rather impressed by the look.
However battery life is absolutely awful. I have everything on auto right now and turned off all notifications as those were driving me mad. So today on a fresh charge the battery was down to 10% after 8 hours of just normal ‘look at watch for the time’ use. That’s pretty bad. Hoping it somehow gets better…
Other than that it’s quite nice. Charges quickish, design is nice. Just hope battery isn’t always going to suck.
@Shampoohorn === Check “About” section in the app on your phone. If it does not say “You have the latest software version” you need to get the watch to update. The battery life is awesome with the latest software. Do this overnight: make sure the phone is linked via bluetooth to your phone. Put the watch on its charger, plug your phone into its charger and check in the morning. It takes about 6 hours to do the update and it will not start until the watch is at a 61% charge.
@Shampoohorn +++ Like curtw4 said above - be sure the watch rebooted. Best to try and reboot to be sure. Go to settings on watch (swipe down from top) and swipe left to right to get to “restart” and restart (“reboot”). Hopefully this will get you battery issues resolved. Let us know how it goes!
While I know I’ve rebooted it before my test run I decided to do it again right at the start of use today. At 100% charge at 9am. I have hardly used the watch outside of checking the time, which was not anything I would consider even moderate use.
It’s 3:10pm now. I have 17% battery. I’ll update once it’s fully empty.
@mandirose said “If Bluetooth is “searching” it can drain the battery life.”
Yeah, this was my big problem in the first 24 hours. Phone thought it was connected, but watch still searching. Had to wipe watch to factory settings and delete app on the phone to get it to work. And as a result, the watch now appears twice in my phone’s bluetooth listing, but hey, they’re talking.
@curtw4 I completely forgot to mention that! On my i-phone it shows up twice on bluetooth as well but there has to be come reason because if both of them aren’t connected it doesn’t work correctly
@mandirose The update finally completed to 1.10.220, and now I have a new watchface (white on blue - I think it’s the one that’s supposed to go with the stainless steel model). Not a problem as I like this face. Now we’ll see if the battery life improves to a usable range.
@JimMeh4 Hey Jim, so I’d actually recommend swiping up and restarting the watch if you’re seeing that face right after the update (restart, not reset to a different device). But that DOES mean it updated correctly. Make sure you’re at 100% battery and either change the brightness to medium or auto and I think you’ll see better battery life!
@bjlewis2 if you swipe down from the top, the various settings choices appear. Once there, scroll left or right (using the “swipe from center” gesture) to the Reset option. It is distinctly different from Restart.
Very small band on the stainless band model. My wrists are not massive, but I need the extra links.
Kinda regretting the purchase. Looks nice, at least.
@drewesque I just added the two links to mine and I had to bang on it a little harder than I was comfortable with… Just align the extra pin from the pack with a pin in the band and knock it out, then pull it out the other side with needle nose. Don’t forget the sleeve in the receiving link. I also would like one more link, mines just a bit snug…
@MntlWard put in on the charger for about 5 minutes and then try pairing it while it’s off the charger. If it pairs then put it on the charger right afterwards and let it charge and update.
@mandirose I am in the same boat, I cannot get my watch to pair with any of my phones, has anyone had success pairing with Samsung S5, Samsung S7 or Nexus 4 ? The watch powers up in the Proceed screen, and the app nor the bluetooth scanner can find the phone… I am guessing my watch’s bluetooth receiver/transmitter is dead… Any advise is greatly appreciated. Phone is pretty well charged, a couple of hours on the charger
@vkaku because I don’t have an android I don’t know as much about any tips and tricks, maybe someone else can assist on this one. I know trying it while it was off the charger worked on a couple I tried. Best I can offer is this video for pairing but maybe another member can offer some assistance! Android pairing
@vkaku I have an S7 and mine paired right away… Timing is important. Turn Bluetooth on the phone off and on again. Make sure no other devices are connected, on and in range, or trying to connect. Swipe down on the face of the watch and check Bluetooth settings. Try rebooting both.
@Liquidblue After trying for the past 3 days to pair, and it’s only worked once in a day, only in a bluetooth quiet environment, where it paired up. 1st time, worked for a short time, 2nd time, worked all day, phone discharged, went to charge it and bluetooth got disconnected, and this morning, got it to connect by removing the app, power cycling by wiping the cache clean, reinstalling the app, power cycling, disconnect bluetooth and reconnnect multiple times and it finally saw the phone. Kept the phone on charger, and after 4 hrs, my original phone version of 1.1.76 got the latest 1.10.220 ! What an ordeal, the watch is muuuch more stable now. Many thanks to all for their notes and help. Advice to those who can’t pair, keep trying, I think it takes alot of persistence, but does pay off. All my notifications are working. It’s just a novelty - nice to have something on my wrist that not many people have, the build quality is A1, software, well, ok at the price point.
@vkaku Thank you SO much for your write up. I know some people are discouraged and I wish I could jump through the computer screen to help them! I understand the frustration but if people are patient and can get it worked out I believe they will enjoy the watch at the end of it.
@colbysolomon The best available seems to be that quick-start guide in the right-hand compartment of the box. I’m going to wait another week and cool off before trying again on what initially appears to be just about the worst human interface implementation EVER (swipe from edge and swipe from center having completely different and incompatible meanings).
@curtw4 Think of it like 4 buttons on the main screen at the 12/3/6/9 o’clock positions. Only you have to touch and swipe instead of just touch to activate each. Each of those buttons takes you to different modes (settings/future stuff/music/past stuff). Exiting each mode is by doing the opposite button swipe (indicated in each mode with an arrow).
Scrolling between items in each mode is by touching the center and swiping in the direction to scroll. Some items have data that you can scroll up and down.
As mentioned the microphone is by resting you finger on the screen for a few seconds.
Anyone get “Rules” working? I’m using Android, I have set up Rules, but there appears to be no way to set up the “At Work” / “At Home” / “In a Meeting” etc times… So the rules never seem to be enabled. I have home and work addresses setup, and I have location permissions allowed. When I press “Show Live Rules Only” none of them are ever “Live”. Also, I get about 12 hours of battery, and weather is meh.
@pml0904 The weather works when it wants to… usually not. I’ve tried adding and removing time zones, restarting… no clue. Sometimes it has data, sometimes not. As far as “Rules”, I’ve even set my “sleeping” times to 24 hours a day, and that still doesn’t do anything when I create a rule that applies while sleeping
@mlcga I know this doesn’t help as far as rules, but you can always swipe down and go to the do not disturb button and that will turn off notifications manually until you turn it back
I got the black with dark brown leather strap. I wore it for one day to church. It is a beautiful watch for the price! I may only wear it on Sundays though as I don’t need the smart phone stuff. I may sell it or gift it to someone who can use all the features every day.
So I got my Olio watch from Meh today! I eagerly ran upstairs with the box and opened it to find… another box? Whereas the outer box had my name and address (obviously), the second inner box has the name of a woman that I don’t know, with the shipping address of a fulfillment warehouse in California that apparently ships stuff for tech. companies. Oooooo-K! Not sure what’s going on here but- HEY! My new watch is here!
I open this second box to find… yet another box! Box #3 is at least a matte black affair that says Olio on the top in glossy, embossed black text. I must be getting close, right? I open that box to find—you guessed it—box #4! Guess what’s in this one! Box fiv- nah, I’m shitting you! It was the watch. Five boxes would be just absurd!
Still, who is the woman listed on the 2nd box and do I have her watch? Is this going to turn into some wacky, albeit violent, Tarantino-esque adventure when she comes looking for the tool that inadvertently received her watch? And at a substantial discount? What have you gotten me into here, Meh? Has anyone else experienced this dark turn of events?
@stunbunny Never fear! When the company went under, all their distributers had to send the boxes back to the main warehouse. These boxes, while they may have had that label on them, contain new watches
I have been trying for two days to get this gorgeous watch to pair to my iPhone. No luck. I tried on the charger. I have now tried off the charger. Nada.
The watch shows the “Open Phone App Olio Model One XX:ZZ” message but the watch never shows up in my Bluetooth pairing window. I’ve rebooted the phone. I’ve let the watch run battery down and recharge. I’m legitimately out of ideas at this point.
@monty323 Delete the iPhone app, and start over, following the steps precisely as outlined in the youtube video that @mandirose linked to. (I.e., don’t go straight to the iPhone settings, go through the app, etc.). I thought I was doing something wrong when this resulted in the watch appearing twice in my Bluetooth connections, but apparently this is normal.
@monty323 I’ve had issues. It’s a little fickle. You have to be able to see it in the Iphone bt settings (but not connect to it). Then go to the app and connect through there. I’ve also had to connect first and then immediately go to the app. In any case, make sure you are completely disconnected before reconnecting.
Same issue here. I watched the YouTube videos and tried everything. The watch refuses to connect with my iPhone 7 plus and it does not even power up unless placed on the dock! Its been on the dock for more than a day so I know its a 1000% charged. I also noticed that the watch gets noticeably “warm” when on the charger.
@RPJ It actually doesn’t start “charging” fully until it’s connected to your phone. Did you try taking it off the charger and then pressing proceed and trying to connect it while it’s off the charger?
@mandirose I don’t think that’s accurate. It does start charging once placed on the dock. UNLESS its connected miraculously even though it says not connected on both devices. I have tried it 50 different ways with no luck. My apologies but its gotta be simpler than this. Anyway, I’m not happy. Product does not work in a reliable fashion – atleast mine does not. Also the device is getting really warm - - not a good sign overall. Return and refund por favor!
@RPJ So we got your watch back today and this was a weird one so wanted to post in case anyone else is having this problem. Watch just needed to be reset. Charged it for about 5 min, swiped up and went to the reset watch screen, hit confirm and then it went to the Welcome/Proceed screen.
Went through the app to get to bluetooth settings on my Iphone 6s…Watch wasn’t showing up in bluetooth but went back to the app and the proceed/next button in the app showed up. Hit next and the watch magically paired right away. Checked bluetooth screen again and there it was connected. Currently updating the watch now and app version is 1.3.124, might have been a bug with this app setting but watch seems to be working perfectly after this fix if anyone is having the same issue!
@mandirose Thanks for the update. Too much going on right out of the box. It should have been easier with the instructions and interface. Anyway not worth more headaches … awaiting my refund. Thanks again for being super helpful.
In contrast to some others’ experiences, I’ve had no problem pairing. Quite the contrary, my Olio and iPhone want to double pair.
The watch wasn’t showing new notifications and said it was “searching” in the BT screen. I went to BT on my phone and saw it in there twice–and both items were “connected.” I simply “forgot” one of the connections and the watch showed “connected” and started responding immediately.
Someone more clever and/or ambitious, please make a joke about the double pairing. I’m thinking hermaphroditic worms or some shit like that, but I’m too damned lazy to follow through.
I swear that I had a completely different analog display immediately after I upgraded software on the watch. I did a reset (still showing latest version) and I’m back to the original. Anyone have any thoughts or a similar experience at least? Other than changing between analog and digital (and swapping out the inner bits where the date is), is there a way to adjust the appearance? Maybe I just hallucinated.
@joelmw So I’ve now set up probably 15-20 of these watches and know exactly what you’re talking about, goes to that face for like a minute. I have no idea why or how to get it to stay on that face but if anyone figures it out let us know!
@mandirose Thank you. I seem to always run into these weird little things that others don’t. It’s good to know I’m not going crazy (or at least that this isn’t a manifestation thereof).
If I’m remembering correctly, the vanishing watch face looks like one I’ve seen in their videos. It’s more elegant than what I’m going to call the default. Mine actually stayed with that face for a while and it only disappeared after I did the restart. I haven’t seen it since. And, again, I don’t think I saw it before the update.
NICE looking Black, Black Metal band! I have charge all weekend. I put watch on this morning at 8:00, now it is 5:00 and the battery is dead. Just been wearing and working, nothing special. Have not really noticed I have it on. Do not believe it is going to work out when the battery will last less then a day.
@Silverado90 do you know if your watch updated? Sounds like it might not have yet. Check the about section on your app and see if it says you have the latest software
@Silverado90 looking through the watch features, I made the decision to bail on the BT connection to my phone. I don’t need it. Once I turned off the BT, I had about 70% battery left after wearing it all day. I am more interested in wearing it as watch instead of a smart watch. At $60, the features will not work the way I would want anyway, so I disabled BT and get more than all day battery life.
If you’re thinking of buying one don’t… it’s a POS that’s why the company went belly up…
Bluetooth connection is unreliable and will disconnect anytime, the UI to re-enable the bluetooth on the watch is terribly flawed… in order to display back to watch face from bluetooth settings, you have to swipe it up and doing so will touch the bluetooth settings back to disable/off which is really idiotic design. It uses a passive update on the latest firmware which I’m terribly waiting for days (didn’t happen… it supposed to fix the bugs)
Battery life is just half a day (or barely) and you end up with a watch that can’t even show time. This watch is an ultimate failure, it looks nice but that’s it… call it a dumb watch…
@arthurmeh Hey there, I would love to try to help you here. Definitely sounds like it needs the update and if we can get that to load there is hope yet! First off, the watch has to be connected to your phone and on the charger and charged up to at least 60% for the upload to start. You’ll see in the about section of your app the arrow turn yellow if the upload has begun. Then, in order for it to continue and work properly it MUST stay on the charger and be connected via bluetooth in order for the update to continue downloading. Once it’s downloaded and your watch will reboot and the new software will load. I highly recommend trying to do this at night before bed. Once you’ve made sure the watch is connected to your phone and the download has started, just keep the watch on the charger near your phone and it should download the update
@mandirose - I’ve been doing that for 4 nights now and here’s what’s so goofy about the way it charges, once it reaches 100% the charging stopped and will let the watch discharge instead of maintaining the charge. So instead of expecting 100% charge in the morning, you’ll only get maybe 60% or less depending on how long the charging stop. Such a crappy programming, I know the update contains the fix but it’s been several days now that it’s not updating… I’m a software developer so I know what a crap programming is…
@arthurmeh I wonder if it’s becoming disconnected from the bluetooth connection to your phone at some point. So in your about section is it ever showing the download is working?
@mandirose - the bluetooth is connecting because it will show a different message and in the mywatch section it shows the battery % and the bluetooth icon in blue… if it’s disconnecting and reconnecting I don’t know since I left it at my desk for the update to happen. Currently the message is “New software update version 1.10.220 is available.” and both phone and watch is charged 100% connected on power and wifi… when will it update?
@arthurmeh Did you try restarting the watch? I’m wondering if maybe it’s already downloaded and needs to be rebooted to update? Normally it starts downloading as soon as the watch gets to 60% charged
@mandirose - did all I know I can, restarted, re-
paired,re-installed,re-initialized… still getting that "new software update version… " message… not updating… and of course bluetooth is always connected because the message says “The watch must charge up to 60% before the download starts”. (it’s 100%) The message is different if the bluetooth connection is lost… frustrating…
Mine just came in, black/metal band. Very nice looking watch. Fits me perfectly as is.
I was quickly and easily able to set up the pairing to my Galaxy S8. Plugged in watch right next to my phone. Phone started up and told me to open app on my phone, which I did. I clicked proceed on my watch…didn’t do anything so then I clicked proceed on my phone and the next screen came up to pair to my particular watch. It quickly went to the final screen to pick a few different options for the watch. Watch is now charging; they must come with very little charge because it started at 3%.
Edit: When you’ve successfully paired your watch, the screen on the phone App has a menu button on the top left. If you click that and then click “services” it will give you a bunch of options about the different notifications and services it does i.e., calling, texts, financial etc. If you click one, a new screen comes up and shows you the swiping options and what they do.
I think that may help people with the different gestures you can do on the watch.
I’m still interested in buying a 24k gold Olio from someone, if they’re unhappy and looking to sell. Thanks!!
@nickads glad to hear it’s going smoothly! Make sure to go to the about section of your app to see if the software is up to date. If it’s not, it should start downloading once it gets to 60% charged. Enjoy!
@adrostad If you can give me a few days, I’ll get back to you. I may sell this if I can get a 24k gold one. If I can’t, I’ll gladly send you the 2 links, no charge.
@adrostad I was specifically waiting for today, to see if my girl was going to get me the gold one for father’s day. I had a suspicion she would as I’ve been talking about it all week. Anyways, I will be selling my black olio if you’d like to buy it at cost plus shipping. Sorry I couldn’t give you the links for free!
@Rabernathy Check out the video in the post above hope this helps. Make sure you keep the watch on the charger once its paired and an update should start downloading once the watch gets to 60% charged. The update should fix this bug
I am going to try to update the watch tonight, but I am so far HIGHLY disappointed. The battery lasted less than 8 hours today on my first wear. The bluetooth connection is highly unstable. Using the watch sucks… it is extremely unresponsive and I have to repeat my gesture multiple times before it registers that I’m trying to swipe up, down, left or right. The face with the time doesn’t stay on and it takes a lot of wrist wriggling and/or finger mashes to get it to display the time. The only notifications I have gotten it to work with is a few emails… texts aren’t showing up on it. So, yeah $50 for a watch that doesn’t want to tell you what time it is and that runs out of battery…and that you have to charge every night for these luxuries is a complete waste of money. I know Meh warned us to some degree, but it is WAY worse than advertised. Don’t look at this as a nice watch that just isn’t so smart for $50. Think of this as a $50 piece of trash that will only tell time if you shake it, and for only 8 hours per day. I think it may end up in my trashcan and I’ll be taking a long hiatus from Meh.com for this.
@dwileyjr344 It’s really vital to the watches performance to download the update. The watch MUST be connected to the phone and on the charger and charged to 60% for it to start downloading. This fixes so many of the issues you listed above. If you want to use the watch just as a watch and don’t care about the notifications, try turning off the bluetooth connection altogether, this will prolong battery life tremendously but I can’t express how important the update is to the watches performance.
Has anyone had success in getting their watch to work after it went to a black screen? I left on a trip the day after I got it, so I wasn’t able to upgrade the firmware, but it was working fine for two days until today. I thought I had plenty of battery left when the screen shut off but didn’t really think much of it. Now it won’t turn on when on the charger and it won’t pair with my phone. I tried shining the light on it and that didn’t work. Is there any way to do a hard reset? I’m thinking about letting it sit for a couple days and see if the battery fully discharges.
@mrongey that’s the best way to do it. Let the battery run completely out and try it on the charger in 24 hours. If it connects, make sure to let the firmware update in entirety before wearing, it should help alleviate any big issues. Let me know if you have any questions about how to get the firmware to update and I’ll be happy to help
@mrongey I had the same issue with it going out with still lots of battery life left. I took it to “Batteries Plus” and once they removed the back from the watch it power back up. I’ve had to do this twice since the original black out. Seems to be a flaw in the battery connection. t-3 torx screwdriver will open the 4 screws in back of the watch. Good luck
@mandirose “Let me know if you have any questions about how to get the firmware to update”
I had a question, how do I get the firmware to update?
(Admittedly, the answer is probably “wait more than an hour to allow it to sync and check” but I am not great with patience, I want a button I can click/tap that says “Update Now”.)
@mediocrebot It took me 4 hours to sync the watch to my iphone. After installing and uninstalling still having trouble with the watch. Its not syncing correctly. Emails not connecting as well as the weather. Beautiful watch, garbage software. What are my options? Just bad luck with this watch?
@djnasty313 weather was a feature we said in the write up would not work. Do your email notifications come up on your phone as soon as they come through? For example, I have my mail notifications set to fetch so my email only shows up on the watch when I open the mail app on my phone. The notification settings on your watch are the same as on your phone so if you have notifications turned off on your phone. As we wrote in the write up, the watches aren’t perfect which is why they were so heavily discounted. If you want to just use it as a watch, I suggest turning off bluetooth and that will greatly increase the battery life for simple usage of the watch face feature.
@mandirose thank you for your reply. I tried to give the watch another go. Turned it on and it wasn’t connected. Been trying an hour to pair the watch and it’s not been successful. The craftmanship of the watch is stunning but worthless if I can’t even get it to work properly.
I have spent 3 days trying to pair watch ! This is crap. I know it was only 60. But it should have been 60. Less. Not happy! Will not purchase from Meh again. Thanks !
@forthe48 Mine shows 1.7.54 for the app and 1.1.76 for the watch. I have an update available but the first time it didn’t take. Trying again. I’ll reply with the updated version if I can get it.
@forthe48 I had a scare during the update process. It rebooted a couple of times and at one point seemed to be stuck on the boot screen. Eventually it came back up and now the watch is on version 1.10.220 and the app says it has the latest software version. Hope this helps.
@forthe48 make sure the watch is connected to the battery and that it doesn’t get disconnected from bluetooth. The watches tend to be really testy on the older software so it takes a little work but once it does download it’s a much smoother experience. The pins are spring loaded to change the bands, I bought a cheepo watch repair kit on amazon to change the band. @troy do you know what that tool is called?
I think my phone needed to be connected to Wi-Fi, because even with the watch at 100% and connected to the charger it didn’t want to start downloading.
As soon as I got home and got connected to Wi-Fi it showed the update was available.
It’s downloading now and I’m sure it’ll be updated soon.
@mandirose Thanks! I think it’s called a spring compressor tool, but it turns out as long as you’re careful about it you can use a dull knife to get the spring compressed enough to pop the band back out.
I got the black face / black metal band. So far so good. For those of you having issues I’d be interested in picking up another one. Either the silver or gold variety.
The app says it’s the latest version, but I’ve seen others listed with a higher software version. Does this have anything to do with the style of watch? I do not have an option to upgrade.
Battery goes from 7am to around 5 before it dies. I was hoping there was a software upgrade to extend battery life. Don’t get any emails but most of other features are working.
Any help on if there is software upgrade and how to do it if watch says it has the latest version already.
@Smokey20 That should be the newest software version. Try changing your settings to see if your battery life improves. Changing the brightness to low or auto helps. Do you get push notifications on your phone for emails? The watch mimics the settings on your phone so if you have notifications off for email on your phone it should shadow whatever your phone does
@Smokey20 interesting, if I hear of a fix I’ll make sure to respond to you with it. Out of curiosity, do you have an android or iPhone? Also, no emails show up whatsoever in the earlier screen?
I have an iPhone. No emails at all. I do get text alerts and schedules show up. I have several accounts including yahoo, google and outlook exchange emails
@Smokey20 on your iPhone, check settings -> notifications -> mail -> and then make sure your email accounts are set up to show in Notification Center.
If you don’t want to do it universally you can use the VIP settings and add contacts for the email addresses you want notifications from, and save them as favorites.
If you’ve already done that, I’ve got no suggestions as I receive VIP email notifications on my Olio.
Okay I would love it if someone would explain it to me, because I am very curious. So I have the watch, and somehow it is still connected to my phone and controlling my music and receiving notifications immediately, without Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. For reference, I have the LG v20
Has anyone figured out how to get the watch to summon Google Assistant/Siri? Twice I have accidentally gotten to the “I’m listening” screen but I don’t know how I got there.
@ws1967@a I’ve been unable to get Siri to work; long press is doing nothing for me. And did I read somewhere that there’s a mic built in? I could be hallucinating; I do that sometimes.
I’d be willing to deal with meh battery life with a second charger at work. Has anyone tested a 3rd party / Apple / other watch chargers to see if it works? Don’t see any Olio branded chargers for sale on Ebay or elsewhere
My watch is working as well as it should and after a few days I realize that I don’t really need a smartwatch. If anyone wants to give me what i paid for it, it’s yours.
After some dorking around, i have the watch paired and upgraded to the latest version.
Problem: it doesn’t usually alert me to incoming phone calls. I’ve tested with a dozen calls and it usually doesn’t work. I think the times it has worked have been soon after app reinstalls and/or reboots of the phone or watch.
Meanwhile, it always alerts me that the call was missed. Even when it didn’t alert that the same call was inbound, seconds earlier.
Phone is iphone 6, latest OS patch installed.
Bluetooth on watch says “connected.”
Hmm, Bluetooth on phone showed two discrete “olio model one 22:35” entries. One of them connected, the other not.
When I toggled bluetooth on phone, it connected to the second Olio and the phone calls started coming in.
@danpritts for some reason on some iphones it shows up twice in bluetooth. I’ve found that both need to say connected for all functions to work correctly. No idea why though
Anyone having issues like this? Mine seems to randomly swap between notifications and other apps randomly without any input from me. Yesterday it managed to enable the alarm by itself. Took me a while to figure out why my wrist was vibrating like crazy. I did let it go through its updates before wearing it.
@Lightborne If you haven’t tried yet. Try restarting the watch and if that doesn’t work try resetting the watch and unpairing in the app and repairing it from the proceed screen. Hope this helps!
@mandirose This did help somewhat. Still wigs out occasionally. Also, today after having it on charge for most of the day, the screen refuses to turn on. My phone is still paired to it, and still shows that it’s connected in the app, but nothing I do seems to wake it up.
Anyone found any links to a forum or group regarding this watch? The best information I have found is from this site, but I would think there are others that have been using this device much longer.
@ktnemec There’s a facebook group called “I own an Olio” which has a number of us that were early adopters and also a part of Olio’s beta program. Join up and feel free to ask any questions.
Soooo many issues and questions with this watch here. Glad I didn’t buy one, it sounds like a pain in the ass. (My Apple watch seems to be well worth the extra cost.)
Hey Guys, just wanted to repost towards the bottom some feedback from one of our lovely members who needed a bigger band. His comments towards the top so in case you missed it…
"I just changed out the band on mine with a tiny screwdriver. Used the pins from the original band (black steel) and replaced it with this band from Amazon “Beauty7 Black 24mm Brushed Finish Butterfly Clasp”. I really liked the original band, but it was about one link too small and I couldn’t find any way to get one more link. This one isn’t exactly the same color, but it looks nice and matches the style pretty close… but more importantly, it’s about one link size bigger.
I had my watch on the charger last night and when I woke up this morning it is totally dead. Tried the light trick but that doesn’t work. Going to try leave it a few days to see if it wakes up with a new charge. Any other suggestions to try?
@arnoldbe - it probably got discharged overnight. There’s an issue with the charging if you still have the 1.1.48 firmware version. Once it goes to 100% it will stop charging the watch until you remove the charger and put it back again (software bug) It doesn’t maintain the 100% charge.
I really like the watch but it will be returned back, mine is still not updating for several days which will actually fix that issue. The weather portion worked one day, it’s nice to see temperature and rain/cloud conditions but it wasn’t accurate, it showed rain and temp at 80, it was sunny and 86… so not sure where it’s getting the information…
I have a black/black metal Olio watch paired with an iPhone 6s. I’ve been using mine for a few days now. It took a while to get the software updated, but it finally updated. I’ve been getting ~15hrs use out of the watch, and still have 15-20% left when I put it on the charger at night. I’ve been able to control music (play/pause/volume/tracks), read notifications, and operate the alarm/stopwatch/timer. I did notice the weather was working yesterday, but not today. I’m still trying to get used to the gesture sensitivity and which setting may be right for me. Very nice build quality and feel! I was able to easily remove one link, and it fits like a charm. For $60, I’m very happy with my purchase. I may still try a Huawei watch or an Apple Watch at a later point, but for right now this one is great.
Happy customer here. Galaxy S6 and Stainless steel Olio model. The software update fixed my major battery issue and others. Getting really good battery life now after fiddling with brightness (auto or low), do not disturb sometimes and gesture sensitivity (low) settings. Music, all notifications (calendar, email, SMS and other app notifications on my phone) and getting some weather summaries in the “Later” section although the watch face weather summary does not work. Not sure where the weather is coming from. Still looking for an additional charger. Looks really good, $60 was a bargain.
My weather seems to be working at night. I have no idea why it only works at night. Software is 1.10.220. Battery is still only lasting like 10-12 hours but everything seems to be great. Just wish battery lasted. Software says it has the latest version.
Hi, I purchased my watch from meh.com, on the first day I charged it and the watch got incredibly hot, too hot to be worn. The charge lasted approximately two to three hours, all the while not actively using it, it did however disconnect from my smartphone several times even though they were never further than 10 feet apart from each other. I tried charging it again the next day and now the screen won’t even turn on. The response from meh.com was to come here and ask for advice. What can I do to get the watch working again?
@popkanzia did you get the new software update for it? You need to connect it to your phone through the Olio app. It will take a while but helps a ton with connectivity and stability.
Yeah, I’m having the same issue too. First day I got it, charged it, and it turned on fine. I installed the app on my phone and synced the watch to it. I wanted to let it charge to 100% before trying it on, so I let it sit for about two hours. As it continued charging, I noticed the battery life would hover around ~70% - it wouldn’t increase charging for some reason.
Eventually at some point, the screen on my phone turned black - it was still backlit, but it wouldn’t function and wasn’t responding to the app. I figured I’d let it run out of battery and try charging it again the next day, but ever since then, the screen doesn’t light up anymore and does nothing when I charge it. It basically seems broken at this point.
I’ve waited a period of about a day to two days to let it discharge before trying to charge it again, but it’s still not working. At this point, I’m going to try letting it discharge for a full week before charging it again, and if it doesn’t work after that, I’m going to ask for an exchange or refund from meh. It’s a shame too, because I really like the aesthetics of the watch - it looks really nice. I don’t want my money back, I just want a working product.
@qberting be patient. It takes some messing around to get it to work. You can contact customer service and they may be able to swap out as well. The watch does take a long time to update. You can check the status in the app on the progress. Be sure to restart the watch after it updates.
@popkanzia I’ve recently had a similar experience. I wasn’t charging, but just wearing my watch, sitting at my desk at work. It had a decent charge on it and wasn’t near the point where it would be discharged, but the screen just went black and it stopped responding completely. Disconnected itself from bluetooth and wouldn’t do anything.
Tried charging it full, but nothing happened, so I left it for a few days, trying off and on to put it on charge to see if it would power up. I had decided that if the screen didn’t come on in 30 seconds that it still had juice and was just misbehaving so I’d take it off power again and leave it to sit and discharge more. After about 3 full days of checking it like that, it’s finally come back to life after putting it on a charger.
That’s not a fun experience. I thought it was dead forever. Hopefully it stays alive this time. On a tangent thought… I think I will only put it on low-current chargers now, after reading other comments about it getting hot. Maybe I’ll find an old crap USB charger that puts out like 600 milliamps and use that exclusively to charge it.
Now that I’m fairly certain that I’m going to keep the watch and not give it away… I’ve got two full sized Black Anodized links up for grabs. Just reply to this comment… first come first served.
What can I say, I’ve got baby sized wrists (I’m keeping one full size and one smaller sized link just in case my wrist swells up.)
I don’t know what’s the best way to get in touch to get your address without posting my email address to the world or your personal information.
I will send one or both of them out US Postal gratis.
Maybe @mandirose can help out? Maybe operate the great Meh! Olio extra link / band exchange in addition to being the unofficial Meh! Tech Support for Olio?
Looking through the watch features, I made the decision to bail on the BT connection to my phone. I don’t need it, I get plenty notifications on my phone. Once I turned off the BT, I had about 70% battery left after wearing it all day. I am more interested in wearing it as watch instead of a smart watch. At $60, the features will not work the way I would want anyway, so I disabled BT and get more than all day battery life. I did notice that the watch ‘lost’ about 20 minutes slowly over 3 days the first time I turned off the BT so I just re-synced to my phone and it updated. So far, it hasn’t lost any time and it has been 2 days. Go figure.
Anyone know if it’s possible to disable the music controls on the watch? I accidentally hit “play” last night and phone started blaring and woke up my wife.
Well, after about a week this is what I feel about the Olio watch.
Pros:
Well made for a smartwatch (note I only have long term first hand experience with Android Wear smartwatches.) Everything feels solid.
The watch face is nice and reserved and not flashy.
The watch although quite large and thick, does not get caught on my shirt sleeves like my LG G Watch and various smart bands do.
Got it for Timex prices on Meh!
Cons:
Pretty crappy as a smartwatch.
1a) No other watch faces (more than “Digital” or “Analog” would have been nice.)
1b) Touchscreen is fidgety, will often not register swipes or misinterpret them as a full “edge” swipe rather than “mid” swipes.
1c) text is too small when reading emails and text messages on the watch
1d) Charging circuitry/software sucks donkey balls: it runs too hot with a high current USB power source, hot enough to cook the battery enough to reduce cycle life
1e) Software on watch is incomplete (expected that, but still had to mention it.)
Pretty crappy as a watch because watch face only displays for less than 3 seconds before turning off. It’s too short for me… this time needs to be adjustable.
Overall Conclusion for Olio Model One: Form over Function
I’d be pissed off if I had paid $500 for the watch. I’d be livid if I had paid >$1000 for a Gold one. For $70 or less, it’s a great buy if one can get it last “all day” (>15hrs for me) with bluetooth turned on connected to one’s phone… if one has to use it with with bluetooth turned off to get enough battery life, then I’d rather get a Wenger Chronograph from ebay (refurb or new) for around $100. Or this one, BIN, for $67. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wenger-Silver-Dial-Brown-Leather-Strap-Mens-Watch-79131-/272534833340
AFter a lot of work, I got the update downloaded to the watch, but the watch is now just stuck on the Olio logo screen. I tried draining the battery and recharging, but it’s not doing anything. I can’t even reconnect it to the phone. Thoughts?
OK, I’ve been playing around with this thing for a week now. Uninstalled/reinstalled the app countless times. Wiped caches, un-paired/re-paired, let it completely discharge, tried my wife’s phone. The watch “connects” but only when the face is on. A few seconds after it dims the connection is lost. I haven’t even seen anything about an update, though I’m sure that’s directly related to it’s lack of a lasting connection.
I really want to like this watch. Anyone find something that’s worked for them that isn’t already posted here?
Cancel that. Decided to give it one more go using an old phone i had stuck in a drawer. Installed the app, it connected and immediately started downloading the update. Surprisingly it only took 20-30 minutes to finish. Restarted the watch. Unpaired with the old phone, re-paired with my current, and until now, completely uncooperative phone. It’s been a couple hours now of steady connection.
3rd time’s the charm.
@Whitcomb Yes. And BTW, switching the screen brightness to “auto” helps save on the battery. Mine lasts about as long as my cell phone – maybe a little less before I need to charge.
@arfdawg Thanks, I’ve done that and also found the weather API working (occasionally) via Accuweather and changing the settings in Accuweather to “small circle”
@yankees07 That’s too bad. Mine quit working suddenly, but I had success leaving it to discharge for several days until it was dead and then putting it back on the charger. Try a different charger? Different amperage?
ha! I’m having trouble downloading the software. I’m not on Apple based software.Like someone said, I really wanna love this thing. I just wanna tell the time.
ya, can someone give me a hand? I can’t find the software and have been looking a few hours. it won’t show up on my itunes.
thanks, and sorry for being a pain
and man is this watch hot! looks and temperature wise.
BBF’s List of Things to Do/Obtain to Maximize Olio Model One Runtime Without Turning Off Bluetooth.
Get a low current USB AC adapter, preferably 500mA, but definitely less than 1000mA/1A to plug the Olio inductive charger into.
When you get up in the morning, don’t immediately take the watch off the charger and wear it. Take it off the charger and then put it on the charger again for at least a few minutes to top off the charge.
For the last week or so, I’ve been getting 15hr or greater run times from my Olio Model 1 with bluetooth on, and at least a dozen or so notifications a day.
Long explanations follow:
Get a low current USB AC adapter preferable 500mA or less - this will prevent you from heating up the watch and cook the battery, but will take 3 hours or more to charge the watch. This is counterintuitive to EVERYTHING I’ve been doing for the last few years. I’ve been purchasing, at a minimum 2A chargers because my USB phones/tablets just won’t charge quickly enough without HIGH current chargers. Since the Olio Model One’s charge circuitry/software if so effed up, it will cook the battery if hooked up to a high current USB power supply. I had to look through all my old cell phone accessories to find a super old piece of crap samsung microUSB charger that supplied 700mA that I didn’t even use before tossing it into my “extra” electronics bin. Probably connecting it to your computers USB ports will also provide a nice low current charge as well. My watch only gets slightly warm when charging with the lower current USB power adapter.
When you get up in the morning, don’t take the watch off the charge base and wear it immediately. Take it off the charge base and then put it back on the charger, then wash your face, get dressed, eat breakfast, or whatever before taking it off the charger again to top off the charge. This is because like all the inductive Qi charging devices I have, once the Olio has reached full charge, it WILL NOT start charging again until the device is removed from the inductive charging puck… I’ve had my smartphone drain down to 0% after 1.5 days because of this “feature” when on a Qi charging pad… this doesn’t happen when I have it plugged into a wired charging system.
Now that my experiment with full day operation of the watch is over, I intend to carry the disc charger with me to work and charge it in the middle of the day to further reduce wear and tear on the battery. The less deep you discharge batteries, the longer they last.
Or if you’re a compulsive shopper with hoarding tendencies, you’ll have bought more than one Olio from Meh!, so you’ll have at least two charge pucks so you can keep one at work and one at home.
You can further increase run time by turning off bluetooth when you don’t need it, like at night when it’s charging… but I don’t like to do that because I forget to turn it back on.
For those of you who can’t get this watch to work all I can say is you either are clueless or you are using it with an iPhone which is a really crappy idea. I have a Pixel Android and it works perfectly. Everything works in fact! Weather, phone, music messages – from TWO email accounts, text, etc.etc. The only thing I don’t seem to be able to change the face of the clock to something other than the one analog or one digital.
The iPhone really sucks for non-Apple watches. I’ve tried a Pebble in the past and same thing. Got it to work with Android but it was glitchy with the iPhone.
One problem DID arise early on – the day after I set it up it downloaded and updated the firmware and stopped working. I thought I had a piece of junk on my hands because I couldn’t even get a clock face on the screen. I had to uninstall the app and then re-install it and was able to connect perfectly to the watch.
Let’s hope Fitbit keeps the app up. I don’t care if it’s ever updated or not as it’s working fine now.
@arfdawg interesting to hear. I have had issues with the olio with my iphone - it periodically loses one of the two required bluetooth pairings, which means that the phone ringer alert dies. FWIW martian notifier works well.
So mine took the updated firmware and hasn’t worked since. All I get is the Olio screen in perpetuity. It doesn’t make itself available to pair via Bluetooth. Is there a way to reset the watch back to factory settings? Should I be contacting meh support at this point?
@wishlish try letting it drain over 24 hours and then try putting it back on the battery. You can also try deleting the app and redownloading it as I’ve heard from some people that’s helped
Specs
Watch Faces Per Style
What’s in the Box?
1x Watch
1x Wireless Charging Disk
1x Charging Cable
2x Extra Links with pins (Metal Band Models)
1x Polishing Cloth
1x Quick Start Guide
1x Safety & Use Guide
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Whats In The Box?
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Price Comparison
$595 - $1300 List, $1365.86 at Amazon
Warranty
90 Day Mediocre
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
Well at that price I’m not surprised they went belly up.
@jml326 You’d be surprised. SlickDeals has people posting $3000 watches all the time and creaming themselves over how nice (and cheap!) they are. Why anyone would pay more for a watch than I did for my car I won’t understand, especially since my car also tells time.
@jml326 what do you mean by belly up?
@Konraden IIRC those are actual luxury watches for actual good prices. You know, like the Omega Seamaster that James Bond wears.
@Konraden To be fair, you’d look a little silly wearing a car on your wrist.
@thekenya
OLIO is no longer in business.
Mirror.
@thekenya the company went bankrupt, out of business, no longer functioning, dead, nada, zip zilch. That sort of thing.
@Hexxman007 They’re pining for the fjords.
@jml326 missed the deal but possibly looking to buy off someone if they are having buyers remorse
@callblackout I’ll keep you in mind after I see how big this thing looks on my wrist.
@callblackout i thought you didn’t like the watch?
@callblackout Can I still let you know in a week? That’s assuming I can’t actually figure out something more than checking the time and using the timer.
@callblackout Mine is for sale. It’s not the watch, it’s me.
@jberkemeier what color?
@nickads Steel.
@jberkemeier It’s sold.
I have two. Selling both. The wife and I both like our cheap plastic Android watches. I have the 24K gold for her and the stainless for me. Each worn for a few hours.
@savedme Did you sell the gold one yet?
@greg8920 I still have both. Just sitting in the box)
@savedme how much? and how would you handle the transaction? Paypal?
@greg8920 Paypal would be fine.You can email directly Savedme@gmail.com. Make an offer there please and we’ll move forward.
@savedme sounds good. Emailed you.
@callblackout I have mine for sale. Haven’t even worn it. Color is black steel and A+ condition.
Probably future support for newer versions of the OS will be zero.
@cengland0 Agreed
Hey guys! Meh buyer @mandirose here. Disclaimer…I’m the buyer of this deal, so I of course am a little biased, but I have been using the watch now for a couple weeks and will happy to answer any questions as honestly as possible if anyone has any
@mandirose does it charge via standard wireless qi like the moto 360?
@mandirose Any idea how long there will be software support for the watch?
@dagirlgenius current software is as far as you’ll get, the app should be available in google play and apple store for 2 years but there will be no support from olio on these
@communist “To charge your Olio Watch, use only the charging cable and wireless charger provided to you by Olio.” Comes with one charger in the box
@mandirose
How big of a wrist will it fit?
@mandirose Can you change faces and backgrounds of the watch without the app? At the demo site for the black watch, I am seeing four choices of hands, and four background choices. Can I choose between them without using the app?
@bdb The watch faces are dependent on style:
Gold: Clear sky dial with sunfire yellow accents
Rose: Eclipse astral dial with turquoise accents
Steel: Radiant white markers with ice blue accents
Black: Technical dial with burnished gold accents
@troy
TROY!!!
@mandirose Battery life, please?
@caffeine_dude I don’t have the exact measurements but will try to find them. I will let you know the link watches have 2 extra links included with them but I’m sure that doesn’t help much
@mandirose …please mention that there are two on eBay for $250.00 and $450.00!
@mandirose Life between charges?
@mandirose This or Pebble?
@Superllama7 Depends on the settings you choose but realistically, 8-18 hours depending on setting choices. They say 24 hours but I haven’t experienced that long
@mandirose I have read that some of the processing is done on the cloud with this watch. Assuming that the company is no longer supporting that, have you noticed any issues caused by that?
@tinsami1 That’s a great question. I’d say pebble for software and this for looks. A merchandiser in the office has a pebble and helped us test one and I think he would say pebble but he did like this watch a lot. I personally don’t like the look of pebbles so i would say this one, but again I’m biased haha
@ruouttaurmind see reply above
@mandirose Oh damn. As little as 8 hrs is a deal killer. Even a full 18 hrs would leave me dead in the water on many days.
@tinsami1 Pebble, everyday. Great battery life, low weight, and supported.
@pburkej I have not noticed any issues.
@ruouttaurmind It’s a lot about how you keep your settings but I want to be as honest as possible
@mandirose
I appreciate that. It woulda been a pissa to dole 70 bucks and wind up with a smart watch that wouldn’t make it through my day.
@PlacidPenguin PLACIDPENGUIN!!!
@mandirose My question would be if you knew of any way to put third party firmware on this. It might be fun to write custom software for if there’s any possibility of ever doing that. Searching hasn’t turned anything up.
If you were selling Pebble Time Steel watches at that price, I’d probably jump at it. I need a spare. When my current one’s watchband broke, it was a pain going back to the old watch.
@mandirose Are you able to take off the face and replace it with another? I’d like to keep the 24K band and I have a rolex face I want to switch with it.
@mandirose Apparently this watch was supposed to have an open API. Is there any chance we might be able to get that for hacking and such? Since there will be no support for this watch in the future.
@mandirose can the band be swapped for any others? Say 22 mm bands?
@rlesueur Supported how? Pebble went out of business.
@kazriko Why not just get a watch band for your Pebble?
@caffeine_dude I bought one of these when they first came out. It’s a nice looking watch, and the battery lasts more than a day. I have a big wrist (8+ inches) and put my own strap on it.
@GLaDOS Out of business and acquired by Fitbit are 2 very different things. While Olio was also acquired, the difference is Fitbit makes end user, consumer products and Flex (the company that acquired Olio) primarily makes components and business related products.
@crocetti slight correction, they are listed on ebay for that price. Only 1 up for auction. Granted still a lot of time left, but currently it is at $1.25. Watching it just for curiosity, but I would not suggest buying a bunch trying to make a fortune lol
@sgrenald Thanks for your input! It’s really nice to have feedback from someone who’s had experience with the watch!
@kazriko I don’t know of any way to do that BUT if you do buy one and figure it out, we’d love to have you post about it in the forum for our other mehmbers
@bobatron Not that I’m aware of
@WilsonSports @comeatmebro Hey @troy , I know you changed took a band off, do you have more info on that process/what type of connection it is
@mandirose Thanks for the charger info. It kinda concerned me that it wasn’t listed as being “in the box” in the description!
@mandirose One of the photos shows the watch being immersed in water…does this mean it is water resistant /waterproof? Can it be worn swimming?
@mandirose I haven’t worn it in a while, so I put it on this morning. When I got my watch originally, it was almost impossible to get it to Bluetooth with my phone. Now it does it instantly. Which is nice.
@chienfou Thanks for catching that! The box specs have been updated.
@comics360 Yes it can be worn swimming
@comics360 50M water-resistant but I wouldn’t recommend the suede one if you plan on swimming in it
@mandirose just don’t shower with it. (General watch advice - not just olio)
@communist it has its own custom charger. I haven’t tried any other induction chargers besides the Apple one. Which won’t work
@dswift0117 @crocetti Selling prices have been hovering around $125. Which would be helpful in determining value if a huge glut of these wasn’t about to hit the market.
@mandirose @WilsonSports @comeatmebro standard spring-loaded pins. I was able to get both the metal & leather bands off with a small flat head screwdriver, since I didn’t have a watch tool kit lying around. Had I actually paid $1395 for one I probably would have been more careful
@mandirose I bet you are high-fiving everyone in North Texas. That’s a good haul for less than a half day.
@Lighter Let’s just say I think today made up for my pineapple mugs yesterday
@mandirose
But… I liked the pineapple mugs.
@troy you can buy a spring bar tool for $10-20 on the internet
@GLaDOS Did that, that’s why I’m using the pebble again. But the vibration motor is starting to go out on it too, so a spare would still be handy. The watch band breaking just made me realize how much I use the thing.
@mandirose pineapple mugs did suck ass.
@dino2269
Says you. They were interesting.
@mandirose I got mine, but can’t find any sign of a full manual ANYWHERE. The quick start guide is no help either. How in the heck do you invoke:
@curtw4 Hey Curt. Music should control the music on your phone. As we put in the write up, weather was a feature that wouldn’t work anymore. Same with navigation.
@mandirose I guess I read the write-up with too much optimism. The write-up said “already don’t perform…” but because their youtube video shows it working, I just assumed a newer firmware was required. Both weather and Nav are things it can get straight from the phone, no need for a “cloud” server. So, I guess “staged demo” of those functions?
Probably something to hang onto in case anybody ever writes functioning firmware for it.
@mandirose I didn’t see an answer on the full manual. The watch is beautiful and does some stuff, but I feel like it’s hit and miss and would love to know officially at least how the different features are supposed to work.
@mandirose I received mine, paired it with my iPhone and charged it to about 30% and wore it for a few hours. It died during that time and I’m unable to get the screen to come back on. I left it charge all night last night and the watch still won’t turn on. I know it’s not actually on because my phone isn’t paired to it anymore. Any ideas on what to do??
@joelmw Again, as we wrote in the write up, the thing the watch does best now is notifications and telling time. No full manual available that we know of but here’s a link to their youtube channel showing how to set up some of the features youtube
@mandirose hey, I’m in need of assistance. I just took my watch out for its first day, and it just turned off, seemingly out of nowhere, early in the morning. I let it charge to full capacity the night before. Is there some sort of reset, button, gesture, something?
@colbysolomon Do you know if the watch updated? Go the the about section and see if it says you have the latest softwear version
@curtw4 Agreed. I could really use a manual. I swiped too quickly on the VIP contacts description. What does (or did) that feature do?
@communist It charges, but it gets really hot compared to the official charger. I’m pretty sure that’s why they recommend only their charger. On the plus side, my Galaxy S6 charges nice and cool on the watch’s charger.
@dalekjoe that’s great to know! Thanks for the tip
@mandirose Mine turned on and seemed to pair okay… but then it turned off and I can’t seem to figure out how to get it back on. It’s also getting really hot from the charger. Is this normal? Is there anything special I have to do?
@bpokorny1 try watching this video tip and see if it helps?
@Rabernathy try watching this video and see if this helps
@mandirose i let it take a really bright led for 10 mins or more and still couldn’t get anything out of it
@Rabernathy hmmm only other advice I would say is to take it off the charger and let the battery run out and try again in about 20 minutes. If that doesn’t work, contact customer service and let them know what’s going on and they’ll be able to help
@mandirose does your Weather screen work? I just have clouds with question marks in them. I thought maybe it would use my iPhone’s weather, but apparently not? (And yeah, I get the part about the company not being in business anymore)
@mjc94ma As we wrote in the write up, weather is a feature that would not work
@mandirose oh, okay. Missed that part. Still a nice looking watch regardless. Thank you.
@mjc94ma I’ve found the more I wear mine, the more things I find out about it that I like
Just so you know too, if you have notifications about weather (like my accuweather notifies me if there’s going to be a severe storm) those notifications will show up!
@troy @mandirose @WilsonSports @comeatmebro I just changed out the band on mine with a tiny screwdriver. Used the pins from the original band (black steel) and replaced it with this band from Amazon “Beauty7 Black 24mm Brushed Finish Butterfly Clasp”. I really liked the original band, but it was about one link too small and I couldn’t find any way to get one more link. This one isn’t exactly the same color, but it looks nice and matches the style pretty close… but more importantly, it’s about one link size bigger.
@Liquidblue Thanks so much for the feedback on this. It will really help some other customers out!
@Liquidblue Mine came with 2 links and 2 pins in a small plastic bag in the box the watch came in. Inside one of the little side panels that lift up. Or did you mean it still didn’t fit with those 2 extra links?
@acowman Fit but was super snug with the two extra links. One more would have been perfect.
@popkanzia
@mandirose hello,
do any of the apps work? I get texts, but that is it. No email, no weather no directions. Apple iPhone 7 plus. Thank you
@Whitcomb Weather and directions do not work but email should. Do you get notifications on your lock screen for emails already? If not, you have to change your settings on your Iphone. The watch should replicate the settings you have on your phone, I.E. I don’t get facebook alerts so they don’t come up on my watch but I do get text alerts and those do
@mandirose Thank you,
Weird, but weather did work 3 days ago. Weather Undergrond or Accuweather. Couldn’t tell which one tho. Thanks again
@mandirose I found the weather API working (occasionally) via Accuweather and changing the settings in Accuweather to “small circle”
@kazriko I have a pebble time steel. From Kick Starter HMU if interested. Cdecker78 at KC dot RR dot Com
@sgrenald I can’t get mine to Bluetooth w my phone. How did u get it to work?
@Whitcomb Where did you find the setting for Accuweather “small circle” ?
@mandirose Any way to find an old version of the app for Android?
@nostrom0 I don’t believe the app is working any longer unfortunately!
I love it and will definitely buy a steel one… If you sell it for $15.
@DaveInSoCal i would buy at this price if it came with all the band types.
Hard to find reviews but the ones I do find are of people complaining that it outright doesn’t work or that many of the features don’t. I’m tempted to try one given how much it is marked down but then I have to remind myself that it is still a $50 smartwatch which isn’t that great of a deal for something that might not work or might work so poorly that I don’t use it.
My dearest meh, I will be happy to test the Black/Metal link model for you.
@ConAndLibrarian Also, if it’s free.
“Watch” out on this deal
Bath
@mandirose
Find my shipping info in my VMP profile:)Thanks
“oleo” means “margarine” doesn’t it?
@awk Yep. That was the first thing I thought of when I saw the name XD
Will it blend? If so, it would make a shitty margarita too.
@alacrity It tells you how long you should blend you margarita silly.
@mike808 looks crunchy, too
I’ll meh pass on this outdated tech.
smells fishy - if it came with certificate, even knowing it means nothing from a company belly up, I’d be up for a bid. Shame, watches are a good market with fickle buyers (and I would like to be a buyer).
@elysiumplain
/image certificate
@shawn
We get certificates for showing up?
I’m not sure whether to be happy, or complain that these certificates are as destructive as participation trophies.
I get a lot of nice compliments on the House of Marley watch I got here a while ago. Those wood accents are something people apparently don’t see every day.
I could probably find use for a gold watch since I have gold accoutrements I wear with my suit to weddings and what not. Maybe if these are still selling in the morning…
Did you get an auto? I got the fluid auto. Gains about two minutes over two weeks of daily wear. Only one comment, though. Doesnt matter, i still love it.
@dickie541 https://www.amazon.com/House-Marley-Capsule-Leather-Stylish/dp/B00C9XBFKU
Different band, but same face. It’s actually a terrible watch, black face and black hands make it impossible to read, but it definitely has style.
The cloud aspect is what kills my desire. Even if you keep the apk more than two years, without the cloud you’re up SC.
@michaelahess How else are people going to monetize their transformational disruptive innovations? Mandatory structural external dependencies for everday functions are really the only way to do that.
You’re talking about destroying the basis of our whole rent/license-everything economy with your nutty and quaint concepts of backwards 20th century “ownership”. And hampering the gubment’s right to surveillance of the lib’ruls and turrists. Murica!!!
Is there any way to install Android Wear on one of these things?
@dominusprinceps
Wouldn’t it just be easier to buy an Android Wear watch at this price range?
While you wouldn’t be able to get a Gen 2 watch (to take advantage of NFC, WiFi, Wear 2.0, etc…), you could still get the LG G Watch, Moto 360 (1st Gen), possibly the G Watch R, etc…
@PlacidPenguin No doubt it would be, but I would be more interested in these watches if I could guarantee that they’ll have functioning software a year from now.
@dominusprinceps
Even if you were hypothetically able to get Android Wear on this (which you can’t);
I dunno why you’d try to make it harder for yourself and not just get an Android Wear watch since that seems to be what you want.
@dominusprinceps look up used moto 360s if you really want android wear, my $30 moto 360 1st gen just arrived today
@PlacidPenguin @communist I actually have a Moto 360, which is perfectly functional but pretty casual. I’d be interested in a “dressier” Android watch at this price point. I’ve been looking around for some kind of Wear equivalent of LineageOS that I could slap on these devices, but I haven’t come up with anything. It could also potentially be a fun project device, but it doesn’t look like these are very open to tinkering. Oh well.
@communist
Kinda ironic that that’s cheaper than what I saw I could sell my LG G Watch for. (It just sits there unused. Although just for fun, I put it next to my Huawei Watch on my wrist.)
Windows phone compatibility?
@kruzen you should be able to wear it on your wrist and simultaneously carry a windows phone on your person without causing a disruption in time and space. Beyond that, I don’t believe there is any.
@kruzen There is no such thing.
Love that pie chart.
/giphy fuck it.
/giphy I love golddddd
appetizing-mostly-field
Was thinking of getting it but seems like it’d be a bad investment.`
Olio…wasn’t that a margarine? So…are these kind of greasy? Or watches for the lactose intolerant??
@mandirose Could you clarify one question - how much does this watch do without the app? I’m thinking forward a few months - the server has been taken down, and the app has been pulled from itunes and google play.
If you take one of these watches from its box, charge it, and put it one your wrist, what functionality does it have?
@bdb you do need the app to set it up. The app is supposed to stay up for 2 years but will have no updates
@mandirose Thank you. So, my understanding is that if the servers are not maintained, then this device will no longer function, even as ‘just’ an awesome looking watch.
So, in the case that the servers are not supported past two years, then we will get two years of a nice looking watch, and then it will be one more thing to stick in my museum of great tech that no longer works.
@bdb As long as you download the app before it was theoretically pulled from the app store, it should at the very least work as a watch in that instance
@mandirose Thank you again.
@mandirose So what can it actually do other than tell time? Does the weather work? Push notifications for emails/texts/phone calls? Can I make my fancy little golf app work with it?
@Satchmo it’s best at notifications for texts, emails and phone calls. It also has been able to show me notifications for pretty much anything that my iphone notifications show. Social media, slack, weather alerts, even has worked for uber alerts, like that my driver was arriving. And telling time of course.
@mandirose And I’m assuming Meh’s fantastic warranty is going to stand behind this purchase if I can’t bang it against the table hard enough for it to work right?
@Satchmo https://meh.com/forum/topics/the-meh-warranty-for-what-its-worth--not-much-
@bdb Looks like with server’s pull-down you won’t be able to pair device after restarting or trying to use it for the first time.
@mandirose I guess you were wrong on the server problem since it is used to pair and activate new device?
@bdb @mandirose Anyone have a copy of the android apk they can email me?
I only have 2 watches with different brands. Since I am not really into fashion, what’s important for me is just to know what time is it already regardless of its specs. Also, if its really durable then its worth the price.
@JosephSmith it is fantastic at telling time
@mandirose It’s fantastic at telling time for the roughly 8 hours it’s on before the battery dies. And when the face doesn’t mysteriously turn off for 24 hours at a time without any possible way to wake it up
@dwileyjr344 if you just want to use it as just a watch, I suggest turning off bluetooth entirely. This greatly increases the battery life, especially if you have the setting on auto or low. Should get you through the day on these settings
@mandirose I am likely going to do that if the watch ever turns on again. It has been updating for the last 19 hours. The app on the phone still says 80% which is where it was when I went to bed last night. The watch did not turn on when I woke up this morning and remains in its sad state. I have left it under a bright light for 20 minutes and tried shining my phone’s flashlight on the watch’s light sensor for about 5 minutes with no luck. I think it may have just given up on its desire to live.
@mandirose @dwileyjr344 I’ve got through my day with about 14% remaining. You have to make sure BT is connected and not “searching.” I think the searching really drains the battery. Also keep the light on auto/low and of course make sure you’ve updated the software.
Everyone should read that linked Verge article. It’s no wonder this company went belly up: it was all about marketing how fancy it was.
You can’t change the watch face? That’s a feature! Changing the face would mess with the fancy design!
It’s got no fitness tracking? That’s a feature! Nobody uses that stuff, and the extra sensors would mess with the feng shui, or the karma, or something.
I’d be happy to try one of these out… If I got it in a fuku.
I found measurements for the steel model on their web site. 47mm diameter, 12mm depth.
Compare to Martian Notifier: 43mm diameter, 14mm depth (measured).
@danpritts 47mm case; 24mm band width. on the link ones. 47mm case; 22mm band width. on the leather and suede bands
@mandirose for the record, not that anyone probably cares, the black leather band on my steel model is 24mm.
Seriously??? This is the one time the baby arm would have been really appropriate!!! WHERE IS THE BABY ARM PHOTO WITH THIS???
@Kidsandliz you’re going to get someone fired over this.
@Kidsandliz it would be appropriate… Which is probably exactly why they didn’t do it lol
@DavidChurchRN Nah…I think the new writer doesn’t like or appreciate the history behind the baby arm. LOL In the photo with the vapid female model she could have been photoshopped out and the baby arm substituted. Bingo. Not appropriate use of the appropriate baby arm. (grin).
@sourhead Hmm… who writes these things so I can ping just him/her (and not the octopus; I wasn’t paying attention when someone new was hired apparently) to lodge my “complaint”? LOL
@Kidsandliz I hope Kyle didn’t smuggle the baby arm out with his coffee mug when he left.
@Kidsandliz
Are you referring to @skemmehs?
@PlacidPenguin No idea as I wasn’t paying enough attention when the new writer was introduced.
@PlacidPenguin Hmm saw you had pinged me in that thread and I actually had said something to him about baby arms. LOL Maybe @skemmehs hates baby arms. (grin).
How does this compare to my “META” watch?
Yikes! At 47mm it reminds me of a belt buckle from the 70s.
@sourhead Or those calculator watches from way back when.
/image calculator watch
@WTFsunshine I had one of those. Actually, I bet it’s still in a box in the basement somewhere… #nerd
@WTFsunshine The difference is, the calculator watches are now going up in value.
Mehbe in 30 years these will be valuable, as well…
@El_Oel only $15 https://www.amazon.com/Casio-Mens-CA53W-Calculator-Watch/dp/B000GB1R7S
@tydalforce Don’t sell yourself short think of it as #collector’s items as @El_Oel said they may someday be valuable- if not to someone else maybe just for you since you held onto it this long.
At this price, no thanks. I picked up a Pebble Time recently and have been extremely impressed, it’s basically everything I want out of a smartwatch (from a $30 refurb no less), with good third-party software support going into the future.
Meh, already have a Martian. I’ll save the $50 and put it toward a much cooler “dumb” watch from tokyoflash some day.
@Oneroundrobb From the specs this may look a lot better than the Martian Notifier, but it doesn’t appear to do anything the Notifier doesn’t except run the battery down faster.
@craigthom @Oneroundrobb It does a shitload more than the Notifier, including providing continuing access to full notifications, which is huge for me. They just scroll by and go away on the Notifier, which means that mostly I miss them, unless I train myself to stop whatever else I’m doing to pay immediate attention to my watch–which I just don’t want to do most of the time. Also, the Notifier only shows a small portion of the notification; mostly it’s a reminder that I need to look at my phone.
The text on the Olio is complete, readable and–I daresay–beautiful.
In addition, the Olio:
I’d bet there’s more, but that’s what I’ve discovered so far. I hear rumor that there’s a mic or at least some way to access Siri.
The Martian isn’t worthless. I like it and it’s cheaper. The face isn’t bad. It has a little flashlight, which has actually been practical for me on occasion. In addition to showing that brief notification (which is sometimes enough to be useful), it has a cool feature where you can program different notifications to different pulses, so that it’s easy to tell, for instance, whether I’m getting an important call vs. a stupid nag from a game.
My Olio made it through the day and I’ll plan on just charging it overnight every day (battery life does seem to have improved with the update), but I’ll keep the Martian in my bag for backup.
Smartwatch users: do you get annoyed by the constant updates?
@sourhead
Which Smartwatch platform are you referring to?
OS updates, or Smartwatch app updates?
@sourhead Not really? If I’m trying to focus, I turn it to quiet mode. Other than that, I’ve silenced most of the annoying ones down so it’s usually something important. (Someone spending money on my credit card, a text message from a co worker or my wife, or a notification in Slack.) The main two things I use it for is controlling my music on the phone, and as a “keep unlocked” token for my phone. (while it’s connected, my phone doesn’t automatically lock, but if I walk away from my phone and leave it somewhere, it locks automatically.)
@PlacidPenguin I meant software platform updates. Emails, for example. I get so many, my watch would be going off too often I think.
@sourhead
Oh. You mean notifications.
@sourhead you can customize this on the watch. You can make a “rule” to turn off certain notifications all the time or in certain scenarios
@mandirose Thanks, I’m tempted. Does it feel redonkulously huge?
@sourhead if you’re familiar at all with the Michael Kors boyfriend watch, reminds me a lot of that from a girl point of view. Here’s a pic
@mandirose
Interesting bookmark bar.
@mandirose But…but… that’s today’s meh page and your watch says it’s 11:46 on 6/4/17. It’s only 10:32 EST as I post this! So, this also has a flux capacitor?
@cinoclav @mandirose @narfcake
@sourhead I’ve got a Martian Notifier from meh (more than one, actually), and I have different vibration patterns for different notifications, so they are pretty easy to ignore after a half second. or check.
@cinoclav haha that pic is actually from last night
this watch is the watch i buy…
https://ressencewatches.com/watches/type-3
…when i can afford it
@dickie541 anything involving an “horological complicator” sounds like something everyone can use.
@dickie541 $35,000?!
@Oneroundrobb but, but, but, just…just, look at it. Find a video of its movement.
@dickie541 That thing is way too complicated to read and operate.
@GLaDOS Thanks. I dont get to see that often enough. I love that fuvking watch!
I wear a “dumb” watch. I have gone several years without changing the battery. Charging nightly or weekly would be irritating.
@Kyser_Soze I have an inexpensive Seiko 5 automatic. It keeps damn good time and doesn’t even have a battery. If I had to charge my watch like my iPhone, my watch would be dead most of the time.
@Kyser_Soze Assuming you have a “smart” phone, it’s no big deal to charge it right next to the phone. I do it overnight…
I’d have to say I’m intristically, fundamentally, essentially, primarily, inherently and mostly unimpressed with the product. Additionally, you’re pie chart looks a little confusing however it does look like a good word search puzzle. But I do like your wordage, expression, elocution, articulation - or should I say - delivery of your write up on attempting to sell the product.
@WTFsunshine Meh is not a pie chart.
@Satchmo and what is “intrinstically”?
@WTFsunshine Maybe this is, instead of watches is pie chart of chocolate pie, blackberry pie, cherry pie, peach pie, french silk pie, apple pie…If so then in that case: /buy/blackberry pie, buy/peach pie, buy/cherry pie, buy/french silk pie…
@Satchmo Mmmm, pie.
@Kidsandliz The 70s called and wants to make sure you didn’t forget hair pie.
@BeerIsSoAwesome Sorry - was suppose to be intrinsically. Neither spellcheck nor I caught it. @Satchmo Never called Meh a pie chart I was saying their pie chart was confusing to look at. @Kidsandliz I’m with you if it’s that kind of chart…I’ll take apple, pumpkin, chocolate and French silk! @mike808 if you’re referring to angel hair spaghetti pie
not my thing. Same goes if you’re referring to the other type of hair pie.
@WTFsunshine @mike808 and definitely not if it is a hair shirt (I have no idea what a hair pie is - sounds nasty).
@Kidsandliz First way is when you use angel hair pasta to make what looks like a lattice crust topping. Trying to find a politically correct way to explain the second version but best I can come up with is that it involves a mans (or womans) mouth and a woman’s lower region. Trying to keep it PG.
I don’t know wtf to get my son for his 28th BDay. He’s not going to want anything to lug around due to his crazy schedule/moving coming up. I think he would be non-plussed if I made him pancakes.
physical-mad-bead
/image exotic-brutish-yoke
@riceatusc That guy is a short story writer. Go sit in the corner /image until you apologize.
/image depraved fluttering ogre
I am willing to take the risk, since my Apple watch broke. Waiting until watch ver. 4 to repalce
@mandirose Congrats on a fascinating deal, even if I’m not in the market for a watch right now.
@dashcloud thank you! This was a fun one, glad the community seems to be enjoying it!
@dashcloud exactly! I get no emails, no appointments, no texts, but the watch just looks nice.
Thank! Seems like a pretty good deal for a guy that needs a “Dress” watch and is broke. Keep me posted on other deals please at [mod: removed email; post again if you insist, but seems ill-advised]
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@academic11 uh, okay. I’ll drop you an email if I see something nice.
@academic11 turn on the emails and you’ll get notified every morning.
$50 that can be spent on worthwhile item or charity. Otherwise it $50 bucks into the #Crap
Museum. There is a reason Olio failed … watch never worked!!
Flat tire on the TOP???
But will it tell me how many steps I take?
@skemmehs- Great write-up!
As a watch collector, that’s a beautiful watch. I’m so sorry I missed it. That was the best thing meh ever sold. So what if the os will be out of date in a year or two. It’s a beautiful watch. It was cheap enough.
@wew You’re VMP, right? Check back at 4?
@sammydog01 yeah. I use it so infrequently. yeah, that just occured to me I have something like that!
Now I need to look through the thread and see which one’s people bought. They’re all pretty smart looking.
what color? what color? (and what’s with all the different bands? I’ll have to read the copy again.)
while I’m posting, the post office is coming out with a heat sensitive solar eclipse stamp in a few weeks. It’s very nerd cool! I’m pre-ordering today.
@wew I’m pretty sure the gold and rose gold are sold out.
@wew
For those interested: Preorder here.
@sammydog01 Nutz. I was leaning towards the Rose, just cause I have none. yeah, it’s sort of a mystery what 4pm will bring. Heh. No one can get a hold of me, otherwise I could go into the entrepreneur business at 4pm…all these non-vmp people want watches. Mr. Meh, I don’t know what you had to do to get this deal, and I don’t even know if I’ll snag one, but Kudos, sir.
@sammydog01 I could go with the black, but I don’t like the hands. It’s a smartwatch, think I could change them?
Ordered the black/metal band…Really wanted the gold device…Any VMP want to work a deal out if there are some still available at 4pm?
I’ve got a black/metal band, paid for, that I’d trade for a gold/any band + $$. Or just buy a gold one straight $$. Wish I had heard of meh before last night, would have gladly paid the $5 to be a VMP!! Cool site and glad to have stumbled on it.
Congrats on the sellout @mandirose! So when is my coffeemaker coming?
@sammydog01 I was gathering research
@mandirose I’m just kidding- my thirteen dollar “as seen on tv” one suits my needs perfectly and builds up my biceps.
dammitall… whenever a deal pops up that I might actually like, they sell out before I see them.
@CFL_Kent sorry, I don’t think there’s anyway I can get ahold of you, or else we could swing a deal.
@wew Oh yeah? What do you have in mind?
I’m wondering how long the watches will remain compatible with IOS devices with the frequency of the software updates.
@CFL_Kent I’d get you a watch if you wanted one, but we can’t meet up, so that’s out, (someone earlier posted their email and it was deleted.) I have a little ios, and android, but am mostly windows os. My phone is webOS, which was an HP os that could have easily been third place in operating systems if it wasn’t for a bad CEO HP had,(their transducing charging docks were pretty much standard-throw your phone or tablet on a pad, and it charges, no little cables to hook up). Anyway I’m used to breakthrough or obsolete hardwear. Ex Amiga programmer, ex pirate ectera.
(wew. so much typing. I won’t be back for a month.)
@CFL_Kent there’s still one model left. I have the steel one. Later this morning decided I wanted to get a black one with the bracelet, but was too late. Had to settle for a black one with the strap (which I’ll have to replace). Hope it tells time better than my older one…
@sgrenald I was wanting a black one with the black metal band…
I got a gold Pebble Time Steel from Woot last month for $65.
I didn’t want the red band it came with, so I swapped it (and the gold band hardware) for a white silicone one from Amazon that looks nice - with a textured white band, you don’t even notice it’s not leather unless you look closely.
And it does not rely on cloud services, only on the Pebble app, which has itself been updated to be cloud-independent. Some watch apps may need cloud services, but that’s up to the specific app.
You all know you made CNN? A headline like “Get an Olio smartwatch for $50” and they linked meh. Those highfalutin, (I spellchecked), executives are gonna be a bit surprised when chair socks come up tomorrow.
I still don’t know which watch to buy. Grrrrrrr. thanks @MWPollard for the sort of help.
@wew I’m wearing the Black Watch face with the Suede band in the photo above and I love that it looks different than other watches I’ve seen out there. Really can’t go wrong on any of these though, as someone who’s seen each and every one in person, there’s no bad choice on these
@wew @mandirose
CNET, not CNN.
https://www.cnet.com/news/get-an-olio-model-one-smartwatch-for-50
@wew Yeah, pretty sure they know they’re on CNET considering this line is in the article: “The Meh folks were nice enough to send me one to check out…”
@cinoclav dang, they weren’t nice enough to send me one to try out.
I’m ticked I didn’t get a metal band! who do i cry to that cares?
@wew chirp chirp
@wew chirp chirp
@wew
@mandirose my main problem with the watch is that it doesn’t tell time very well. I’ve had it sitting on the charger by my bed for the last few months. Picked it up today to wear it (thanks, Meh! for the reminder) and it said “4:02am, 1/1/2014” or something like that. I launched the app on my phone and it snapped to the correct date/time.
Also, I took it off the charger around 7am, and put it back on the charger at 6pm. Battery level was about 60%
@sgrenald not sure if you have an iPhone (I do) but I find just keeping the app running in the background makes everything run very smoothly. Only uses about 4% of my battery keeping it open in the background so doesn’t effect my cell battery too much.
@mandirose I do have an iPhone. But I’m not normally using my watch. It’s not a big deal to launch the app, though. I just thought it was odd that the (probably) fifty cent quartz timekeeper in the watch didn’t work that well. Kinda wish I’d grabbed the black w bracelet in the morning, but I’ve got a spare strap around somewhere for the leather one. One of the reasons I didn’t get the black one in 2015 was because it was $100 more than the steel one.
two models left. none with metal bands. Congratulations to those that scored.
@wew which models are left? I really want a 24k gold one!
@nickads black with tan suede and steel with tan suede
@sammydog01 Thanks for letting me know. Congrats to everyone who got one!Maybe a gold one will pop up on eBay for a semi-decent price
yeah, there were just leather bands left. dog gone. I always pick the wrong night to fall asleep early. (beating myself senseless.)
Will it work w/o app? Can you set time without phone?
missed the deal but possibly looking to buy off someone if they are having buyers remorse
@callblackout
@jrm_cr_fl Hi, still looking for the Olio? I have the all steel version that I picked up last week. I paid the $60 + $5 for shipping. Add $5 to ship it to you for a total of $70. Let me know.
@jrm_cr_fl ಠ_ಠ
/poll did you buy this to resell on ebay?
@username @jrm_cr_fl bought it to try to resell here
For years I could not (and still cannot) justify a smart watch. There was this guide that helped confused people like me determine if a smart watch was for them. It pretty much surmised that only if you were a gadget freak and needed the latest tech would a smart watch me worth it. Well, for $65, a nice classy watch with smart watch features didn’t seem like a big gamble. So, black steel on black, on its way next week. Sorry to those that wanted that model too. Of all the colors available, that looked the nicest to me. Already have gold and stainless analog watches. Even a rise gold one too. I do wear analog watches regularly, now I look forward to a black stainless smart watch on my wrist soon.
I almost missed this completely, but got one of the last ones with the suede leather strap. I’ll probably have to spend $20 to get a proper strap, but my curiosity got the best of me.
Hey Mehmbers! Just wanted to create a sort of “crowd sourcing” troubleshooting/FAQ post. I’d be more than happy to try to answer any questions if people have any once they receive their watches. I’ve set up about 20 of these at this point so I might be able to help and figure others in the community will probably be able to help assist as well because you’re all so awesome
Below is a link to Olio Devices youtube channel. You can find setup videos here if needed.
Olio Devices YouTube Channel
@mandirose Hi, I just got my watch today and plugged it in and synced it to my phone. After about 3 hours (had maybe 50% charge) the watch shut off and I haven’t been able to get the screen to come back on… any idea on this?
@Flick it won’t turn on at all? Even on the charger?
@mandirose I watched the YouTube videos and tried everything. The watch refuses to connect with my iPhone 7 plus and it does not even power up unless placed on the dock! Its been on the dock for more than a day so I know its a 1000% charged. I also noticed that the watch gets noticeably “warm” when on the charger. Can you help?
@mandirose Correct. It turned on once before, I used it for the afternoon and it turned off, and now I cannot get it back on. Even on the charger. My Iphone (which it was paired to before this happened) doesn’t show it on/connected anymore. That makes me believe it isn’t related to the brightness issue I’ve read about on here. The watch seems “dead”
@Flick Sorry to hear it still isn’t working, definitely contact our customer service team and they’ll get you straightened out
@mandirose Actually, after letting it sit back in the box for 2 days, I tried plugging it back in. It is charging now apparently, the screen came on… not really sure what happened. Going to let it do a full charge before messing it with it. I will let you know if I cannot get it to work after it.
@Flick I’m happy to hear it. Check the about section to make sure the update starts. I have a feeling if you can get it to update you’ll be good to go but if not let us know and we will get it worked out for you!
@mandirose
@maiera01 was there a question?
@mandirose Hi, I wanted to post a picture of the issue I am having with the Olio Model One, but could not find the option on this forumn. After sufficient charge the device boots to a frozen screen with lines showing up at the bottom. The device does not get past this, and I ran through any troubleshooting tips I could find, but nothing works. Any advice?
@maiera01 this is definitely a new one i’ve never seen. If you contact customer service, they’ll be able to assist you @thumperchick will you watch out for this one?
@mandirose Thanks, I figured was not easy fix since I get no response from it. I read that Olio released a Firmware that bricked a bunch of their devices before they quickly released a patch for it, I have a feeling I received one of them.
@maiera01 Write in and ask for me, if you already wrote in, reply to our last message and let us know that we tried to troubleshoot, but weren’t able to get it working. thanks!
@maiera01 I’m having the exact same problem.
@maiera01 I’m having this problem also.
@redfenix @delmario - write in to meh.com/support. It’ll go a bit smoother if we have a photo of what the screen is doing. Thanks!
@Thumperchick @mandirose I get the same screen as above. Watch has been on the charger for 4+ hours. Phone sees device when do a bluetooth scan but watch never goes beyond the above screen.
@delmario write in to meh.com/support for this, please.
@mandirose
Has anyone had an issue with getting past the login/sign up screen on the app? Just keep getting an error.
@HCETEHT
https://www.soft32.com/blog/platforms/another-one-bites-dust-long-olio/
(Credit to @Fourhundred57 for finding this.)
@HCETEHT HI THETECH, YOU HAVE A REAL LEET USER NAME.
IF YOU SPENT MUCH TIME READING THIS FORUM YOU WOULD PERHAPS SUSS OUT THE FACT THAT THE COMPANY IS GONE, THE SERVERS ARE GONE, AND UNLESS YOU CAN SET UP SOME SORT OF HOME SERVER TO FOOL THE WATCH AS SOME HAVE DONE IN THE PAST WITH THEIR LEET GAMES, YOU ARE SIL.
THAT STANDS FOR “SHIT OUT OF LUCK” SIR. I WISH I HAD BETTER NEWS, BUT THETECH CAN SUSS IT OUT, RIGHT?
@mflassy you are so much more classy than me.
@therealjrn
I know Olio is gone but obviously all these people who bought these watches in June of this year have gotten the app to work.
@HCETEHT
Hi.
When people bought this watch, the servers were still active to a certain extent. I mean, as @mandirose pointed out, certain features were unavailable, but the servers were still live.
From what I could tell though, at some point in the summer (probably nearer to the end), the servers were taken offline when the company was sold.
So unfortunately, the watch can’t be setup anymore.
@HCETEHT Obviously, you have not read through the posts, dude. It did then, it doesn’t now. sorry.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@mflassy I’ve got to work on my people skillz.
Poor @mandirose, she’s gonna get bombarded by all these lost souls looking for tech support. She didn’t do nothing but try to do her best job as a mediocre employee and buyer…
Apparently, the internets are finding this HUGE thread chock full of AWESOME tech support and now people are going to ping her. Happy Holidays Mandi!
@maiera01 Did you ever solve this problem? Do you still have the watch?
@CaptainBilly no unfortunately never worked, yeah still have it sitting in a drawer somewhere. Shame
Biggest piece of advice I can give…once you finish the getting started instructions, let your watch fully charge before playing around with it. Many watches will start downloading a software update once the watch charges to 60% (some might come already with the latest software). You can check the ABOUT section of your app to see if your watch will need the update (may take a few minutes of charging though for it to say you need it)!
Make sure your watch stays connected to bluetooth while it’s downloading the software update and also make sure the watch stays on the charger while downloading. I highly recommend doing this overnight while you sleep and your watch should be ready to go when you wake up!
@mandirose Is the watch supposed to restart automatically after the (long, slow, painful) download, or does it need to be re-started manually?
@popkanzia
@JimMeh4 Sorry I missed this one! Looks like it rebooted though based on your other comment today
@mandirose Update: after the update I took it off the charger at around 8:30 am and at 6pm it was sitting at 61%. It’s now 10:30 pm and I’ve still got 37%. Much better potential after the latest firmware installed.
@JimMeh4 so glad to hear it!
I sure wish that Meh was using UPS or USPS for shipments. I live 15 minutes from the Meh warehouse, but thanks to the cluster F that is FedEx they always take a full week to make my deliveries. If Meh ever had an option to just swing by and pickup in person for the locals I would prefer that over waiting a week for every order to arrive.
@Ebrake that’s crazy. I’m in NC and mines scheduled for delivery a day before you
@nickads It seems to be a local issue. FedEx in the DFW area in Texas has outsourced all of its delivery routes to 3rd party contractors. Ever since they made the change we have noticed that they only deliver to residential addresses once per week.
I dont have this issue when packages are shipped FedEx to my office right down the road from my house. If this had been shipped to my business address it would have arrived today.
@Ebrake I can see how that would get annoying, fast. Hopefully your week goes by fast so you can enjoy your time piece soon!
Looks like I got angry too soon due to FedEx fatigue with other shipments lately. The tracking was updated today the package was forwarded from FedEx to USPS and they are showing that it will arrive tomorrow in my regular mail delivery. That I have no complaints about whatsoever…Much better than waiting on the FedEx driver in our area.
@Ebrake
Let’s hope mine gets updated as well, but generally, FedEx Smartpost has been okay to painfully slow with my previous meh shipments… the last 3 shipments have been 3, 4, and 5 business days from Carrollton, TX to San Diego, CA.
Currently my Fedex status still shows 6 business days for delivery for this one.
![Olio where art thou, oh Olio][1]
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Anyone able to spare/sell extra links from their Black/Metal band? I added the two extras included, but I’m 2-3 short of mine fitting my wrist. Apparently Olio never sold extras. What you got in the box was it…
@putterwonder
/image black metal band
Sorry, not sorry.
Anyone get their watch and it won’t charge?
@hatryk does it not turn on at all?
@mandirose Same. Mine turned on, for about 3 hours and then seems dead. The back of the watch seems warm when sitting on the charger…
@Flick Try putting the watch face near a bright light. You can use a flashlight or your phone flash. On some watches the brightness function was calibrated incorrectly. Shining a bright light on it should make the face readable so you can correct.
@Forgetmestick56 tried that, not working either. I’ve had it charging for about 2 hours now and can’t get the screen to light back up now. Like I said the bottom seems to be warm from charging. My olio assist app says it isn’t connected anymore either
@Flick I haven’t got anything on my screen ever. Put into on charger. Nothing. Leave it on the puck watch and charger get very hot.
@hatryk Can’t imagine how frustrating that must be! Double check to make sure the plastic protector is off the charging puck and the back of the phone (I missed the one on the back of the phone!!!). Open the Olio app and go to my watch and click on “unpair” and go to phone and delete/select “forget device” and try to repair from Olio app. Go through pairing steps again and try the light trick again - hopefully something will appear on the face. If nothing, I am straight-up out of ideas, my friend. Good luck!
@Forgetmestick56 I originally didn’t see the plastic on back of the watch but I took it off and I still have no screen appearing when I put it on the puck. Super pissed off
@hatryk if it’s not turning on at all contact our customer service team
@mandirose I did. No email back. But wasn’t expecting one until Monday anyways
@hatryk I have the black stanless steel model. It arrived with 3% battery life. It had enough of a charge to pair with my phone but it died soon after and will not charge. I removed the protective plastic film and tried to charge it yesterday and today with no luck. I have contacted the customer service team. I expect to receive a response on Monday.
@smithwk96 fantastic deal we’re getting $600 watch for $50 but it doesn’t work.
@mandirose when should I expect a reply?
@hatryk I checked in with our CS team and you should be receiving a reply shortly. Thanks for your patience
@hatryk I was able to get the watch to work after placing it in bright sunlight for a few minutes. Apparently this reset the brightness setting??
Check out the post from (@mandirose) with this info
@hatryk Mine is not charging at all. I have tried various combos of charging. I tried the sun thing too. I did contact customer service. I purchased the gold/brown leather band
@evenrute if it’s a brightness issue the watch should be working. I don’t even get any tactic feedback if I push the screen. Wasn’t home today to check the sunlight fix but I’m not hopeful. Also no email from customer service yet. Going on 2 days.
@hatryk I have absolutely nothing on the screen. I did also buy the black/black model which is working fine. I got suckered in
@hatryk maybe check your spam? @thumperchick I believe you took care of him based on what I can see
@hatryk I answered your email yesterday
Definitely check your spam folder.
@Thumperchick checked spam. Got nothing. Every piece of tech I have is failing…
@hatryk you should speak nicely to all of your tech. Also, did you get the auto response message from us? Or just, nothing?
@hatryk got the auto response saying u guys were swamped. Nothing other than that.
@hatryk I got the same message but no response from tech. I’ll hang tight
@mandirose I am also having the same problem. I bought the black on black version, and I am getting no charge at all. I left it on the charger for four hours it was warm to the touch, I tried the flashlight/sun trick and nothing. I downloaded the app, and the app does not find the watch at all to sync. So what do I do now?
@TRossi85 Contact customer service and they should be able to help
@TRossi85 @mandirose - We got the message and are on it!
Anyone know how to get weather to work? It shows, but with a ? instead of the actual weather. It originally worked, but then I had to re-pair it and it stopped showing the actual weather. Thanks
@barrysegal somewhere it said that weather doesn’t work.
@RiotDemon but it did work when I initially paired it. I unpaired it and when I paired it again I see the weather in the clock quadrant, but they aren’t showing the actual weather. Guess I need to try again. Thx
@barrysegal weather was one of the features we had said doesn’t work BUT we’ve heard a few people have gotten it to come up. If anyone has any advise or figures out and tricks please post them in the comments!
@mandirose I don’t know how but it starts to show up whenever it feels like it on the quadrants face. However it does show hour by hour weather? I have no clue how it works.
wondering since it worked on the old version of software until it automatically updated and then stopped working if maybe there is an issue with the new version of software?
I guess that patience is a virtue since the weather just started working again. If it shows up but without the actual weather, be patient and hopefully it will start to work.
@barrysegal After seeing your post, I tried again. I do not know if all of these are required, but with this configuration, I now have the Weather complication working:
@curtw4 I had all four panels of weather working for my main location, but just noticed that now I have one little weather icon and temperature showing in each of two different time zones. That’s all I know for now. It seems like it might be something as simple as it starts by gathering information for the current time. The zones on mine are somewhat disparate, and the little quarter that’s active (not just a question mark) seems to coincide with whatever is the current time in the zone.
Also, I was getting weather without the Apple app even installed. (I know this because when I searched for weather, one of the returns was current local conditions; when I selected it, I was told that the app wasn’t installed.)
@curtw4 sad no work for me
Anyone who receives the Rose Gold Band and wants to sell their links, I am a buyer - should have bought 2 watches then I would have all the links I could wish for…
I’m trying to figure out how to get TWO watches to sync. My old one connects fine, but there doesn’t seem to be anything in the app that lets me connect the new one to my phone (yes, I’ve got the bluetooth connection going)
@sgrenald I think you have to unpair one to pair the other
@mandirose I was afraid you were going to say that.
I’ve had a full day to play with this and I have to say, for what it is and what it cost its a snazzy watch. Looks good and everyone I’ve shown has been rather impressed by the look.
However battery life is absolutely awful. I have everything on auto right now and turned off all notifications as those were driving me mad. So today on a fresh charge the battery was down to 10% after 8 hours of just normal ‘look at watch for the time’ use. That’s pretty bad. Hoping it somehow gets better…
Other than that it’s quite nice. Charges quickish, design is nice. Just hope battery isn’t always going to suck.
@Shampoohorn === Check “About” section in the app on your phone. If it does not say “You have the latest software version” you need to get the watch to update. The battery life is awesome with the latest software. Do this overnight: make sure the phone is linked via bluetooth to your phone. Put the watch on its charger, plug your phone into its charger and check in the morning. It takes about 6 hours to do the update and it will not start until the watch is at a 61% charge.
@Forgetmestick56 You also need to reboot after the download.
@Forgetmestick56 Ya I’ve been on the newest update since yesterday. Battery life just blows.
@Shampoohorn ===You have my sympathy…that sucks!
@Shampoohorn +++ Like curtw4 said above - be sure the watch rebooted. Best to try and reboot to be sure. Go to settings on watch (swipe down from top) and swipe left to right to get to “restart” and restart (“reboot”). Hopefully this will get you battery issues resolved. Let us know how it goes!
@Forgetmestick56
While I know I’ve rebooted it before my test run I decided to do it again right at the start of use today. At 100% charge at 9am. I have hardly used the watch outside of checking the time, which was not anything I would consider even moderate use.
It’s 3:10pm now. I have 17% battery. I’ll update once it’s fully empty.
@Shampoohorn do you known if it’s staying connected to Bluetooth? If Bluetooth is “searching” it can drain the battery life.
@mandirose
Constantly connected. My phone never leaves me (that sounded kind of sad).
Well it finally died. Pretty close to 6pm. So with light to moderate use I got nearly 9 hours.
@Shampoohorn keep playing around with the settings, I’ve found the longer I’ve had it, I find little ways to improve things.
@mandirose Ya I actually really like the watch. If I can get a full day out of it I’ll definitely make it a daily use.
If anyone hates their stainless steel watch band with extra links I’d be willing to buy it at a reasonable price!
@mandirose said “If Bluetooth is “searching” it can drain the battery life.”
Yeah, this was my big problem in the first 24 hours. Phone thought it was connected, but watch still searching. Had to wipe watch to factory settings and delete app on the phone to get it to work. And as a result, the watch now appears twice in my phone’s bluetooth listing, but hey, they’re talking.
@curtw4 I completely forgot to mention that! On my i-phone it shows up twice on bluetooth as well but there has to be come reason because if both of them aren’t connected it doesn’t work correctly
@mandirose Any idea why it takes so long to download the update? Mine’s been connected for an hour and is only up to 20%…
@JimMeh4 that’s pretty normal actually. That’s why I suggested doing it while you’re sleeping. It can take like 6-8 hours.
@mandirose The update finally completed to 1.10.220, and now I have a new watchface (white on blue - I think it’s the one that’s supposed to go with the stainless steel model). Not a problem as I like this face. Now we’ll see if the battery life improves to a usable range.
@JimMeh4 Hey Jim, so I’d actually recommend swiping up and restarting the watch if you’re seeing that face right after the update (restart, not reset to a different device). But that DOES mean it updated correctly. Make sure you’re at 100% battery and either change the brightness to medium or auto and I think you’ll see better battery life!
@curtw4 hey, you said you were able to reset to factory’s settings… how did you do that?
@bjlewis2 if you swipe down from the top, the various settings choices appear. Once there, scroll left or right (using the “swipe from center” gesture) to the Reset option. It is distinctly different from Restart.
Very small band on the stainless band model. My wrists are not massive, but I need the extra links.
Kinda regretting the purchase. Looks nice, at least.
@drewesque I had the same problem, bought a black ss band on Amazon, fits great now.
Has anyone been able to add the links? I can’t seem to get the pins out and no guide to make sure it’s right.
@Remember_dnL Same issue. I am trying at work without proper tools, though, so I will try again when I get home.
@drewesque I just added the two links to mine and I had to bang on it a little harder than I was comfortable with… Just align the extra pin from the pack with a pin in the band and knock it out, then pull it out the other side with needle nose. Don’t forget the sleeve in the receiving link. I also would like one more link, mines just a bit snug…
@Remember_dnL took to my jeweler. Added links for free with no issue
Man, does this thing get HOT when it’s charging. And I need to replace the leather strap, because it’s too short for my wrist.
But it looks nice, and it’s a fun little toy that’s way cheaper than other smart watches. Wish I could more to customize it, though.
@wishlish I had the same problem when I got mine in late 2015. Panatime has good, inexpensive straps. (and some that aren’t so inexpensive)
I can’t get the watch and phone to connect.
@MntlWard put in on the charger for about 5 minutes and then try pairing it while it’s off the charger. If it pairs then put it on the charger right afterwards and let it charge and update.
@mandirose I am in the same boat, I cannot get my watch to pair with any of my phones, has anyone had success pairing with Samsung S5, Samsung S7 or Nexus 4 ? The watch powers up in the Proceed screen, and the app nor the bluetooth scanner can find the phone… I am guessing my watch’s bluetooth receiver/transmitter is dead… Any advise is greatly appreciated. Phone is pretty well charged, a couple of hours on the charger
@vkaku because I don’t have an android I don’t know as much about any tips and tricks, maybe someone else can assist on this one. I know trying it while it was off the charger worked on a couple I tried. Best I can offer is this video for pairing but maybe another member can offer some assistance!
Android pairing
@vkaku I have an S7 and mine paired right away… Timing is important. Turn Bluetooth on the phone off and on again. Make sure no other devices are connected, on and in range, or trying to connect. Swipe down on the face of the watch and check Bluetooth settings. Try rebooting both.
@Liquidblue After trying for the past 3 days to pair, and it’s only worked once in a day, only in a bluetooth quiet environment, where it paired up. 1st time, worked for a short time, 2nd time, worked all day, phone discharged, went to charge it and bluetooth got disconnected, and this morning, got it to connect by removing the app, power cycling by wiping the cache clean, reinstalling the app, power cycling, disconnect bluetooth and reconnnect multiple times and it finally saw the phone. Kept the phone on charger, and after 4 hrs, my original phone version of 1.1.76 got the latest 1.10.220 ! What an ordeal, the watch is muuuch more stable now. Many thanks to all for their notes and help. Advice to those who can’t pair, keep trying, I think it takes alot of persistence, but does pay off. All my notifications are working. It’s just a novelty - nice to have something on my wrist that not many people have, the build quality is A1, software, well, ok at the price point.
@vkaku Thank you SO much for your write up. I know some people are discouraged and I wish I could jump through the computer screen to help them! I understand the frustration but if people are patient and can get it worked out I believe they will enjoy the watch at the end of it.
Does anyone have a gesture list for this thing? I’m occasionally activating things and not knowing how to do it again, like the “I’m listening” thing
@colbysolomon the actual functions seem simple.
The I’m listening is when holding down for a few seconds.
Inner swipe vs near bezel swipe for different function screens.
I think that’s about it.
@colbysolomon The best available seems to be that quick-start guide in the right-hand compartment of the box. I’m going to wait another week and cool off before trying again on what initially appears to be just about the worst human interface implementation EVER (swipe from edge and swipe from center having completely different and incompatible meanings).
@curtw4 Think of it like 4 buttons on the main screen at the 12/3/6/9 o’clock positions. Only you have to touch and swipe instead of just touch to activate each. Each of those buttons takes you to different modes (settings/future stuff/music/past stuff). Exiting each mode is by doing the opposite button swipe (indicated in each mode with an arrow).
Scrolling between items in each mode is by touching the center and swiping in the direction to scroll. Some items have data that you can scroll up and down.
As mentioned the microphone is by resting you finger on the screen for a few seconds.
That is about all I have figured out so far.
Anyone get “Rules” working? I’m using Android, I have set up Rules, but there appears to be no way to set up the “At Work” / “At Home” / “In a Meeting” etc times… So the rules never seem to be enabled. I have home and work addresses setup, and I have location permissions allowed. When I press “Show Live Rules Only” none of them are ever “Live”. Also, I get about 12 hours of battery, and weather is meh.
@mlcga i have the same issue with the Rules in the App. How’d you get the weather to work?
@pml0904 The weather works when it wants to… usually not. I’ve tried adding and removing time zones, restarting… no clue. Sometimes it has data, sometimes not. As far as “Rules”, I’ve even set my “sleeping” times to 24 hours a day, and that still doesn’t do anything when I create a rule that applies while sleeping
@mlcga I know this doesn’t help as far as rules, but you can always swipe down and go to the do not disturb button and that will turn off notifications manually until you turn it back
No luck on rules either. the iPhone tutorial shows the rules set to “Live”. No ability to do that in Android
I got the black with dark brown leather strap. I wore it for one day to church. It is a beautiful watch for the price! I may only wear it on Sundays though as I don’t need the smart phone stuff. I may sell it or gift it to someone who can use all the features every day.
So I got my Olio watch from Meh today! I eagerly ran upstairs with the box and opened it to find… another box? Whereas the outer box had my name and address (obviously), the second inner box has the name of a woman that I don’t know, with the shipping address of a fulfillment warehouse in California that apparently ships stuff for tech. companies. Oooooo-K! Not sure what’s going on here but- HEY! My new watch is here!
I open this second box to find… yet another box! Box #3 is at least a matte black affair that says Olio on the top in glossy, embossed black text. I must be getting close, right? I open that box to find—you guessed it—box #4! Guess what’s in this one! Box fiv- nah, I’m shitting you! It was the watch. Five boxes would be just absurd!
Still, who is the woman listed on the 2nd box and do I have her watch? Is this going to turn into some wacky, albeit violent, Tarantino-esque adventure when she comes looking for the tool that inadvertently received her watch? And at a substantial discount? What have you gotten me into here, Meh? Has anyone else experienced this dark turn of events?
@stunbunny Never fear! When the company went under, all their distributers had to send the boxes back to the main warehouse. These boxes, while they may have had that label on them, contain new watches
@mandirose Thank you for the reassurance! I won’t keep looking over my shoulder now.
Help would be appreciated: Is there a user guide that isn’t flagged for possible attack on line?
Wore it into the pool yesterday. Waterproof check complete!
Well that’s not the watch I ordered… Got a brown band instead of a black.
@ardahlbe go to https://meh.com/orders and you can contact customer service and they can help
I have been trying for two days to get this gorgeous watch to pair to my iPhone. No luck. I tried on the charger. I have now tried off the charger. Nada.
The watch shows the “Open Phone App Olio Model One XX:ZZ” message but the watch never shows up in my Bluetooth pairing window. I’ve rebooted the phone. I’ve let the watch run battery down and recharge. I’m legitimately out of ideas at this point.
Any suggestions? @mandirose ? Anyone?
@monty323 hmmm if you’ve tried all of those things I would contact customer service. They’ll be able to give you some options!
@monty323 Delete the iPhone app, and start over, following the steps precisely as outlined in the youtube video that @mandirose linked to. (I.e., don’t go straight to the iPhone settings, go through the app, etc.). I thought I was doing something wrong when this resulted in the watch appearing twice in my Bluetooth connections, but apparently this is normal.
@monty323 I’ve had issues. It’s a little fickle. You have to be able to see it in the Iphone bt settings (but not connect to it). Then go to the app and connect through there. I’ve also had to connect first and then immediately go to the app. In any case, make sure you are completely disconnected before reconnecting.
@monty323
Same issue here. I watched the YouTube videos and tried everything. The watch refuses to connect with my iPhone 7 plus and it does not even power up unless placed on the dock! Its been on the dock for more than a day so I know its a 1000% charged. I also noticed that the watch gets noticeably “warm” when on the charger.
@RPJ It actually doesn’t start “charging” fully until it’s connected to your phone. Did you try taking it off the charger and then pressing proceed and trying to connect it while it’s off the charger?
@mandirose I don’t think that’s accurate. It does start charging once placed on the dock. UNLESS its connected miraculously even though it says not connected on both devices. I have tried it 50 different ways with no luck. My apologies but its gotta be simpler than this. Anyway, I’m not happy. Product does not work in a reliable fashion – atleast mine does not. Also the device is getting really warm - - not a good sign overall. Return and refund por favor!
@RPJ Contact our customer service team and let them know what’s going on, they’ll be able to assist you
@RPJ So we got your watch back today and this was a weird one so wanted to post in case anyone else is having this problem. Watch just needed to be reset. Charged it for about 5 min, swiped up and went to the reset watch screen, hit confirm and then it went to the Welcome/Proceed screen.
Went through the app to get to bluetooth settings on my Iphone 6s…Watch wasn’t showing up in bluetooth but went back to the app and the proceed/next button in the app showed up. Hit next and the watch magically paired right away. Checked bluetooth screen again and there it was connected. Currently updating the watch now and app version is 1.3.124, might have been a bug with this app setting but watch seems to be working perfectly after this fix if anyone is having the same issue!
@mandirose Thanks for the update. Too much going on right out of the box. It should have been easier with the instructions and interface. Anyway not worth more headaches … awaiting my refund. Thanks again for being super helpful.
@mandirose How do you get to the reset watch screen?
@JimMeh4
In contrast to some others’ experiences, I’ve had no problem pairing. Quite the contrary, my Olio and iPhone want to double pair.
The watch wasn’t showing new notifications and said it was “searching” in the BT screen. I went to BT on my phone and saw it in there twice–and both items were “connected.” I simply “forgot” one of the connections and the watch showed “connected” and started responding immediately.
Someone more clever and/or ambitious, please make a joke about the double pairing. I’m thinking hermaphroditic worms or some shit like that, but I’m too damned lazy to follow through.
/giphy worm sex
I swear that I had a completely different analog display immediately after I upgraded software on the watch. I did a reset (still showing latest version) and I’m back to the original. Anyone have any thoughts or a similar experience at least? Other than changing between analog and digital (and swapping out the inner bits where the date is), is there a way to adjust the appearance? Maybe I just hallucinated.
@joelmw So I’ve now set up probably 15-20 of these watches and know exactly what you’re talking about, goes to that face for like a minute. I have no idea why or how to get it to stay on that face but if anyone figures it out let us know!
@mandirose Thank you. I seem to always run into these weird little things that others don’t. It’s good to know I’m not going crazy (or at least that this isn’t a manifestation thereof).
If I’m remembering correctly, the vanishing watch face looks like one I’ve seen in their videos. It’s more elegant than what I’m going to call the default. Mine actually stayed with that face for a while and it only disappeared after I did the restart. I haven’t seen it since. And, again, I don’t think I saw it before the update.
NICE looking Black, Black Metal band! I have charge all weekend. I put watch on this morning at 8:00, now it is 5:00 and the battery is dead. Just been wearing and working, nothing special. Have not really noticed I have it on. Do not believe it is going to work out when the battery will last less then a day.
@Silverado90 do you know if your watch updated? Sounds like it might not have yet. Check the about section on your app and see if it says you have the latest software
@Silverado90 Make sure you double check your brightness settings. Setting to “auto” or “low” will extend your battery life.
@mandirose
Yes, downloaded update, current
@troy Done, thanks
@Silverado90 looking through the watch features, I made the decision to bail on the BT connection to my phone. I don’t need it. Once I turned off the BT, I had about 70% battery left after wearing it all day. I am more interested in wearing it as watch instead of a smart watch. At $60, the features will not work the way I would want anyway, so I disabled BT and get more than all day battery life.
If you’re thinking of buying one don’t… it’s a POS that’s why the company went belly up…
Bluetooth connection is unreliable and will disconnect anytime, the UI to re-enable the bluetooth on the watch is terribly flawed… in order to display back to watch face from bluetooth settings, you have to swipe it up and doing so will touch the bluetooth settings back to disable/off which is really idiotic design. It uses a passive update on the latest firmware which I’m terribly waiting for days (didn’t happen… it supposed to fix the bugs)
Battery life is just half a day (or barely) and you end up with a watch that can’t even show time. This watch is an ultimate failure, it looks nice but that’s it… call it a dumb watch…
@arthurmeh Hey there, I would love to try to help you here. Definitely sounds like it needs the update and if we can get that to load there is hope yet! First off, the watch has to be connected to your phone and on the charger and charged up to at least 60% for the upload to start. You’ll see in the about section of your app the arrow turn yellow if the upload has begun. Then, in order for it to continue and work properly it MUST stay on the charger and be connected via bluetooth in order for the update to continue downloading. Once it’s downloaded and your watch will reboot and the new software will load. I highly recommend trying to do this at night before bed. Once you’ve made sure the watch is connected to your phone and the download has started, just keep the watch on the charger near your phone and it should download the update
@mandirose - I’ve been doing that for 4 nights now and here’s what’s so goofy about the way it charges, once it reaches 100% the charging stopped and will let the watch discharge instead of maintaining the charge. So instead of expecting 100% charge in the morning, you’ll only get maybe 60% or less depending on how long the charging stop. Such a crappy programming, I know the update contains the fix but it’s been several days now that it’s not updating… I’m a software developer so I know what a crap programming is…
@arthurmeh I wonder if it’s becoming disconnected from the bluetooth connection to your phone at some point. So in your about section is it ever showing the download is working?
@mandirose - the bluetooth is connecting because it will show a different message and in the mywatch section it shows the battery % and the bluetooth icon in blue… if it’s disconnecting and reconnecting I don’t know since I left it at my desk for the update to happen. Currently the message is “New software update version 1.10.220 is available.” and both phone and watch is charged 100% connected on power and wifi… when will it update?
@arthurmeh Did you try restarting the watch? I’m wondering if maybe it’s already downloaded and needs to be rebooted to update? Normally it starts downloading as soon as the watch gets to 60% charged
@mandirose - did all I know I can, restarted, re-
paired,re-installed,re-initialized… still getting that "new software update version… " message… not updating… and of course bluetooth is always connected because the message says “The watch must charge up to 60% before the download starts”. (it’s 100%) The message is different if the bluetooth connection is lost… frustrating…
@arthurmeh contact customer service and ask for @thumperchick, she should be able to help you out
Mine just came in, black/metal band. Very nice looking watch. Fits me perfectly as is.
I was quickly and easily able to set up the pairing to my Galaxy S8. Plugged in watch right next to my phone. Phone started up and told me to open app on my phone, which I did. I clicked proceed on my watch…didn’t do anything so then I clicked proceed on my phone and the next screen came up to pair to my particular watch. It quickly went to the final screen to pick a few different options for the watch. Watch is now charging; they must come with very little charge because it started at 3%.
Edit: When you’ve successfully paired your watch, the screen on the phone App has a menu button on the top left. If you click that and then click “services” it will give you a bunch of options about the different notifications and services it does i.e., calling, texts, financial etc. If you click one, a new screen comes up and shows you the swiping options and what they do.
I think that may help people with the different gestures you can do on the watch.
I’m still interested in buying a 24k gold Olio from someone, if they’re unhappy and looking to sell. Thanks!!
@nickads glad to hear it’s going smoothly! Make sure to go to the about section of your app to see if the software is up to date. If it’s not, it should start downloading once it gets to 60% charged. Enjoy!
@nickads any chance you want to sell me your extra links? Even with the two added from mine, it’s too small.
@adrostad If you can give me a few days, I’ll get back to you. I may sell this if I can get a 24k gold one. If I can’t, I’ll gladly send you the 2 links, no charge.
@nickads you’re the man.
@nickads has it been a few days? Haha not trying to bepushy . Just looking for clarity.
@adrostad I was specifically waiting for today, to see if my girl was going to get me the gold one for father’s day. I had a suspicion she would as I’ve been talking about it all week. Anyways, I will be selling my black olio if you’d like to buy it at cost plus shipping. Sorry I couldn’t give you the links for free!
Pulled my watch out of the box it powered up and started to pair then went completely black. I can’t get it to do anything now. Any help appreciated?
@Rabernathy Check out the video in the post above hope this helps. Make sure you keep the watch on the charger once its paired and an update should start downloading once the watch gets to 60% charged. The update should fix this bug
@mandirose it won’t do anything. I know it’s trying to charge because of how hot it is getting on the back of the watchface.
I am going to try to update the watch tonight, but I am so far HIGHLY disappointed. The battery lasted less than 8 hours today on my first wear. The bluetooth connection is highly unstable. Using the watch sucks… it is extremely unresponsive and I have to repeat my gesture multiple times before it registers that I’m trying to swipe up, down, left or right. The face with the time doesn’t stay on and it takes a lot of wrist wriggling and/or finger mashes to get it to display the time. The only notifications I have gotten it to work with is a few emails… texts aren’t showing up on it. So, yeah $50 for a watch that doesn’t want to tell you what time it is and that runs out of battery…and that you have to charge every night for these luxuries is a complete waste of money. I know Meh warned us to some degree, but it is WAY worse than advertised. Don’t look at this as a nice watch that just isn’t so smart for $50. Think of this as a $50 piece of trash that will only tell time if you shake it, and for only 8 hours per day. I think it may end up in my trashcan and I’ll be taking a long hiatus from Meh.com for this.
@dwileyjr344 It’s really vital to the watches performance to download the update. The watch MUST be connected to the phone and on the charger and charged to 60% for it to start downloading. This fixes so many of the issues you listed above. If you want to use the watch just as a watch and don’t care about the notifications, try turning off the bluetooth connection altogether, this will prolong battery life tremendously but I can’t express how important the update is to the watches performance.
I got the wrong watch. Luckily, its the one I originally wanted and it’s much nicer then the one I ordered
Has anyone had success in getting their watch to work after it went to a black screen? I left on a trip the day after I got it, so I wasn’t able to upgrade the firmware, but it was working fine for two days until today. I thought I had plenty of battery left when the screen shut off but didn’t really think much of it. Now it won’t turn on when on the charger and it won’t pair with my phone. I tried shining the light on it and that didn’t work. Is there any way to do a hard reset? I’m thinking about letting it sit for a couple days and see if the battery fully discharges.
@mrongey that’s the best way to do it. Let the battery run completely out and try it on the charger in 24 hours. If it connects, make sure to let the firmware update in entirety before wearing, it should help alleviate any big issues. Let me know if you have any questions about how to get the firmware to update and I’ll be happy to help
@mrongey I had the same issue with it going out with still lots of battery life left. I took it to “Batteries Plus” and once they removed the back from the watch it power back up. I’ve had to do this twice since the original black out. Seems to be a flaw in the battery connection. t-3 torx screwdriver will open the 4 screws in back of the watch. Good luck
@mandirose “Let me know if you have any questions about how to get the firmware to update”
I had a question, how do I get the firmware to update?
(Admittedly, the answer is probably “wait more than an hour to allow it to sync and check” but I am not great with patience, I want a button I can click/tap that says “Update Now”.)
@mediocrebot It took me 4 hours to sync the watch to my iphone. After installing and uninstalling still having trouble with the watch. Its not syncing correctly. Emails not connecting as well as the weather. Beautiful watch, garbage software. What are my options? Just bad luck with this watch?
@djnasty313 did you update the firmware yet?
@mandirose yes when i installed the app and paired the phone.
@djnasty313 weather was a feature we said in the write up would not work. Do your email notifications come up on your phone as soon as they come through? For example, I have my mail notifications set to fetch so my email only shows up on the watch when I open the mail app on my phone. The notification settings on your watch are the same as on your phone so if you have notifications turned off on your phone. As we wrote in the write up, the watches aren’t perfect which is why they were so heavily discounted. If you want to just use it as a watch, I suggest turning off bluetooth and that will greatly increase the battery life for simple usage of the watch face feature.
@mandirose thank you for your reply. I tried to give the watch another go. Turned it on and it wasn’t connected. Been trying an hour to pair the watch and it’s not been successful. The craftmanship of the watch is stunning but worthless if I can’t even get it to work properly.
I have spent 3 days trying to pair watch ! This is crap. I know it was only 60. But it should have been 60. Less. Not happy! Will not purchase from Meh again. Thanks !
@wsb2901 Contact customer service and they should be able to help
@wsb2901 i feel the same way.
If it’s of the gold variety, I’ll take it off your hands $$
Does anyone have what the latest version for the software should be?
I’m at App Version 1.75.54 and software version 1.3124 according to the ‘about’ page of the app.
Charged it to above 60% and it doesn’t seem to be trying to do any upgrading, so I wasn’t sure if I was already up to date.
Also going to have to get a new band, this black leather one doesn’t quite fit my dumb fat dude wrists. :c
Anyone have a guide on changing the leather band?
@forthe48 Mine shows 1.7.54 for the app and 1.1.76 for the watch. I have an update available but the first time it didn’t take. Trying again. I’ll reply with the updated version if I can get it.
@forthe48 I had a scare during the update process. It rebooted a couple of times and at one point seemed to be stuck on the boot screen. Eventually it came back up and now the watch is on version 1.10.220 and the app says it has the latest software version. Hope this helps.
@forthe48 make sure the watch is connected to the battery and that it doesn’t get disconnected from bluetooth. The watches tend to be really testy on the older software so it takes a little work but once it does download it’s a much smoother experience. The pins are spring loaded to change the bands, I bought a cheepo watch repair kit on amazon to change the band. @troy do you know what that tool is called?
@nbk24o8
Thank you!
I think my phone needed to be connected to Wi-Fi, because even with the watch at 100% and connected to the charger it didn’t want to start downloading.
As soon as I got home and got connected to Wi-Fi it showed the update was available.
It’s downloading now and I’m sure it’ll be updated soon.
@mandirose Thanks! I think it’s called a spring compressor tool, but it turns out as long as you’re careful about it you can use a dull knife to get the spring compressed enough to pop the band back out.
@forthe48 y’all need to know, you made my day! So glad you got it worked out. Great tip about the wifi! Enjoy
I got the black face / black metal band. So far so good. For those of you having issues I’d be interested in picking up another one. Either the silver or gold variety.
My app version is 2.91.0599 IPhone.
The software version is 1.10.220.
The app says it’s the latest version, but I’ve seen others listed with a higher software version. Does this have anything to do with the style of watch? I do not have an option to upgrade.
Battery goes from 7am to around 5 before it dies. I was hoping there was a software upgrade to extend battery life. Don’t get any emails but most of other features are working.
Any help on if there is software upgrade and how to do it if watch says it has the latest version already.
Thanks
@Smokey20 That should be the newest software version. Try changing your settings to see if your battery life improves. Changing the brightness to low or auto helps. Do you get push notifications on your phone for emails? The watch mimics the settings on your phone so if you have notifications off for email on your phone it should shadow whatever your phone does
Emails are pushed (fetched) every 15 minutes on phone but not on watch.
@Smokey20 interesting, if I hear of a fix I’ll make sure to respond to you with it. Out of curiosity, do you have an android or iPhone? Also, no emails show up whatsoever in the earlier screen?
I have an iPhone. No emails at all. I do get text alerts and schedules show up. I have several accounts including yahoo, google and outlook exchange emails
@Smokey20 on your iPhone, check settings -> notifications -> mail -> and then make sure your email accounts are set up to show in Notification Center.
If you don’t want to do it universally you can use the VIP settings and add contacts for the email addresses you want notifications from, and save them as favorites.
If you’ve already done that, I’ve got no suggestions as I receive VIP email notifications on my Olio.
Okay I would love it if someone would explain it to me, because I am very curious. So I have the watch, and somehow it is still connected to my phone and controlling my music and receiving notifications immediately, without Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. For reference, I have the LG v20
Has anyone figured out how to get the watch to summon Google Assistant/Siri? Twice I have accidentally gotten to the “I’m listening” screen but I don’t know how I got there.
@a Tap to light up face. Hold down on the watchface for 2-3 seconds. Brings up GA only when phone is unlocked
@ws1967 @a I’ve been unable to get Siri to work; long press is doing nothing for me. And did I read somewhere that there’s a mic built in? I could be hallucinating; I do that sometimes.
I’d be willing to deal with meh battery life with a second charger at work. Has anyone tested a 3rd party / Apple / other watch chargers to see if it works? Don’t see any Olio branded chargers for sale on Ebay or elsewhere
@ws1967 my samsung wireless charger did not work.
My watch is working as well as it should and after a few days I realize that I don’t really need a smartwatch. If anyone wants to give me what i paid for it, it’s yours.
@aintez color and band combo?
Where can I get extra links for a stainless Olio?
After some dorking around, i have the watch paired and upgraded to the latest version.
Problem: it doesn’t usually alert me to incoming phone calls. I’ve tested with a dozen calls and it usually doesn’t work. I think the times it has worked have been soon after app reinstalls and/or reboots of the phone or watch.
Meanwhile, it always alerts me that the call was missed. Even when it didn’t alert that the same call was inbound, seconds earlier.
Phone is iphone 6, latest OS patch installed.
Bluetooth on watch says “connected.”
Hmm, Bluetooth on phone showed two discrete “olio model one 22:35” entries. One of them connected, the other not.
When I toggled bluetooth on phone, it connected to the second Olio and the phone calls started coming in.
any clues?
@danpritts for some reason on some iphones it shows up twice in bluetooth. I’ve found that both need to say connected for all functions to work correctly. No idea why though
@mandirose Two connections showing up is a minor cosmetic issue. Not keeping them running is a problem.
Anyone having issues like this? Mine seems to randomly swap between notifications and other apps randomly without any input from me. Yesterday it managed to enable the alarm by itself. Took me a while to figure out why my wrist was vibrating like crazy. I did let it go through its updates before wearing it.
@Lightborne If you haven’t tried yet. Try restarting the watch and if that doesn’t work try resetting the watch and unpairing in the app and repairing it from the proceed screen. Hope this helps!
@mandirose This did help somewhat. Still wigs out occasionally. Also, today after having it on charge for most of the day, the screen refuses to turn on. My phone is still paired to it, and still shows that it’s connected in the app, but nothing I do seems to wake it up.
Anyone found any links to a forum or group regarding this watch? The best information I have found is from this site, but I would think there are others that have been using this device much longer.
@ktnemec I’m interested in a group or forum as well about the Olio One…
@ktnemec There’s a facebook group called “I own an Olio” which has a number of us that were early adopters and also a part of Olio’s beta program. Join up and feel free to ask any questions.
@Beyach4000 See my comment above.
@greg8920 Thanks so much for adding this info to the forum! Here’s a quick link to anyone who needs it Olio Facebook Group
Soooo many issues and questions with this watch here. Glad I didn’t buy one, it sounds like a pain in the ass. (My Apple watch seems to be well worth the extra cost.)
@cinoclav So true. You’re not missing ANYTHING! Colossal waste of time and effort.
Hey Guys, just wanted to repost towards the bottom some feedback from one of our lovely members who needed a bigger band. His comments towards the top so in case you missed it…
"I just changed out the band on mine with a tiny screwdriver. Used the pins from the original band (black steel) and replaced it with this band from Amazon “Beauty7 Black 24mm Brushed Finish Butterfly Clasp”. I really liked the original band, but it was about one link too small and I couldn’t find any way to get one more link. This one isn’t exactly the same color, but it looks nice and matches the style pretty close… but more importantly, it’s about one link size bigger.
Liquidblue said an hour ago
@mandirose Warning, be careful with cheap black bands. I bought one for my Martian and the finish started to wear off in weeks.
I like the leather band on the Olio, it was a positive factor in my purchasing decision.
@mandirose I did the same thing.
I had my watch on the charger last night and when I woke up this morning it is totally dead. Tried the light trick but that doesn’t work. Going to try leave it a few days to see if it wakes up with a new charge. Any other suggestions to try?
@arnoldbe - it probably got discharged overnight. There’s an issue with the charging if you still have the 1.1.48 firmware version. Once it goes to 100% it will stop charging the watch until you remove the charger and put it back again (software bug) It doesn’t maintain the 100% charge.
I really like the watch but it will be returned back, mine is still not updating for several days which will actually fix that issue. The weather portion worked one day, it’s nice to see temperature and rain/cloud conditions but it wasn’t accurate, it showed rain and temp at 80, it was sunny and 86… so not sure where it’s getting the information…
I have a black/black metal Olio watch paired with an iPhone 6s. I’ve been using mine for a few days now. It took a while to get the software updated, but it finally updated. I’ve been getting ~15hrs use out of the watch, and still have 15-20% left when I put it on the charger at night. I’ve been able to control music (play/pause/volume/tracks), read notifications, and operate the alarm/stopwatch/timer. I did notice the weather was working yesterday, but not today. I’m still trying to get used to the gesture sensitivity and which setting may be right for me. Very nice build quality and feel! I was able to easily remove one link, and it fits like a charm. For $60, I’m very happy with my purchase. I may still try a Huawei watch or an Apple Watch at a later point, but for right now this one is great.
Watch is present for son we opened the box for the first time today 6-17 and we are not getting any power to the watch it is not coming on.
@dino2269 the watch was attached to the included charger and didn’t turn on at all?
Does anyone know where to purchase an additional charger for the watch?
@crimar30 +1. Looked everywhere online. Two other wireless chargers I have do not work
Anybody willing to part with their gold link bracelet/strap?? If so, let’s talk!
Meh administrators - did you guys pick up any Olio accessories?
@greg8920 no dice
Happy customer here. Galaxy S6 and Stainless steel Olio model. The software update fixed my major battery issue and others. Getting really good battery life now after fiddling with brightness (auto or low), do not disturb sometimes and gesture sensitivity (low) settings. Music, all notifications (calendar, email, SMS and other app notifications on my phone) and getting some weather summaries in the “Later” section although the watch face weather summary does not work. Not sure where the weather is coming from. Still looking for an additional charger. Looks really good, $60 was a bargain.
My weather seems to be working at night. I have no idea why it only works at night. Software is 1.10.220. Battery is still only lasting like 10-12 hours but everything seems to be great. Just wish battery lasted. Software says it has the latest version.
Overall happy.
Hi, I purchased my watch from meh.com, on the first day I charged it and the watch got incredibly hot, too hot to be worn. The charge lasted approximately two to three hours, all the while not actively using it, it did however disconnect from my smartphone several times even though they were never further than 10 feet apart from each other. I tried charging it again the next day and now the screen won’t even turn on. The response from meh.com was to come here and ask for advice. What can I do to get the watch working again?
@popkanzia did you get the new software update for it? You need to connect it to your phone through the Olio app. It will take a while but helps a ton with connectivity and stability.
@popkanzia Hey There! I would read through this forum as much as you can. I will tag you in posts that relate to your issues
@popkanzia
Yeah, I’m having the same issue too. First day I got it, charged it, and it turned on fine. I installed the app on my phone and synced the watch to it. I wanted to let it charge to 100% before trying it on, so I let it sit for about two hours. As it continued charging, I noticed the battery life would hover around ~70% - it wouldn’t increase charging for some reason.
Eventually at some point, the screen on my phone turned black - it was still backlit, but it wouldn’t function and wasn’t responding to the app. I figured I’d let it run out of battery and try charging it again the next day, but ever since then, the screen doesn’t light up anymore and does nothing when I charge it. It basically seems broken at this point.
I’ve waited a period of about a day to two days to let it discharge before trying to charge it again, but it’s still not working. At this point, I’m going to try letting it discharge for a full week before charging it again, and if it doesn’t work after that, I’m going to ask for an exchange or refund from meh. It’s a shame too, because I really like the aesthetics of the watch - it looks really nice. I don’t want my money back, I just want a working product.
@qberting be patient. It takes some messing around to get it to work. You can contact customer service and they may be able to swap out as well. The watch does take a long time to update. You can check the status in the app on the progress. Be sure to restart the watch after it updates.
@popkanzia I’ve recently had a similar experience. I wasn’t charging, but just wearing my watch, sitting at my desk at work. It had a decent charge on it and wasn’t near the point where it would be discharged, but the screen just went black and it stopped responding completely. Disconnected itself from bluetooth and wouldn’t do anything.
Tried charging it full, but nothing happened, so I left it for a few days, trying off and on to put it on charge to see if it would power up. I had decided that if the screen didn’t come on in 30 seconds that it still had juice and was just misbehaving so I’d take it off power again and leave it to sit and discharge more. After about 3 full days of checking it like that, it’s finally come back to life after putting it on a charger.
That’s not a fun experience. I thought it was dead forever. Hopefully it stays alive this time. On a tangent thought… I think I will only put it on low-current chargers now, after reading other comments about it getting hot. Maybe I’ll find an old crap USB charger that puts out like 600 milliamps and use that exclusively to charge it.
Now that I’m fairly certain that I’m going to keep the watch and not give it away… I’ve got two full sized Black Anodized links up for grabs. Just reply to this comment… first come first served.
What can I say, I’ve got baby sized wrists (I’m keeping one full size and one smaller sized link just in case my wrist swells up.)
I don’t know what’s the best way to get in touch to get your address without posting my email address to the world or your personal information.
I will send one or both of them out US Postal gratis.
Maybe @mandirose can help out? Maybe operate the great Meh! Olio extra link / band exchange in addition to being the unofficial Meh! Tech Support for Olio?
@bbf
I am willing to purchase them. I have no idea how to send you my info either. As soon as I find out, I will post back.
@bbf unfortunately I won’t be able to facilitate that but the tech support I will continue to help out as much as I can!
@bbf
You can reply to me at meh@neowineries.com if you still have the links.
@wkmaylish I just sent an email to you. Oh, BTW, I’m not selling the links, they’re only available for free. Those are my terms, take it or leave it.
@bbf Dibs on next black links available.
Actually just one would be perfect, I’m not greedy.
Does anyone want to sell their extra links for the black stainless version?
@wkmaylish you should respond to the comment directly above yours.
@Thumperchick
Looking through the watch features, I made the decision to bail on the BT connection to my phone. I don’t need it, I get plenty notifications on my phone. Once I turned off the BT, I had about 70% battery left after wearing it all day. I am more interested in wearing it as watch instead of a smart watch. At $60, the features will not work the way I would want anyway, so I disabled BT and get more than all day battery life. I did notice that the watch ‘lost’ about 20 minutes slowly over 3 days the first time I turned off the BT so I just re-synced to my phone and it updated. So far, it hasn’t lost any time and it has been 2 days. Go figure.
@evenrute thanks for the update on that!
Anyone know if it’s possible to disable the music controls on the watch? I accidentally hit “play” last night and phone started blaring and woke up my wife.
Interesting watch. I can’t get the weather to work consistently and have been playing around with different apps on my iphone6 with no luck.
Anyone find a 3rd party charger to work with this watch? I’d appreciate hearing what folks have tried already.
Well, after about a week this is what I feel about the Olio watch.
Pros:
Cons:
1a) No other watch faces (more than “Digital” or “Analog” would have been nice.)
1b) Touchscreen is fidgety, will often not register swipes or misinterpret them as a full “edge” swipe rather than “mid” swipes.
1c) text is too small when reading emails and text messages on the watch
1d) Charging circuitry/software sucks donkey balls: it runs too hot with a high current USB power source, hot enough to cook the battery enough to reduce cycle life
1e) Software on watch is incomplete (expected that, but still had to mention it.)
Overall Conclusion for Olio Model One: Form over Function
I’d be pissed off if I had paid $500 for the watch. I’d be livid if I had paid >$1000 for a Gold one. For $70 or less, it’s a great buy if one can get it last “all day” (>15hrs for me) with bluetooth turned on connected to one’s phone… if one has to use it with with bluetooth turned off to get enough battery life, then I’d rather get a Wenger Chronograph from ebay (refurb or new) for around $100. Or this one, BIN, for $67. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wenger-Silver-Dial-Brown-Leather-Strap-Mens-Watch-79131-/272534833340
AFter a lot of work, I got the update downloaded to the watch, but the watch is now just stuck on the Olio logo screen. I tried draining the battery and recharging, but it’s not doing anything. I can’t even reconnect it to the phone. Thoughts?
@wishlish Same thing happened to me. You just need to delete the app and then re-install it. Been running perfectly ever since
OK, I’ve been playing around with this thing for a week now. Uninstalled/reinstalled the app countless times. Wiped caches, un-paired/re-paired, let it completely discharge, tried my wife’s phone. The watch “connects” but only when the face is on. A few seconds after it dims the connection is lost. I haven’t even seen anything about an update, though I’m sure that’s directly related to it’s lack of a lasting connection.
I really want to like this watch. Anyone find something that’s worked for them that isn’t already posted here?
@Pacers
Cancel that. Decided to give it one more go using an old phone i had stuck in a drawer. Installed the app, it connected and immediately started downloading the update. Surprisingly it only took 20-30 minutes to finish. Restarted the watch. Unpaired with the old phone, re-paired with my current, and until now, completely uncooperative phone. It’s been a couple hours now of steady connection.
3rd time’s the charm.
Like the watch but battery is terrible anyone want to sell a charger or know where I can get one.
@Smokey20 battery is trash
@Smokey20 If you update the firmware the battery issues are fixed
@arfdawg Running 1.10.220 – is this the latest?Thanks
@Whitcomb Yes. And BTW, switching the screen brightness to “auto” helps save on the battery. Mine lasts about as long as my cell phone – maybe a little less before I need to charge.
@arfdawg Thanks, I’ve done that and also found the weather API working (occasionally) via Accuweather and changing the settings in Accuweather to “small circle”
Mine stopped working after two days-- will not turn on have had sitting on dresser for 9 days and tried charging again and I still get no power
@yankees07 I’ve also tried all “fixes” stated here – very disappointed–
@yankees07 That’s too bad. Mine quit working suddenly, but I had success leaving it to discharge for several days until it was dead and then putting it back on the charger. Try a different charger? Different amperage?
ha! I’m having trouble downloading the software. I’m not on Apple based software.Like someone said, I really wanna love this thing. I just wanna tell the time.
@wew The firmware updates if you go to watch settings. It takes forever to down load and update
ya, can someone give me a hand? I can’t find the software and have been looking a few hours. it won’t show up on my itunes.
thanks, and sorry for being a pain
and man is this watch hot! looks and temperature wise.
@wew look up Olio Assist. It’s right there. And BTW, the watch charges hot the first time and then doesnt any more. At least for me
i got the software. man, its been so long since I used any Apple stuff.
@wew The watch works better with Android
BBF’s List of Things to Do/Obtain to Maximize Olio Model One Runtime Without Turning Off Bluetooth.
For the last week or so, I’ve been getting 15hr or greater run times from my Olio Model 1 with bluetooth on, and at least a dozen or so notifications a day.
Long explanations follow:
Now that my experiment with full day operation of the watch is over, I intend to carry the disc charger with me to work and charge it in the middle of the day to further reduce wear and tear on the battery. The less deep you discharge batteries, the longer they last.
Or if you’re a compulsive shopper with hoarding tendencies, you’ll have bought more than one Olio from Meh!, so you’ll have at least two charge pucks so you can keep one at work and one at home.
You can further increase run time by turning off bluetooth when you don’t need it, like at night when it’s charging… but I don’t like to do that because I forget to turn it back on.
For those of you who can’t get this watch to work all I can say is you either are clueless or you are using it with an iPhone which is a really crappy idea. I have a Pixel Android and it works perfectly. Everything works in fact! Weather, phone, music messages – from TWO email accounts, text, etc.etc. The only thing I don’t seem to be able to change the face of the clock to something other than the one analog or one digital.
The iPhone really sucks for non-Apple watches. I’ve tried a Pebble in the past and same thing. Got it to work with Android but it was glitchy with the iPhone.
One problem DID arise early on – the day after I set it up it downloaded and updated the firmware and stopped working. I thought I had a piece of junk on my hands because I couldn’t even get a clock face on the screen. I had to uninstall the app and then re-install it and was able to connect perfectly to the watch.
Let’s hope Fitbit keeps the app up. I don’t care if it’s ever updated or not as it’s working fine now.
@arfdawg interesting to hear. I have had issues with the olio with my iphone - it periodically loses one of the two required bluetooth pairings, which means that the phone ringer alert dies. FWIW martian notifier works well.
@danpritts
Is it on the latest firmware?
@PlacidPenguin yes
So mine took the updated firmware and hasn’t worked since. All I get is the Olio screen in perpetuity. It doesn’t make itself available to pair via Bluetooth. Is there a way to reset the watch back to factory settings? Should I be contacting meh support at this point?
@wishlish check the post above yours.
@jbartus I tried that, didn’t work.
@wishlish try letting it drain over 24 hours and then try putting it back on the battery. You can also try deleting the app and redownloading it as I’ve heard from some people that’s helped
@wishlish See my post directly above yours
@arfdawg Since I own an iphone and an ipad, that’s not exactly helpful, but thanks anyway.
@mandirose I had actually tried that before I posted, but it didn’t work. I’m going to try it again, but I’m running out of hope.