Beyerdynamic Aventho Wireless Headphones Review – The best on-ears?

Beyerdynamic is one of the audio brands that advocates the distinction of German quality. What we like is that you don’t have to necessarily break the bank to be part of the club. Namely, the company’s highly-regarded DT series fall in sub-$200 territory.

But if you want to level-up to an even higher standard and sharper-tuned audio, then Beyerdynamic has you covered there too. And it’s ramping up its wireless audio presence. We’ve only seen in-ear wireless headphones from the company…until now. Say hello to the Aventho Wireless.

Design

Aventho is a new name (maybe future series?) for Beyerdynamic. The Aventho Wireless is an on-ear headphone, which replaces the company’s previous DT 1350 flagship of this type. So it carries over some of the original design but is reworked for the most part.

Specifically, the ear cups, ear pads, and headband materials are all greatly refined, while also cutting the cord and packing in wireless-enabling technology. We must say that the aesthetics of this headphone is some of the best we’ve seen; the pictures don’t quite do it justice.

The industrial-looking makeup of metal and rivets, contrasted by elegant leather and smooth matte black plastic, is cohesively sophisticated and eye-pleasing.

The packaging is pretty simple. You’ll get cables for charging (USB-A to USB-C) and to use the headphone in wired mode (3.5mm to 3.5mm aux). The included carrying case is a cloth, string-closing bag.

While the bag is thin, the footprint is on the large side. This is because, unfortunately, the Aventho don’t fold/collapse down. They can only rotate the ear cups to a thinner profile. This is fine to save you bulk if you plan to just stick them into a backpack, but you won’t be able utilize a small pack like with the V-MODA XS, for instance. You’ll also need to be mindful of pressure because the soft case won’t protect the Aventho from getting crushed.

Usability

The Aventho Wireless performs well with ergonomics and comfort, at least for an on-ear headphone. It’s not the lightest for its size (wireless headphones usually aren’t) at about 238 grams, but there’s ample cushioning on the ear pads and headband. The premium, supple leather is also a great choice.

But these qualities don’t mean that the Aventho avoid the on-ear discomfort that sets-in with longer listening sessions, despite having the perfect clamping pressure. That’s just how it is with pads pressing on your ears. But the Aventho do succeed in keeping the aches minimal, which don’t grow to an unbearable level. Same goes for the headband. Its great distribution of weight keeps eventual aches at bay.

They also aren’t able to avoid poor noise isolation – a common problem with on-ear headphones. These are wireless but not noise-canceling. So you’ll have to crank up the volume in noisy environments, being careful to not over-stress your eardrums.

Being wireless headphones, you’ll find a slew of features on an ear cup. It’s laid out simply: charging port, status LED light, power/pairing button, and 3.5mm jack for wired use.

We have to commend Beyerdynamic on implementing the current USB-C port standard. Most accessory manufacturers are lazy and hold us back with the old micro-USB standard, and we’re forced to carry cables/dongles so that we’re covered for both. The only way we’re going to move on is if everyone is on the same page.

The single button is only used for power on/off and toggling pairing; there’s another way to control playback – a touchpad is unassumingly incorporated on the surface of the right ear cup. You intuitively swipe left/right to switch tracks and up/down to change the volume.

The right ear touchpad has no visual indication.

In the real world, these functions worked about 90% of the time for us. Our main contention wasn’t for the touchpad itself but the volume mapping. Connected to an Android device, the headphone’s volume control is unified with the Bluetooth volume on Android. This is nice in that it simplifies things (instead of having two separate volume controls), but the volume attenuation is coarse. We ended up with a volume step that was too quiet and the next too loud. This isn’t a problem with the headphones, per-se, but something not thought-out in the Android OS with how it functions with wireless audio.

That said, the touchpad on the Aventho doesn’t get a complete pass. There’s some extra functions built-in, like swiping and holding to rewind/fast-forward, which didn’t work for us at all, as well as toggling the Google Assistant.

A couple important technological features that Beyerdynamic gets right is the battery life and audio streaming capacity. The Aventho Wireless can go the distance with a 30-hour battery rating – and you can carry the wired cable with you if you’re still worried about it. Beyerdynamic also shows it’s not playing around with sound quality, being that the higher fidelity aptX HD audio streaming codec is supported. Manufacturers typically settle with the vanilla aptX, if they even support it at all (a significant 16-bit, 352 kbps vs 24-bit, 576 kbps difference).

Sound

Aventho Wireless paired with Galaxy S9 and aptX streaming sounds great.

Beyerdynamic has been slow to adopt wireless audio, and we think that’s because of the method’s inherent quality limitations. Specifically, the tracks have to be substantially compressed to transfer over Bluetooth, and a compact DAC has to be packed in with all those other internal wireless-enabling components.

Now that Beyerdynamic has had the time to work it out, we were expecting a top-notch sound from the Aventho Wireless. And fortunately, they did not let down.

They deliver a powerful sound, fuller than you’d expect an on-ear to deliver. We’re not just talking about bass, of which does have an elevated presence but not overdone or bloated (though, a little much on the mid-bass for our tastes). That kind of energy is carried throughout the spectrum, up to the crisp and textured treble.

The mid-range is punchy and not held back either, like typical V-shaped sound signatures out there. It doesn’t quite have the spacious range of the treble, but we appreciate that its forward enough to draw authority when dictated.

This is a headphone that tilts towards fun/impact than trueness, but since this is Beyerdynamic we’re talking about, there’s plenty of detail to appreciate. The open/airy delivery is most what captured us. The nice soundstage (for an on-ear) gives the dynamics detectable space to breathe, recognized best by the rich treble.

Final Thoughts

So all things considered, what is our recommendation with the Aventho Wireless? They are no doubt a finely crafted on-ear headphone, probably the best out there. They do so many things right, like properly using the latest USB-C port and aptX HD wireless audio standards, as well as an impressive 30-hour battery life.

But it’s hard to overlook that wallet-busting $450 price tag. This is especially in light of being an on-ear headphone, which inherently comes with some limitations, like with noise isolation, discomfort, and soundstage. Additionally, there are some really good full-sized headphones to be found at that price. The Aventho Wireless has the size advantage, but many of its larger counterparts can fold down to a competitively small form.

That said, if you really want an on-ear, you’ll be hard-pressed to find one better put together than this one.

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Just call me hero: GoPro tempts the budget crowd with the simplified $199 Hero

Announced March 29, GoPro’s latest camera is a simplified, streamlined model simply called the Hero. At $199, it is the cheapest model in GoPro’s lineup that includes a built-in LCD monitor.

The Hero looks much like the latest generations of GoPro, the Hero5 and Hero6 Black, with the same gray body that’s waterproof without a case and a 2-inch touchscreen at the back. That’s because the Hero integrates some of the best features from those higher-end GoPros while offering a narrower focus on ease of use that should make it attractive to first-time action cam buyers.

Like it’s more expensive peers, the Hero is compatible with the GoPro app (iOS and Android) and will auto-edit videos via QuikStory. It also offers similar durability, being waterproof down to 30 feet — just 3 feet short of the Hero6 Black specs. And of course, the Hero is compatible with all existing GoPro mounts.

So where’s that $200 price difference? For one, the Hero can’t shoot 4K. However, it can shoot beyond 1080p to 1440p at up to 60 frames per second. Still images are also lower resolution, just making it into double digits at 10 megapixels. Voice control is also included, but the camera already has to be powered on for the voice commands to work — the Hero6 Black uses a special chip that allows users to turn it on by voice. GoPro also hasn’t ditched video stabilization on the cheaper model, but as it doesn’t appear to use the powerful GP1 processor found in the Hero6, we don’t expect its stabilization performance to be as good.

GoPro says the Hero joins the $299 Hero5 and $399 Hero6, but doesn’t mention the Hero5 Session that sits at the same price point. The Session is GoPro’s smallest camera, offers 4K video at 30 fps and voice control, but doesn’t have room for the screen.

Beyond first-time action camera buyers, GoPro suggests the Hero is great for kids, travelers, and social media users that may not need to complete list of features that the flagship Hero6 offers.

GoPro ended its every-other-year update schedule last year with the HERO6 — and ended up posting the first profit in two years as a result. Adding a budget option is likely part of the company’s efforts to stabilize after a rough few years with falling sales and increasing competition.

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Looking to live-stream? Here’s how to go live on Instagram

It’s been just over a year since Instagram gave us the ability to go live, but it already seems like an integral part of the social media platform. Similar to streaming on Facebook or Twitter, going live on Instagram is a great way to connect with followers in real time and document your life as it’s happening.

While going live on Instagram sounds like something that could be an involved process, it is actually very easy.

Step 1: Log in to Instagram on your mobile device

While you can use the desktop version of Instagram to look at and comment on photos, you can only go live from the mobile app. If you don’t already have an Instagram account, you can create one within the app or through Instagram’s website. (See our ultimate guide to using Instagram to help get you up and running.)

Step 2: Navigate to the camera

From the home page, tap the camera icon in the top left of the screen or swipe right from anywhere in your Feed. (This is the same camera you use to add photos to your story.)

Step 3: Start your live video

Once in the camera, swipe along the menu at the bottom of the screen until you get to Live. This menu is also where you’ll find options to add different filters to your photos, as well as the iconic Boomerang feature. Once you reach Live, the button at the bottom of the screen will display Start Live Video.”Tap it when you’re ready.

Step 4: Live-streaming

After a quick connection test that will occur automatically, you’ll be live! Instagram will send a notification to some of your followers, letting them know you’ve started a live video. The number of viewers and comments will appear at the bottom of the screen.

If you’d like to add a comment, tap Comment, type your message, and press Post. Tapping and holding a comment will allow you to pin it to the top so viewers can see it more easily. To turn off comments, tap the three dots to the right of Comment and select Turn Off Commenting. If you have any keyword filters turned on, those will apply here as well.

Step 5: Ending your live-stream

Once you’re done recording, tap End in the upper right and hit End Live Video. An opaque screen will appear over your camera feed, letting you know your live video has ended. From there, you can hit save in the upper-right corner to save the video to your camera roll, or share it to your story. If you don’t select either of these options, the video will disappear after you click away.

How do you view someone else’s live videos?

To view someone else’s live video, tap their profile picture on the top of your Feed. Their picture will appear with a colorful ring around it and the word Live if they have a live video. Keep in mind that anyone else viewing the video can see when you join and when you comment or like the video.

If someone has shared a live video replay to their story, you’ll see their profile picture at the top of your Feed with a ring around it and the play button. You can’t comment on a live video replay, but you can respond to someone’s replay by direct messaging them.

While viewing someone’s live video replay, you can tap the right side of the screen to skip forward or the left to go back. If they shared multiple replays, you can skip between them by tapping the arrows at the top of the screen.

Live-streaming on Instagram is a great way to interact and connect with people. It’s more fun and informal than a posed Instagram photo and super-easy to implement. Happy streaming!

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Best Wireless Headphones With Noise Cancelling in 2018

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• Best value over-the-ear headphones
• Best noise-cancelling earbuds
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Best overall

Bose QC35 II

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There’s something to be said for consistency, and there’s a reason the Bose QC35 II is at the top of most lists of the best noise-cancelling wireless headphones. The mark of a great pair of noise-cancelling headphones is not having to give up on sound quality for isolation, and Bose has achieved a great balance. Plus, battery life is excellent, and there’s one-touch access to Google Assistant that works wonders on Android phones.

Bottom line: Excellent sound and unmatched noise cancelation make for enjoyable flights, commutes, and work sessions.

One more thing: If you’re looking for slightly better sound and can live with moderately worse ANC, Sony’s WH1000XM2 are the same price.

Why the Bose QC35 II is the best

With the elimination of headphone jacks from phones, wireless headphones are surging in popularity, but Bose has been in the headphone game for longer than most people have had smartphones. Building on the success of its wired QC25 product, the Bose QC35 II’s are lightweight and well-built and offer an excellent blend of pleasing mids, strong but not overwhelming bass, and highs that don’t fatigue.

With 20+ hours of battery life and an in-box cord for when the battery runs out, Bose has crafted a product that most people will love. Other highlights include NFC pairing on Android phones, an easy-to-use app to control EQ, and dual microphones for clear phone calls.

Want a second opinion? The Wirecutter had this to say about the QC35’s:

The QuietComfort 35 Series II are a fantastic noise cancelling Bluetooth headphone. They drop the highest amount of noise for their type, sound decent, fold small, are comfortable, and offer about the same noise cancelling as their wired counterparts, QC25.

In our subjective testing over the last few years, the QC25 and 35 always came out on top. While there are headphones that sound better, none offer as much reduction in the noise of the world around you, and isn’t that the point? Being light and easy to wear is crucial too, and these are both as well.

Best value over-the-ear headphones

TaoTronics Active Noise Cancelling Bluetooth Headphones

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TaoTronics isn’t as well-known a brand as Bose or Sony, but at $70 the company’s well-made over-the-ear Bluetooth headphones offer incredible value. With lush sound and deep (though not quite accurate) bass, TaoTronics’ Bluetooth headphones provide around 70% of active noise cancellation of the Bose QC35 for less than a quarter the price. Better yet, they last up to 25 hours on a single charge.

Bottom-line: Value in the noise-cancellation space doesn’t come easy, and TaoTronics truly delivers.

One more thing: TaoTronics also makes some great inexpensive noise-cancelling earbuds, if you’re looking for a pair of those.

Best noise-cancelling earbuds

Bose QC30

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Like the QC35s, the Bose QC30 offers the best noise-cancelling experience in its form factor — in this case, in earbud (or neckbud) form. With small directional tips that are comfortable to wear for hours, the beauty of the QC30 is how it allows you to raise and lower the active noise cancellation depending on the environment. That’s not even possible on the QC35.

While you’re not going to get the same level of bass as the larger over-the-ear headphones, the QC30 is more versatile and comfortable, especially when sleeping, and the headphones can be remanded to the neck when not in use thanks to the neckband base. At $300, these are not cheap headphones, but they’re the best in their class.

Bottom line: Truly the best portable active noise cancellation experience around.

One more thing: If you don’t require Bluetooth, you can pick up the equally-great QC20s for $249, and they come in a more traditional earbud format.

Best value noise-cancelling earbuds

Phiaton BT 100 NC

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Phiaton is a well-known name in the budget headphone space, and the new BT 100 NC are the best noise-cancelling earbuds for under $100. Like the QC30s, the BT 100 NC come in neckbud form, with earbuds that effortlessly extrude from a string. This takes gravity out of the equation and allows for up to eight hours of continuous listening.

Neither the sound quality nor the ANC is as good as the QC30, but for $100 you’re not going to find a better compromise in this form factor.

Bottom-line: Phiaton’s BT 100 NC are an amazing pair of budget ANC earbuds that you’ll never want to take off.

One more thing: Phiaton’s older and less attractive PS 210 BTNC are a little smaller and have better ANC but worse sound quality. At $66, they’re a good cheaper alternative.

Grab a pair of Anker SoundBuds Slim+ Bluetooth headphones for just $22

A simple way to workout without any hassle from your earbuds.

The Anker SoundBuds Slim+ wireless Bluetooth headphones are down to $21.99 with code LGVDRPV3 on Amazon. That deal is down from a street price around $30 and is better than any direct discount, although these headphones see quite a few coupon code sales.

The Slim+ last for up to seven hours of playtime and take just an hour and a half to fully charge. The aptX technology ensures the best sound quality even while using Bluetooth to connect. They are designed to be comfortable and resistant to water and sweat. Anker backs them up with an 18-month warranty. Users give them 4.1 stars based on 481 reviews.

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Get this $50 Google Play gift card delivered to your inbox for just $45

Practically free money.

Amazon currently has $50 Google Play digital gift cards available for just $45 when you use the coupon code GOOGLE, which means you score $5 for free with the purchase. Since it’s a digital gift card and you won’t have to wait for delivery, you can redeem it today and start using it. We know, you may be thinking that you don’t need $50 worth of apps or games, but you can use this for so much more.

Through Google Play, you can use these gift cards for subscriptions like YouTube Red, Play Music, Netflix and more. You can also use it to rent movies, purchase music, as well as in-app purchases to unlock some extra goodies in your favorite games.

There is a limit of one gift card per person and they are only valid in the U.S. These deals don’t generally stick around for long, so be sure to grab one before they are gone.

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These U.S. carriers have updated the LG V30 to Android Oreo

While we wait around for LG’s big flagship for 2018, the V30 remains the company’s best and most powerful phone currently on the market. The LG V30 shipped with Android 7.1.2 Nougat, but now it’s being updated to 8.0 Oreo.

Verizon

Multiple LG V30 owners who purchased the phone through Verizon Wireless are getting software updates that upgrade the phone to Oreo. The update weighs in at 1702.3 MB, and it brings all of the Oreo goodies you’ve come to expect.

Along with improved performance, Oreo also adds picture-in-picture, Google’s Autofill feature that makes it easier to enter usernames/passwords, notification dots, and much more.

Sprint

A couple weeks after Verizon started rolling out its Oreo update, Sprint was the next carrier to follow suit. The update is the same size at around 1.7GB, and it has all of the Oreo features you’d expect.

The build number is updated to OPR1.170623.026, and the latest March 2018 security patch is here, too.

AT&T

As reported by Redditors and many of our readers, AT&T is the latest carrier to start pushing Android 8.0 Oreo to the LG V30.

Just like the Verizon and Sprint updates, Oreo for the AT&T V30 brings the March 2018 security patch, picture-in-picture, and plenty more.

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Fortnite for Android: Everything You Need To Know!

The hottest game of 2018 will be coming to Android in the coming months.

Fortnite has been blowing up lately. Millions of people have become obsessed with the game, both as players and just watching popular Twitch streamers play the game.

You may have also head that the game is currently soft-launching on iOS via an invite-only program, and there are plans to release it for Android in the near future.

Interested to learn more? Just keep reading.

What is Fortnite?

Fortnite is what would happen if you combined two of the most addictive games out there — Minecraft and PUBG.

Fortnite offers a free 100-player Player Vs Player (PvP) Battle Royale game mode. Just like PUBG, you’re dropped onto the large island map and must arm yourself and outlive your competition. But in Fortnite, you always start out armed with a pickaxe which can be used as a melee weapon or for harvest raw supplies for building walls, ramps, and shelters.

It certainly adds extra layers of strategy to the format, creating essentially a perfect storm of addictive gaming action that’s as fun to watch as it is to play. Oh, speaking of storms all the action takes place in the eye of a deadly electrical storm meaning you can’t just hunker down and hide out the whole game. You got to keep moving.

How do you play the game?

Just like PUBG, your goal is to be the last man standing — with up to 100 players involved in each match, that’s no small task.

Each game starts with the players jumping out of the flying “Battle Bus” and parachuting down onto a giant island. Once landed, you must loot nearby buildings for items, guns, and ammo to defend yourself and attack other players.

You also need to keep an eye on the map, as every few minutes the storm closes in on the play area. If you’re caught in the storm, you slowly die so you do not want to forget to regularly check where you are on the map. Eventually, the play constricts to a tiny area for the final showdown between the remaining players — there can only be one winner!

Unlike PUBG, you’re able to carry more than two guns. Instead, you’re limited to the number of weapons and items you can carry at one time. Also, guns are color coded to denote their rarity — from grey (common) to orange (legendary) — and the rarer the gun, the deadlier it is.

Then there’s the crafting element. Every player starts out with a pickaxe which can be used as a melee weapon or used to break down trees and buildings to harvest the raw resources. You can then use these raw resources to build your own structures, whether it be a defensive wall to provide cover from an advancing enemy, a set of stairs to reach the second floor of a building or your own watchtower to snipe players from across the map. The resources you mine will determine the strength. Steel is stronger than brick, which is stronger than wood.

When will it be available for Android?

Fortnite has been available for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 for a few months now, and is currently soft launched on iOS as an invite-only beta.

There have been no firm dates set for an Android release by Fortnite’s developer, Epic Games, but they have said to expect support for Android to come in the next few months. I suppose they are waiting to see how the rollout and implementation play out on iOS devices first before opening the game up to Android users.

Until then, at least we’ve got PUBG to tide us over.

Will it be free to play?

Epic Games has so far released the PvP Battle Royale game for free across all platforms including the mobile version for iOS. The console version also has a paid game mode called Save The World that’s Player vs Environment (PvE). Save The World plays more like Minecraft, where you’re harvesting more resources and stocking up on loot to survive waves of AI enemies in a sort of tower defense-style of gameplay.

The PvE mode will not be available in Fortnite Mobile for iOS and, frankly, it’s the PvP mode that everyone is crazy for so that’s quite alright with us.

However, the iOS version offers in-app purchases for cosmetic items to customize your player and people sure have been buying stuff. According to this report from Sensor Tower analtyics, Fortnite Mobile players spent more than $1 million during the first 72 hours of its release on iOS. Wow.

So, to answer the question, you have the option to spend money on Fortnite if you want a cool looking character, but the game is free to play and you won’t need to pay to win.

Will there be support for Bluetooth controls?

Epic Games has indicated that Bluetooth controller support will be coming later, but as of right now only touchscreen controls are available.

Is it cross-platform?

Epic Games have indicated that you will be able to play Fortnite across all platforms. Your Fortnite profile can be connected to all the platforms you play on so you can add to your stats however you connect to the game.

Don’t be worried about getting mismatched as the one mobile player in a server of PC and console players. If you’re playing solo on mobile, you will only be matched up against other mobile players. If you join a squad with friends playing on another platform, then that squad will be matched against a multi-platform population, essentially making cross-platform play opt-in.

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Are you hyped for Fortnite?

We’ll be sure to let you know when the game launches for Android. Until then, you can create your Epic Games account and start playing on one of the other platforms to start getting a handle on the game

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Android 8.1 Oreo coming to Razer Phone in April

You can download the Developer Preview right now.

If you own a Razer Phone, chances are you’ve been itching to get your hands on Android Oreo. The phone shipped with 7.1.1 Nougat out of the box, and Razer’s finally broken the silence and announced that Oreo is officially on the way.

On its Twitter account, Razer confirmed that it’ll be skipping Android 8.0 and simply updating the Razer Phone to 8.1.

The update will be available for everyone to download in mid to late April, but if you want to get your hands on the new software earlier than that, you can manually download the Developer Preview right now.

The Developer Preview has the Feb. 5 security patch.

Razer hasn’t provided a change log or release notes for its 8.1 update quite yet, but we should expect all of the basic Oreo features we’ve come to love – including picture-in-picture, better restrictions on apps running in the background, notification dots by app icons, and more.

The Developer Preview is said to come with the February 5, 2018, security patch, and assuming this is the same one that ships with the final build, the Razer Phone will be behind on patches by two months.

If you own a Razer Phone, what Oreo feature are you looking forward to the most?

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These are the watches that support Google Pay

Google Pay on your watch makes paying easier than ever.

Google Pay has been making payments easier on all of us for a while by linking your bank card to your smartphone. Things have just gotten even easier though, because it has been added to the Wear OS ecosystem. Using your watch to pay means that you don’t even need to take anything out of your pocket when it comes time to pay for your purchases, but to use Google Pay on your watch there are a few requirements.

Note: This list will be updated as new devices are released with Wear OS support.

What is necessary for Google Pay to work?

While Google Pay is brand new to the Wear OS ecosystem, it does have a few requirements to work correctly on your watch.

Namely, you’ll need to make sure that your watch is running Wear OS, and includes NFC. While there are a number of watches that have received the update to Wear OS, the second part is a bit trickier. That’s because most watches don’t include NFC, so you may need to pick up a new watch if you’re hoping to use Google Pay as soon as possible.

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Which watches support Google Pay?

Since Wear OS is fairly new, the list of supported watches is extremely short. At the time of writing, it’s limited to just a handful of models. This list is sure to expand as more watches are released that include NFC specifically to support Google Pay. The list of compatible watches is as follows:

• LG Watch Sport
• Huawei Watch 2
• Huawei Watch 2 Classic
• Tag Heuer Connected Modular 45
• Movado Connect

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