Emporio Armani Connected 2018 Review

In the wearable market, there is no shortage of smartwatches. Many companies like Apple, Samsung, and other reputed brands designing and launching new smartwatches frequently. Apart from tech giants, a very popular name in the fashion industry has also entered into the wearable market. As we all know, the second generation of Connected is launched by the Armani company. Now let’s see the device match its style, hype and worth the penny you spent or not in this detailed review.

Design

The design of the Emporio Armani Connected 2018 model resemblance a traditional metal watch. However, the company managed to keep the design unique from the rest by his metal body. The watch is available in Black, silver, green, blue and rose gold models.

The case has 43x49mm width and height with a 12mm thickness. The metal start looks very stylish and comfortably fits on your wrist. The dial looks big on the small wrist sizes but however, the looks will manage the size issue.

Features

The company has integrated the Google wear OS (latest version) in the watch. It provides very unique user interface experience when compared to the older version of the OS. It has some interesting features like NFC, GPS works integrated without the help of a smartphone.

You don’t need to depend on the smartphone for purchasing and processing payments, you can simply pay by the built-in NFC payments option. The AMOLED display measures 1.19 inches in diameter and coming to the clarity the display is good in any lighting conditions. The always on display is convenient to check the time on the go. You don’t feel dullness even in outdoors at brighter sunlight. The watch is water resistant to 3ATM, which means it is safe to dive into the water.

Performance

Performance of the Emporio Armani Connected 2018 is satisfactory. The support of a wide range watch faces makes your device unique from the others. The customizable watch faces will let you design your own and unique watch face.

The heart rate monitor checks the rate correctly and the Google Fit records all the data collected by the watch in your account. Google recent update Fit, which counts the moves, distances pretty well. The integrated GPS also working perfectly and sync the data to your Google Fit account.

The most important part of any device is its battery life. The company claims one to two days of battery life, whereas we found one and half day is promising.

Verdict

Overall, the Emporio Armani Connected is a stylish smartwatch with decent performance. If you want to go with the brand and looks then go for Armani Connected 2018. The watch is priced at $395 and available in official Armani website.