14 DAY TRIAL // For all the hype surrounding it, the Moto 360 smartwatch from Motorola had and still has its fair share of problems, not the least of which is the image burn-in that can happen after leaving it to charge for a long time.
Motorola hasn't really done much to fix that particular problem, since it's still not clear if it was an isolated incident or not. There also hasn't been a long time since the problem emerged. Just three days or so.
Other problems have been known for longer than that, however, and the company has finally taken some steps to remedy them. Or one step anyway: an upgrade to the operating system.
Moto 360 gains Android Wear version to 1.0.1.1448224
We really should have seen this coming. No initial version of any operating system is ever flawless, and Android Wear is a new OS specifically made for smartwatches.
One of the problems that Motorola's Moto 360 has is related to browsing through the various functions of the device. Basically, the watch can stutter.
The watch has also been known to intermittently lose the connection to whatever smartphone or tablet you may be carrying on you.
Android Wear is great and all, but smartwatches still need an Android device to work with. There are exceptions, but the Moto 360 isn't one of them.
Some other smaller bugs have been reported as well, most of them related to areas of the system that could do with a bit of refinement and optimization.
So, in a nutshell the newest update to Motorola Moto 360 brings about the following: improved Bluetooth connectivity (with fewer, if any, disconnects), bug fixes, and a charging notification (which makes a message pop up when the Moto 360 needs to recharge a bit).
A summary of the Motorola Moto 360's traits
As you may or may not know by now, Motorola Moto 360 is pretty famous for being the only round smartwatch in the world. LG intends to release a round watch too, but it hasn't quite happened yet (October 14 is when it will happen, supposedly).
The Moto 360 has features like wireless charging, changeable straps, multiple front screens, an ambient light sensor, automatic brightness management and, of course, Android Wear app support. All for a price of $249.99 / €193.
Whether or not Motorola is making a fix for the burn-in, haunting charge screen is something we still haven't been able to establish.