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I use a similar app on Android Wear called interval timer. Not trying to take away from yours, just didn't want to leave AW users in the dark.
Edit: link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=wearablesoftware.wearintervaltimer
If you have iPhone, just get Apple Watch or fitness watch.
You have a couple of options assuming you have Android:
1) Go fitness watch route - Suunto, Garmin, Polar, Coros. Yes you will have to compromise on not being able to reply to notifications, but you get dedicated HIT tracking and most of them come with built in training, including training metrics.
2) Wear os - you will get ability to fully reply to notifications, but you will take a hit on the training and fitness tracking metrics. Will be pretty basic with no training metrics. There are apps on the store which you can use to provide training features, and there are store apps that work for HIT training.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=wearablesoftware.wearintervaltimer
(this is the first one that came up, that I know that some people use - but there are loads in the store).
3) Suunto 7. its wear os so you get full smartwatch experience. It also has a version of Suunto's fitness tracking, so you get pretty close to having the full fitness tracking too. While it does have training metrics like EPOC, PTE and Recovery, as well as full fitness metrics suite, including always on customizable tracking screens, including active HR zones, it doesn't have a dedicated HIT mode, though you can use interval running - lap screen shows manual lap times rather than automated lap times; and or you can use 3rd party timer instead or at same time; and or any of the other available 3rd party fitness tracking apps.
Hadn't seen this. Shows the seconds ticking, but after a minute, only the minutes. Yes, pretty useless.
As an alternative I've been using Interval Timer. It's a really simple app, setting the length of the intervals, length of pauses, and number of intervals. It's ad free. It only vibrates, doesn't make any sound, which I would have liked. I've been using it with Sports Gear Tracker that keeps track of the heart rate.
For measuring distance run you need your phone with you as the watch doesn't have GPS. Distance run for HIIT? It's a pulse based workout. Seems you would need an interval timer. Try Interval Timer for Android Wear. For pulse I use Sport Gear Tracker. It exports to Google Fit and is integrated with GPS.
Totally selfish here but I would love to see an interval app for exercising. I had one on Android Wear that was simple and did the job called Interval Timer - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=wearablesoftware.wearintervaltimer&hl=en
>the majority of what I've read makes anything WearOS seem unusable.
I don't get the claims that Wear OS is unusable. The lack of more up-to-date and frugal Qualcomm processors is a different matter, and I'm curious to see whether the 3100 big/tiny structure will eventually provide any benefits on Wear OS.
I've got the Huawei Watch 1 which launched in September 2015. I've had it for three years. Thankfully Google launches updates directly despite Huawei not supplying updates for the watch any longer.
On my device Wear OS works better and more stably than ever.
A bit of history: Wear OS has had it's ups and downs, and ups... The shift from Google Now to the Assistant was the worst, because functionality which I had gotten used to was removed and not reinstated until 1.5 years later. That was abysmal. I found a workaround, by changing to US English on my devices, and suddenly the Assistant worked, only in English, of course. That I got it working wasn't any thanks to Google which didn't supply any information. I found Google Now more useful than the Assistant because it could launch apps on the watch through voice, and then entering items or text over voice, making everything completely hands free. The downside was one had to speak at a rather steady pace, because any pause and the entry had been made and finalized. For a while any OK seemed to be interpreted as OK Google, too. The watch seemed to be listening at all times. Wear 1... was unstable in terms of connection to the phone. That's a long time ago...
I find the interface clearer and with nicer color scheme - I really dig the black, simple look. Much better than those horrible material design pastel hues with symbols that it used to be. Made no sense and used up battery.
The latest update has made Assistant work very well on my device. It requires a touch to launch the app, either on a button or on the screen, and to choose microphone entry (or keyboard) and to check the message as finalized. The benefit is text can easily be corrected and it's a more controlled process. The downside, not completely hands free. I have no problems with connectivity and it even launches on the first try, which it hasn't been doing for the past 6 months.
I also use Google Keep and I can launch it from an invisible icon on top of the watch face. It takes between 2-3 seconds to launch, then speak the message, add reminder, and have Keep add a new note. From start to finish within 10 seconds. If I have the PC up I can see the note being synchronized to the web and visible on the PC screen within that time span. If it's an addition to an existing note that has been shared with others it means they get access within that time frame. Pretty amazing. I also use Keep in the store for shopping, and others which I've given permission, can have added, or removed, items on the list.
I can also initiate SMS with Messages by Google from the watch (no need to wait for incoming messages), or launch Telegram to initiate messages, too. Both through invisible icons. This is faster than picking up the phone and starting dictation. Incoming messages are both viewable and answerable. No problem.
Then there's everything else I use, interval trainer, Sport Gear Tracker which is a tailorable HRM app that feeds data straight into Google Fit automatically, and the WatchMaker app with amazing watch faces. Spotify control is launched on the watch for the phone, or for the PC. I haven't got NFC.
As mentioned, there's been times over the years when WearOS was really frustrating, but now, at least for me, on this 2015 device, it's better than ever, and quite reliable. I haven't got any connection problems either. I have had trouble with the watch overheating, when using a browser on it, but it quickly returns. In addition, I've made sure to always provide feedback to Google's Wear team both when it's been bad, but also when it's improved.
I really like the versatility. I've got 50 apps installed, with anything like a remote control, to UV screen display, airplane ticket, parking reminder, Shazam, a sound meter display, an audio recorder on the watch, Hue light control, a gesture launcher, Caynax Sports tracker display. In the end it is the Assistant and Keep that keep me in the Wear OS fold.
I use Interval Timer. Very simple to use. You set how long the intervals should be, and how many rounds.
Been wondering the same thing. Tried lots of apps, but found no end-all.
UP dumps my step data to MyFitnessPal, so I get a one-stop-shop for all my daily calorie intake and exhaustion. However, I wish there was something that could track my heart rate and dump that into MyFitnessPal, too.
For interval training, I'm using this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=wearablesoftware.wearintervaltimer&hl=en. It's simple, and it keeps the watch screen on, which I like.
Lastly, a rant: Google Fit appears a little too closed off for my taste.