What is Reddit's opinion of Jarvis (Pebble Time Assistant)?

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It's a shame Nav Me doesn't let you do this. I use an (Android only) app called Jarvis which offers some Google Now-style voice-activated features. One of these is "Give me directions to [address]", which runs Google Maps and tells it to navigate to the stated destination. This sorta works, except Maps doesn't actually start navigation until I turn on my phone screen (at which point the TBT directions also pop up in Nav Me). I'm not sure if there's a way around this.

If you use an Android phone, you can try Jarvis. It provides just this function, and has worked fine for me (although I use Timeline-only reminders far more frequently).

I'll put in my usual plug for Jarvis, which (with its Android companion app) implements a number of Google Now features. I use it every day.

You can get some more mileage out of the mic via apps like Snowy (cross-platform, very well supported by /u/MathewReiss) and Jarvis (Android only, not under active development, works most of the time).

I don't use Snowy, since Jarvis provides many similar features integrated with Android (although it's flaky enough that I can't recommend it wholeheartedly). Snowy is platform-agnostic, and actively developed and well-supported by /u/MathewReiss -- worth the few bucks if you like its feature set. If all you need is the ability to quickly set watch reminders, Note To Self works great.

I have a love-hate relationship with my PTS mic, since it works on the first try only a little over half the time (the rest of the time it either didn't transcribe what I said, or I get an error).

I mostly use it to send texts to my wife, but using Jarvis, I also set timeline pin reminders, start music playing, set a phone alarm or timer. I use these features a few times a day, and they make life more fun, even though neither Pebble's VTT nor Jarvis are fully reliable.

You may want to take a look at Jarvis too. It's not under very active development, but it works pretty well for me, and has far better integration into my Android phone.

Jarvis offers a grab-bag of personal assistant features, in the vein of Google Now. Android-only (companion app here).

You can use Jarvis (Android companion app) for this. Set it to a QuickLaunch slot, press and hold on that button, then speak the words "send a text to [contact name] [message text]". E.g., "Send a text to Julia I'm on my way". It does require a confirmatory button press to send, and is not yet fully reliable -- occasionally the companion app fails to kick in, and of course Nuance's voice transcription capacity can frustrate -- but works most of the time for me.

Try Jarvis. I've been able to create phone calendar events by dictation with it, but it doesn't respect the specific calendar I select as default (in the settings of the Android companion app) -- it always creates the event in my phone's default calendar (this may be a bug with the caldav server plugin I use, and not Jarvis itself, though).

If you're an Android user, you should give Jarvis a try -- it does a lot, and it's great when it works, although the backend processing server is flaky, so (even when dictation works fine) it will sometimes sit forever on "please wait - getting response".

For some Google Now type features, you can try Jarvis. It's not under very active development, but I still use it daily, and when it works it's great.

I use Jarvis to set voice reminders and perform some "Google Now" type needs. It's great when it works (about 80% of the time). Other options include Snowy and Note To Self.

I like N2S, but use Jarvis instead, because it offers other Google Now-like dictation features (play music, add event to calendar, set alarm or start timer on phone, etc). Note To Self is more reliable, but Jarvis is more fun.

My guess is that Pebble will eventually implement these features on their watches using Amazon Alexa (the way they are on the upcoming Core), if they're technically able to do so. I have mixed feelings about this since I already use Google tools, but it makes sense for them to use cross-platform methods whenever they can.

For now, I use a third-party tool called Jarvis, which provides more integration with Android features (via its companion app) than any other utility I know. The dev doesn't really have the resources to work on it much these days, and so it's not always reliable, but it's free, and works well enough for me.

Android user here. Some of my thoughts:

1. I leave my phone in my pocket a lot more often. This is a win because I am less frequently distracted by phone widgets (headlines, scores) and don't reflexively tap on email and social media apps as often. (Edit: and my phone battery also lasts longer.)
2. You have a lot of control over which notifications are sent to your watch. I don't send sports app updates to my watch, for example, so those are always "surprises" when I do check my phone. If you set your phone to silent, notifications are still forwarded to your watch (unless you also mute them on the Pebble side). This is true under Lollipop, anyway (it may have changed in Marshmallow?).
3. My killer app is setting brief reminders which show up on my Timeline, e.g. "remind me to check the laundry in 45 minutes". I've used Note To Self and more recently Jarvis (requires Android companion app) to do this with one long-press of a button.
4. Speaking of Jarvis, /u/SuperPichu has done a commendable job implementing a lot of Google Now voice command functionality into this app. I can't imagine it'll ever be as smooth as Android Wear, but it's been getting better, as has Snowy. Google hasn't published any API for Google Keep, so third parties would have great difficulty accessing it.

1. My experience (and I think this is true for most people) is that PT battery life averages out to 4+ days of "typical" use. I've had mine last 6+ days by sporting undemanding watchfaces like TH4, and I've killed the battery in under three days by using faces like Crush 'Em, by going on app-installation binges, and sending a lot of texts by voice transcription. Firmware updates also take a hit on the battery. So I would give yourself a few weeks to see what your charge cycles look like. (FWIW, I think Battery+ is a beautifully-made app, but it caused me more "battery anxiety" than I wanted, so I gave up on it.)
2. There's no native way to accomplish this (suggest it to Pebble!). I think clintonemail's probably right that one could accomplish this via Tasker, but I've never bothered to try Tasker or IFTTT. You could also schedule ringer status changes using Dashboard (a great (Android-only) app!).
3. A lot of people like Snowy. I use Jarvis, because it provides more integration with Android features via its companion app. But it must be said that Jarvis is not always that reliable, and the dev doesn't really have the resources to work on it much right now. There are new projects like Avex, which looks promising, and we may eventually see Pebble extend Amazon Alexa support to its watches.
4. So many to choose from. I like Ruler Weather, TimeStyle, DIN Time, Q by JeroenDG, TH4, TrekV3, Street, and Modern New (note, for this face the dev charges for access to settings).

Third-party apps:

• Jarvis (Android-only companion app) -- does what it can to provide Google Now functionality
• Alarmist (Android-only companion app) -- the only app that can dependably wake me up
• 7-Minute+ -- calisthenics workout app
• Food Trucks

Current fave watchface: Modern New.

(Running on a Pebble Time.)

You should check out Jarvis (companion app) for some of the "Google Now" voice features you mentioned missing. I have it set to my top QuickLaunch slot, and use it regularly to add reminders and play music. It occasionally gets hung up, but most of the time it works very well (my main issues are with Nuance's voice transcription service).

Nav Me is also a popular Google Navigation app.

I hadn't worn a watch for ten years prior to getting a Pebble Time, so it really cut down on the number of times I'd pull my phone out of my pocket. Of course, any watch would do that, but I love my PTS a ton.

I love trying out different watchfaces, but (as I said in another comment here), discovering them is a PITA. Mostly I hear about them on this subreddit. Some current faces in heavy rotation are TimeStyle, LCARS, Barberry, Obsidian (in square-face mode), and MultiFit.

I have a dozen apps loaded, but only use a few regularly: Jarvis, Alarmist, Sports, Timer, sometimes Nav Me.

If you really want a smartwatch that offers the G-Shock experience, you can find it! See Casio's Smart Outdoor watch series. But you'll pay big money for the privilege.

It's not perfect, but I regularly use Jarvis as a QuickLaunch app to provide a number of Google Now type features.

If you want to create alarms or calendar entries on your Android phone, you could try Jarvis.

FYI, Jarvis can do this, though it uses a companion app to access local Android resources.

I prefer NTS over V2T myself, but I generally use Jarvis (Android only) for this.