The most realistic review I have seen, almost everyone makes it so they talk perfectly as if they are in a movie or show but you just talk as if I'm actually with you seeing you talk in real time, it's so refreshing
Totally agree, Wear OS is definitely underrated. No other OS got the amount of apps (& most importantly apps providing watch complications / widgets). And - as you talked about - the optional low-power ambient mode is a very important feature. Its up to watch face devs to design the look of the ambient mode, but that too I think is positive.
Brilliant appraisal of the situation and I agree with you. I'm looking for a smartwatch that will give me:- 1 - Android functionality (G-Pay, G-maps and G-Assistant, selective notifications and responses). 2 - Bluetooth and optional Wifi connectivity 3 - LTE connectivity (hardware/software sim) 4 - Minimum use of 4 days on a single charge with always on display (albeit a low power option with wake up). 5 - IP68 waterproof. 6 - It needs to look like a watch that I can wear at a wedding or on the beach. 7 - Multi-lap stop watch feature (for motor-sports). Wear OS is probably the most likely to deliver this watch because it specialises on the different User Interface (UI) requirements of watches over phones (Android is principally focused on UIs for phones and tablets). The Android watches are lacking because not all apps work on the watch UI and the watches are often used as a slaves to phones (Bluetooth phone connectivity which doesn't work on Android 7). Wear OS is a common platform for manufacturers to build on, giving consumers the greatest variety of options and the largest market for 3rd party apps. It's unfortunate but the Samsung Tizen OS is a total non starter, mainly because of Bixby but also because not enough manufacturers use it so there are not enough Tizen apps and even then for those that do exist, will they link across platforms to provide data unity with google data? The unmentioned Apple OS is just for architects and people who like to pay for stuff blindly without considering its real value so that's a product for a parallel universe. The watch I'm prepared to pay for clearly doesn't exist yet so I'll have to stick with my Android phone and unconnected Edifice watch. Could it be that for the moment anyway, consumers are actually waiting for the techies to catch up!
I totally agree with you that the Wear OS is underrated. I had no issues so far with my watch and follow some of the guidelines to keep my battery lasting longer. I hope that Google will continue to improve the OS and look forward to seeing a PIXEL WATCH.
WearOS is a good platform and, when it works, it's fantastic! But, that's the problem - so often it just doesn't work. Since they pushed Android 8 onto the watches with its severe limitation on background processes the performance has plummeted. Google assistant for me is useless: it's slow to respond and often the screen times out before it's started listening or responded. You only have to look on Reddit to see a community that so want it to work but are frustrated by how poor it is now and how little Google appear to care about the platform.
Yes it's horrendous. The potential is there if the meet a baseline performance of just working 99% of the time. Its funny how android updates damaged wear os. Do these team not meet at Google? Jesus.
@@JSyntax I love my Huawei Smartwatch 2, but its performance is really pathetic, the most horrendous is battery life, though. Possibly the poor performance of WearOS lead the biggest manufacturer, Samsung to pick Tizen vs WearOS. I used to have a Samsung smartwatch, and it performed a hell lot better than my Huawei Smartwatch. I have an Apple Watch 4, too, so I love smart watches.
You're awesome bro , it seems like you have dived very deeply in the world of smart wearables ! But what makes the video to be seen till end is your smile which you gives after every 15 seconds ! Awesome man 😆🙌🏻✌🏻
Great video mate, I just picked up a Fossil Gen 5 Garrett last week and was almost going to take it back due to the really bad reviews on Wear OS application page. After watching your video I now plan on giving it a go. I do hope Google invest in making what could potentially be a really good alternative to the Apple and Samsung giants. It’ll be just my luck now that Fossil release a gen 6 in the coming months with an LTE option, meaning I’ll have to ditch the Galaxy Watch that I also just purchased 3 weeks ago.
Had my Galaxy Active 2 for about 9 months - thought I could live without Google Assistant, Google Pay, etc. I’m now running a Fossil Gen 5. It’s not perfect (no smart watch is), but it’s now my daily driver.
I just invested in Wear OS I a big way by getting the Summit 2. Most people (I admit to having some buyer remorse) say that is a crazy waste of money. Hands down, it’s the most premium looking smartwatch, and I really like that about it. The negatives: I simply cannot trust it for fitness hand and I am back to using my old Vivoactive 3 for that. For example, I went on a mile walk with the Summit 2 last night. The HR was so inaccurate that that it threw off my fitness results for the week. So, back to the VA3 for future exercise. I’ll try disabling WiFi as you suggested. Even with all of the so called top of the line specs, I’m barely getting a day on battery life. GPS also does not work unless you are connected to your cell phone.
JSyntax It’s definitely smooth with the 1GB of RAM. If Montblanc invested in upgrading its fitness software, then it would be much better for fitness. I’m on a 2 Watch approach to wearables for now.
My main running watch is the Polar M600 with WearOS and looking forward to the new Suunto 7. The biggest downside is support for Google Pay here in Europe, which is non existing in my country 😭😭. The other one is related to Offline music in Spotify. Looks like the Spotify devs really lost interest there, which is a shame. Speed/performance also had to do with the outdated Qualcomm chips that were used for the last 3/4 years. Thanksfully new WearOS cpu’s are launched again. You are spot-on about the RAM. On Xda-Dev forum there is a lot of talk on this.
Thanks for this video man. I was going to buy the latest Galaxy Watch Active but was not sure. Now after watching your video I'm sure I want to wait for the right WearOS watch as I'm an absolute fan of the Google Assistant. In your opinion, which is the best WearOS watch in the market now?
Great video, this is a different aproach, a d i like it better because it feels like if we were talking about like normal people, feels more private like a normal conversartion
You can do all of these on your Huawei Watch. Every newer watch has shorter battery, restricted feature set and much smaller RAM, so preloading apps won't help. And Huawei doesn't make WearOS watches anymore. That's a pretty bad outlook for WearOS :(
What app on Wear OS could you change the phone setting on your phone without taking your phone out? For example, changing the phone to silent mode on the watch or turn off the wifi on the watch. Please say the Wear OS is able to do this and I'm sold. (Had bad experience with the motorola 360 2nd Gen but still hoping wear OS to win)
I'm not really sure this is what you're looking for, but I also have the Huawei Watch 2 and there's the possibility of receiving the notifications on the watch while you're wearing it so the phone works silently... but as soon as you take off the watch, the phone gets the notifications again as usual.
thanks for the amazing Review I would love to buy this watch but I have a Samsung though, and I am afraid that doesn't work that good. But i don't know... I've seen fossil and it was pretty good, what would you recommend me, a fossil or a Huawei gt 2 ? Fossil looks pretty amazing btw. Loved this vid
AoD looks nice but it permanently kills pixels on OLED screens then whole screen needs to be replaced. Sadly theres no more LCD smartwatcges. I love Watchmaker, worth buying endless watchfaces. Tasker integration + AutoWear im sold for this system. Wearos has screenreader Talkback so I as legally blind person I can use stylish and affordable useful piece of tech on my wrist. I can make emergency call if my phone is out of reach if my hands are hard to move or i cant speak well but still in bluetooth range so useful! Ist easier to notify emergency contact with one-two tap on a watchfaces shortcut that launch a call or sms sent. I have old Huawei Watch Jewel bought it second hand for less than 80€ I'm really glad that I bought it.
@@JSyntax Is it possible to google play store on Huawei watch? I need a music app to make playlists. I would buy samsung but I'm not seeing the music app either. So far, it's only Wear OS.
Do your reminders work??? I have a TicWatch and reminders rarely work. I stopped using it. Can you please clarify? I wish there was a way on your phone to be able to see your fitness over time based on weeks, months, years. But i found lot of new stuff in this video. thanks!
@JSyntax I'm quite new to my fossil gen 5 but, get ULTIMATE WATCH FACE 2! Complete game changer. I have 8 widgets/compilations all with seperate shortcuts. All the data you'd ever want/need all on the main screen. Also with ambient mode to save battery
Wear os would better if it ran a bit faster, no point in google assistant if its faster to just walk over to your light switch. Would love a slightly better hardware and maybe project soli in the watch.
This is true. It was regular for me to charge nightly but I've been now spoiled with Garmin and Fitbit smartwatches. It's time for WearOS hardware manufacturers to step up their game.
Point 1: Always on screen: while it looks fun to have a cleaner version of the watchface, a big shake to wake up the watch is completely fine for me. I get used to it with Pebble Time during nights (it turned on the backlight), and started to watch the time this way during days also :D My main problem however: Where can you change the language? Have to reset if you want change eg. from US English? Why it does not allow to change units? I don't speak Fahrenheit, Foot, lb, but Celsius, meter, kilogram, so it was a pain to give my data to an app, and figure out how high the temperature outside... Also, as it is Google product, I would like to see extensive setup possibilities in my phone. It would be way easier to set up the watch from a big screen.
Let's all be honest. Apple WatchOS is the best. Android on phones and TV's are very great imo, and better than iOS and Apple tvOS. But not on watches and tablets.
I would not buy a wearOS smartwatch for 2 reasons : - I don't trust Google enough to give them such personals informations about me, u can still be prudent with ur smartphone but payment/activity tracking is too much - Google assistant sucks even on smartphone so I can't imagine with smartwatch's latency, I remember the vanilla siri on iPhone 4s being better, I don't know if it's because of the French version but it's really poor tbh
Although this comment is super late, just got to mention that the assistant blows Siri out of the water have done several side-by-side tests with my spouse's phone versus mine.
The most realistic review I have seen, almost everyone makes it so they talk perfectly as if they are in a movie or show but you just talk as if I'm actually with you seeing you talk in real time, it's so refreshing
Thank you! :)
Totally agree, Wear OS is definitely underrated. No other OS got the amount of apps (& most importantly apps providing watch complications / widgets). And - as you talked about - the optional low-power ambient mode is a very important feature. Its up to watch face devs to design the look of the ambient mode, but that too I think is positive.
Whats your thoughts on tic watch' Pro 3 which has new Snapdragon wear 4100
compared to samsung watch 3
The current version of wear os is pretty good. it's a watch. not supposed to be a swiss army knife.
Agreed
How much does it cost to buy one now? And can I use it as a focus tracker
JSyntax How much does it cost to buy one now? And can I use it as a focus tracker?
Boi Mesa wait for end of feb you could buy mi watch with LTE enabled double battery life of Apple Watch at just 199$
@@redmeg78 pffff that's WAY too much 😅
Awesome video - thank you!! About to get my first wear OS watch and this was the perfect overview.
Nice explanation my bro 🤙🏼🔥
*WEAR OS TEAM*
Aye👐
U are from Google ?
@@Viodance I am
@@Viodance No brooo, I was sayin that I rather WEAR OS 😂🔥
Brilliant appraisal of the situation and I agree with you.
I'm looking for a smartwatch that will give me:-
1 - Android functionality (G-Pay, G-maps and G-Assistant, selective notifications and responses).
2 - Bluetooth and optional Wifi connectivity
3 - LTE connectivity (hardware/software sim)
4 - Minimum use of 4 days on a single charge with always on display (albeit a low power option with wake up).
5 - IP68 waterproof.
6 - It needs to look like a watch that I can wear at a wedding or on the beach.
7 - Multi-lap stop watch feature (for motor-sports).
Wear OS is probably the most likely to deliver this watch because it specialises on the different User Interface (UI) requirements of watches over phones (Android is principally focused on UIs for phones and tablets). The Android watches are lacking because not all apps work on the watch UI and the watches are often used as a slaves to phones (Bluetooth phone connectivity which doesn't work on Android 7). Wear OS is a common platform for manufacturers to build on, giving consumers the greatest variety of options and the largest market for 3rd party apps. It's unfortunate but the Samsung Tizen OS is a total non starter, mainly because of Bixby but also because not enough manufacturers use it so there are not enough Tizen apps and even then for those that do exist, will they link across platforms to provide data unity with google data? The unmentioned Apple OS is just for architects and people who like to pay for stuff blindly without considering its real value so that's a product for a parallel universe.
The watch I'm prepared to pay for clearly doesn't exist yet so I'll have to stick with my Android phone and unconnected Edifice watch. Could it be that for the moment anyway, consumers are actually waiting for the techies to catch up!
I totally agree with you that the Wear OS is underrated. I had no issues so far with my watch and follow some of the guidelines to keep my battery lasting longer. I hope that Google will continue to improve the OS and look forward to seeing a PIXEL WATCH.
WearOS is a good platform and, when it works, it's fantastic! But, that's the problem - so often it just doesn't work. Since they pushed Android 8 onto the watches with its severe limitation on background processes the performance has plummeted. Google assistant for me is useless: it's slow to respond and often the screen times out before it's started listening or responded. You only have to look on Reddit to see a community that so want it to work but are frustrated by how poor it is now and how little Google appear to care about the platform.
Yes it's horrendous. The potential is there if the meet a baseline performance of just working 99% of the time. Its funny how android updates damaged wear os. Do these team not meet at Google? Jesus.
@@JSyntax I love my Huawei Smartwatch 2, but its performance is really pathetic, the most horrendous is battery life, though. Possibly the poor performance of WearOS lead the biggest manufacturer, Samsung to pick Tizen vs WearOS. I used to have a Samsung smartwatch, and it performed a hell lot better than my Huawei Smartwatch. I have an Apple Watch 4, too, so I love smart watches.
You're awesome bro , it seems like you have dived very deeply in the world of smart wearables ! But what makes the video to be seen till end is your smile which you gives after every 15 seconds ! Awesome man 😆🙌🏻✌🏻
Your content has potential..... Lets see where it goes.
Great video mate, I just picked up a Fossil Gen 5 Garrett last week and was almost going to take it back due to the really bad reviews on Wear OS application page. After watching your video I now plan on giving it a go. I do hope Google invest in making what could potentially be a really good alternative to the Apple and Samsung giants. It’ll be just my luck now that Fossil release a gen 6 in the coming months with an LTE option, meaning I’ll have to ditch the Galaxy Watch that I also just purchased 3 weeks ago.
Make a video on tips and tricks or how to increse speed of wear os. Ur are awesome
#Saviorofwearos
Haha thank you! I talk about some related tips in the last part of this video.
You can just tell how happy this dude is when he talks about wear os
Yes!
@@JSyntax i mean i love wear os but I’m stuck with a fossil sport😅😂 it’s a good starter watch
Had my Galaxy Active 2 for about 9 months - thought I could live without Google Assistant, Google Pay, etc. I’m now running a Fossil Gen 5. It’s not perfect (no smart watch is), but it’s now my daily driver.
I love Wear OS I still prefer WatchOS but I’m really really hoping Google keeps updating the OS in the right way
I just invested in Wear OS I a big way by getting the Summit 2. Most people (I admit to having some buyer remorse) say that is a crazy waste of money. Hands down, it’s the most premium looking smartwatch, and I really like that about it. The negatives: I simply cannot trust it for fitness hand and I am back to using my old Vivoactive 3 for that. For example, I went on a mile walk with the Summit 2 last night. The HR was so inaccurate that that it threw off my fitness results for the week. So, back to the VA3 for future exercise. I’ll try disabling WiFi as you suggested. Even with all of the so called top of the line specs, I’m barely getting a day on battery life. GPS also does not work unless you are connected to your cell phone.
Nice! I hear that watch is smooth given its better specs. I really think it's a classy watch.
JSyntax It’s definitely smooth with the 1GB of RAM. If Montblanc invested in upgrading its fitness software, then it would be much better for fitness. I’m on a 2 Watch approach to wearables for now.
Thank you. Very useful video, not too much information about it now.
My main running watch is the Polar M600 with WearOS and looking forward to the new Suunto 7. The biggest downside is support for Google Pay here in Europe, which is non existing in my country 😭😭. The other one is related to Offline music in Spotify. Looks like the Spotify devs really lost interest there, which is a shame. Speed/performance also had to do with the outdated Qualcomm chips that were used for the last 3/4 years. Thanksfully new WearOS cpu’s are launched again. You are spot-on about the RAM. On Xda-Dev forum there is a lot of talk on this.
Thanks for this video man. I was going to buy the latest Galaxy Watch Active but was not sure. Now after watching your video I'm sure I want to wait for the right WearOS watch as I'm an absolute fan of the Google Assistant. In your opinion, which is the best WearOS watch in the market now?
I think skygen falster 2 or fossil sport but you can get a cheap Huawei watch 2 perhaps?!
Thanks man. And keep posting videos, you're a natural. 🙏
@@efpina Will do, thank you for the kudos :D
Great video, thanks!
Great review. Absent from your assessment is the Apple Watch plus the Chinese watches running full Android, such the Kospet Hope.
The Apple Watch is made in China.
Russell Mondy yes Made in China but tagged with the emblem of the US manufacturer. I am speaking of exclusively Chinese vendors such as Kospet.
"it's not very fast"
*me*
*waiting for mine to arrive*
*looks down at FAKE apple watch*
"I'll be happier than I am now"
The watch face I use is marine commander.
Mate, you really should check for the "Marine Commander" watchface. You'll love that 4 sure.
Great video, this is a different aproach, a d i like it better because it feels like if we were talking about like normal people, feels more private like a normal conversartion
Thank you! I am still working on it.
Great video~!.what smart watch is the one you have there?
Thank you. It's Huawei watch 2
I love Wear OS...... I currently have the "Skagen Falster 3" and I would recommend it....
Jealous. It's not even available In Canada. So annoying...
You can do all of these on your Huawei Watch. Every newer watch has shorter battery, restricted feature set and much smaller RAM, so preloading apps won't help. And Huawei doesn't make WearOS watches anymore. That's a pretty bad outlook for WearOS :(
What app on Wear OS could you change the phone setting on your phone without taking your phone out? For example, changing the phone to silent mode on the watch or turn off the wifi on the watch. Please say the Wear OS is able to do this and I'm sold. (Had bad experience with the motorola 360 2nd Gen but still hoping wear OS to win)
I'm not really sure this is what you're looking for, but I also have the Huawei Watch 2 and there's the possibility of receiving the notifications on the watch while you're wearing it so the phone works silently... but as soon as you take off the watch, the phone gets the notifications again as usual.
@@miguelcdlm13 please, how I do It? I have a Gen 5.
@@TheKrakatour I did it from the WearOS app in the phone... There's an option for notifications
Nice video \o/...what is the smartwatch model in the video?
You need to check out the Fossil Carlile Gen5. 1GB RAM and it's snappy...... Finally
100%
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i like wear os, just wish it would track sleep on the app, not having to rely on another app!!
Hi greetings...can you please tell whether we can download runkeeper app and can use it without carrying phone while running
Thank you for this video.....very informative. I got myself Movado Connect 2.0
Excellent! Ty
You were right on Wear OS - it is the future with Samsung joining the bandwagon!
Yes!
I can't get it to work with my galaxy watch. The new wearable app doesn't have Google assistant. How did you get it to work? Please help.
thanks for the amazing Review I would love to buy this watch but I have a Samsung though, and I am afraid that doesn't work that good. But i don't know... I've seen fossil and it was pretty good, what would you recommend me, a fossil or a Huawei gt 2 ? Fossil looks pretty amazing btw. Loved this vid
Waiting for the skagen falster 3 my friend...
@@JSyntax do u have any clue when's the release date, i was waiting for the new fossil though
@@michaelphilps gen 5 have more good looks.
Battery life is definitely better with WiFi off. You probably only need WiFi if you are away from the phone for a certain amount of time.
What watches is that you are showing? It has a heart rate monitor right? Can i sync with a heart strap?
It's Huawei watch 2 and no it can't sync with heart strap
@@JSyntax thanks
AoD looks nice but it permanently kills pixels on OLED screens then whole screen needs to be replaced. Sadly theres no more LCD smartwatcges.
I love Watchmaker, worth buying endless watchfaces.
Tasker integration + AutoWear im sold for this system.
Wearos has screenreader Talkback so I as legally blind person I can use stylish and affordable useful piece of tech on my wrist. I can make emergency call if my phone is out of reach if my hands are hard to move or i cant speak well but still in bluetooth range so useful! Ist easier to notify emergency contact with one-two tap on a watchfaces shortcut that launch a call or sms sent.
I have old Huawei Watch Jewel bought it second hand for less than 80€ I'm really glad that I bought it.
How to view the workout history in the wearos app? In watch I'm able to view. But in app how to do that?
15:21 Do I see Google Play store on the Huawei phone? Is it possible to get Play Store on Amazfit Stratos so I can install Google Apps?
Probably disabled due to political issues
@@JSyntax Is it possible to google play store on Huawei watch? I need a music app to make playlists. I would buy samsung but I'm not seeing the music app either. So far, it's only Wear OS.
Do your reminders work??? I have a TicWatch and reminders rarely work. I stopped using it. Can you please clarify? I wish there was a way on your phone to be able to see your fitness over time based on weeks, months, years. But i found lot of new stuff in this video. thanks!
Yes it works. I get a notification of reminders. But I don't use it often.
@@JSyntax So you tested this? I did do a search online and some are complaining about the same issue with Fossil watches.
What's a bang for buck WearOS watch? Besides ticwatch
What eco system are you using now? Have you flipped to Garmin
Yes Garmin for now.
Hi. I can't find any application on wear os for Facebook, Facebook messenger, Linkedin. How you cope with that?
Battery life is still a major issue with Wear OS, otherwise its pretty good
@JSyntax I'm quite new to my fossil gen 5 but, get ULTIMATE WATCH FACE 2! Complete game changer. I have 8 widgets/compilations all with seperate shortcuts. All the data you'd ever want/need all on the main screen. Also with ambient mode to save battery
Awesome 👍🏼
Do you still prefer this watch over the Vivoactive 4?
No I prefer vivoactive 4
@@JSyntax Great, thanks for the response!
Wear os forever 😍
Snapdragon 3100 and 1 Gb Ram do the trick very fast assistant.
Wear os would better if it ran a bit faster, no point in google assistant if its faster to just walk over to your light switch. Would love a slightly better hardware and maybe project soli in the watch.
Lmao I agree with you! But my smart bulbs are now connected the Flic button which have improved my life and convenience. Check my review of Flic!
I don't hope people are using half of the time in gyms on tabing the screen, instead of workout. 😅
I just ordered a ticwatch pro lte
I first ordered the Gear s3, but then I remembered that I dislike Tizen & Bixby sux. So I'm shipping it back.
I'm replacing my Gear S2 3G, which replaced my original Pebble, which replaced my Gear fit2 (free gift with a phone)
i like it to monitor my heartrate
What about the poor battery performance with Wear OS?
This is true. It was regular for me to charge nightly but I've been now spoiled with Garmin and Fitbit smartwatches. It's time for WearOS hardware manufacturers to step up their game.
Point 1: Always on screen: while it looks fun to have a cleaner version of the watchface, a big shake to wake up the watch is completely fine for me. I get used to it with Pebble Time during nights (it turned on the backlight), and started to watch the time this way during days also :D
My main problem however: Where can you change the language? Have to reset if you want change eg. from US English? Why it does not allow to change units? I don't speak Fahrenheit, Foot, lb, but Celsius, meter, kilogram, so it was a pain to give my data to an app, and figure out how high the temperature outside...
Also, as it is Google product, I would like to see extensive setup possibilities in my phone. It would be way easier to set up the watch from a big screen.
Let's all be honest. Apple WatchOS is the best. Android on phones and TV's are very great imo, and better than iOS and Apple tvOS. But not on watches and tablets.
It'll get better! It took sometime for android to catch up on phones, but now iOS and Android on phones are very equal
@@JSyntax Android is even better imo. I hope WearOS gets better too.
Dealbreaker > Downbreaker
Is this a joke? Media should lie about the Wear OS just to help Google to invest more... OMG
Gpay i'll never use it cause i don't trust it
Can't help but realise you're wearing a Google assistant t-shirt, just for the video? Or do you have an affiliation with Google?
No affiliation, I got the shirt as a gift for making a google assistant app
@@JSyntax ahhh, forgive the scepticism 😅
Thought it'd be cool to wear for this video since I think google assistant is the best assistant of all #fanboy
I'll have to get myself a wear os watch, they look awesome
The new fossil gen 5 looks great
Meh, it's Google. It's definitely on the chopping block like all their other software.
Tic watch and Google Wear O/s, is "NOT"
great. It does not work with Google Assistant to turn on and off lights in
smart homes
fabboy review
Yes!
Wearos is awful why would I want a watch that it’s operating system kills it with a day sometime less
Ouch.
I would not buy a wearOS smartwatch for 2 reasons :
- I don't trust Google enough to give them such personals informations about me, u can still be prudent with ur smartphone but payment/activity tracking is too much
- Google assistant sucks even on smartphone so I can't imagine with smartwatch's latency, I remember the vanilla siri on iPhone 4s being better, I don't know if it's because of the French version but it's really poor tbh
Although this comment is super late, just got to mention that the assistant blows Siri out of the water have done several side-by-side tests with my spouse's phone versus mine.
when talking about software and hardware show that more and less of your mug