I wanted a watch I could glance down at during work to check group messages from my team, since I can’t be looking at my phone that much. It does have the message function and had no problem connecting to the app on my phone. It also has an alarm app that is extremely useful to me to keep track of what time it is without being noisy or disruptive. The only problem is that it seems to read groupchat messages as multimedia and therefore doesn’t display them at all… sort of defeating the purpose of it in the first place. (Maybe it’s just my samsung phone or some settings I need to change, though!) Also, the date is always displayed in the day/month format no matter which setting you press. No big deal.
I do enjoy the customizable screen. It’s probably my favorite feature. I set my dog as the background and it’s perfect.
Overall is still a good affordable smartwatch that I wear every day.