Comment Re:adios Explorers (Score 1) 141
Interesting, I'm in the Explorers program but haven't gotten that email yet.
Surprised they even bothered to send that to you.
I agree with most of your assessment, except they've done even worse as far as iOS integration with Android Wear, and to be honest, I believe many of the iPhone integration issues were iOS limitations, not choices Google made. iOS has always been shit for "nonstandard" Bluetooth devices - for example, most Bluetooth OBD adapters don't work with iOS since iOS doesn't support Bluetooth SPP (Serial Port Profile) devices as far as I can tell. Only OBD adapters using special BLE-based protocols or acting as a Wifi AP work with iOS.
The battery life started as "OK but could use some improvement" until they deployed KitKat to Glass, which pretty much ruined Glass. XE19 made it suck less than XE16-XE18, but it was still never as good as XE12 in terms of reliability and battery life. XE21/22 brought back some of the reliability issues and made battery life even worse than XE16.
I haven't worn my device in 2+ months. Basically, it's been useless due to the battery life since XE21/22.