[Halop]

I feel you - I have tried attaching my android watch to the handlebars and functionality wise it's perfect UI for navigating.

However it takes about 10 seconds for the screen to dim to the monochrome power saver mode and then it's impossible to see anything during daylight.

Android wear does not support a permanently on screen all the time and I would totally buy a cheap device like that just for navigating.

[modeless]

How about a Pebble? Always on, sunlight visible, cheap. The company is gone but they still work. This is what you can get for navigation: https://apps.getpebble.com/en_US/application/530a8f36fc62a5e...

[TeMPOraL]

Pebble was the best. Was fun while it lasted. [*]. I'm counting days until my Pebble Time dies and then I'll be off the smartwatch game until something else pops up that's not just a toy or a fitness tracker.

[Angostura]

I bought a Pebble Time Round after the company went bust at knock-down price and love it. Just waiting for the app/Appstore to die. Still working OK at the moment, though.

[joecool1029]

Never saw that app for it. Thanks, I'll have to give it a whirl on mine.

Edit: Oh well, android only.

[andrewaylett]

If you get a watch with an OLED screen, it can be on all the time and lit, with a black-and-white view of the next navigation instruction on screen.

Need to make sure you've got Maps installed on the watch -- I just realised the reason mine stopped doing that was that I didn't reinstall it after my last factory reset.

[joecool1029]

>Android wear does not support a permanently on screen all the time and I would totally buy a cheap device like that just for navigating.

Buy a Pebble? I have been using a Pebble 2 SE for over a year and one of the primary use cases is so I can navigate on motorcycle.

I leave phone in my pocket. I set the route, maps sends a notification before turns and the watch picks it up. Works in full sunlight and I shake it at night to light it up.

Gets 5-6 days of battery life, I think I paid $40 for mine.