Sony SmartWatch 3 SWR50

  • Released 2014, October
    76g (38g body), 10mm thickness
    Android Wear OS
    4GB 512MB RAM storage, no card slot
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  • 1.6"
    320x320 pixels
  • NO
    No video recorder
  • 512MB RAM
  • 420mAh
    Li-Po

Sony SmartWatch 3 SWR50 - Specs

Network Technology No cellular connectivity
2G bands N/A
GPRS No
EDGE No
Launch Announced 2014, February
Status Available. Released 2014, October
Body Dimensions 51 x 36 x 10 mm (2.01 x 1.42 x 0.39 in)
Weight 76 g (38 g body) (2.68 oz)
Build Stainless Steel
SIM No
 IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 1.6 inches, 8.3 cm2 (~45.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 320 x 320 pixels, 1:1 ratio (~283 ppi density)
Platform OS Android Wear OS
CPU Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
Memory Card slot No
Internal 4GB 512MB RAM
Camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP
GPS Yes
NFC Yes
Radio No
USB microUSB
Features Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, compass
 MP3 player
Voice dial/commands
Battery   Non-removable Li-Po 420 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 96 h (mixed usage)
Misc Colors Leather Brown, Leather Black, Silver, Black, Yellow
Price About 160 EUR

Sony SmartWatch 3 SWR50 - User Reviews

  • I have two of these in black with a leather strap, not like the one in the picture. Pretty solid for its year, I'm quite satisfied with them.

  • Can i get the sony smart watch3 's strap.

  • Hi Until 1 month ago my Sony Smart Watch 3 was working fine for more than 3 years. 3 weeks ago I put it in the drawer. This morning I decided to wear it again and noticed that it has run out of battery, so I connected the charger and boot loop begun. I see "Sony" then "Smart Watch 3" logos then it repeats that over and over again. Charger and cable are tested and work fine. Any solution?

  • I have the same problem. The cause is probably the new wear os app on smartphone designed to work with android wear 2 watches. For me counting steps works only for an hour after factory reset. I googled it and it is a common problem. No more sony, no more android wear for me.

  • Hi guys, I have bought one SWR50, by the first weeks the counting step application was available, however, currently it doesn't work. I live in IRAN, and I am afraid that perhaps this belongs to some sanctions and limited accessibility of some applications. May anyone guide me? Thanks in advance,

  • Hi guys, I have bought one SWR50, by the first weeks the counting step application was available, however, currently it doesn't work. I live in IRAN, and I am afraid that perhaps this belongs to some sanctions and limited accessibility of some applications. May anyone guide me? Thanks in advance,

  • I have bought an SWR50 but the screen has been Pattern locked by someone and I dont know by whom. Can I reset it

  • Can it be trouble shooter?Reset?My smartwatch 3 from a Sony boots up runs through its cycle, amd with 5 litttle colorful rainbow like things hangs up and never goes to being functional watch Is there help?

  • Can it be trouble shooter?Reset?My smartwatch 3 from a Sony boots up runs through its cycle, amd with 5 litttle colorful rainbow like things hangs up and never goes to being functional watch Is there help?

  • When a smart watch is more powerfull than your current smartphone...

  • It actually does not have a loudspeaker, only vibration.

  • Yes

  • Yup. It will work with any android device :) My SW3 is paired with HTC One M8

  • I've one since a week. I can confirm it works with Lenovo Z2 pro and Google Nexus 5 (actually produced by Huawei I think).

  • Please,I request you. If any one having this watch tell me that this can connect to smartphones and tablets of other brand like huawei,samsung

  • Yes but u need to do load android wear and it should be not closed in order to be connected.

  • Is it compatible with iPhone 7?

  • Looks it was the first android device that uses AOD.

  • About 10 meters, standard Bluetooth range

  • No vibration only.

  • Does this watch have a loud speaker like the asus zenwatch 2' and 3 and the huawie watch?

  • It doesn't come with a charger but with micro usb charging cable which you can plug in to any smartphone/tablet charger.

  • Sir i have just buy a sony watch 3 is this have any charger or which way to charge up this watch Thanks reply me quickly plz

  • The rest if the 4GB is used for the OS

  • hi what is the range from watch to phone

  • Hi, my watch keeps showing "Unfortunately, (apps name) has stopped." and sometimes it tells me that google play has stopped. What's wrong with it ? Another thing why can't i use the watch gps properly ? It doesn't work most of the time

  • It's original. Don't worry, pal. :) Even my dad has 2.59GB of free space

  • that is bloody not good man! hope sony would come up with our query.!

  • I purchase a sony smartwatch 3 black color a couple of daus ago,and in the case its written 4gb but when i check in the andoid wear app its showing only 2.59 gb max,is it normal? Or the product i purchased was fake,pls respond

  • Hi. Yes it can but only with google play music or music that is downloaded on to your phone. You cant use your spotify or apple music accounts as of yet. It connects directly with your bluetooth headphones. Hope this helps.

  • I should have read this comment before posting mine..XD this HELPS!!! Thankies! :)

  • can it be used as standalone music player with a Bluetooth headset??? need to buy one.. I go outdoors a lot and I don't need a phone with my pocket all the time.. TIA :)

  • I will really appreciate if someone can answer my query. 1. Can we make calls and receive calls via smart watch 3 without even touching phone? does it has built in speakers to hear phone ringing or microphone to receive calls? Answer: It doesn't come with inbuilt speaker, you can attend call if your phone is connected with bluetooth headset and this watch in parallel, without taking the phone out, watch will vibrate during any calls or messages. Just you can swipe in your watch and can hear/speak via bluetooth headset. There is a microphone located in the watch to use voice command features rather than for attending calls(which is not possible without bluetooth headphone). 2. Can I reply to messages by texting through it? 3. Can I see whatsapp messages through it and reply? 4. Can I sync Facebook, Twitter and linkedin to see my news feed and updating status Answer to questions 2,3 & 4: Can reply to normal messages and whatsapp messages via voice command but not texting. Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, whatsapp notifications are shown. But not the news feed and status update is also not possible. 5. Can I connect the bluetooth headset and watch with my phone at the same time? Answer: You can connect your bluetooth headset & watch in parallel with your phone which helps in attending calls as I mentioned earlier. You can connect bluetooth headset only to your watch to hear songs if you downloaded the same from mobile to hear offline. This helps in taking only the headset & watch outside while running, keeping your phone at home. Usable memory to download songs is 2gb out of 4gb. 6. Last but not the least, which one would be the best choice here? Samsung Gear Live or Sony Smart Watch 3? Answer: I am using Sony Smartwatch for 3 months as of now and I really like it. It has Wifi and NFC which are future proof hardware, so should be better than Samsung gear I believe. Cannot comment on Samsung Gear as I have never seen one.

  • I will really appreciate if someone can answer my query. 1. Can we make calls and receive calls via smart watch 3 without even touching phone? does it has built in speakers to hear phone ringing or microphone to receive calls? 2. Can I reply to messages by texting through it? 3. Can I see whatsapp messages through it and reply? 4. Can I sync Facebook, Twitter and linkedin to see my news feed and updating status 5. Can I connect the bluetooth headset and watch with my phone at the same time? 6. Last but not the least, which one would be the best choice here? Samsung Gear Live or Sony Smart Watch 3? Too many questions as I am new to this gadget and I really need to buy one.

  • How do I actually use the speaker? Is there a way to test it?

  • No. There is no connection issue. The icon will stay grey but turn white when connected with Bluetooth audio ect. The watch uses a protocol called Bluetooth smart or low energy that works seamlessly in the background.

  • Hi Jack, I read about it too. I just got a SW3 and it always gave me 1.4 days of battery. A suggestion I found useful was to reboot the watch after it has fully charged. When I rebooted the phone after full charge battery was ok. When I didnt it discharged very quickly. Check it out. Hope it helps. It seems it is a software bug.

  • Hi. I have been using the Swr50 for the last few days with my LG G5. When connected by bluetooth, the bluetooth icon on my phones notification bar is a dim grey colour unlike my WiFi and battery icons which are white. Does this mean my phone and watch are not connected properly?

  • Hi gsm arena, please bring the message to sony. After got the news from gsm arena couple days ago about an update for this sony smartwatch 3 i switch on the update setting in it and got an update onstalled. But then i realized that something bad happened. Before updated my sony watch can last its battery life max 2.5-3 days. But now ? You charged fully in the morning at 5 am and then you got a warning notification that your battery power only 10% at 6-7 pm. So useless update. How to roll back this update to the last state before i got that news ?

  • I don't think you will be able to hear audible notifications as his watch doesn't have speaker. only haptic feedbacks.

  • I would like to think that way too..but, I'm assuming since the watch is able to respond to voice command (eg, voice-typing a short msg), then maybe it has a microphone somewhere to be used when answering calls? not sure tho..

  • you sure that wasn't your phone just hearing you from a distance

  • how can we unmute the notifications on smartwatch i can just hear vibration ?

  • Answering calls, yes. Talk over the watch instead of phone...urm, i tried once but the other party struggles to hear me.

  • could we answer calls and talk over the watch or not?

  • Yes you can view and zoom...by using third party app.

  • Hi everyone! Can anybody tell me if it is possible to control my GoPro Hero 4 Black with this smartwatch? Thank you so much!

  • loudspeaker=yes????????

  • Hi, can you please tell me if I can see the phone gallery from the watch and if I can zoom the photos ?

  • yes

  • yes

  • no speaker...

  • does it display the incoming calls

  • it can support my mobile or not 4.4.2 Android htc

  • Which watch is better smart watch 3 or Zen watch 2. Please compare Sony smartvwatch 3 vs asus zenwatch 2.

  • GSM says it has a loud speaker ! I have this watch and it dosnt have any speaker!!!!! but a nice watch anyway I bought it almost a year ago and I'm still Loving it :)

  • Does this watch has speaker like asus zenwatch 2

  • Does This watch has speaker like asus zenwatch2

  • Yes, you can download apps to this smartwatch, but to install app, firstly you must download app from Google Play or Internet Browser on your smartphone and then if you have connetion between smartphone and smartwatch, your app will be uploaded to smartwatch from smartphone, and ... I think that you understand my bad english :)

  • Please help me in need some information abaut this smartwatch. I newer though that I will looking for a smartwatch to by so I don't know anything about them. So my question is can I download the apps on this watch??? It is wery important for me that I can because this is the only smartwatch that has nfc that works propertyou. I understand that they bound with the smartphone but I need one app on him so I don't get phone from my bag every 10 min. Thanks

  • Please help me in need some information abaut this smartwatch. I newer though that I will looking for a smartwatch to by so I don't know anything about them. So my question is can I download the apps on this watch??? It is wery important for me that I can because this is the only smartwatch that has nfc that works propertyou. I understand that they bound with the smartphone but I need one app on him so I don't get phone from my bag every 10 min. Thanks

  • I like smart watch

  • Read again smart guy

  • That cool!

  • I've been using it for 3 months, and I love it, Battery issues doens´t matter for me, I came with a combination of option on/off for some features, And it run fantastic for 3 days. Gestures on Screen always On GPS Off (I use the phone gps instead) Wifi Off (I use phone data) I have a Pacman watchface I use regulary : Spotify (Browsing and pause/play ) Endomondo (for keep my bike training updated) Google Now for Calling and texting (I have sony bluetooth headphones NWZ-WS613) I never used to use watches of any kind, I choose this, beacause I bike daily and need to put away my phone (Sony Z3) beacause my biking clothes doesn´t have room for it. So I put it on my bag and get going wireless Love my watch!!! Hand gstures doesn´t work that well, but at least one gesture works, and "Ok google" confuse my languages (Spanish, English and portugueses) and undestand nothing. But I got used to use my nose to navigate while biking

  • A question Before I'll buy it... If your wrist is 23-24 cm. Can I wear it? So, the length of the bracelet or the biggest wrist to fit in...

  • NFC may be used for mobile payments as soon as this functionality is fully implemented into Android Wear. It could possibly also trigger some ITTT actions when in contact with smart tags. It's kind of useless right now but it might come in handy very soon. If you really need heart rate monitoring use a bluetooth chest strap - they're likely more precise anyway since they rely on sweat to work unlike the optical sensors which tend to work best on dry skin.

  • I believe that "Marshmallow" Android Wear 6 implements the speaker function.

  • Anybody ever find out why the watch comes with NFC rather than the more useful Heart rate monitor? All the NFC does is connect the watch to the phone, which is what bluetooth is for. If you own the watch what use do you have for NFC?

  • Works with both but one os at a time

  • it works only android phone....? or both android and ios phones.any one suggest me...

  • Not satisfied with the specifications given of SONY SMART WATCH 3, which is far superior in terms of compatibility as it supports Android 4.4 and above, iOS 9.2 and above with maximum apps available over play store, and in comparison features Samsung is rated very high, as per usability it doesn't matches. Looks like just promoting Samsung Gear S2. Users please check the full features and than go for the good one.

  • Best android watch and now connects to iphone also by downloading android wear in ios.

  • There is no speakers

  • how to on smartwatch speaker??? Pls tell

  • Sony seem to think that it does have a loud speaker. See Scroll down to were is says music and you will see... Music: Listening to offline music from smartwatch speaker and via a BT headset

  • Another smart guy, YES, he can! There is Android wear app in App store!

  • yup.... it will show ur all notifications

  • yes yes

  • will it show notification of What's app,hike,instagram,skype,hangout,mail. plz Tell me.... what are the app notifications can i see in the watch....replay plz?

  • can we connect to iphone...?

  • NO!

  • Hi guys thanks for your efforts. Just a question. I use sony z3 compact which is connected with my sony watch 3. Recently i started using an iPhone 5s as my second phone. Will it be possible to connect that too with my sw3? I mean both phones connected to my sw3. Btw i have upgraded all my devices to latest versions. Thanks again for replying.

  • A brief correction in response to a few mistakes in the given specs here: 1) This watch has NO loudspeakers but could be paired with a Bluetooth handsfree for listening music via Google Play Music, which has to be certainly installed on your cellphone. 2) The provided GPS, supports GLONASS and BEIDOU as well. As a proof, you may install any relevant wear GPS tracking software to see. However, the GPS signal reception is so weak and sluggish in this watch that you'd just forget about it. 3) Battery usage actually wont last for no more than one single day, even in the case of a very regular usage even with NO GPS utilization, at all. Maximally up to 30 hours and so, not more. (Using android wear 5.1.1 and entirely updated) 4) In the SENSORS list, the ambient light sensor has been missed. It does insit in the unit, though doesn't really much performing (ver. 5.1.1, so far) 6) Only 2.6GB out of 4GB of the watch storage is available to use. While the local OS and softwares also occupy this 2.6 amount, which is around 300MB net usage of the OS affairs. Additional watch surface and installing programs would consume more and more of this remained space. So this is common for your entire data. OS and programs. There are also two optional straps available in pure white and sport pure pink. The mentioned "yellow" color (by Sony official website) is actually lime green (with a fluorescent touch) and not pure yellow. SMS/Mail fans need to remember that the ENTIRE communication abilities of this watch is depending on voice. Naturally, it doesn't support keyboard for typing. Allegedly, there are complimentary software to cover this need.

  • Does it have a LOUDSPEAKER? Really? i have the watch ...but it uses a Bluetooth speaker or headset, if i am not wrong?

  • Features are good , even the looks are great but the way it is displayed is not so good but after you wear it on your wrist it looks pretty good.

  • Style of the watch is good but I am not sure about the features.