You can understand why Android enthusiasts might be resentful of the Apple Watch. Android Wear has been around long enough for manufacturers like LG to release several generations of smartwatch, but listen to some and you’d be excused for thinking Cupertino had invented the segment. Into the fray wades the LG Watch Urbane, promising genteel luxury instead of geek chic, and first to offer the very latest version of Android Wear itself, complete with a number of hotly-anticipated updates. $349 is a lot to ask for an Android smartwatch, though: is the Urbane worth it?

Design

Back when LG first revealed the Watch Urbane in February, its metal body and less obviously geeky looks set it apart from most of the Android Wear alternatives. Taking the core of the existing G Watch R, but doing away with some of the more contentious design elements like the chronograph dial, it seemed like Android’s smartwatch platform had finally grown up.

The reality isn’t quite so clear-cut, but a big part of that is subjective.
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