SpheroAFB01USA Star Wars Force Band by

I expected it will not connect well but it actually did. Much more fun to use this rather than the iphone

This is a fun product for any star wars fan out there, only issue is that sphero discontinued the services so the app is not available on their site or on any app stores so i had to scour the internet to find the last known version. Luckily APK Fab had it and i had to install it via there installer to get it going but once that step was complete, the product was a breeze to use. Make sure for updates you plug the watch into a wall socket when prompted.

Grabbed one for $15. Happy with that price but release price would have been severely overpriced,.I think Sphero was listening when people said make a controller so we’re not tying up our devices, unfortunately we kind of meant a tiny handheld screen dedicated to solely Sphero droids, not a wrist mount that lets you drive and steer with exaggerated power ranger moves. Personally I’ll just use my Apple Watch where I can choose a droid then get a full screen joystick I can drive around just tracing directions on the watch face.Between the lukewarm reception, them flat out giving them away with droids, and now just a $15 flat cost, it’s obvious these didn’t fill the need. Even in the Sphero droids app force band is almost an afterthought. You can connect to it and put it to sleep, but can’t do any of the band activities, you have to open it’s own app.Something none of the other Star Wars sphero require.In the app it’s mainly tutorials disguised as games with the exception of the Holocron vault where you set your band to force sensitive, wait for the haptic feedback and Jedi voice telling you to search the force for a nearby holocron and it’s a Pokémon go emulator. Some holocrons produce armory cards that you can set your band to use, make exaggerated pew pew motions and you can hear Han’s DL-44 pistol firing, change it, wave an arm and hear Rey’s lightsaber swingingPros, it works, send your droid away, call it back, steer by waving your arms. Downside, it’s a mute drone. No emotes with the band.Nice Star wars-esque design, clever magnetic buckle and well tailored cloth Velcro strap, weathering is nice, honestly a decent little add on prop for cosplay or Halloween especially using the sound effects, someone could swing a dummy saber and get the sweet lightsaber effectsIf you collect the Sphero Star Wars line and want the complete line, if you want a decent looking little Star Wars prop with surprisingly loud effects, for $15, grab one.If you want a way to control your droid without tying up your device, it marginally does that. Again, no sounds , (especially with BB-8 that produces all sounds through your now closed app) at least Artoo will randomly play an emote or some random chatter, but you won’t control emotes at all.Not sorry I bought it, the design looks good, but I’ll use my Apple Watch to control it or just buy a cheap 7” tablet just for sphero. This wasn’t what fans and collectors asked for.

This is one software & firmware nightmareAfter following the extremely limited directions and trying to look at Youtube video tutorials that only showed you a black screen and waiting 49 minutes for software and firmware updates that never completes, I am already fed up with this piece of crap with multiple bugs in its software applicationDo Not BuyAfter uninstalling the application for the Force Band and reinstalling it I still get the same problem. Uploads that couunt down to one minute and then freezes with no further advance in the setup.I'm running this on A Nexus 7 tablet. This application doesn't seem to be compatible with it. The consequences of 'FIRST RELEASES"After completely giving up installing the updates from my tablet I uninstalled the app and reinstalled it on my Galaxy S4. This time the blue update bar progressed to the 1 minute remaining position and then did absolutely nothing from that point on.It is now 1;15 am. Have continuously trying to update this garbage since 5:30 pm. AND IT STILL DOESN'T WORKIF YOU PURCHASE THIS ITEM AFTER THIS WARNING SHAME ON YOUFINALLY, troubleshooted the problems and resolved it on my own the next day..But there are definitely download issues with the updates and there are still problems with app not recognizing BB-8 even when it has connected to the Force Band.UPDATE: I must admit Sphero was VERY responsive to my issues wthithin hours of my initial review to resolve the problem.and after finally connecting... the Force Band is pretty Cool!

I bought this simply for cosplay purposes and have no intention of using it for its intended purposes. In fact, I plan to alter its appearance slightly. For that reason alone, the price for this is perfect! It's lightweight (no heavier than a normal watch) and the band has a magnetic clasp that's easy to snap on and off.That being said, the packaging (though beautiful) was in a foreign language and the instructions for how to connect it to your phone in order to control your droid, consisted of only 2 pictures. After watching a tutorial video to find out how this was supposed to be used, the person posting it demonstrated a few operational issues making it look like the device wasn't exactly reliable. Then again, it's only $10!

Others have said app dead watch dead. Not so at all. The watch just needs an update, although it took 3 hrs to update it completely, I just left it to finish. But, you do need to add the apk to your android phone to do this. Once completed it talks, has different modes some work some don’t. It has a combat training which you can move your arm/hand to shoot a gun. Other mode is the force and the button changes all different colors. So it has some entertainment value as well as a Star Wars collectible. You just need to update it first. Great deal at $10