While we're on the topic; any decent smart watches out there that
? I like the concept of a smart watch, but I haven't really looked into the ecosystem. Preferably one that just integrates nicely with any android phone
If you're interested in tinkering or just want a basic smartwatch, Pebble is back
I’d heard it was coming back (sic) but I’d not heard that it will have a 30 day battery life, wow
If you're comfortable with a bit of setup, there are open hardware options on the market. They're reasonably basic compared to a flagship but phone notifications, some health metrics and telling the time are all quite possible.
PineTime (with Infinitime firmware)
If you want to basically make it from scratch there's also the Yatchy
Second BangleJS 2. I went from Pebbles to the BangleJS 2 and have been really happy with it. I don't recall it being difficult to set to; it came ready to go, and synced with GadgetBridge (the Bangle.js fork) right away.
Is any of them capable of a "smart alarm" aka waking you at the right phase of sleep?
Love my pinetime. cheap tough and does not have bullshit.
I use CMF Watch Pro, with Gadgetbridge.
Amazfit with Gadgetbridge.
I bought one a couple of years ago and it works great. Gadgetbridge keeps all the smart functionality local to your phone.
I've heard good things about the Garmins as well which I think are mostly also supported in Gadgetbridge.
Also having a GTR4 with GB, same idea. Still hate having to send them data by having to use their app on an initial pairing to get the damn key for the first time. Also, now that I changed phone, and using the pairing key on the new phone worked to get it to connect to my GTR4, it seems a bit less persistent connection than when it was paired from their app on the same device. Not sure what else changed, because it's in both cases pixel phones, running GrapheneOS.
Second this, my wife and I both got one. It's a slight inconvenience to get the Authorization key from a command line, but it's not very difficult. Gadget Bridge basically fakes the phone side of the app, which means it won't send your data out and watch thinks everything is fine and normal. Pretty cool. Look at all these free watch faces: https://amazfitwatchfaces.com/
Maybe Garmin, Withings or (Chinese owned now) Suunto?
Seiko lol
Thanks I hate it
I thought this was templeos
Wow, there's a reference I didn't think I'd come across. Did you ever try using it? I was curious but never did...didn't have a use case for it.
There is no use case for TempleOS. It's just a curiosity, albeit an interesting one.
No, never bothered. I think it'd be fun to fool around in, but I don't think it'd be worth the trouble. I don't even have a way to run VMs set up on any of my computers at the moment so I'd need to download Virtual Box or qemu.
notes: Facer is a little bit of a PITA to install, follow the instructions very well.
GW4: It eats about twice as much battery as my normal faces, but I'm still lasting the day.
The text is WAY too small, but it's pretty fun.
Now I want a smartwatch!!! Just for this...
I really wish the Apple Watch were this customizable. This is so cool.
I'd prefer to see more things like if it's going to rain soon and other meteorological parameters, but love the look
I feel like the only person in the world who uses a regular analog watch face (and uses the always on display setting) so that my watch actually looks like a watch.
(Is it true that Gen Z and younger can't read analog clocks? Might explain this behavior.)
My watch face is always analog, but that's mostly because it's an analog watch.
What's the added value of a smart watch here?
Well I'm a statistics nerd, so I like all the sensors on the watch for sleep and health tracking. I can see exactly how long I slept in each phase, track my snoring, stress levels, muscle mass, body fat, and body water; compare calories burned to calories consumed, make sure my heart is being correctly with the ECG, check my pulse and blood pressure. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
It's basically like having a PipBoy IRL (it even has the light!). And to me that's really fucking cool. Only feature missing is VATS.
Sounds like a tamagotchi, but for keeping yourself alive :)
How does it track calories consumed? Or isthat something you do seperately?
I like it for notifications. I can see if a text or notification is important without getting my phone out. Also can see who's calling without getting my phone out.
It saves you getting your phone out.
Here's mine.
Wait, it's gonna be Monday all fucking day?! This is bullshit!
I like how you have three complications all set to the date. That's fucking funny man.
Anyway here's mine:
Yeah I got sick of the hands covering the date haha. And nice I like it.
This reminds me of a time when I was wearing watches on both wrists, so that I could easily check the time even if one hand was e.g. carrying a bag
Wouldn't surprise me if many young people can't, I'm on the edge between millenial and gen z and reading an analog clock always needs some active effort. I've always preferred digital so I never really had to read analog clocks besides the one that hung in our kitchen and that one time I had a watch. Oh and the train stations still all have analog.
Kitchen clocks, if they aren't just the oven or microwave, are probably becoming rarer, so when your watch is also digital, you'd never really encounter analog if it's not somewhere in the public space, which will probably depend on where you live.
I'd guess most kids probably still can read one with effort because at least when there's a second hand (since you can easily see it move) it's kinda self explanatory, and it probably got explained in school once.
I feel like the only person that can't stand to wear a watch. Until cellphones came out, I just got really good at estimating the time.
I feel you but for me the body tracking features make it worth it. If you're a Fallout fan, it's like having a real-life PipBoy. The only thing missing is VATS.
I specifically bought a smart watch for that purpose, first watch I've bought in over 20 years, and it sits there and gathers dust because it's so annoying to have something hanging on my wrist. I might also be less wigged out by them if I could put my own OS on it instead of having the Google spyware only.
ok damnit, i'll install facer :)
That was a little bit of a fight to install, but not miserable.
Wish the font was a touch larger and it would be cool to have some complications.
still, pretty fire.
i noticed facer was killing my battery. just a heads up
never a free lunch :(
thanks!
For a second there I thought you actually accessed the bios on the watch and it looked like that haha.
Awesome!
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