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My coworker likes it and wants to know where this can be found.
While we're on the topic; any decent smart watches out there that
- aren't made by apple
- don't harvest my data
- don't stream everything I do straight to china
? 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
Iβd heard it was coming back (sic) but Iβd 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?
From a quick search, "sleep as android" seems to have support for both, although people have varying success with it
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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.
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βHey, what watch is that?β
Me: βAmerican Megatrends.β
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Me: βitβs EnergyStar compliant.β
Oof. Right in the nostalgia.
For a second there I thought you actually accessed the bios on the watch and it looked like that haha.
Awesome!
If you did, it would probably be in mandarin. At least thatβs what happened when my Android tablet went to shit.
ARM devices kinda dont have a bios, so sadly this wouldnt be possible :(
It's more of a WRIST device I'd say
Heh, nice one π
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Unironically I like that
Looks neat, but I think the actual time display is way too small to be useful.
You're missing the point of the face...
But I also didn't realize it was the watch face initially, I thought it was an alternate OS.
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okay, I admit I like it
It gives information in a high contrast interface. It cares not for your opinions
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@tfm
I don't think it's been mentioned but astroidOS is Linux based, runs independently from mobile, but can be paired with Gadgetbridge. Device selection is limited but affordable and easy to fine.
This feels like a recipe for screen burn, but I assume whatever elements the watch uses for pixels don't do that, and it's just the bad side of nostalgia making me feel that way.
I've been using the always-on display of my OLED smartwatch 24/7 since 2022 (Samsung Watch 4 Classic). Burn-in is a non-issue. The watch face goes into AOD mode when you're not looking at it; I'm not sure which burn-in protection features are being used but they work well cause I can use the same watch face for months at a time without any signs of burn-in.
If you never change what's on the screen, you'll never notice the burn-in
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I'd prefer to see more things like if it's going to rain soon and other meteorological parameters, but love the look
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I really wish the Apple Watch were this customizable. This is so cool.
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.)
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.
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.
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.
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Wow. Didn't think I'd get nostalgia flashbacks from a watch face but here we are.
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