Recently got a Galaxy 4 smart watch gifted, but I am continuously getting barraged with (repeated) permission requests and hit with restrictions on features due to not granting certain permissions.
Is there an alternative that fulfills the following requirements:
- respects my privacy by both, not storing my data on their servers and not selling my data, both health and identity data.
- works with Android, i.e. Is not restricted in use by using Android as the Galaxy 4 apparently is.
I mainly want to use the watch to track sport sessions, basically just for running.
Are there any tips on how to keep my peace of mind when dealing with smart watches? Things to keep in mind, etc?
Thanks in advance!
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I love the pinetime from pine64. It lacks some functionality but costs practically nothing (for a smart watch) and runs completely FOSS firmware and software (there may be a binary blob or something but nothing that would be a huge privacy concern imo.) You can also put a custom os on, including wasp-os which is written in MicroPython and you can find custom builds for various features. The new release of infinitime, the os it ships with, looks great too though.