I’m looking for a watch that is able to do basic “smart” things like show notifications and ping my phone if I misplace it. A timer/stopwatch would also be good, and a long lasting battery.
I have no interest in an Apple watch or Galaxy watch, so I’m looking for something comparatively cheap.
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I use a Fossil Hybrid Smartwatch and I love it. It looks and functions like a mechanical watch but it has smart features. It won’t show your messages, but you can set contacts to numbers so you k ow if it vibrates weather or not it’s worth checking your phone. For example, I have my wife set to #1 in the app, so when she calls or texts, my watch vibrates, and the both the minute and second hand point to 1 on the face (and go back to telling time shortly after). There are 3 programmable buttons, one of which I set to ring my phone when I can’t find it, another I set to take a picture with my phone (works great for group photos when you setup your phone on the other side of the room), and the 3rd one points the hands to tell me that date. It has a pedometer with a goal meter that fills up through the day, and the one feature I probably live the most is that it uses a normal watch battery that needs to be replaced like once every 9 months or so. So no worrying about recharging etc. And this is all on an old version of the watch. There are newer ones with more features. It’s the smartest dumb watch you can get. I love it.
InfiniTime on PineTime, been using it for years
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Bangle.js
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Or any smart band supported by Gadgetbridge
I personally would prefer a mechanical watch, we have too many things that are battery powered in our life already.
I doubt that any of the smartwatches is really private, at least it can’t be more private than your phone by definition.
Fully recommend the bangle.js
Super simple, hackable smartwatch. Perfectly compatible with gadgetbridge etc.
Had no issues whatsoever since I bought it a year or so ago
That one looks cool! GPS receiver makes it interesting compared to the pine time.
That one looks cool! GPS receiver makes it interesting compared to the pine time.
That one looks cool! GPS receiver makes it interesting compared to the pine time.
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Indeed, waiting for my Watchy
Indeed, waiting for my Watchy
Indeed, waiting for my Watchy
Pinetime.
I was looking for something similar to this. Will research if it goest smooth pairing with iOS. Thank you
Garmin is pretty good and respects user privacy.