Gadgetbridge users, can you tell about your smart watch and what are it’s pros/cons.
Not a smart watch, but a Mi Band fitness tracker.
Pros:
- works well enough
- Private
- data visualizations are great
- Advanced sleep tracking
- Lots of customization features
Cons:
- needs 3rd party app to sync weather
- Doesn’t exit cleanly
- Calendar sync has never worked for me (even though I gave it necessary permissions )
How is overall app experience. I’m thinking of buying some smart band to get me moving but i have serious privacy concerns with them.
Bangle.js 2, the pros are being highly customisable and relatively high battery life with an always on display. Cons are how glitchy said customisability can get the more you try to do with it due to how small the storage and ram is.
Nice, another bangle.js 2 user in the wild ✊
Love my PineTime.
Pros: Cheap, open source, reliable, several days of battery life per charge
Cons: Limited feature set when compared to more expensive smart watches, unused hardware features (for now), painfully slow development cycle
Wait, that thing costs only $26.99??
Yep. Add in shipping to the US, and it’s still less than $40.
Yea, I use mine every day. You’re right, the feature set is quite limited, but it’s more than enough for what I use it for.
PineTime.
It doesn’t do very much, but the things it doesn’t do aren’t things I’m all that interested in anyway. What it does do, it’s kinda hit and miss. But it is cheap as hell for a smartwatch and fully open source, so were I more inclined to code I could potentially improve some of the ways it does things.
Skagen Jorn gen 6 hybrid
Pros:
- Looks like stylish regular watch with real hands
- Always-on e-ink screen
- Good Gadgetbridge support
- Battery life about 5 weeks
Cons:
- Expensive
- Slow due to e-ink screen
- Limited features compared to full smart watches
What is going on here?
Afaik Its a default setting to prevent malicious apps from abusing accessibility settings. You can bypass it by going to Settings > Apps > See All Apps > Find that app > clicking the top right menu > allow restricted settings if you want
It won’t recognise my smartwatch anyway.
You probably didn’t give the location permission — it’s necessary to pair with a BT device
