I’m a privacy focused individual, I run GrapheneOS on my phone & self-host as much of my tech stacks to avoid sharing info with. I’m looking for recommendations of smartwatches that align with the ideals of this community. What watch do you use? What do you recommend?

  • ApplyingAutomation@lemmy.worldOP
    31·
    2 days ago

    What the goal of the watch is does seem important, Thinking about it a little bit I think these are what I’m interested in:

    • Telling the time
    • Media control
    • Notifications
    • Sleep / exercise tracking
    • utopiah@lemmy.ml
      2·
      1 day ago

      So for the PineTime the most popular firmware is https://infinitime.io/ and by default you get

      • Watchfaces for telling the time
      • Steps (displays the number of steps of the day and the daily goal)
      • Heart rate (controls the heart rate sensor and display current heartbeat)
      • Music (control the playback of the music on your phone)

      and the PineTime is relatively slick, large bezel but frequently people told me, surprised if they knew me, they though I had an Apple watch, which was a brilliant moment to open up the discussion about open source, free software, open hardware.

      Meanwhile Watchy has e-ink and the 3D printed frame is very bulky. It’s definitely a lot more noticeable and I received few compliments for it. By default its firmware is https://github.com/sqfmi/Watchy and…

      • time (+ weather if connected to network, not mobile phone, via WiFi not BT)
      • Steps

      … and that’s about it. Honestly the Watchy ecosystem is a lot less lively than InfiniTime. Sure you get some different watchfaces but that’s about it in terms of popular customization AFAICT. Basically I’d only recommend it if you only want a watch for time and if you are adamant about e-ink.

      • ApplyingAutomation@lemmy.worldOP
        1·
        23 hours ago

        Thanks for the writeup! I’m going to explore pinetime as well! I run a framework laptop so I am into the idea of open hardware where possible.