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Smart watches (midwest.social)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm trying to move away from a fitbit, once in a while I forget to charge it and I have to install the app and fork over all of my data to fitbit to set the time.

Anyone have any recommendations, I need something with a decent heart monitor, that's really the only thing I care about.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Maybe a watch supported by asteroid os is something.

Some models have support for heart monitor. Don't know if there is a fitness app or something like that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Only one I recall (smartwatch open source)

https://www.pine64.org/pinetime/

Does this fit the bill for you?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago

That's pretty cool but I don't even wear a dumb watch, let alone a smart one.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

I'm pretty sure Garmin has a good privacy policy - mozilla seemed to like them - and I got a fenix6 sapphire on ebay used for about $250 and I love it. Way better than my apple watch, particularly because I care more about fitness tracking and hate having texts show up on my watch.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've been considering the Bangle.js 2, and while I don't think the heart rate monitor is really good yet, there is active development and discussion about how to make it better. If you're interested in helping out, this could be a fun project!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I like my Garmin gps watch, though they have gotten what i would consider too expensive...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Does the Garmin app require location services to be turned to use like fitbit?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

So, I just checked under the app information in Android. The location permission was turned on. I disabled it, and started the app up and it seems to work fine.