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0 pointsdelecti3y ago0 comments

One problem with the smartwatch market is that it's hard to know what "comparable" means to any given person.

I've found an Amazfit Bip to be a totally satisfactory replacement for my Pebble Time, but it doesn't cover every single usecase. It does have a battery life measured in weeks though (usually 3-4 for me, less if I use the GPS to track a bunch of exercise), which is a pretty nice selling point.

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xrd3y ago

Do you build your own apps for it? I'm interesting in understanding how hackable it is? For example, can you write an app that pulls the GPS data from a run off it, or is that data readily accessible somehow?

fullstop3y ago

Not OP, but you can't really make your own apps for it. There are third party clients for it, though, and you can export data through them.

I like mine, except for the fact that the front fell off and I had to glue it back on. The battery lasts for 3 or 4 weeks, you can receive notifications (but not respond to them) and it looks fairly stylish.

delectiOP3y ago

Ha, the front fell off of mine too. It still works just as well after regluing though, so I guess it's not that big of a problem.

delectiOP3y ago

I haven't done any hacking of any of my smartwatches. If that's important to you, then I don't really have any recommendations for you (and it highlights my point about different people's definition of "comparable").

I want my watch to have time/date, alarms, timers/stopwatches, the ability to read phone notifications, always-on screen, and battery life measured on the scale of weeks. Step and heartrate tracking are also nice perks that the Amazfit Bip also includes.

poisonborz3y ago

You can add your own apps vi a patched firmware.

https://github.com/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge/wiki/Amazfit-...

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0 pointsdelecti3y ago0 comments

One problem with the smartwatch market is that it's hard to know what "comparable" means to any given person.

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xrd3y ago

fullstop3y ago

Not OP, but you can't really make your own apps for it. There are third party clients for it, though, and you can export data through them.

delectiOP3y ago

Ha, the front fell off of mine too. It still works just as well after regluing though, so I guess it's not that big of a problem.

delectiOP3y ago

poisonborz3y ago

You can add your own apps vi a patched firmware.

https://github.com/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge/wiki/Amazfit-...

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