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Shame it'll die in 4 months :( Fitbit are finally shutting down the servers, and who knows what effect that'll have.

lazycouchpotato 9y ago
Xiaomi's Mi Band/Amazfit bands are probably the only good options left. I had a Mi Band 1 for 2.5 years before it died, and I'm currently running a Mi Band 2. It has a 20 day battery life and has good third party app support.
- detaro 9y ago
  Do you have a link with a list/information about third-party apps supporting them? Can't find a good overview.
  - lyk 9y ago
    You can use gadgetbridge, it's available on fdroid! I use it all the time, no pebble app for me.
    - m-p-3 9y ago
      I still miss some thing from Gadgetbridge, like the inability to use some apps that requires Internet access (ie: HTTP Push) that I used to control my BlinkStick light status indicator at work.
  - lazycouchpotato 9y ago
    I personally use Tools and Mi Band https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.zdenekhorak.mibandtools&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.zdenekhorak... due to its ease of use and reliability.
- Dayshine 9y ago
  No always on clock? :(
  - lazycouchpotato 9y ago
    My Mi Band 2 doesn't have an always-on clock, but it has "lift wrist to view info". I'm not sure about the Amazfit devices.
gnicholas 9y ago
From the Fitbit blog post on the topic, it looks like the effect will be nill for me. Can’t buy new apps? Don’t care. It appears that day to day use will continue uninterrupted, at least for me.
m-p-3 9y ago
Buttons are important for me, especially when a touch screen would be inefficient when wearing gloves in the harsh cold winter climate of Canada. And the display, while not flashly as an LCD, enabled the battery life, which to me is more important.
chrisjh 9y ago
Check out http://rebble.io/ http://rebble.io/ - it's made by some ex-Pebblers and other Pebble fans to keep your watches running.
marrs 9y ago
And this is why I didn't buy a Pebble. I'm basically not prepared to buy a smart watch at this point unless its software is open source. Otherwise you're completely at the mercy of the company's (mis)fortunes. Incidentally, as I write this I'm wearing the first watch I purchased for myself ~20 years ago. It's still running strong with zero maintenance. On the other hand (wrist?) both my smartwatches have been consigned to the drawer of random curiosities.

Xiaomi's Mi Band/Amazfit bands are probably the only good options left. I had a Mi Band 1 for 2.5 years before it died, and I'm currently running a Mi Band 2. It has a 20 day battery life and has good third party app support.

detaro 9y ago
Do you have a link with a list/information about third-party apps supporting them? Can't find a good overview.
- lyk 9y ago
  You can use gadgetbridge, it's available on fdroid! I use it all the time, no pebble app for me.
  - m-p-3 9y ago
    I still miss some thing from Gadgetbridge, like the inability to use some apps that requires Internet access (ie: HTTP Push) that I used to control my BlinkStick light status indicator at work.
- lazycouchpotato 9y ago
  I personally use Tools and Mi Band https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.zdenekhorak.mibandtools&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.zdenekhorak... due to its ease of use and reliability.
Dayshine 9y ago
No always on clock? :(
- lazycouchpotato 9y ago
  My Mi Band 2 doesn't have an always-on clock, but it has "lift wrist to view info". I'm not sure about the Amazfit devices.

gnicholas 9y ago

From the Fitbit blog post on the topic, it looks like the effect will be nill for me. Can’t buy new apps? Don’t care. It appears that day to day use will continue uninterrupted, at least for me.

m-p-3 9y ago

Buttons are important for me, especially when a touch screen would be inefficient when wearing gloves in the harsh cold winter climate of Canada. And the display, while not flashly as an LCD, enabled the battery life, which to me is more important.

chrisjh 9y ago

Check out http://rebble.io/ http://rebble.io/ - it's made by some ex-Pebblers and other Pebble fans to keep your watches running.

marrs 9y ago

And this is why I didn't buy a Pebble. I'm basically not prepared to buy a smart watch at this point unless its software is open source. Otherwise you're completely at the mercy of the company's (mis)fortunes. Incidentally, as I write this I'm wearing the first watch I purchased for myself ~20 years ago. It's still running strong with zero maintenance. On the other hand (wrist?) both my smartwatches have been consigned to the drawer of random curiosities.