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My Fossil Hybrid HR has (real) motorised hands sitting on top of an e-paper display. 2 weeks of battery pretty easily. Just a shame that the syncing software ha

My Fossil Hybrid HR has (real) motorised hands sitting on top of an e-paper display. 2 weeks of battery pretty easily. Just a shame that the syncing software halves the battery of your phone, requires privacy-invasion talking-back-to-the-server bullshit, and is ugly and useless to boot. But still required for watch functionality. Christ I wish more smartwatches were hybrid & e-paper displays. I just seems the most obvious form for a smartwatch to exist in, yet there's almost none around.

colordrops 3y ago
I have the same one, though branded as a Skagen Jorn Hybrid HR. I'm pretty sure it's the exact same watch. I can get 3-4 weeks out of it. One nice thing about their privacy-invading app is that it works perfectly fine if networking permissions are disabled for it, at least on Android. It also works with Gadgetbridge, except for sleep tracking. I really want to find the time to add a sleep tracking algorithm to Gadgetbridge one day.
- samplatt 3y ago
  I've flashed every phone I've ever owned with custom firmware but the gadgetbridge route confused the heck out of me for some reason. I ended up just using a previous version of the software for a while until I changed phones, and never bothered downgrading or flashing after that.
gnicholas 3y ago
I miss my Pebble. I have a Garmin now, but it lacks many basic functionalities, especially around notifications. For example, if someone texts me a few times in a row, I can't scroll to get to prior notifications. Lame!
- mszcz 3y ago
  Same here. I'm really surprised that after Pebble's implosion nothing appeared to fill the void. I could've bet real money that within a couple of years we're going to see at least a couple of products at least close to what the Pebble was.
  - gnicholas 3y ago
    Fossil seems closest in terms of functionality, but their UI/UX is not nearly as smooth. The watches look nice, but they're much harder to read and navigate. Also super slow/laggy. I was hopeful when they first came out, but it seems like they've hardly innovated. They added Alexa a while back, but since there's no speaker (just a mic), responses are text-only. But the core OS is the same, four years later.

colordrops 3y ago

I have the same one, though branded as a Skagen Jorn Hybrid HR. I'm pretty sure it's the exact same watch. I can get 3-4 weeks out of it. One nice thing about their privacy-invading app is that it works perfectly fine if networking permissions are disabled for it, at least on Android. It also works with Gadgetbridge, except for sleep tracking. I really want to find the time to add a sleep tracking algorithm to Gadgetbridge one day.

samplatt 3y ago
I've flashed every phone I've ever owned with custom firmware but the gadgetbridge route confused the heck out of me for some reason. I ended up just using a previous version of the software for a while until I changed phones, and never bothered downgrading or flashing after that.

gnicholas 3y ago

I miss my Pebble. I have a Garmin now, but it lacks many basic functionalities, especially around notifications. For example, if someone texts me a few times in a row, I can't scroll to get to prior notifications. Lame!

mszcz 3y ago
Same here. I'm really surprised that after Pebble's implosion nothing appeared to fill the void. I could've bet real money that within a couple of years we're going to see at least a couple of products at least close to what the Pebble was.
- gnicholas 3y ago
  Fossil seems closest in terms of functionality, but their UI/UX is not nearly as smooth. The watches look nice, but they're much harder to read and navigate. Also super slow/laggy. I was hopeful when they first came out, but it seems like they've hardly innovated. They added Alexa a while back, but since there's no speaker (just a mic), responses are text-only. But the core OS is the same, four years later.