Post #1097906

2026-03-14 16:57 UTC

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

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@utopiah@lemmy.ml 2026-03-15 06:17

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.

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