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Google recently open sourced Pebble and today, Repebble has put some of the watches up for preorder.

  • Kaloi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    381·
    17 hours ago

    I still can’t believe that no one else has made a smart watch with physical buttons and low energy use that has surpassed the pebble after all this time. I’m still cautious that this venture will pan out, but honestly there really hasn’t been a smart watch released that matches my use case. Sleep tracking makes no sense if I have to charge the watch daily, as I’d probably charge it over night. Media control with screen buttons is awful. Fossil came close with their hybrid smart watch, but the layout of the media controls made no sense and couldn’t easily be used without looking at the watch. Just let me check my calendar and texts and skip through ads in podcasts, and last over a week of battery and you will have my money.

    • AlfredoJohn@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      6 hours ago

      Honestly daily charging isn’t the worst I just usually charge my watch when I’m in the shower and getting ready in the morning pop it back on when I’m done and I’m good to go.

    • undone@lemm.eeEnglish
      14·
      13 hours ago

      Don’t love the closed-in ecosystem but Garmin watches with MIP display do almost all you just said.

      • Touch screen + also Buttons for 100% touch-free interaction
      • Battery life of around 3 to 4 weeks (depending on what you are doing)… more with the Solar models
      • Media control is there, but don’t really use that

      Podcast ad skipping sadly not a thing.

      Price might be an issue though. The top end models with all the whistles come at a smartphone flagship price point.

      • turmacar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 hours ago

        The Garmin Instinct is what I switched to when my Pebble died. Recently upgraded to the Fenix.

        You can absolutely skip ahead through ads with the music controls. Automating it would be the job of the app.

        • undone@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          3 hours ago

          You are right. I think I read that wrong. I thought automatic segment skipping like YouTube SponsorBlock. You definitely can fast forward using buttons.

      • Justin@lemmy.jlh.nameEnglish
        1·
        13 hours ago

        The benefit if the core repebble watches are that they have 1 month of battery life, they’re cheaper, and they are open source