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    [–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 162 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    β€œHey, what watch is that?”

    Me: β€œAmerican Megatrends.”

    β€œβ€¦β€

    Me: β€œit’s EnergyStar compliant.”

    [–] Ooops@feddit.org 18 points 3 days ago

    Then here is the right model for you...

    [–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago

    Oof. Right in the nostalgia.

    [–] mintiefresh@piefed.ca 172 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    For a second there I thought you actually accessed the bios on the watch and it looked like that haha.

    Awesome!

    If you did, it would probably be in mandarin. At least that’s what happened when my Android tablet went to shit.

    [–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 52 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (5 children)

    ARM devices kinda dont have a bios, so sadly this wouldnt be possible :(

    [–] marighost@piefed.social 42 points 3 days ago (1 children)

    It's more of a WRIST device I'd say

    Heh, nice one πŸ‘

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    [–] jqubed@lemmy.world 99 points 4 days ago

    Unironically I like that

    [–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 3 days ago

    Thanks I hate it

    [–] Lauchmelder@feddit.org 39 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

    While we're on the topic; any decent smart watches out there that

    • aren't made by apple
    • don't harvest my data
    • don't stream everything I do straight to china

    ? I like the concept of a smart watch, but I haven't really looked into the ecosystem. Preferably one that just integrates nicely with any android phone

    [–] 18107@aussie.zone 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

    If you're interested in tinkering or just want a basic smartwatch, Pebble is back

    I’d heard it was coming back (sic) but I’d not heard that it will have a 30 day battery life, wow

    [–] brisk@aussie.zone 12 points 3 days ago (5 children)

    If you're comfortable with a bit of setup, there are open hardware options on the market. They're reasonably basic compared to a flagship but phone notifications, some health metrics and telling the time are all quite possible.

    PineTime (with Infinitime firmware)

    Bangle JS

    If you want to basically make it from scratch there's also the Yatchy

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    I use CMF Watch Pro, with Gadgetbridge.

    [–] joat_mon@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    Amazfit with Gadgetbridge.

    I bought one a couple of years ago and it works great. Gadgetbridge keeps all the smart functionality local to your phone.

    I've heard good things about the Garmins as well which I think are mostly also supported in Gadgetbridge.

    Also having a GTR4 with GB, same idea. Still hate having to send them data by having to use their app on an initial pairing to get the damn key for the first time. Also, now that I changed phone, and using the pairing key on the new phone worked to get it to connect to my GTR4, it seems a bit less persistent connection than when it was paired from their app on the same device. Not sure what else changed, because it's in both cases pixel phones, running GrapheneOS.

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    [–] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago

    Now I want a smartwatch!!! Just for this...

    [–] redlemace@lemmy.world 59 points 4 days ago (1 children)
    [–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

    It gives information in a high contrast interface. It cares not for your opinions

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    [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

    notes: Facer is a little bit of a PITA to install, follow the instructions very well.

    GW4: It eats about twice as much battery as my normal faces, but I'm still lasting the day.

    The text is WAY too small, but it's pretty fun.

    [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

    My coworker likes it and wants to know where this can be found.

    [–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago (1 children)

    Looks neat, but I think the actual time display is way too small to be useful.

    [–] teamevil@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    You're missing the point of the face...

    But I also didn't realize it was the watch face initially, I thought it was an alternate OS.

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    [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 10 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    I thought this was templeos

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    [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago (6 children)

    Looks like the same watch I have. Where do I get this?

    [–] almost1337@lemmy.zip 26 points 4 days ago (4 children)
    [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 33 points 4 days ago (1 children)
    [–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 17 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    Those are some nice looking arms

    [–] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago

    Did you stop to consider that they might be an amputee on the other side, and that your pluralization of the word "arm" is causing immense emotional pain and turmoil right now and that the watch face is digital and has no arms. No. You only think about yourself. /S?

    [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

    Thanks. I guess...??

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    [–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 16 points 4 days ago

    πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

    [–] Bosht@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago

    Wow. Didn't think I'd get nostalgia flashbacks from a watch face but here we are.

    [–] palordrolap@fedia.io 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    This feels like a recipe for screen burn, but I assume whatever elements the watch uses for pixels don't do that, and it's just the bad side of nostalgia making me feel that way.

    [–] Psythik@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

    I've been using the always-on display of my OLED smartwatch 24/7 since 2022 (Samsung Watch 4 Classic). Burn-in is a non-issue. The watch face goes into AOD mode when you're not looking at it; I'm not sure which burn-in protection features are being used but they work well cause I can use the same watch face for months at a time without any signs of burn-in.

    [–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

    If you never change what's on the screen, you'll never notice the burn-in

    taps head 🧠

    [–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 days ago

    I LOVE it!!

    [–] billwashere@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

    I really wish the Apple Watch were this customizable. This is so cool.

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