Initially, I looked for an open source smartwatch that is sold with an opensource OS preinstalled. However, this was not really feasible.

  • PineTime had some really bad first hand reviews in addition to them being quite expensive in the EU.
  • Pebbles warranty is too low and it is rather expensive.

So as a second attempt I looked for operating systems that you can flash onto watches. I found Open-SmartWatch with OSW-OS and AsteroidOS. While I think that building your smart watch from scratch is cool, AsteroidOS looked more accessible and mature (just based on easy navigation and the feature list).

Sadly, the most supported watch is no longer available: TicWatch Pro 2018

So I thought I just mindlessly ask whether you have a different OS you would recommend or if you have a watch recommendation that is still available.

  • VoxAliorum@lemmy.mlOP
    21·
    24 hours ago

    I hadn’t! Thanks for the suggestion, but it does not match what I was looking for asthetically. Still a cool project!

    • cmhe@lemmy.world
      1·
      16 hours ago

      There are two versions of the bangle.js watch. The second version looks pretty similar to the pinetime.

      I used to use the pinetime for a while and now have the bangle.js 2 watch.

      Pinetime is cheaper in DE than the bangle.js (40€ vs 90€ IIRC).

      Both are nice watches and integrate well with gadgetbridge and have a couple of weeks battery. Which is much more then what you get from a Android watch.