Fossil is quitting smartwatches::Fossil is going to stop making smartwatches. It was one of the most prolific companies creating Wear OS watches.

  • @Junkernaught@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 months ago

    Damn. Big fan of their hybrid smart watches (e-ink screen, ~10 day battery and looked like a watch).

    Anyone know of any good similar products?

    • @LKC@sh.itjust.works
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      1511 months ago

      I don’t know of any e-ink displays outside of Fossil but give Garmin a try. I use the Vivoactive 4 and get a week+ of battery.

      I went from Pebble > Fossil > Garmin.

      • SeaJ
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        1111 months ago

        Watchy which is open source and comes in a build it yourself kit has an e-ink display.

      • @Duranie@literature.cafe
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        511 months ago

        Yep - Garmin Venu 3 here. I just charged and it’s telling me 15 days of battery, but with my use I’ll probably charge it in 12-13 days.

      • @Creat@discuss.tchncs.de
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        211 months ago

        Garmin are atrocious compared to hybrid watches or the legendary pebble. Had one for like a week before I sent it back, there was so much wrong with it.

        • @LKC@sh.itjust.works
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          11 months ago

          My Hybrid’s screen died under 9 months of use. The e-ink screen started to fade. Not sure if it was from sun light or maybe knocked around.

          I haven’t had the Garmin for as long yet but it’s nice enough to use outdoors.

    • Dremor
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      1511 months ago

      Withings. Small oled display, looks like an analog watch until you use it. Ton of sensors to monitor your health, or none if you don’t want that. And a huge battery. Like huge enough to lose the charger between charges 😆

      • the_weez
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        511 months ago

        I’ll second this, stupid good battery life but a fairly simple watch. Doesn’t do apps but it does health tracking and notifications and it’s pretty good at looking like a watch instead of a toy.

      • JustEnoughDucks
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        111 months ago

        Don’t they demand a subscription for any useful data like Ouraring does?

    • @flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz
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      11 months ago

      Garmin is know for excellent battery life. I don’t think they use e-ink though.

      A much bigger drawback (to me at least) they lack Google Pay support and keep pushing Garmin Pay which is not widely supported.

      • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️
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        511 months ago

        ?

        Is there really any functional difference which backend is providing that virtual card number? I have never seen a terminal anywhere that A) supported contactless in the first place, but B) did not work with the Garmin Pay feature of my Fenix 6. Even out in the sticks. Not-a-one.

        • @flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz
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          611 months ago

          The difference is in the bank support. All contactless terminals support all NFC payment providers. But banks don’t. Each bank chooses with which services to integrate, and this part is not standardized so it requires some investment on the bank side.

    • Krzd
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      511 months ago

      Even more, I get pretty consistently 3 weeks per charge with my fossil hybrid

    • @9715698@lemmy.world
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      111 months ago

      Garmin Instinct has a 30d battery. I’ve used one for just over a year and it’s all I need from a connected watch.

    • @Dultas@lemmy.world
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      011 months ago

      My Coros Pace 2 will go 2+ weeks without a charge if I don’t use it much. Don’t think it’s e-ink and I wouldn’t really call it a smart watch. You can get texts and weather but when it syncs with the phone. It’s more of a fitness watch.