I looked into this but it really isn’t worthwhile. It can’t really connect to your phone over Bluetooth to get notifications so it isn’t even a smart watch.
@@benreed4957 Old Pebble watches are breaking down and parts are difficult to find. Also people think they’re still valuable for some reason even though the company has been gone for several years. Compared to the new stuff it’s not worth it. Believe me I wish I had a new Pebble on my wrist right now.
I had a preorder in for the Pebble 2 when they collapsed. My first Pebble Time bit the dust after 5 years. I have a Pebble Time Steel that's going strong two years in but it's really hard to keep it running these days (hard to find the apks, Android and phone app updates break watch apps, etc.). While I don't want to give up Pebble, I know the day will come and I'm always on the lookout for something that has the same functionality without being locked into proprietary ecosystem. (I loved that people could make watch apps and watch faces without any gatekeeping!) NavMe, skunk, and OW Camera are just some of the brilliant apps I love! Basically, me too.
I still miss my pebble but for the last 2 years or so i have been tolerating my amazfit bip. the only good thing about it is the 30-40 day battery life and that it works well enough with gadgetbridge.. (my 2 primary requiremtns...) now that it's battery is dying out, i am really hoping for a pebble replacement. any suggestions welcome.
@@saidinesh5 I'm right there with you. It sucks that they stopped making them, too. It wasn't a perfect replacement, but it was as close to the pebble as I have found.
For any potential buyers: This is not a conventional smartwatch and currently most definitely not a Pebble replacement. I've had two for more than a year, and they've been collecting dust ever since I got them. There's no phone app and no phone connectivity to show you incoming messages and calls. It's currently only a stand-alone device that connects to a local wifi. There's potential in the hardware. It's just that I haven't seen much progress, if any, over the course of me owning these for more than a year. I'm not complaining, I'm just putting it out there for other potential buyers. So beware!
Well as it is open-source, you can theoretically write your own app for connecting it to the phone and add related functionality to the firmware. *Theoretically*. I understand that not much people even can do that but it can be some interesting device if you know how to modify it.
As someone who still lives by the pebble dream to this day, this is pretty disappointing. My Pebble Time Steel used to go 2 weeks no problem but now only lasts about 5 days so my days with this watch is numbered
Glad to see something like this. I had the Pebble since the Kickstarter and was heartbroken after Fitbit bought and shuttered them. I'm hoping this one has the 2 best features of the Pebble: Always on and month-long battery.
It's pretty bulky but the beauty of it not coming assembled is that it's easier to make it more suitable for you. For ex. I would replace the belt with with a textile that's elastic and breathable, maybe make it slide on or use velcro to secure it, also have the battery on the other side. just some ideas
That is just because of the needlessly primitive strap attachment though. Find or make a case with a normal spring pin watch strap attachment design and it'd be far more slick.
I literally got one of these last week because of all their beepberry hype, nice one ETA! Initial impressions are pretty good: the Discord is surprisingly active, has lots of helpful advice. That and their documentation have made it pretty easy to jump in.
the light phone 2 is garbage.....299 us and it doesnt even do anything.......ok i get the whole no social media thing but it still needs to do some stuff like email or a control my music or at least look up the weather or browse the web so i can find out local info .........the light phone 2 should be selling for 50 us and not a penny more.
Pretty cool gadget but I don't see much actual use for most people. Especially with no water resistance. But I'd highly recommend the G Shock GBD-200 which has a screen very similar to e ink (they call it memory in pixel - MIP) and no charging required. Just swap in a big button cell every few years and you're good to go. And it has a step tracker and a backlight and timers etc. Plus it's super tough and very comfy when worn loose.
I actually collected Pebble Time watches after they stopped producing them and had SIX at one point ! Would be great if this was it's spiritual successor.
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Oh wow, this looks really great! Ever since the moment I saw those cheap Chinese smart watches being sold I've been wishing for an e-ink watch with customizable faces. This cranks my idea up to eleven! All that it's missing is a small light to illuminate the screen, like in classic LCD watches. Still, I'm gonna try this when I can.
It has taken way too long for the smartwatch market to push back from the blatant downgrade in smart watch hardware that was introduced by Apple and all the other manufacturers who followed suit with OLED screens and interfaces that don't work on your wrist. It's incredible how much better and more thought out the pebble products were. I sincerely hope this product succeeds and grows into all the capabilities that the pebble watches offered.
You might be interested in the Pinetime. I "downgraded" from a much more expensive smartwatch, the Pinetime just does everything I need, it's cheap and light. I put it on in the morning and take it off before bed. I have a metal mesh strap, that makes it a lot more comfortable imho.
Hope in the future we get more sensors on it, and a mini-led bar on the side to light up the display! But anyway these can easily be addressed by modifications you can do yourself cause it is well documented! Love products like these ^^ Very cool watch.
Forget the strap, it has great potential for around the house IOT projects. I have a Lilygo watch that failed as an IOT terminal because of poor battery life, this display should solve this. ESP32/Arduino, almost no limitations.
This is really neat, and if you find any other cool stuff that can be done with this watch, it'd be great to see it! I'm a bit spoiled by my Garmin Instinct, as far as features go, but it would be cool to have something more modular and DIY kickin' around.
I like the design and that's it's e-paper and cheap, though I wish it was less bulky. A regular smartwatch is not for me. Already have enough high tech in my smartphone which I am carrying everywhere, and I need to charge that on a daily basis. Also, I don't know why but I prefer to wear on my wrist a simple two-color screen with only necessary data/notification. I am currently wearing a cheap casio that will go on its battery for like 2 or 3 years, plus I like the simple design and little info it provides. But I can definitely live with once a week charging.
I too am not a fan of watches and have not warn one for decades. I would however buy a pocket smart watch if it was well designed. But that would be a very niche market and not one that I would expect to be ventured into. Thanks for this though. Looking forward to more hands on details.
@d0nj03 update: mine gave out and Fossil discountined the line. Fossil kept nerfing the watch. I had multiple watch faces and could even use phone pictures as a watch face.
I'm happy you drew some attention to this project, because it's a cool piece of hardware and I was really interested in it, but the scene for it seemed pretty dead. Maybe I'll finally get one.
0:30 ETA mentions that he is not big on smartwatches, then we all look at his wrist and see string tied to it. I suppose that is a analog version of the Apple Watch Reminders app 😅😂
Very cool. I may try to get one. I love my fossil hybrid with e ink display. But something more tinkerable would be fun. I do get a couple weeks battery life on mine though
I understand you doing paid promotions but the absence of any information about the functionality (or lack of) is a little misleading. Can you write code to run on this watch? Yes. Can it function as a smart watch beyond getting weather info or perhaps some stocks and share data over WiFi when you’re at home? No. Most users on the discord server are just creating watch faces for it.
Thanks for the info. Would you know any watch like this display WITHOUT any wireless features? My work prohibits any capabilities of bluetooth, wifi, wireless.
Surprised that the batt life is 7 days and not 7 weeks or something, given how it uses eink display. Would be interesting to find out the max batt life one can squeeze from it with everything off except a timer to refresh the screen once a min or when a button is pressed.
This is really cool. I've been in the market for a new watch and never considered a eink display. I don't enjoy charging every day, and with eink, I can't imagine how long this will last.
I will say, if you want something more traditional, the Amazfit watches are pretty great. My Amazfit GTS4 (with the smaller battery than the GTR4) lasts 4-5 days on battery. That's *with* all the battery-intensive features turned on, such as workout detection, 30-minute GPS-based workouts every day, blood oxygen and stress meters, etc. Worth a look!
@@dylan_00 cool, I check that out! I used to have a Samsung gear fit2 and it lasted about a week on 1 charge and I got spoiled. I now have an apple watch that I have to charge daily, but a watch that lasts longer than 2 days is def worth a look. Thank you!
@@thesuperzfamilyvlog6607 if you are using iOS, The Apple watch is still going to be your absolute best bet. I just switched over to GrapheneOS from my iPhone and will say I really do miss the Apple Watch :(
@@dylan_00 oh, I switched back to Android, OnePlus 10pro. I've hated the 2 years I had to be on apple, but the apple watch is the best part and what I miss most.
I want a smartwatch with e-ink display. I am currently rocking the first gen amazfit bip cause i love the always on display that doesn't eat any battery. But they have since stopped using the transreflective display in the newer models. Those beautiful OLED smartwatches sure look gorgeous but damn having to charge a watch everyday is a bummer. a week is the most i'll go with a smartwatch that is always on.
I really hope that we eventually get to the point with e-ink tech that 30-60hz displays are available and inexpensive. I dream of a portable game system capable of playing original gameboy games or arcade games with a battery that lasts for several days.
60hz e-ink displays probably won't have batteries that last for several days in use. The advantage of e-ink is that it only takes energy when it's changing the screen, and 60hz kills that advantage.
There is memory LCDs which combine the refresh rates of normal LCDs, with the always-on feature of e-ink which allows it to be very power efficient when it's not updating the screen. But that wouldn't help for when you're actively using it.
Basically a programmable watch, awesome. Tinkering with Arduino software. A pitty it has no specific sensors people like to have like a Dosimeter for Radioactive Radiation buildup every day. I still am searching for a watch that has that, they do exist but they are spartan and old. This would be a superb toolset to make that happen.
instead of E ink they should look at mip displays IMO. Casio has started using it on some of their shock watches and its fantastic. I own a couple of them in my solar watch collection.
Garmin is the master at it. I own an Fenix 6 Saffire which is a true smart watch. With Wifi, HR Tracking and connectivity active 24/7, i get 21 days because of that MIP display it uses. I also NEVER use the backlight because of the displays reflective properties. It also has all the smart watch things including maps and applets.
Great video. I'm like you in the sense of not really in need of a smart watch. However I really like this one. I'm curious if it offers water resistances for sweat.
I've been looking for a simple watch with a nice e-ink display and step counter for a while now and this looks good except it seems very 'thick' and chunky on the wrist.
Test it outside vs a regular lcd watch . When I have a regular lcd watch laying outside the watch will black out until cool almost like those mood 70s ring which has the same material almost. Unless you think it's dangerous.
I wonder if you can make it display for certain network display data for a special NAS or a server in the home or workplace via a MQTT broker. Look out home assistant here I come I love how the battery is easily replaceable.
Wow I'm early. I'm really in the market for a smart watch. This looks like it might fill the void left by pebble years ago. I miss my pebble so much
You could tr the bangle js 2
I miss mine too, I ended up buying an Amazfit Bip. Transreflective and all. My Bip S lasts a month on a charge
I looked into this but it really isn’t worthwhile. It can’t really connect to your phone over Bluetooth to get notifications so it isn’t even a smart watch.
Use a pebble with gadgetbridge
@@benreed4957 Old Pebble watches are breaking down and parts are difficult to find. Also people think they’re still valuable for some reason even though the company has been gone for several years. Compared to the new stuff it’s not worth it. Believe me I wish I had a new Pebble on my wrist right now.
I was a massive Pebble fan. The UI was fantastic. It really broke my heart when they went under. I still haven't emotionally recovered.
Go to therapy bro...😅
I had a preorder in for the Pebble 2 when they collapsed. My first Pebble Time bit the dust after 5 years. I have a Pebble Time Steel that's going strong two years in but it's really hard to keep it running these days (hard to find the apks, Android and phone app updates break watch apps, etc.). While I don't want to give up Pebble, I know the day will come and I'm always on the lookout for something that has the same functionality without being locked into proprietary ecosystem. (I loved that people could make watch apps and watch faces without any gatekeeping!) NavMe, skunk, and OW Camera are just some of the brilliant apps I love!
Basically, me too.
I still miss my pebble but for the last 2 years or so i have been tolerating my amazfit bip. the only good thing about it is the 30-40 day battery life and that it works well enough with gadgetbridge.. (my 2 primary requiremtns...) now that it's battery is dying out, i am really hoping for a pebble replacement. any suggestions welcome.
@@saidinesh5 I'm right there with you. It sucks that they stopped making them, too. It wasn't a perfect replacement, but it was as close to the pebble as I have found.
You could write the code for the UI and base it on Pebble
For any potential buyers: This is not a conventional smartwatch and currently most definitely not a Pebble replacement. I've had two for more than a year, and they've been collecting dust ever since I got them. There's no phone app and no phone connectivity to show you incoming messages and calls. It's currently only a stand-alone device that connects to a local wifi.
There's potential in the hardware. It's just that I haven't seen much progress, if any, over the course of me owning these for more than a year. I'm not complaining, I'm just putting it out there for other potential buyers. So beware!
Well as it is open-source, you can theoretically write your own app for connecting it to the phone and add related functionality to the firmware.
*Theoretically*. I understand that not much people even can do that but it can be some interesting device if you know how to modify it.
what would you consider the best pebble replacement as of 2023. i have a fitbit versa2 and while it does ok, the lifespan is still limited.
Every pebble owner flocking to see if this is the replacement for their buggy mess of a watch.
As someone who still lives by the pebble dream to this day, this is pretty disappointing. My Pebble Time Steel used to go 2 weeks no problem but now only lasts about 5 days so my days with this watch is numbered
It's a DIY hacking project, not really a "product", I think you're thinking about it in the wrong way.
Glad to see something like this. I had the Pebble since the Kickstarter and was heartbroken after Fitbit bought and shuttered them. I'm hoping this one has the 2 best features of the Pebble: Always on and month-long battery.
I agree. Those are the features that other major smart watch makers don't even attempt to come close to.
i'm so glad esp32 is getting more and more traction. i've built a dozen home automation projects with these boards.
I love the idea, not a fan of the chonky look. I'm really hoping we can get something more like a smooth, continuous bracelet/band display someday.
It's pretty bulky but the beauty of it not coming assembled is that it's easier to make it more suitable for you. For ex. I would replace the belt with with a textile that's elastic and breathable, maybe make it slide on or use velcro to secure it, also have the battery on the other side. just some ideas
like the Sony FES Watch U ?
That is just because of the needlessly primitive strap attachment though. Find or make a case with a normal spring pin watch strap attachment design and it'd be far more slick.
I feel like this would be fun to put into a little desktop case to set on your desk.
Flexible accumulator designed with band function would allow that, but that's not coming any time soon to DIY electronics
I literally got one of these last week because of all their beepberry hype, nice one ETA! Initial impressions are pretty good: the Discord is surprisingly active, has lots of helpful advice. That and their documentation have made it pretty easy to jump in.
This brings me back to when I had my pebble 2, such a great simplistic yet functional platform!
This combined with the light phone 2 would be the perfect combination when you wanna have a weekend and be unplugged from the internet
the light phone 2 is garbage.....299 us and it doesnt even do anything.......ok i get the whole no social media thing but it still needs to do some stuff like email or a control my music or at least look up the weather or browse the web so i can find out local info .........the light phone 2 should be selling for 50 us and not a penny more.
Pretty cool gadget but I don't see much actual use for most people. Especially with no water resistance. But I'd highly recommend the G Shock GBD-200 which has a screen very similar to e ink (they call it memory in pixel - MIP) and no charging required. Just swap in a big button cell every few years and you're good to go. And it has a step tracker and a backlight and timers etc. Plus it's super tough and very comfy when worn loose.
Another Pebble fan here! I still use mine. Such beautiful hardware still.
I actually collected Pebble Time watches after they stopped producing them and had SIX at one point !
Would be great if this was it's spiritual successor.
pinetime
"you must have a lot of time on your hands!"
actually, i still have almost all of my past smartphones even though they've been backed up and wiped.
I miss my Pebble... :-(
@@morganerickson439 If only the hardware was more durable
Are you looking to sell one???
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I would really like to see more how will it looks with the GB case. Also would to see more features for this watch. Really cool concept.
That's fairly cool and for the price I shouldn't complain but it does look a bit too chunky.
The real question is will it run Doom 😂
@@PrasetyoCNG You, and all the rest of us...
Very nice! Shame it doesn't have a USB-C though.
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Miłego dnia
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Reminds me of my first smartwatch, my Pebble. It’sa shame Fit Bit killed the Pebble watch. The price is right at $60.
Pebble's spritual succesor?
Oh wow, this looks really great! Ever since the moment I saw those cheap Chinese smart watches being sold I've been wishing for an e-ink watch with customizable faces. This cranks my idea up to eleven! All that it's missing is a small light to illuminate the screen, like in classic LCD watches.
Still, I'm gonna try this when I can.
Strong Pebble feels from this, got one of those back when they released and the E-Ink is fantastic for a smart watch.
It has taken way too long for the smartwatch market to push back from the blatant downgrade in smart watch hardware that was introduced by Apple and all the other manufacturers who followed suit with OLED screens and interfaces that don't work on your wrist. It's incredible how much better and more thought out the pebble products were. I sincerely hope this product succeeds and grows into all the capabilities that the pebble watches offered.
does it rely on wifi to keep correct time or does it have a built-in realtime clock? what else would it need wifi for?
As someone currently wearing a Pebble Time while I watch this, this is right up my alley
You might be interested in the Pinetime. I "downgraded" from a much more expensive smartwatch, the Pinetime just does everything I need, it's cheap and light. I put it on in the morning and take it off before bed.
I have a metal mesh strap, that makes it a lot more comfortable imho.
Hope in the future we get more sensors on it, and a mini-led bar on the side to light up the display! But anyway these can easily be addressed by modifications you can do yourself cause it is well documented! Love products like these ^^ Very cool watch.
Aww man! This really made me miss my Pebble watch. It was amazing and had so many cute watch faces.
Forget the strap, it has great potential for around the house IOT projects. I have a Lilygo watch that failed as an IOT terminal because of poor battery life, this display should solve this. ESP32/Arduino, almost no limitations.
There are a couple of these things on Aliexpress for under $40. They look cool, but the lack of visibility in the dark is concerning.
This is really neat, and if you find any other cool stuff that can be done with this watch, it'd be great to see it! I'm a bit spoiled by my Garmin Instinct, as far as features go, but it would be cool to have something more modular and DIY kickin' around.
I like the design and that's it's e-paper and cheap, though I wish it was less bulky. A regular smartwatch is not for me. Already have enough high tech in my smartphone which I am carrying everywhere, and I need to charge that on a daily basis. Also, I don't know why but I prefer to wear on my wrist a simple two-color screen with only necessary data/notification. I am currently wearing a cheap casio that will go on its battery for like 2 or 3 years, plus I like the simple design and little info it provides. But I can definitely live with once a week charging.
what a casio should've been
Woah as a former Pebble Round fan (battery failed and I destroyed it while trying to change it) this is something I'm gonna keep an eye on
The "thanks for watch-in" hit me
The Pebble! It lives!
I too am not a fan of watches and have not warn one for decades. I would however buy a pocket smart watch if it was well designed. But that would be a very niche market and not one that I would expect to be ventured into. Thanks for this though. Looking forward to more hands on details.
This is one of the more affordable gadgets you’ve shown off. (I bought one)
I miss the Pebble watch :/
Man, missed opportunity to call this thing Watch_E(ink)
Micro-USB in 2023?! They were so very close to getting my impulse buy.
For those missing the Pebble watch, I have the Fossil Hybrid HR smartwatch. It is a worthy successor to the Pebble. Highly recommended.
Ehh, hybrid aka it's got one fixed "watch face", removing half the reason smartwatches were an attractive idea in the first place.
@d0nj03 update: mine gave out and Fossil discountined the line. Fossil kept nerfing the watch. I had multiple watch faces and could even use phone pictures as a watch face.
Thanks always for uploading
Cool watch.⌚ 😎👍
I'm happy you drew some attention to this project, because it's a cool piece of hardware and I was really interested in it, but the scene for it seemed pretty dead. Maybe I'll finally get one.
Garmin Instinct FTW🎉
Thanks for the video. Just ordered one. Looks like a DIY Pebble.
Cool thanks, long time watcher first time posting
that is very cool. thank you for sharing this product!
I was hoping it would be small. But it's bigger than that boom box!
Wish they add altemeter barometer compass sensor
Cool love it. Plz share more like this.
Thanks for sharing this! I immediately ordered one!
"Thanks for watch-ing". We see what you did there.
0:30 ETA mentions that he is not big on smartwatches, then we all look at his wrist and see string tied to it. I suppose that is a analog version of the Apple Watch Reminders app 😅😂
Great video! God bless you and your family
I'll be honest this is about what I've been looking for in a smart watch
wow and i thought the old LG G-Watch R was "chunky", this beats that hands down.
there are cases slimer cases you can print or buy from their shop that are same size as apple watches
Classic logo 🎉🎉🎉
Very cool. I may try to get one. I love my fossil hybrid with e ink display. But something more tinkerable would be fun. I do get a couple weeks battery life on mine though
I understand you doing paid promotions but the absence of any information about the functionality (or lack of) is a little misleading. Can you write code to run on this watch? Yes. Can it function as a smart watch beyond getting weather info or perhaps some stocks and share data over WiFi when you’re at home? No. Most users on the discord server are just creating watch faces for it.
Classic "techie" youtuber. Focus only on the hardware and ignore any of the real life applications.
Thanks for the info. Would you know any watch like this display WITHOUT any wireless features? My work prohibits any capabilities of bluetooth, wifi, wireless.
As a pebble fan , this is the next closest thing to getting Pebble revived !
You had me at open source
Gives me some Pebble vibes!
I'm looking forward to the 3D printed/custom cases people will be making for these.
Cool, I'm looking for a smartwallclock with e ink display though.
Love the look of this! Sort of reminds me of old virtual pets, kind of makes me wanna see if I can hack something up for it
Viberation or vibration? 😂 Great video tho! Meep up the great content!
Reminds me of my old Pebble, mine finally died a couple years ago.
Just ordered the BeepBerry from these guys.
This is pretty cool! Unfortunately it looks like it's sold out already, I hope it's restocked soon!
Surprised that the batt life is 7 days and not 7 weeks or something, given how it uses eink display. Would be interesting to find out the max batt life one can squeeze from it with everything off except a timer to refresh the screen once a min or when a button is pressed.
I made my own with 1.54 with esp32 too. Updating every minute and it goes 3 weeks
But is it possible to turn this into a virtual pet/tamagotchi watch?
I see EInk i come.
This is really cool. I've been in the market for a new watch and never considered a eink display. I don't enjoy charging every day, and with eink, I can't imagine how long this will last.
I will say, if you want something more traditional, the Amazfit watches are pretty great. My Amazfit GTS4 (with the smaller battery than the GTR4) lasts 4-5 days on battery. That's *with* all the battery-intensive features turned on, such as workout detection, 30-minute GPS-based workouts every day, blood oxygen and stress meters, etc. Worth a look!
@@dylan_00 cool, I check that out! I used to have a Samsung gear fit2 and it lasted about a week on 1 charge and I got spoiled. I now have an apple watch that I have to charge daily, but a watch that lasts longer than 2 days is def worth a look. Thank you!
@@thesuperzfamilyvlog6607 if you are using iOS, The Apple watch is still going to be your absolute best bet. I just switched over to GrapheneOS from my iPhone and will say I really do miss the Apple Watch :(
@@dylan_00 oh, I switched back to Android, OnePlus 10pro. I've hated the 2 years I had to be on apple, but the apple watch is the best part and what I miss most.
Does it have storage? Can you put songs and play it? Use it as an mp3 player?
Neat watch.... but what`s the tiny boom box?
They have a metal version I might get that one
Does it connect to smartphones yet?
@@d0nj03 why you want that??
Hope they release a backlit display
Can it be attached to a bigger screen? Thinking of a smart mirror or desk clock…
I want a smartwatch with e-ink display. I am currently rocking the first gen amazfit bip cause i love the always on display that doesn't eat any battery.
But they have since stopped using the transreflective display in the newer models. Those beautiful OLED smartwatches sure look gorgeous but damn having to charge a watch everyday is a bummer. a week is the most i'll go with a smartwatch that is always on.
I really hope that we eventually get to the point with e-ink tech that 30-60hz displays are available and inexpensive. I dream of a portable game system capable of playing original gameboy games or arcade games with a battery that lasts for several days.
60hz e-ink displays probably won't have batteries that last for several days in use. The advantage of e-ink is that it only takes energy when it's changing the screen, and 60hz kills that advantage.
There is memory LCDs which combine the refresh rates of normal LCDs, with the always-on feature of e-ink which allows it to be very power efficient when it's not updating the screen. But that wouldn't help for when you're actively using it.
Basically a programmable watch, awesome. Tinkering with Arduino software. A pitty it has no specific sensors people like to have like a Dosimeter for Radioactive Radiation buildup every day. I still am searching for a watch that has that, they do exist but they are spartan and old. This would be a superb toolset to make that happen.
instead of E ink they should look at mip displays IMO. Casio has started using it on some of their shock watches and its fantastic. I own a couple of them in my solar watch collection.
Garmin is the master at it. I own an Fenix 6 Saffire which is a true smart watch. With Wifi, HR Tracking and connectivity active 24/7, i get 21 days because of that MIP display it uses. I also NEVER use the backlight because of the displays reflective properties. It also has all the smart watch things including maps and applets.
Great video. I'm like you in the sense of not really in need of a smart watch. However I really like this one. I'm curious if it offers water resistances for sweat.
Are we able to edit the code? Do they give 3d printer design for case?
I've been looking for a simple watch with a nice e-ink display and step counter for a while now and this looks good except it seems very 'thick' and chunky on the wrist.
Test it outside vs a regular lcd watch . When I have a regular lcd watch laying outside the watch will black out until cool almost like those mood 70s ring which has the same material almost. Unless you think it's dangerous.
I also have a watchy, but it does not see a lot of wrist presence after i bought the bangle js 2 open source javascript smartwatch :D
Hello, do you know if it is possible to connect a MAX30102 sensor to the watchy and how to connect it?
The main problem with ESP32 wearables is the awful battery consumption.
If they slim down the design, more peoples might buy this watch.
I'd probably try and build it into a pipboy shell. You may as well for the size. Lol.
so.... can it run doom
Usual vibration - linear haptic drive make this watch better, if they make upgrade kit or new version
my casio data bank tho, back to the future
I wonder if you can make it display for certain network display data for a special NAS or a server in the home or workplace via a MQTT broker. Look out home assistant here I come
I love how the battery is easily replaceable.
I miss pebble so much, best watch I’ve ever had 😭😭😭
Can u suggest smartwatch for ongly google maps usage