A “strategic decision” from one of the most prolific smartwatch companies.

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

  • TheWorstMailman@lemm.eeEnglish
    181·
    10 months ago

    I’d love a smartwatch that, along with telling time, is just a screen that shows me my notifications and a button to pause my music.

        • Tja@programming.devEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          Withings, Garmin and Casio have them in very different styles, plus a lot of Chinese ones which names I don’t remember.

          Literally months of battery time, up to unlimited for the solar ones.

        • MeanEYE@lemmy.worldEnglish
          42·
          9 months ago

          Important thing with those is… avoid Garmin at all costs. They are nasty company who will drop support for your device 6 months after purchase forcing you to buy a new device and similar nasty moves.

          • Harry@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            9 months ago

            Can you provide some examples…? I still have an original Vivomove that still functions fine? Not sure what you mean by “dropping” them- you’re implying they stop working when they don’t

          • jkrtn@lemmy.mlEnglish
            0·
            9 months ago

            Is it running a little Linux on there? How easy is it to program for? I want something that taps me every 15 minutes and asks if I’m doing something I want or doomscrolling.

            • hagelslager@feddit.nlEnglish
              2·
              9 months ago

              I bought the “closed” version, since I’m not a programmer myself and rely on community efforts. So unfortunately I can’t provide you with an answer!

              Edit: I don’t think Infinitime is Linux based, but it is open source: https://infinitime.io/