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Anyone got a recommendation for fitness wearables where you can opt out of having to sign up with an account, and can export data out of it in open/standard formats?
https://codeberg.org/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge
FOSS, doesn't have network permissions, can export data or interface with other apps
Anyone got a recommendation for fitness wearables where you can opt out of having to sign up with an account, and can export data out of it in open/standard formats?
Garmin watches work well with the desktop sports tracking program MyTourBook. I've never had to activate a Garmin watch or register it online in order to use it. Not connecting it to Garmin Services and apps may limit access to 3rd party apps, or at least make it harder to load them load though. (I haven't researched side loading since base features are fine for me). MyTourBook supports FIT/GPX/TCX/etc, has maps, cal…
Pretty cool what they did. There doesn't seem to be a mainstream embedded OS that allows dynamically loading binaries, but it would be so nice.
I'm not up to date on embedded programming vernacular, but isn't that just a regular OS with apps? (Apple Watch OS, Android Wear, etc)
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Really? I recently got a forerunner 265 and it definitely didn’t give the impression that was possible. The battery life is also nowhere near the advertised length (13 days). Most disappointing is that their support people say to expect about 60% of that, which is what I’m getting. That said, this will likely be the replacement for my Pebble. Battery life over 6 days, buttons to control music playback, and an English…
Are you doing something special with the watch? I've gotten several weeks out of all my Garmin models except the first one I bought around 2005. Battery life is one of their main selling points and the only reason I have one over a proper smartwatch. Maybe have a second look at optimising the settings for battery life. There are quite a few recommendations on how to do that.
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Your 265 can be mounted as a usb drive, as can pretty any Garmin device for maybe 10+ years.
On a Mac, it requires some utility made for reading Android devices. It doesn't pop up as a drive when plugged in. Can the device receive notifications from my iPhone without an account? That's one of the main reasons I use the device.
I think to get notifications it has to use the app.
Anyone got a recommendation for fitness wearables where you can opt out of having to sign up with an account, and can export data out of it in open/standard formats?
Anyone got a recommendation for fitness wearables where you can opt out of having to sign up with an account, and can export data out of it in open/standard formats?
As discussed in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35671245
How can seemingly talented developers KEEP MAKING THIS MISTAKE? It is like almost every police officer shooting themselves in the foot with their service gun.
I’m very impressed by the level of technical detail in this post. I’m somewhat surprised garmin made their own language for apps but considering the low power processors they target was their any other options?
Anyone got a recommendation for fitness wearables where you can opt out of having to sign up with an account, and can export data out of it in open/standard formats?
Look at the supported wearables for GadgetBridge https://codeberg.org/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge FOSS, doesn't have network permissions, can export data or interface with other apps
I just wish it could export SpO2 values and update the AGPS almanac. Because of this a GPS lock takes very long.