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
    241·
    11 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.

          • jkrtn@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            11 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·
              11 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/

        • Tja@programming.devEnglish
          3·
          11 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.

          • 9715698@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            11 months ago

            As someone with a Garmin Instinct Solar, the unlimited battery is really dependent on your habits. You really need to be exposed to the sun for long periods on a daily basis for it to noticeably charge via solar. Still though the idea of a watch that you never need to charge is really neat.

        • MeanEYE@lemmy.worldEnglish
          42·
          11 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.

            • MeanEYE@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              11 months ago

              Hardware is generally great. Software is the sucky part. And I didn’t say device stops working, but Garmin stops providing support for it, as in no software updates or bug fixes. What you buy is what you get. Perhaps first half a year you might get a fix or two if there are serious enough issues. But that’s about it. It might be different since Fenix is their premium line, but with my Forerunner it was as I describe.

          • Harry@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            11 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

    • tehbilly@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      Literally this. Maybe let me see a preview of notifications, but that’s not a make-or-break issue for me.