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Privacy respecting smart watches for android (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Arxir@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Recently got a Galaxy 4 smart watch gifted, but I am continuously getting barraged with (repeated) permission requests and hit with restrictions on features due to not granting certain permissions.

Is there an alternative that fulfills the following requirements:

respects my privacy by both, not storing my data on their servers and not selling my data, both health and identity data.
works with Android, i.e. Is not restricted in use by using Android as the Galaxy 4 apparently is.

I mainly want to use the watch to track sport sessions, basically just for running.

Are there any tips on how to keep my peace of mind when dealing with smart watches? Things to keep in mind, etc?

Thanks in advance!

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[–] snap@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Can't recommend the Bangle.js enough. Great piece of hardware! Fully usable and customizable software, even if you're not a software dev, as some people on the internet claim you have to be

[–] digger@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Take a look at the models that Gadgetbridge supports. Your data stays on your phone. There are no servers to connect to. You should have roughly the same experience on any Android device.

As for tracking sport sessions, look at what each model offers. I use it to sync my PineTime and Mi Smart Band 7.

I really like using the features that Mi Smart Band 7 has to offer AND knowing my data stays on my phone instead of going to servers in China.

Caveat: Recent Amazfit/Mi devices have needed you to set up the device in their proprietary app first to generate a pairing key.

[–] anon5621@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Well,u can try to use gadgetbridge.Maybe will work but not sure ur model quite new. https://codeberg.org/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge

U can sell it and buy pinetime https://www.pine64.org/pinetime/

Or buying from aliexpress watches like TTGO T-Watch which are based on ESP32 and u can customize and create own programs and like OS for them using Arduino IDE where u will controll all ur code of execution https://alii.pub/6px7zl