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.

  • Junkernaught@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    4·
    9 months ago

    Damn. Big fan of their hybrid smart watches (e-ink screen, ~10 day battery and looked like a watch).

    Anyone know of any good similar products?

    • LKC@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      I don’t know of any e-ink displays outside of Fossil but give Garmin a try. I use the Vivoactive 4 and get a week+ of battery.

      I went from Pebble > Fossil > Garmin.

      • SeaJ@lemm.eeEnglish
        0·
        9 months ago

        Watchy which is open source and comes in a build it yourself kit has an e-ink display.

        • LKC@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          0·
          9 months ago

          I came across the project before but they don’t have biometric stats that I was looking for.

    • Krzd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Even more, I get pretty consistently 3 weeks per charge with my fossil hybrid

    • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Garmin is know for excellent battery life. I don’t think they use e-ink though.

      A much bigger drawback (to me at least) they lack Google Pay support and keep pushing Garmin Pay which is not widely supported.

    • 9715698@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Garmin Instinct has a 30d battery. I’ve used one for just over a year and it’s all I need from a connected watch.

    • DrRatso@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Another vote for Garmin instinct (2 solar in my case). Not E-ink but oldschool style black/white LCD. Full charge with nightly pulsox is just above 2 weeks, would be 3 if i turned off nightly pulsox. With solar, if you are active outside and have a sunny climate, you probably do not need to charge basically at all.

      There is also the instinct crossover for the hybrid look. But first series instincts are supposedly hit or miss on the software. And trust me, the whole analogue watch thing is nice for looks, but really you will not look at it if you have a digital clock on the watch face.

    • Dremor@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      9 months ago

      Withings. Small oled display, looks like an analog watch until you use it. Ton of sensors to monitor your health, or none if you don’t want that. And a huge battery. Like huge enough to lose the charger between charges 😆