I’m a privacy focused individual, I run GrapheneOS on my phone & self-host as much of my tech stacks to avoid sharing info with. I’m looking for recommendations of smartwatches that align with the ideals of this community. What watch do you use? What do you recommend?
I’m using a Pinetime
It’s not the best smartwatch, but for the price it’s awesome. Fully open source and open hardware, it does what it has to do and does not shares a single thing with some shitty 3rd party It connects with gadgetbridge
How useful is the heart rate tracker on the PineTime? I’ve seen comments saying it hurts the battery life and isn’t accurate, but I don’t know if that’s been addressed with more recent updates.
I have PineTime setup with the heart rate tracker and always-on screen, the battery lasts all day if I charge it every night. In the latest update you can set the heart rate tracker to only poll every 1/5/10/30min if you’re concerned about the power. The always-on screen uses much more power than the heart rate tracker.