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
    52·
    11 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
      17·
      11 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
        12·
        11 months ago

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

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

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

      • DuranieEnglish
        5·
        11 months ago

        Yep - Garmin Venu 3 here. I just charged and it’s telling me 15 days of battery, but with my use I’ll probably charge it in 12-13 days.

      • Creat@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        42·
        11 months ago

        Garmin are atrocious compared to hybrid watches or the legendary pebble. Had one for like a week before I sent it back, there was so much wrong with it.

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

          My Hybrid’s screen died under 9 months of use. The e-ink screen started to fade. Not sure if it was from sun light or maybe knocked around.

          I haven’t had the Garmin for as long yet but it’s nice enough to use outdoors.

    • Dremor@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      11 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 😆

      • the_weez@midwest.socialEnglish
        5·
        11 months ago

        I’ll second this, stupid good battery life but a fairly simple watch. Doesn’t do apps but it does health tracking and notifications and it’s pretty good at looking like a watch instead of a toy.

    • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      93·
      11 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.

      • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        11 months ago

        ?

        Is there really any functional difference which backend is providing that virtual card number? I have never seen a terminal anywhere that A) supported contactless in the first place, but B) did not work with the Garmin Pay feature of my Fenix 6. Even out in the sticks. Not-a-one.

        • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          82·
          11 months ago

          The difference is in the bank support. All contactless terminals support all NFC payment providers. But banks don’t. Each bank chooses with which services to integrate, and this part is not standardized so it requires some investment on the bank side.

    • Krzd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

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

    • 9715698@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 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·
      11 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.

    • Dultas@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      11 months ago

      My Coros Pace 2 will go 2+ weeks without a charge if I don’t use it much. Don’t think it’s e-ink and I wouldn’t really call it a smart watch. You can get texts and weather but when it syncs with the phone. It’s more of a fitness watch.