AsteroidOS 2.0 is here with a massive load of new features and support for many more watches.
Thank you to all contributors who made it possible!
Watch the visual demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6FiQz0yACc
Read the announcement: https://asteroidos.org/news/2-0-release/
Enjoy the wrist-sized Linux ride!
I wish these guys luck.
I like the idea of a smartwatch, but I’m not accepting the Faustian bargain required to wear them. I can see my heart rate as long as Google can see my hearrate? No thanks, pass.
I fully agree with you in wanting to keep your health telemetry private. I too baulked at smart watches for the same reasons. I hate the idea of such info being collected by any company.
I’ve found GadgetBridge paired with a cheap smartwatch to be a good solution for me. It let’s you keep your telemetry local and provides a GUI for the info I want: steps, heart rate, activity, sleep, etc.
It sounds like they have some support for AsteroidOS already too. They also claim “As of the next Gadgetbridge release, it should have full support for AsteroidOS, and feature-parity with AsteroidOSSync.”
Can attest: Gadget Bridge with my PineTime is LEGIT.
Really curious if there’s an upgraded watch experience though. This AsteroidOS sounds pretty neat. I miss those “pebble” watches.
Great news for ya.
Oh that’s so COO-(FLASHBANG LIGHT AND PINGING SOUND) - why’d it have to be a white webpage lmao. X_X A sign I should be sleeping lol.
Seriously this is awesome though, thanks for sharing this! Sounds like it could be a great upgrade from the PineTime some time. That was unexpectedly exciting!
If I’m not mistaken, some of the higher-end models from Polar and (maybe?) Garmin work independently of a smartphone.
Yup. I use a Garmin Fenix 6 Pro and I did not connect it to Garmin Connnect (which is basically just a frontend for all the data that i collected on Garmin’s servers).
You don’t get as much history on your watch but it still works perfectly fine. I don’t have notifications on my watch because I don’t want to so can’t attest to that. But otherwise works great.