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Fossil is quitting smartwatches (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/android@lemdro.id
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Not hybrid watches but Garmin watches have a passive LCD screen that is readable under reflected light and the app is excellent, albeit proprietary.

I have a Fossil hybrid and Garmin Instinct and wear the instinct most of the time. I find the Fossil app too basic and it drains battery. I have heard about an open source app that can sync to them however.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I recently switched to using GadgetBridge with my Fossil Hybrid. It was a little annoying to set up, but it works.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's the one, thanks! I better get to it before Fossil pulls the app. You need to extract a private key from the paired app correct?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Yes, there are a few ways to do it. You need to have logged into the Fossil app with an email/password, it didn't seem to work with "login with Google."

    I used a python script that I ran on my computer that got the private key from the Fossil servers.

    https://gadgetbridge.org/basics/pairing/fossil-server/

    NOTE: You need to add the private key before pairing with GadgetBridge, if you add it after then it won't work.

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