Smart watches

Theawfulone

Do smart watches even work with grapheneOS? And if so, what's recommended for the best privacy?
All I really want to do is see notifications on my wrist so if I'm involved in something, I don't need to stop and pull my phone out every time. I don't even care about health tracking.

Eirikr70

Theawfulone My Withings Scanwatch works fine with GrapheneOS. But it is dreadful from a privacy viewpoint.

Oggyo

Theawfulone
I successfully added my older Mi Band 4, Galaxy Buds2, and Banlge.js 2 to GOS using the Gadjetbridge app (https://gadgetbridge.org). Maybe it's a good idea to navigate to the project site and check the supported hardware.
Good luck.

flambulant

Theawfulone
I also installed my smartwatch just for notifications.
To improve provacy, I do not grant any permissions to Google (installation required) and no network permissions to wearos. On setup, I did not connect the watch to the Playstore. Additionally, I deactivated all progs on the smartphone I don't need (such as Playstore, the manufacturer's apps, Fit, Wellness, Google Pay and so on, saving significantly battery power.) Also, in wear os on the phone stopped cloud services.

flambulant

Also, unticked WLAN connection on the watch

lcalamar

not sure I'd consider my Garmin Venu a 'smartwatch'... but it connects to my P6P on GOS with no issues. I use it for notifications as I can leave my phone 'elsewhere'... and on silent - and use my watch for notifications.

grapheneman

anyone use Huawei Watch with it? Huawei health app is banned from Play Store but apk can be installed, however i dont know if this way works with Graphene OS as i did not have the chance to test it

Doorway0927

Hi, it works! But i have install it on my work Profil and i doesn't check if the Watch receiving Messages! Maybe not, but i don't want to install Huawai Health on my owner Profile, maybe i could install it on my owner profile trough shelter!?

Shigeri

You could potentially also consider using a pebble watch. At least that's what I'll be using in the future. There is no company behind it anymore, so that should definitely make it pretty good regarding privacy. I just order two second-hand watches from ebay myself. I can give you an update once they arrive.

SarcasticSim

Shigeri Any updates on how this went?

ifman13

Amazfit GTS 2e and Zepp E round works perfect with Gadgetbridge, Its a great software

missing-root

WearOS watches probably work with all the Google Play stuff enabled. But you will probably not want that. Agree, check Gadgetbridge support.