itsjpb that is awesome! Was it easy to set up? I’m a pretty new to all this. Just got my self a system76 with popos, wanting to get a pixel 7 with grapheneos, and now I need a watch for notifications. Wanting to de google “besides sandboxed play services and de-apple haha
I use a Withings Scanwatch. It works very well even without Google Play.
Using an old Galaxy Watch and the Wear app on the Pixel 6a. Full working OK. Suppose any Samsung watch will work since the Wear app is OK.
Samsung Watch 4 is working fine here. It needs the "detect nearby devides" permission at least to pair the watch with the phone, like the Pixel Watch (both are WearOS based).
Holy cow that’s awesome everyone! That makes me feel better
Eirikr70 How does it work with out google play?
Eirikr70 Oh I understand! Thank you
itsjpb did you fix your issue?
Eirikr70 do you manage to have notification and gps working ok? same for media controls? I have a xiaomi watch that wont connect so i give up, not a big deal. But withings scanwatch says 30days battery??? is that right?
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itsjpb Did you have to set certain permissions for gadget bridge?
[deleted] so far i have not succeeded in making it work again, but am talking a bit to the main dev so i feel wlll cared for.
it does require a number of permissions, but none of them are unnecessary, if you will. has to access your notifications/phonecalls/etc to function, nothing superfluous
I use a Garmin watch and it works fine with Garmin Connect without any of the Google components installed.
Albatross what garmin watch do you use?
Albatross that is awesome! Was there a lot of permissions for you to add to make it work?
Albatross do you find that gps watch hinders your privacy at all? Does Garmin collecta lot of data?
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Well, Garmin does get info on where I do activities and my health data. However, Garmin seems to be the most privacy respecting of the health tracker companies, they don't sell your data, their privacy policy is pretty straightforward, and they have a Swiss HQ. I do carefully consider each setting, both Connect App permissions and Garmin account settings, so I don't just give it free reign over everything. However, you have to consider your threat model. For me, I think it's acceptable given where I am.
