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Any recommendations for a privacy friendly smart watch? (feddit.nl)

submitted 1 year ago by JVT038@feddit.nl to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I currently take my phone with me while running, but it's very annoying to take imo.

Like the title says, is there a privacy friendly smart watch that could track my sport activities?

Bonus if it can also sync the data to my private server / NAS :D

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[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the longest the watch screen will stay on for is 30 minutes without any interaction, which may be too short for long runs or bike rides.

It will move enough that it will not be a problem. While biking, I intentionally turn it to "night mode" (not sure if that's the name) so that it doesn't turn on soon after it has just turned off.

But otherwise I agree.

[–] rhymepurple@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I believe the features you're referring to (Raise Wrist and/or Shake Wake within the Wake Up settings) don't keep the watch screen on. Instead, I think they just trigger the watch screen to turn on and it stays on for however long the Display timeout setting is set to.

The only way I'm aware of to extend the Display timeout is to touch the watch screen while its on, a notification to come through, or certain apps like the stopwatch to be active. I also experienced issues with apps closing due to notifications coming through so relying on an app to keep the screen on may not be reliable.

If the screen turns off (even for a split second to allow one of the Wake Up settings to trigger the display back on), the watch will stop recording the heart rate and take another 5+ seconds to start recording the heart rate again.

The only way to suppress the Wake Up settings is to either manually disable them or turn on the "night mode" you mentioned.

Sorry if I'm wrong in any of this. I'm not certain how it all works. This has just been my experience with it.