I know this isn’t Android per se. But Google has now opened up Pebble OS. And it seems like there will be a pebble revival. I just want a pebble time round 2.
I know this isn’t Android per se. But Google has now opened up Pebble OS. And it seems like there will be a pebble revival. I just want a pebble time round 2.
I’d be down for a smart watch with like a week of battery life, with a backlight on lift, and I guess NFC for paying.
I know I won’t get that combo, but I can dream.
Some garmin models check all of those boxes. And the NFC payment doesn’t require you to gave you phone with you.
"I hear you, and I get what your saying. If I understand you correctly, what you really need is AI in a watch! Dont even need NFC, the AI will do the Payments for you! Its gonna be amazing. And if the AI is good enough, we can just drop the screen entirely!! How cool will that be!! I got our best engineers on it, releasing next quarter, $599. Pro version packs a vape at $799. Single use battery as well, save you needing to charge it!! "
Turned your dream into a nightmare, you’re welcome :)
other than the NFC the PineTime can do this
You won’t get that combo in the west. Xiaomi fitness bands have support for NFC payment in China but not in the western market.
Garmins do.
The Xiaomi bands are 50 bucks. The cheapest Garmin watch on their site that supports pay is 250 bucks.
Garmin Instinct ticks those boxes.
They’re what I switched to when my pebbles died. Backed everything but the Round. The fitness stuff is a bit overkill but can turn it all off. If you have one of the solar Instincts and don’t use GPS you’ll get significantly more than a week battery life.
I think the closest would be the TicWatch, though you’d be using an old Wear OS version and likely never get any updates for it.