Ryan McNeal over at Android Authority reports about some clever users who put their old analog watches onto the band of a Google Fitbit Air (which has no screen like most other fitness trackers). That’s a nice idea, and although I would love to try this with my Tissot, and give Fitbit a try, I’d only do this in case Google would open their protocols to third party app designers like the nice guys at Gadgetbridge and/or others. I will definitely *not* allow Google to collect my data in their clouds, thank you very much. So no open source, no buy; sorry Google… most Chinese brands, even Huawei, are much better at this – for supported devices see this list. Maybe this trick would also work with an Amazfit Helio Strap, who knows… I like that headline about it over at Tom’s hardware, which reads: “No subscription, no screen, no problem” – just the way I would like it… maybe I should investigate that further?
As always, thanks for reading.