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Fossil is quitting smartwatches::Fossil is going to stop making smartwatches. It was one of the most prolific companies creating Wear OS watches.

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[–] Junkernaught@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (21 children)

Damn. Big fan of their hybrid smart watches (e-ink screen, ~10 day battery and looked like a watch).

Anyone know of any good similar products?

[–] LKC@sh.itjust.works 17 points 9 months ago (7 children)

I don't know of any e-ink displays outside of Fossil but give Garmin a try. I use the Vivoactive 4 and get a week+ of battery.

I went from Pebble > Fossil > Garmin.

[–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Garmin are atrocious compared to hybrid watches or the legendary pebble. Had one for like a week before I sent it back, there was so much wrong with it.

[–] LKC@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

My Hybrid's screen died under 9 months of use. The e-ink screen started to fade. Not sure if it was from sun light or maybe knocked around.

I haven't had the Garmin for as long yet but it's nice enough to use outdoors.

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