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AsteroidOS 2.0 is here with a massive load of new features and support for many more watches.

Thank you to all contributors who made it possible!

Watch the visual demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6FiQz0yACc

Read the announcement: https://asteroidos.org/news/2-0-release/

Enjoy the wrist-sized Linux ride!

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[–] SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If I'm not mistaken, some of the higher-end models from Polar and (maybe?) Garmin work independently of a smartphone.

[–] 9cpluss@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Yup. I use a Garmin Fenix 6 Pro and I did not connect it to Garmin Connnect (which is basically just a frontend for all the data that i collected on Garmin’s servers).

You don’t get as much history on your watch but it still works perfectly fine. I don’t have notifications on my watch because I don’t want to so can’t attest to that. But otherwise works great.