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Kickstarter Project: Bangle.js 2 is a Hackable, Open Source Smartwatch runs on JavaScript with two weeks standby time (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Looking for an open source smartwatch you’re in total control of? If so, check out the Bangle.js 2 which is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter. This hacker-friendly piece of horological hardware is the brainchild of Espruino developer Gordon Williams. Much like Williams’ earlier efforts in this area, the Bangle.js 2 runs on JavaScript.

An open-source online “app store” is also available where you can browse apps created by others, and quickly ‘download’ them to the watch itself wirelessly.

The watch is an off-the-shelf model from China. However, all of the software and firmware that runs on it is open source, having been reverse engineered and retro-fitted to it.

Gordon Williams has run 4 crowdfunding campaigns before and delivered on all of them, which should offer some reassurance should you need it.

See https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/09/bangle-js-2-is-a-hackable-open-source-smartwatch-that-runs-javascript

#technology #opensource #smartwatch #hacking

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago

This is actually pretty neat, my current watch is a Chinese knockoff modded to run Russian CFW, it only lasts about 2 weeks, cost me $70, and it doesn't even have all the features that this one has.