It says they’re able to extend the battery life from 7 days to a month due to how efficient the new Bluetooth chips are.
You must have skimmed pretty fast.
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bassomitron@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Does this interface with your phone at all? Tried skimming thru their website but the fact it doesn’t list Bluetooth in the specs leaves me confused why you’d spend this much money on a quasi-smartwatch that doesn’t have that capability.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
bassomitron@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I did indeed skim pretty fast, but it doesn’t say that, it just says from 7 days to 30:
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Battery life: I’m really excited that battery life will be increased from 7 days to 1 month! This is due to massive improvements in Bluetooth chip power efficiency over the last 10 years.
It’s further down the page.
bassomitron@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s damn near the very bottom lol, so I forgive myself for missing that. When I skim something for a product, I’m looking at the tech specs/BLUF message, not digging thru the entire page of text. Anyway, glad it’s all sorted out.
undone@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
[…] Battery life: I’m really excited that battery life will be increased from 7 days to 1 month! This is due to massive improvements in Bluetooth chip power efficiency over the last 10 years. […]
scrion@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It absolutely does, on Android at least. On iOS, given Apple’s restrictions, the whole situation is a bit more complicated:
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Follow-up question - is this the watch I’ve been looking for that doesn’t spy on me and require a cl of us account to use?
vodka@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Yes, this combined with gadgetbridge.
A pinetime is also a good alternative. (also with gadgetbridge)
n2burns@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Yes! The best thing about Pebbles (IMHO) is how they handle notifications. In the specs, they list Nordic nRF52840 BLE chip (BLE stands for Bluetooth Low Energy)
bassomitron@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Thanks for the info! Was actually thinking my current watch’s battery was beginning to hold a charge less and less lately, so definitely keeping these in mind.