Ask HN: Programmable Watches with WiFi?

7 pointsposted 11 hours ago
by dakiol

Item id: 47105086

3 Comments

lyaocean

9 hours ago

If you want truly standalone + WiFi + custom code, check SQFMI Watchy (ESP32). You can flash your own firmware, call HTTPS endpoints, parse JSON, and render custom UI without a phone in the loop.

Main tradeoff: it’s very DIY (power management, UX polish, tooling). If you want less DIY, Wear OS gives a better SDK, but the platform lock-in is much stronger.

herczegzsolt

8 hours ago

Is this question in any way related to television?

I just had to solve this problem recently. I've settled on Google Pixel Watch 4. There are some rabbit holes to go down though before it works reliably.