If you’re comfortable with a bit of setup, there are open hardware options on the market. They’re reasonably basic compared to a flagship but phone notifications, some health metrics and telling the time are all quite possible.
Second BangleJS 2. I went from Pebbles to the BangleJS 2 and have been really happy with it. I don’t recall it being difficult to set to; it came ready to go, and synced with GadgetBridge (the Bangle.js fork) right away.
If you’re comfortable with a bit of setup, there are open hardware options on the market. They’re reasonably basic compared to a flagship but phone notifications, some health metrics and telling the time are all quite possible.
PineTime (with Infinitime firmware)
Bangle JS
If you want to basically make it from scratch there’s also the Yatchy
Second BangleJS 2. I went from Pebbles to the BangleJS 2 and have been really happy with it. I don’t recall it being difficult to set to; it came ready to go, and synced with GadgetBridge (the Bangle.js fork) right away.
Is any of them capable of a “smart alarm” aka waking you at the right phase of sleep?
From a quick search, “sleep as android” seems to have support for both, although people have varying success with it
Love my pinetime. cheap tough and does not have bullshit.