Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The "Standards" Game Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 13:14:57 +0100 Lines: 48 Message-ID: <17m50mx1ik.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <10g7bqf$j278$2@dont-email.me> <10gd4jq$2ptu7$4@dont-email.me> <10gejtd$39ian$2@dont-email.me> <10ghsi9$gnag$1@dont-email.me> <10gn9ok$2gpt1$4@dont-email.me> <51u30mx61t.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net UD5Tk/cMQCaiY8bagELQ6AZm7+naK+tEsznyeV9yGB8lSn6HGW X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:e8vf3/8J2ecTSwHUlwW4xIATkKA= sha256:ClUa+wnjUJr0UQ2O2ATc+f7xB6T3ioCCbFDZmvQ9BQE= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:78225 On 2025-12-03 06:20, rbowman wrote: > On Tue, 2 Dec 2025 21:16:05 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote: > >> On 2025-12-02 20:35, rbowman wrote: >>> On Tue, 2 Dec 2025 13:05:08 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: >>> >>>> I have an Amazfit Bip Pro 3 which has far more functionality than I >>>> need, including GLONASS (ГЛОНАСС, Russian GPS). It beats the snot out >>>> of the watches I've had previously: Garmin, Polar, and FitBit. >>> >>> It was bad timing on my part but I bought a Bip 5 Unity just before the >>> Bip 6 came out. I wasn't that fond of the rectangular shape and moved >>> to an Active 2 round. For $100 I'm happy and I like the Zepp app more >>> than the Fitbit. >>> >>> >> I like that my Charge 6 Fitbit (Google variant) has a very good >> integration with Google things, everything I tried works. Like not >> disturbing me with messages when I am sleeping (DND mode when the phone >> is in DND). > > I'm not sure integration with the Borg is a good thing... I've got the > Active 2 locked down tight. No messages, no making phone calls from it, no > voice to text summaries, and NO DAMN MUSIC. I was walking down a trail and > suddenly heard music. I thought it was the phone and turned it off. Then I > realized it was the watch. Apparently the cuff of my jacket butt dialed > the music option. Now you have to press a button for several seconds to > unlock it. I never loaded music on it and didn't recognize the song so it > must come with a starter set. It was the same with the little voice > telling me I'd walked a mile. I thought it was someone on the trail below > me until I figured out that option and killed it. > > I'm sort of a selective Luddite. > I don't think mine has a speaker :-) I just activate the options I like, disable the others. I can select, one by one, which applications can send notifications to the watch. All those things works as they should. One exception. If I exercise on my elliptical bike, it is unable to count how many rpm I do. It expects to connect by Bluetooth to the bike, which doesn't have any of that. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;