PineTime

August 5, 2021•57 words

I've had the PineTime open source smartwatch from Pine64 for 2 days and it is already cooler than the expensive android smartwatch I own.

Connecting via GadgetBridge was super easy, upgrading the firmware took ~15s , and it controls media playback as well...pretty great device for $30.

Maybe I can write something to fire Tasker commands.

👍❤️🫶👏👌🤯🤔😂😍😭😢😡😮

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