Look, I'm an idiot. I know that, you know that, and the man on the moon knows that. Let's not get into why I'm an idiot; let's just accept that I have my peculiarities and you have yours. My idiocy is a quest to make sure all my portable electronics can recharge using USB-C. Modern smartwatches are tiny and they do a lot. As a consequence, their battery life is generally poor. The industry's…
  • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    43·
    5 days ago

    Pretty wild that the author didn’t set up app notifications. Getting specific notifications from specific people on my wrist is a big part of the reason I use a smartwatch. But to each their own.

    It’d be pretty cool to get a significant use case of my pricey pricey Garmin for ~CAD$40.

    • edent@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      59·
      5 days ago

      I’m the author. I’ve now set up notifications on the advice of just about everyone. It’s pretty cool!

    • DrDystopia@lemy.lolEnglish
      3·
      5 days ago

      What do you mean, specific notifications? Like an allowlist or something? Where, in android, the companion app or GB?

      I’m genuinely confused.

      • edent@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        5·
        4 days ago

        Yeah. GadgetBridge allows me to set up an allow-list / block-list for notifications. So I can get SMS on my wrist but ignore social media pings.

        • DrDystopia@lemy.lolEnglish
          1·
          4 days ago

          Sure, but the allow/block list in GB is for app level notifications, where does “from specific people” (indicating a sender filter) come in?

          • edent@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            2·
            4 days ago

            On Android you can designate certain notifications to be high priority.

            Or, in GB, on the notifications app list you can click the cog next to an app and use those filters. I haven’t played much with it yet though.