Viable if I don’t mind being locked into an ecosystem, and spending 6-7 times as much for something that is more or less guaranteed to lose software support long before it breaks.
With Garmin watches you can drag and drop files over the USB connection. All of mine have worked fine until the battery life degraded enough to not be useful anymore (5-6 years).
Finding a good pair of wireless headphones to go with the watch is another story unfortunately.
Smartwatch?
Viable if I don’t mind being locked into an ecosystem, and spending 6-7 times as much for something that is more or less guaranteed to lose software support long before it breaks.
With Garmin watches you can drag and drop files over the USB connection. All of mine have worked fine until the battery life degraded enough to not be useful anymore (5-6 years).
Finding a good pair of wireless headphones to go with the watch is another story unfortunately.
Still need the phone with you
Not at all. Most watches support running the music apps directly, downloading to the watch directly and connecting to your phone directly.
Apple Watch, Samsung Galaxy Watch, Pixel Watch, all support these functions.
Not the case for the Garmin watch I have