AsteroidOS – An open-source operating system for smartwatches

I love how this project matured, I used it last year for my old G Watch and it ran pretty well, definitively worth checking out if you have a compatible smartwatch as it can be booted once leaving WearOS intact. It uses Libhybris to communicate with some Android libraries but the front end is Linux components like Wayland and QT. You can make Apps in QT which is nice. Notifications work with Asteroid app and the OS feels responsive. You cannot reply to notifications yet. I flashed v1.0 to my G Watch permanently since it fills my needs. The choice of watchfaces is neat too.<p>Shame that most Wear OS watches don&#x27;t come with pins for USB access.<p>Unfortunately this does not solve Wear OS watches short battery life.

There is an opensource OS for Pebble as well! <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;ginge&#x2F;FreeRTOS-Pebble" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;ginge&#x2F;FreeRTOS-Pebble</a>

&quot;Hack your wrist&quot; may not be the best slogan..

It appears to not support always on display and according to the issues in github it is a complex problem that won&#x27;t be solved soon.<p>This is a killer feature, I&#x27;m not giving up having the time visible on my poled watch at all time even if android wear sucks.

I’ve been interested in watch OSystems for some time. Would LOVE to collaborate with someone who wants to work on a sideproject. I run a UI&#x2F;UX firm and want to contribute with design. Feel free to reach out if interested. Details in my profile.

FYI website doesn&#x27;t scroll correctly on safari mobile. Scroll indicator stays stuck to the top of the screen. Navigating to other pages like &quot;installation&quot; leads to a blank page. &quot;Request desktop site&quot; does not work either.

Are there stats on Android Wear watches sold vs currently activated&#x2F;in-use?<p>I&#x27;ve found them to be such poor experiences and falling so far short of expectations&#x2F;hopes&#x2F;marketing that I went back to using G-Shock. I would be surprised to learn people find their smart watches useful and are still actively using them for anything more than just telling the time (for which they are a chore to constantly charge).

Do Android Wear watches have the same &quot;bootloader isn&#x27;t unlocked&quot; that Android phones do, or are they generally open by default?

Interesting, I think the presentation is superb and the overlying purpose is great, but I really would&#x27;ve used Lua for this.

I&#x27;m very interested in all hackable watch format platforms, I&#x27;ve been fiddling with sport specific ideas but can&#x27;t seem to find a good open platform for this purpose.

Nice project, is this project in anyway related to the IOS Platform ?

Anyone know if they are planning to add support for LG Sport?

There is a typo in the title you might want to fix it from asteriod to asteroid, which I assume is the correct name given the domain.