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Recommend me a smart watch I can track remotely in Home Assistant (lemmy.nz)
submitted 1 day ago by to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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I'm after a watch that I can put on a kid when they are on their own at a park etc.

What I'd like:

  • It's own data connection so it doesn't need a phone with it
  • Home Assistant support so I can track it remotely via home assistant, automations, etc
  • Some way of calling them when it's time to come home, or them calling us when needed
  • We don't have an iPhone so I think Apple is out since it needs an iPhone for setup
  • No subscriptions outside of the cost of the cellphone plan
  • Preferably doesn't need OEM servers, just connect to Home Assistant
  • Handling knocks and bumps would be a bonus
  • If you can run a non-google OS without tracking etc GrapheneOS style then yay but I don't know if that exists

Any suggestions?

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[–] [S] 2 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Ah so it sounds like I just buy something that has an antenna and work it out from there?

The hardware doesn't look too expensive so I might just buy some and give it a go 🙂. Thanks for all your help!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 hour ago (1 child)

    Cool! Also if it wasn't obvious, anything running meshtastic will be able to talk to anything else running meshtastic. Like you could get a Wio Tracker L1 (for home assistant) and 2 T-Watches, and they'd all be able to send messages to each other. You can also setup a channel, for a group chat sort of thing.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 hour ago

    Sounds good! I'll make an impulse purchase before I talk myself out of it 🙂.

    My actual watch problem can be for after I work out what I can do with these 😆

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