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When Pebble died, I switched to a Garmin watch. It replicated the features of the Pebble that I held most dear, most importantly, the long battery life and physical buttons.

Sadly, it isn't possible to develop apps for it, though. To this day, there isn't a watch that adequately replaced the full glory that is the Pebble.

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I did the same, and I still miss my pebble, I miss how well it handled my calendar - and agenda. Now after a number of years with my fenix 5, without it really changing, I'm eyeing up an apple watch, to fill that agenda shaped hole on my wrist/

Same. Wish Apple made an AWU that was less focused on rugged sports and more focused on maximizing battery life.

It’s bizarre that xiaomi and amazfit make nice looking watches with 8x as much battery life as an Apple Watch. What is Apple’s problem?

I would have stuck with the amazfit but the physical buttons won’t control music (and I don’t trust their data policy enough to wear a gps-enabled device on my person 24/7).

Garmin has an app store & SDK,its absolutely possible to develop apps for it.

Not for my model. I have an Instinct, which is their cheapest line and doesn't allow app development. Their more expensive offerings do, though, you're right.

I went for the Instinct because I use it heavily when backpacking in the wilderness, and it's the most rugged. Plus, it's inexpensive enough that if I bash it against a rock or something and destroy it, it's not a crisis.

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