Smartwatches & Smartglasses

You can check iFixit's repairability ratings for various smartwatches.

DO NOT BUY Apple Watch. Apple calls it a "non-repairable" product, even though people are clearly able to repair it.

Open Hardware Products

• Pebble is back with 2 models on pre-order!

  • In January 2025, Google open-sourced the original Pebble OS

  • This has been celebrated by the open-source Rebble community

  • Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky has now launched two models with e-paper screen

  • Apple continues to play dirty

  • CNX blog post about these new models

• HealthyPi: open-source smartwatch with health sensors by ProtoCentral from india, successfully crowdfunded and now in pre-order

• Bangle.js

• T1: E-ink watch by Ampere Works, presented at IndiaFOSS 2024

• Watchy: Open-source E-paper watch by SQFMI

• PineTime

If you're up for building one:

• Open-Watch by an Iranian Developer

• Open-SmartWatch