Hope this review of BlueWatcher is objective! Written from the heart... Let's begin... and SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH!
Casio, known for its extensive collection of watches including electronic components, decided in 2012 to introduce Bluetooth Low Energy technology in some of its G-Shock watch models. It was not only a proof of concept, the variety of Casio Bluetooth models was growing over the years. Now you can buy the following Casio models with Bluetooth technology: Casio G-Shock GB-5600, Casio G-Shock GB-6900, Casio SPORTS STB-1000, Casio G-Shock GBA-400. The GBA-400 is the latest model of the G-Shock Bluetooth family and promises to have on your wrist a remote control for your music player.
A watch with Bluetooth technology is nothing if you don't have the associated mobile application that performs communications and implement all that functionality that makes our watch a real smartwatch. Therefore, Casio accompanies its Bluetooth watches with its official application called G-Shock+ ( Available for iOS and Android) . In recent years, Casio offered very limited functionality for notifications and phone control. Have been multiple the alavanzas Casio received but has also received many criticisms of reduced functionality offered in its G-Shock+ application. Users are requesting that Casio explodes the true potential Casio watches to become a real smartwatch.
Given this expectation of users to include functionality in G-Shock+ app that seemed mandatory, appeared the Android application called BlueWatcher. Detailed information about the application: http://www.bluewatcher.es
BlueWatcher is the unofficial app and the alternative to control Casio watches with Bluetooth technology. BlueWatcher stems from the concern of how a tough watch, with approximate battery life of two years , world leader in design ... was not able to exploit the true potential as a "smart watch" . Casio remains halfway so BlueWatcher intended to help us go the whole way.
To summarize, What does Official Casio G-Shock+ application do?
Receive notifications of an incoming call.
Receive notifications of our mails entering data connection IMAP / POP and your username and password.
Receive notification with the message "TWITTER" or "FACEBOOK" when we receive notification of these two applications. We will also have to enter username and password in the application.
Receive notification when we have a new Calendar event on our phone.
Control the music player of your phone from our watch.
Find your phone by pressing a button on our clock (if it is connected ) .
Adjust all configurable parameters of our clock from the phone (alarms, alerts , world time ... )
We have to announce bad news as the latest model GBA-400 completely ELIMINATES all notification features. The only remaining features are configuring our watch settings and controlling the phone music player.
The list of functionality that G-Shock+ offers is wide but for those looking to have TOTAL control of your phone on your wrist, is clearly insufficient.
Here is a list of typical questions and answers an advanced user could have looking for a perfect smart watch. Those are the answers using G-Shock+ application:
- Can I connect my Casio watch to any phone model? NO! Casio only supports Samsung S3 , S4 and Note3 models.
- Can I receive notifications in my Casio G-Shock GBA-400 model? NO! Casio removed all notification functions.
- Am I notified when I receive a message from my favorite messaging application: Whatsapp , Line, Viber ? NO!
- Am I notified when I receive an event from my favorite game? NO!
- Can I see the sender of my Facebook notifications? NO, just prints out "FACEBOOK"
- Can I see my phone battery level in my watch screen? NO
- What is the maximum number of actions that I can setup on my phone using my watch buttons? Many actions as buttons have your watch but only for music control.
- Can I use the STB-1000 on my Android phone? NO
As mentioned above, BlueWatcher is the alternative to the official Casio G-Shock+ app but should be taken as the app that fills the holes left by Casio. One of the most important aspects for the BlueWatcher's development team was to provide an application with the minimum functionality to convert these watches in "smart watches" . That's why BlueWatcher includes functionality that already includes the official G-Shock+ app but including all that functionality not offered by Casio. Let's look over the most important aspects of BlueWatcher.
The first most discussed aspect on the Casio G-Shock+ application is the set of supported phones. Casio only supports Samsung S3, S4 and Note 3. BlueWatcher announces that includes no restriction to download and test the application. You can verify that BlueWatcher works with other different models phone models like Sony, HTC, etc. But BlueWatcher assumes that it can't solve the problem totally as they accept there are some phone models that do not run neither. Currently BlueWatcher announces that you can have problems with Android Lollipop (known problem in Android 5.0 with Bluetooth Low Energy devices) or users with Samsung Galaxy Note 4/Sony Xperia Z1 among other models.
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Connectivity, this is one of the most traumatic points for BlueWatcher. By extending the range of supported phones, the connection process can become tedious due to the instability of the Casio Bluetooth modules. That's why BlueWatcher announced that users can freely buy and test the application and if that does not work, apply for refund of money if they can not get connected.
Another aspect that we can find too in the official application is the ability to notify a new incoming call in the watch screen showing the contact name.
Without doubt, BlueWatcher tries to overcome the biggest problem with Casio G-Shock+ app: The ability to be notified about all the events that occur in our phone. In BlueWatcher, for example, we can set up an advanced algorithm to notify us when we have a new message from the WhatsApp messaging application. We can receive all messages, receive messages every certain period of time or receive new messages only when we have read the above message for a specific contact.
But BlueWatcher is more than Whatsapp notifications! It provides the option to receive notifications from any application that is installed in your phone. It is as simple as adding a "Custom Notifications" app from all the applications we have installed, select those we want to be notified, personalize the message we receive and mission accomplished. From that moment we can receive notifications from our favorite applications. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Candy Crash Saga... there are no limits to what we receive on our watch.
The owners of a GBA-400 watch are in luck because, as mentioned, Casio decided to completely eliminate any notifications for this model. BlueWatcher includes support for full notifications in the GBA-400 model. The pity is that Casio also removed the vibrator from the watch so for now you can view the contents of the notification.
As the official application, another service that also was considered essential is "phone finder service". BlueWatcher includes this service that once connected the phone to the watch, we can use our watch to make our phone sound. And we will have already found it!
At this point, it is time to see which is the second important feature that differentiates BlueWatcher from G-Shock+: Multiple phone control modes. As we have seen, the official G-Shock+ application supports control the music volume, pause, play and skip tracks. BlueWatcher tries to go much further including a larger set of possible commands to be executed each time the button on our watch is pressed. Currently, the interaction between watch and phone is higher and we can find commands such as displaying the phone battery level in our watch, deleting GBA-400 screen text when we have already read all notifications and controlling the music player. BlueWatcher has in its roadmap include control of the camera from the watch as well as a wide range of functions.
Since the number of commands that can be executed with each of the watch's buttons grows, it is imperative to configure which command will execute each one. BlueWatcher goes further again and allows you to configure multiple phone control modes. This allows you to map multiple configurations for each watch button allowing you to switch between modes from the watch itself. To better understand this operation, consider the following example we tested in a Casio G-Shock GB-X6900B model (with three configurable buttons):
MODE 1: Music
Button A: Toggle play/pause music
Button B: Next song
Button C: Next phone control mode
MODE 2: Volume
Button A: Raise music volume
Button B: Lower music volume
Button C: Next phone control mode
MODE 2: Other
Button A: Show phone battery level as a notification
Button B: Next phone control mode
From a watch with three functional buttons we configured five effective commands. When BlueWatcher include more new commands, the ability of configuring multiple control modes will make more sense.
We would not want to ignore that BlueWatcher , as the official G-Shock+ application, is able to synchronize the watch date/time on each connection. In this way, we will always have synchronized our watch and phone.
But there is one funcion we miss in BlueWatcher, it does not include the ability to configure all functions of the watch from your phone. So to set alarms, alert configuration, control time aligned , etc we have to connect G-Shock+ app or configure it from the watch itself using complex configuration modes offered by the watch.
Before closing, we emphasize the technical support of BlueWatcher since in all cases we have contacted them we have received a reply in less than 24h. They promise to refund you the money in case you can not connect the watch to your phone. Good to know we are not alone when using BlueWatcher for the first time!
In short, this is the application that will allow many users decide to buy a Casio watch with Bluetooth technology because using BlueWatcher they will own a really smart watch reaching a wider ecosystem of users than the ecosystem proposed by Casio and its official G-Shock+ application.
Here we have a summary of the advantages and disadvantages:
Pros
Compatible with a wide range of phone models
Notifications for ALL applications you have installed
Notifications for Casio G-Shock GBA-400 are enabled
Android Support for Casio STB-1000
Advanced commands to control your phone like sending your phone's battery to your wrist
Multiple phone control modes to extend control functions
Excellent customer support. Response within 24 hours with money-back option if inoperative.
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Cons
Difficult pairing process between watch and phone
There are still some phone models that are incompatible. Android 5.0 problems with Bluetooth Low Energy
Simple graphical interface
The ability to configure the watch settings is completely lost
OFFICIAL BLUEWATCHER WEB: http://www.bluewatcher.es
OFFICIAL BLUEWATCHER APP: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bluewatcher
OFFICIAL G-Shock+ APP: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.casio.gshockplus
Spanish review
You can find the review in Spanish here:
http://zonacasio.blogspot.com.es/2015/02/review-de-bluewatcher-la-aplicacion.html
Does it still work with mi-a1
I have downloaded the app and paired with my Gba-400 GMix watch. The app shows Connected but the watch shows Connecting and Bluetooth of the watch turns off after sometimes.
I think the watch doesn't really get connected to my device Mi A1.
Any tips? Thank you.
PREET SHETYE said:
I have downloaded the app and paired with my Gba-400 GMix watch. The app shows Connected but the watch shows Connecting and Bluetooth of the watch turns off after sometimes.
I think the watch doesn't really get connected to my device Mi A1.
Any tips? Thank you.
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Clears the pairing of the clock, then opens Bluewatcher. And then turn on the Bluetooth on the clock.
I also have a new GBA-400.
If you want we can share information via email. Greetings friend. [email protected]
Hi everyone! I've seen that this app is no longer mantained.. Do you know of another app which serves the same ends?
A sort of fork of BlueWatcher or another app written anew?
Ps. Are you having problems using it with latest android revision?
Cheers and thanks a lot:laugh:
Yes! Another app like bluewatcher? Thanks
[email protected]
Hi, I'm interested to. Thanks in advance
Looks like some action in 2019...
hello. can someone pass me the latest version of bluewatcher? The ones I get through pure apk and others, every day it tells me that I have to buy it and it does not appear on googleplay. Thank you
Likn'_ùs said:
Hi everyone! I've seen that this app is no longer mantained.. Do you know of another app which serves the same ends?
A sort of fork of BlueWatcher or another app written anew?
Ps. Are you having problems using it with latest android revision?
Cheers and thanks a lot:laugh:
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hello, there is an application called gadgetbridge that supports some versions of gshock. is this https://gadgetbridge.org/
unfortunately gadgetbridge doesn't support my casio gb6900A.
Have you been able to find another app similar to bluewatcher?
Cheers
pokol said:
Hi, I'm interested to. Thanks in advance
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hello, there is an application called gadgetbridge that supports some versions of gshock. is this https://gadgetbridge.org/
unfortunately gadgetbridge doesn't support my casio gb6900A.
Nino_Gshock said:
hello, there is an application called gadgetbridge that supports some versions of gshock. is this https://gadgetbridge.org/
unfortunately gadgetbridge doesn't support my casio gb6900A.
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Thanks I found this app and it's fine
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Introducing microsoft windows phone 8 new features (listed by SPIDER7 :fingers-crossed
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1- Internet explorer 10
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A number of highlighted features included in Internet Explorer 10 for Windows Phone:
Hardware-Accelerated Graphics. Uses your phone’s built-in GPU to improve performance when rendering HTML5-based animation or video in the browser.
Faster JavaScript Engine. When rendering webpages based on JavaScript, Internet Explorer in Windows Phone 8 is up to seven times faster than the version in Windows Phone 7.5.
Improved Support for HTML5 and W3C Web Standards. Including CSS3, SVG, DOM, XHTML, and ECMAScript. Support for HTML5 is double what it was in Windows Phone 7.5, including new support for HTML5 touch events.
A Clean UI Design. Enables you to experience the beauty of the Web instead of the browser frame.
Protected Mode. Helps improve security by constraining the browser session to a low-rights security sandbox.
Tab Isolation. Runs each browser tab in a separate process so that one poorly-designed website won’t crash the entire browser or affect other tabs.
2- Live wallpapers
3- NFC sharing between Windows Phone 8 and Android
4- Xbox music
Xbox Music has been designed to work across multiple devices and allow for a more seamless music playing experience. You’ll be able to buy music from the phone using the store and later either stream or download that purchase to another device like your Surface tablet or Windows 8 laptop.
Windows Phone 8 will allow you to see download or stream previous purchase from your ‘cloud collection’
5- Data Sense
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Nokia Counters - similar functionality to Data Sense for all windows phone devices
6- One note mobile
you can now dictate a note and have it automatically transcribed into OneNote. Using voice to text technology you can save yourself some typing and let Windows Phone 8 do the work for you. Using this function is similar to how speech to text works in Windows Phone 7, hold down the start button to enable speech and say “Note” and commence dictating your notes. The feature will even work while the screen is locked if you wish it to, saving you having to unlock the phone.
8- New Accents
9- Rooms
These are the features available to the group you create in this application:
Room Chat Unlike with group texting, every Room member in a Room Chat session sees each other’s messages and replies, making it easy to keep everyone in-the-loop—and only Room members can see those messages. And with the new Location Sharing feature you can just as easily let everyone else in a Room know exactly where they are.
Shared Calendar Every Room has a shared calendar, which all Room members can view and update. If anyone adds an event or makes a change, it is automatically synced to all other Room members’ phones.
Shared Photo Album Rooms also provide a shared photo and video album—just share a photo or video with a Room and it’ll be visible to all Room members.
Shared Notes Rooms also make it easy to share OneNote notes, which are automatically synced across all Room members’ phones.
10- Wallet
One of the new features with Windows Phone 8 is the Wallet app. Microsoft has added a digital wallet that you can use to keep your debit, credit, loyalty and membership card information handy on your Windows Phone.
11- The Kid's Corner
Kid's Corner will introduce new ways for parents to allow their children to access content on their Windows Phone without the concern of accidental misuse. But it's not only limited to children, should you wish to lend your device to friends or the loved one for a minute or so, and wish to keep private areas of the device secure, Kid's Corner can be provided with peace of mind.
++I'll waiting for more
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so according to #8 there still now way of set your own color? wtf?
eortizr said:
so according to #8 there still now way of set your own color? wtf?
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Maybe that settings is in another place because they confirmed the custom Accent colors !
Some of these features are already available in WP7.5
One note, data counters (for nokia only), Xbox muxic is the same as zune, and a few more will come in 7.8 lol.
Not really a big loss as it seems, for old windows phone users.
two new features:
1. Allow multiple mobile no.
2. Enable any languages.
see attched snapshot from MS Community forum. I do not have WP8, can anyone confirm?
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12-New features for Skype
First, and maybe the most important improvement, is that Skype can keep you signed-in and reachable even when you've closed out the Skype app. Skype stays asleep in the background until an incoming call or message is received. Not only can you receive calls just like you would through your wireless carrier but staying dormant, you save battery life.
The new Skype app also automatically adds your Skype contacts to your People Hub. This will allow you to start a Skype conversation directly from a person's contact card.
Other improvements include Live Tile support to show unread message counts and/or a text preview of the most recent message and Skype notifications for your Lock Screen.
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update
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13-multiple select
-we can see the “select multiple” option in the gallery; which is a huge relief for many who have faced the horror of wanting to delete more than one picture (God forbid).
14-In App purchase
-support for NFC, contactless payments, deals, loyalty cards and the likes
++This feature is just for wp8
15-Group Tile will be a live tile ( like the people tile )
Another little tweak to the Windows Phone 8 People Hub has been noticed. Besides the Recent Contacts now being a vertical pivot, another pivot has been added for groups specifically, showing a similar animation to the start screen People tile.
The discovery shows there is likely many more small changes in Windows Phone 8, which, despite the emulator leak, we will likely only really discover once we hold a real device in our hands.
16- 4 Hot in one
16.1-You will be able to Search from the lock screen
16.2-Download Maps for offline use
16.3-Basic Photo Editing tools like crop, rotate, fix, aspect ratio, etc will be included in the OS
16.4-Voicemail, Email, Text or IM, Email Notification Support
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++more coming soon
"wow"...
HTC_FUZE said:
two new features:
1. Allow multiple mobile no.
2. Enable any languages.
see attched snapshot from MS Community forum. I do not have WP8, can anyone confirm?
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You think they lie to us Because one of wpcentral friends confirmed that
This is small, but something Ive been missing ALOT: you can paste to dialer. At least here in Finland so often phone numbers from explorer dont appear as clickable links.
Loco5150 said:
This is small, but something Ive been missing ALOT: you can paste to dialer. At least here in Finland so often phone numbers from explorer dont appear as clickable links.
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Yes in WP8 you can paste in dialer.
http://wmpoweruser.com/windows-phone-8-will-finally-let-you-paste-phone-numbers-into-the-dialler/
For WP 7.5 you can download my easy dial app :fingers-crossed:
monotheist said:
Yes in WP8 you can paste in dialer.
http://wmpoweruser.com/windows-phone-8-will-finally-let-you-paste-phone-numbers-into-the-dialler/
For WP 7.5 you can download my easy dial app :fingers-crossed:
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thank you ! :good:
By the way your app is great
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17-paste in dialer
Microsoft did not allow one to paste phone numbers into the dialler. This has been such a problem that there has even been apps developed to allow one to copy a phone number from a web page or IM for example and paste it into an app, which would then dial the number.
Like with so many things, Microsoft finally fixed the issue in Windows Phone 8
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You think they lie to us Because one of wpcentral friends confirmed that
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Ok, thanks. However, I think the multiple mobile no. is still limited to 2? From the hotmail, now I see Mobile 2 becomes available, but still you cannot customize it, e.g. change "Mobile" to Mobile-Personal, change "Mobile 2" to "Mobile-Company" etc. or add more than 2 no.
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For WP 7.5 you can download my easy dial app :fingers-crossed:
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yes easy dial and few others are great apps for WP7. Only problem for me on all of these is the fact that the tile of the app cannot show missed calls. This of course its due to limitation of WP7, not because people dont want to include this function to their apps. The way the home screen and notifications is build in WP7 would mean basically having 2 tiles for dialing and ehh, its too much. Smart dial is something I thought was very strange that it wasnt present in WP7, but I have got used to dialing from people hub.
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thank you ! :good:
By the way your app is great
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Thanks.
Some of the features you missed
1) Now you can take screen shots with the phone, this was demoed long back in the first look of Windows Phone
2) Custom lens, you can have apps that create Custom Lens for the Phone for taking pictures
3) Downloadable Maps for offline Maps support.
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someone please wake me up !!! wow!! wow! and wow!!!
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18-Dual Core Chipsets
Microsoft plans to have the latest and greatest hardware on their new phones, and that includes dual-cores and more (read, multi-cores).
19- 3 Screen Resolutions
WP8 will no longer be restricted to the lowly 800×480 (by today’s standards). Coming forth are 2 new resolutions, HD (1280×720) as well as WXGA (1280×728). The second resolution spec is particularly interesting. WXGA keeps direct aspect ratio compatibility with WP7′s WVGA screen resolution.
20-Micro SD Card support
Not having Micro SD slots was a bummer with Windows Phone 7 as that pretty much limited offline storage capacity. Most phones were stuck with 8 GB of storage (less than 6 GB useful most of the times). For an office guy, it might be enough. But start to take pictures and carry them around, store music and apps and you would soon be running into tight spots. We are glad MS addressed this petty problem with WP7 and is introducing the feature (finally) with WP8.
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21-Unleashed Gaming
22-More Countries, More Languages
In their continued expansion, Microsoft highlights the number of different countries and languages in which their apps will be available.
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Any improvement of the calendar tile?
Thanks for this thread and info!
Is there any improvement of the calendar tile. In particular, more than 1 appointment showing on the start screen tile (Such a big tile of nothingness in WP7). I'd like to see 3 or 4 appointments. Ideally the ability to control how many and from what calendar, all day or not. At present one has to achieve this via third party apps.
Hi Everyone
I would like to hear what smartwatch Mode do you think is the best : Stand Alone or Phone Companion and answer some questions:
1.Standalone Mode what will be in this mode the most important and what you will use the most?
2.Phone Companion Mode : What you will use the most in this mode and what you will want to have ?
3.Phone Companion Mode : When you will receive a phone call do you think you will like to answer from your smartphone or your smartwatch ?
4.What Mode you will think use the most ?
5.Someone that use yet a smartwatch how is your experience what is not practical, what did you not like?
Specify the model and if its was a Standalone or a Phone Companion.
Thanks
Best Regards
Damien Douk
A.I Watch Creator
www.aiwatchtech.com
Hi Damien, you probably know my reply already since we discussed it off-line
For me Companion mode is the most important. I would like to receive notifications of who is calling (so I can keep my phone on mute most and out of sight), notifications of txt message and being able to view it on the smartwatch (typically an easy implementation since its a short plain unformatted text), notification of calendar events so I don't miss a meeting or an upcoming appointment, and email notifications with a preview of the message.
In my personal opinion, answering call from a phone is optional but not necessary. Phone call is a private thing. I just would like to see who is calling and then make a decision if I want to dismiss the call (maybe with a simple rejection button or an option to send a few pre-defined txt messages like "i'm busy" or "will call you back soon"). If I need to pick up the call, I can always get my phone out of the pocket or pick up the call on bluetooth headset. With text message and calendar events, as I mentioned above, it is nice to preview on the screen of the smartwatch where I think 1.54"+ display is big enough to preview simple short text. With emails, it would be nice to see who is it from and body of the text. I wouldn't expect replying back from the watch; if its important and needs my immediate attention - I will take out my phone and type away the reply.
Of course, music control (of the songs on the phone and also songs stored on internal to smartwatch microSD card) would be important. Also, getting weather notifications from the phone is a big plus, as well as battery status of your smartphone.
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vectron said:
Hi Damien, you probably know my reply already since we discussed it off-line
For me Companion mode is the most important. I would like to receive notifications of who is calling (so I can keep my phone on mute most and out of sight), notifications of txt message and being able to view it on the smartwatch (typically an easy implementation since its a short plain unformatted text), notification of calendar events so I don't miss a meeting or an upcoming appointment, and email notifications with a preview of the message.
In my personal opinion, answering call from a phone is optional but not necessary. Phone call is a private thing. I just would like to see who is calling and then make a decision if I want to dismiss the call (maybe with a simple rejection button or an option to send a few pre-defined txt messages like "i'm busy" or "will call you back soon"). If I need to pick up the call, I can always get my phone out of the pocket or pick up the call on bluetooth headset. With text message and calendar events, as I mentioned above, it is nice to preview on the screen of the smartwatch where I think 1.54"+ display is big enough to preview simple short text. With emails, it would be nice to see who is it from and body of the text. I wouldn't expect replying back from the watch; if its important and needs my immediate attention - I will take out my phone and type away the reply.
Of course, music control (of the songs on the phone and also songs stored on internal to smartwatch microSD card) would be important. Also, getting weather notifications from the phone is a big plus, as well as battery status of your smartphone.
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Hi vectron
Thanks to taking your time to answer to all my questions, interesting suggestions like to see the battery status of your smartphone on your smartwatch seems to me a great Idea....
Just one question A.I Watch have a music player and you can play music directly from your A.I Watch, so why can be interesting to control your smartphone music from A.I Watch?
Best Regards
Damien Douk
A.I Watch Creator
If you pair up your smartwatch with a phone (wireless through bluetooth), your smartwatch becomes a controller just like any wireless headphone with playback control. That's how it works with a Pebble, Metawatch, and any other basic smartwatch. It becomes very useful when you are streaming music from your phone to external wireless speaker and can control playback right from your smartwatch.
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vectron said:
If you pair up your smartwatch with a phone (wireless through bluetooth), your smartwatch becomes a controller just like any wireless headphone with playback control. That's how it works with a Pebble, Metawatch, and any other basic smartwatch. It becomes very useful when you are streaming music from your phone to external wireless speaker and can control playback right from your smartwatch.
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Hi Vectron
Thanks for your reply
Yes but If I am correct on all those smartwatches that you mention you dont have the possibility to add music directly on the smartwatch and due of that not able to connect them to a Bluetooth speaker directly you always need to past from your smartphone....
You dont think its useless on a stand alone smartwatch ??
Best Regards
dedesuper said:
Hi Vectron
Thanks for your reply
Yes but If I am correct on all those smartwatches that you mention you dont have the possibility to add music directly on the smartwatch and due of that not able to connect them to a Bluetooth speaker directly you always need to past from your smartphone....
You dont think its useless on a stand alone smartwatch ??
Best Regards
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Yes, you are correct. Those other smartwatches don't have internal storage, so it makes sense to use them as wireless controller for audio playback on your smartphone. With AI Watch, TrueSmart and others you have an option of internal storage. As a matter of fact, I often use my TS as mp3-player on a wrist with my wireless headphones paired up directly. So in a way, its redundant to either play music from your watch or use your watch to control your music on the phone, since you can pair up external speaker directly to your watch. I do see your point now.
I believe there is a need for both a Standalone and a Companion. A standalone is great for those of us who have to carry two phones all the time. I know many people at work who have to carry their work phone and a personal phone, and at work the only thing the personal gets used for is checking email and taking calls from the wife. To be able to use the watch for that while still carrying the work phone for use all day would be great. And to be clear, the watch would ONLY be used for the personal as a standalone, and not also a companion for the work phone at the same time.
As a companion, which is how I use my Smartq Zwatch now is fairly useful, but would be infinitely more useful if: 1. Low power Bluetooth internet tethering; and 2. I need the option to let the watch make changes to the phone. I bought this watch so that I could see when I received text and email messages without pulling my phone out of my pocket but now I find that every time I receive a message I have to delete it from my phone AND my watch which actually make MORE steps in the process in stead of making the process easier. If I could have the option to "Delete Message From Phone?" Each time I deleted the message on the watch then it would make the process faster.
Just my two cents.
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While running today I had a thought. I use my smartwatch with my Galaxy Note 3. The phone is really big but I love the s pen, the media capabilities, and the battery life. But there are times when I'd rather not carry such a big phone so I keep an old galaxy Nexus lying around. What would be really cool would be to have all the cellular capabilities built into my watch with the ability to bluetooth tether lte data through the watch and into the phone. The the phone mfg's could make sick devices without having to include radios. Instead of having to pay $700 for this phone I could have bought a Note 8 for like $300. I know the watch would be more expensive, but some are already paying $300+ for a watch AND $600 for a phone.
Then when I go running for instance, the watch could connect via bluetooth to my headset and I wouldn't have to carry around my phone at all since this screen does nothing for me while running.
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vectron said:
Hi Damien, you probably know my reply already since we discussed it off-line
For me Companion mode is the most important. I would like to receive notifications of who is calling (so I can keep my phone on mute most and out of sight), notifications of txt message and being able to view it on the smartwatch (typically an easy implementation since its a short plain unformatted text), notification of calendar events so I don't miss a meeting or an upcoming appointment, and email notifications with a preview of the message.
In my personal opinion, answering call from a phone is optional but not necessary. Phone call is a private thing. I just would like to see who is calling and then make a decision if I want to dismiss the call (maybe with a simple rejection button or an option to send a few pre-defined txt messages like "i'm busy" or "will call you back soon"). If I need to pick up the call, I can always get my phone out of the pocket or pick up the call on bluetooth headset. With text message and calendar events, as I mentioned above, it is nice to preview on the screen of the smartwatch where I think 1.54"+ display is big enough to preview simple short text. With emails, it would be nice to see who is it from and body of the text. I wouldn't expect replying back from the watch; if its important and needs my immediate attention - I will take out my phone and type away the reply.
Of course, music control (of the songs on the phone and also songs stored on internal to smartwatch microSD card) would be important. Also, getting weather notifications from the phone is a big plus, as well as battery status of your smartphone.
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So, is there a watch (ZGPAX, SmartQ, HOT) which does all of this today ? I don't see why this would be so hard today. Doesn't Android allow applications to communicate with notification manager. Isn't it just a matter of pushing all your notifications from phone to watch ? This is for messaging and phone calls. For email and other apps, update happens automatically on all devices which shouldnt need anything special to work on a watch
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So, is there a watch (ZGPAX, SmartQ, HOT) which does all of this today ? I don't see why this would be so hard today. Doesn't Android allow applications to communicate with notification manager. Isn't it just a matter of pushing all your notifications from phone to watch ? This is for messaging and phone calls. For email and other apps, update happens automatically on all devices which shouldnt need anything special to work on a watch
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Hi ofsinreno
Thanks for all your suggestions, A.I Watch definitely do that we working on a Phone companion app by Bluetooth, and not Bluetooth tethering to be more battery efficient for both side, for now we succeed to get notifications etc...We still testing everything with different Android versions.
Hi cyrux004
Yes you are right all the smartwatches that you mention have this possibility but for the ZGPAX and SmartQ its by Bluetooth tethering and its not at all battery efficient. for the Hot is not a stand alone smartwatch so only the Phone companion option.
A Bluetooth app of this kind is new for everyone so actually not a lot of developers know how to develop it.
Best Regards
Damien Douk
A.I Watch Creator
I always carry two numbers. My company number rings the most and having that sim in my smart watch instead of having two phones would be easier for me. Options like camera, media, anti theft, sdcard and internal storage are something I need for everyday use. Wifi is a must and if possible since the watch can use simcard I can use gps and edge to connect if no wifi is available. I know for some of this may seem too much but I prefer my smart watch to be a back up for my phone just in case and also have the option of controlling my phone remotely.
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What you need
A Windows Phone with accelerometer and compass (magnetometer). (Gyroscope not required - but makes every movement smoother and more accurate)
App Headtrackr ($2, full featured trial available)
PC
Opensource software opentrack
A pc game that supports FreeTrack/TrackIR or a similar protocol (e.g. Star Citizen, Elite: Dangerous, Euro Truck Simulator 2 and many more)
headband / hair tie / tape or something similar strap your phone to your head / headphones / headset (see pictures at the end for examples)
Video of head tracking with Headtrackr in Star Citizen:
Tutorial/Instructions also available as PDF and Word document here: www.headtrackr.com/instructions
And available in german here: www.headtrackr.de/instructions
First of
Please note, Headtrackr only transmits your movements to your PC. The desktop application opentrack then relays the movements to your game via different protocols (most commonly freetrack). I, the developer of Headtrackr, am not affiliated with the developers of opentrack or freetrack.
If a game does not support head tracking you have to contact the developer of that game and ask them to implement freetrack! I will not be able to do anything.
To test whether the game you would like to use head tracking with works, you can install the free trial version of Headtrackr!
Instructions
Setup
Install Headtrackr
Preconfigured download of opentrack 2.3 rc5: View attachment opentrack_2.3_rc5_d.zip Onedrive mirror: here.
The latest version of opentrack can always be downloaded from the official site here.
Please note: All tested versions will be listed below. It’s not guaranteed newer untested versions work with headtrackr!
Open the Zip file and extract it to a location of your liking. No installation needed.
Configuration
You can download a preconfiguration file here (right click -> save as)
Save it to the “settings” folder in your opentrack install folder and you can skip the opentrack config steps
Start opentrack.exe
Opentrack configuration steps
Select “UDP sender” as Tracker.
Tap on the “…” button on the right to select a port, in this example we’ll be using “4242” (If there are any problems with receiving data, change the port!).
If you have a firewall, you might need to allow this port in your firewall settings.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
On “Protocol” select “freetrack 2.0 Enhanced” for most games. Some games only support other protocols but freetrack is the most common.
On “Filter” select “Accela”. Tap on “…” and set a small value for both “Rotation smoothing” and “Translation smoothing” as seen below. This will filter out any inaccuracies from the sensors on your phone and make everything smoother.
Now on to the “Mapping” settings:
On the tabs “Yaw”, “Pitch” and “Roll” you can select a movement mapping. At the default mapping settings there is a 1:1 mapping, meaning you have to turn your head 180 degrees to move the view in your game 180 degrees. (This of course is not feasible since you can’t see the monitor anymore).
For all three I suggest a setting of 100:180 (see screenshots below)
Now on to settings that depend on how you strap your phone to your head and on the game you want to play
On the “Options” tab of the “Mapping” settings there are the “Output remap” settings.
Set Yaw, Roll and Pitch so, that your character follows your movements. If for example your character looks right, while you look left, you have to check “Invert” on “Yaw”. Same for looking up/down (Pitch) and rolling your head.
(You can also use the small octopus as a test before you start your game. It should move exactly like your in-game character)
Click the “Save” button to save these as your default settings.
Whenever you want to start tracking or testing, click “Start”.
Phone configuration steps
Unfortunately Windows Phone does not allow tracking movement with the display turned off. Because the display is one of the biggest battery drainers I would recommend the following (however, it is not needed for the app to work):
Turn your display brightness to the lowest setting (not needed with OLED displays)
Turn on Quiet mode, battery saver and/or airplane mode. This saves power and also ensures no interruption while playing.
Headtrackr setup
Make sure your phone’s WiFi is on and connected to the same network your PC is connected to.
Start Headtrackr
Tap on “Configuration” and enter your PC’s IP address and the port that was selected in opentrack.
That’s it, now you can test your connection:
Click on start in opentrack and then on “test connection” in Headtrackr. You should see the octopus turning left and right. If not, your connection is not working. Make sure you have entered the correct IP address / Port and both phone and pc are connected to the same network.
Save the configuration by pressing “Confirm”.
That’s it, you are now ready to start.
Tips and Tricks
Use the head shaking feature of Headtrackr to re-center your view in game. Simply shake your head and one second after the audio cue has played your view will take your current orientation as the new center value. In settings you can adjust the sensitivity of the head shake detection.
Known problems with opentrack and games
Tested opentrack versions: opentrack 2.3 rc5 and opentrack 2.3 rc9.
Please note: opentrack 2.3 is still in development and not withour errors.
Known problems with opentrack 2.3 rc5
“Output remap” can map one axis to another. (E.g. you can’t set that pitch means roll and roll means pitch)
Known problems with opentrack 2.3 rc9
On opentrack 2.3 rc9 and higher you have to first click “Start” in opentrack and then on the phone via “START TRACKING”. If you start tracking on your phone first, the re-centering feature of Headtrackr doesn’t work correctly.
Known problems with Star Citizen
At this moment, Star Citizen is still in alpha. Sometimes headtracking does not work. Restarting Star Citizen, opentrack and sometimes your pc can fix that problem. (Tests have shown that Star Citizen works better with opentrack 2.3 rc5 than the current newer versions)
Problem: No Text-To-Speech output in Headtrackr
Speech for your language has to be installed. Go to system settings -> language and make sure of that. If it’s not installed you can do that there.
Examples of how you can easily strap your phone to your head
Why did I develop Headtrackr?
I have always waited for a viable virtual reality headset. With Oculus Rift we might get one in a few months/years. But I just couldn't wait that long. Unfortunately the next best thing (TrackIR) costs way to much for me (180€). (Or rather: I think it costs way to much for the features it delivers)
I already had a Windows Phone and multiple apps released, so I developed Headtrackr as an alternative to TrackIR.
You might ask yourself: Why is Headtrackr so much cheaper than TrackIR? It must be pretty bad.
No, TrackIR is so expensive because you pay for the hardware as well as the software. With your phone you already have all the hardware you need and only need the software!
I personally can't go back to playing games like Star Citizen without head tracking.
If you find any bugs, have any questions or have any suggestions feel free to contact me in the comments, per pm, mail or from inside the app.
Links
Download: http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=11777f9d-9261-42e6-acc3-84e3046703bb
[QRCODE]http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=11777f9d-9261-42e6-acc3-84e3046703bb[/QRCODE]
http://www.headtrackr.com and http://www.headtrackr.de
The developer: www.dehodev.com
hi i am trying to use headtrackr with my phone acting both as an HMD/vr.headset and as an gyroscope data sender for opentrack..
my problem is that i can get headtrack to work in potrait mode but not in landscape with screen facing my face..
would be really awesome if Headtrackr could receive an update to fix this problem it would act not only as a headtracker device for freetrack games bu also for VR games !!
i hope that this can happen some day awesome app btw
greymouser said:
hi i am trying to use headtrackr with my phone acting both as an HMD/vr.headset and as an gyroscope data sender for opentrack..
my problem is that i can get headtrack to work in potrait mode but not in landscape with screen facing my face..
would be really awesome if Headtrackr could receive an update to fix this problem it would act not only as a headtracker device for freetrack games bu also for VR games !!
i hope that this can happen some day awesome app btw
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I noticed this problem a few months ago. I wrote a UWP version of Headtrackr with the goal to fix this problem and make it possible to work with VR games. The current version is still a WP8 app that can't work when it's not in the foreground, so it can't have any other app open (for streaming your pc's video output).
Unfortunately I hit a snag that I was unable to figure out. (Worked on it for 3-4 weeks) The sensor API in Windows 10 has this problem where when your phone is in landscape and you look in certain directions it suddenly changes axises and angles. I was unable to find any documentation on this issue. Why this happens, how this happens or how to compensate for it. It's one of the most frustrating things I have encountered. This problem did not exist in Wp7.5 or Wp8. I was planning on taking another look at it in a few weeks.
I was really confused, because I was reading everywhere on how this api is meant for VR and AR but could'nt find a single example that actually worked correctly without those issues.
i see so facing two problems here,
here is an idea how about adding VNC capability to headtrackr, this way there will be no reason to switch to a streaming app..
i also found this article seemed relevant.. especially the sensorbatching feature and readingtransform-initialize..
WP VR is really a lackluster unfortunately :/
Yeah, I solved the problem with background head tracking with the UWP app. That works by registering the app as an "ExtendedExecution" with LocationTracking as its type which allows the headtracking code to continue running while the streaming app is in foreground. (I also thought about creating a combined Headtracking and Streaming app, but for the time being that would take to long)
The article you linked is unfortunately useless. I read it a few months ago. At first I thought that would be the solution but in reality it doesn't change anything. Since then Microsoft seems to have released some online courses on the subject (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/mt715765.aspx). I'll go through them tomorrow to see how they solved the sensor problem.
Believe me, I would be more than happy to find a solution to this. I have been looking forward to try one of my devices as a VR device for some time.
greymouser said:
i see so facing two problems here,
here is an idea how about adding VNC capability to headtrackr, this way there will be no reason to switch to a streaming app..
i also found this article seemed relevant.. especially the sensorbatching feature and readingtransform-initialize..
WP VR is really a lackluster unfortunately :/
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I've created a stackoverflow post describing the problem with example source code. Hopefully someone can point me to a solution because unfortunately I still couldn't find any solution for this:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions...eird-undocumented-sensor-reading-jump-when-fa
Head tracking eh? Pretty slick! Keep up your progress guys.
A few days ago I purchased my Withings (by Nokia) Steel HR, which is one of these new cool-looking smartwatches, with continuous heart monitor and 25 days battery life.
However, it comes in a quite closed environment (virtually no settings anywhere) and only works with the Withings app, which is quite poorly integrated.
I'm easily thinking of a ton of features to be added directly or indirectly, which brings me to the wish to use it with other apps and to mod its software. (A first thing would be to be able to change the frequency at which heart readings are taken, and to be able to export raw data to my phone which are not available at the moment)
Any aspiring (or experienced) dev out there with this smartwatch?
By the way, mods aside I honestly think that this watch is full of potential and its software will receive many updates in the future, so be sure to check it out if you're looking to buy a smartwatch in the near future (This is not an ad, but it would be great to build up an xda community around this! )
I'm getting this watch as well. Let's hope it will have development potential
Hi,
I have this watch as well. I have been trying to sniff the BLE protocol, to send my hr to apps like Runtastic, without success.
A quick note worth mentioning: this watch shows you three types of notifications (plus alarms): sms, calendar, and phone calls. While you can't "fake" sms and phone calls, you can create as many calendar events as you want.
In other words, do you want to see weather updates on your watch? put together something like a Tasker task or an IFTTT recipe that automatically creates a google calendar event with the information you want displayed as the title, and you're done. Combine it with Tasker to ignore/remove the notification on your smartphone and voila', any-notifications on our withings steel hr
cheers
so i decompiled the original BTNotification app and after a lot of cleaning up and debugging and reverse engineering their systems, i have finally been able to cobble together a functional version of the app.
This is a customized version of the smartwatch companion app for MTK smartwatches with a few improvements !
No spyware !
The original app had a lot of spyware / analytics in it and i did my best to try and remove all of it
(if you notice any please let me know !)
Better notifications !
The icon that comes with notifications now has black background instead of white , gives better look to watches with black UI
more detailed notifications with more actionable information (like message text etc.) and notifications works with more apps !
can use standard notifications by enabling privacy mode, works exactly like the BTNotification app
Can use front camera for your smartwatch remote camera
just dial a call to the number 00*001 from your smartwatch or phone (the call is automatically blocked )
just call it again to switch camera to rear camera again.
Can open any HTML app / link on your smartwatch with the remote camera
just need to dial a call to the number 00*002 from your smartwatch or phone
call 00*003 to stop opening the app and switch to camera again.
[ by default this opens an analog watch, change the link in the app to open something else]
codes supported currently
switch camera = 00*001
open HTML mode = 00*002
camera mode =00*003
find my phone feature
the phone now vibrates and even if silent the phone will ring !
Release Notes
smarty V1.0.apk
changed minimum sdk version to 16 from 20
Smarty v0.1.ds.apk
uses dual signature v1 and v2
try this if getting "app not installed" error
Missing Features
Can't block certain apps from sending notification yet, looking to add this in soon!
test it out and see if you like it !
the app requires permission to notification and accessibility service simply for allowing both types of notifications.
XDA:DevDB Information
smarty, App for all devices (see above for details)
Contributors
mohtaprashantrocks
Version Information
Status: Testing
Created 2018-04-14
Last Updated 2018-04-23
Git hub repo
hey guys, i don't check XDA very often and am completely blown away by the responses on this thread , and although i am no longer in a position to be directly contributing to the project , i have uploaded the source code of the app to this github repo
i know this comes quite late , but i hope this will be of some use to you and anyone who comes across this thread in the future.
github?
I have some problem with installation this apk. In my tablet p3110 with lineageos 13 (6.01) does not want install this. I get finally communicate "app is not installed". On my g900f (lineageos 15.1) I installed this but I have some problem with system assebility, on my fault. Now I can't test this.
irtrin said:
I have some problem with installation this apk. In my tablet p3110 with lineageos 13 (6.01) does not want install this. I get finally communicate "app is not installed". On my g900f (lineageos 15.1) I installed this but I have some problem with system assebility, on my fault. Now I can't test this.
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Could you post the exact error you get on g900f? about the p3110 , it might be an android version related issue will look into it.
kapsubm said:
github?
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the code isn't in the most readable form but i could put it up if there are people willing to contribute :good:
No problem but it is my fault because I install something which break my permission in android settings. When I want to set permission of some application I get error. Coomunicate in Accessibility: "Because an app in obscuring a permission request. Settings can't verify your response". You do not think about it. It is my fault. Maybe, I correct this someday.
irtrin said:
No problem but it is my fault because I install something which break my permission in android settings. When I want to set permission of some application I get error. Coomunicate in Accessibility: "Because an app in obscuring a permission request. Settings can't verify your response". You do not think about it. It is my fault. Maybe, I correct this someday.
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okay, i did however try to lower required android version so it might work on your tablet now, maybe it will. try v0.1.apk
It will be great because I frequently use snapchat on tablet.
Update: Unfortunately, it does not help. I cannot install this apk on tablet.
mohtaprashantrocks said:
so i decompiled the original BTNotification app and after a lot of cleaning up and debugging and reverse engineering their systems, i have finally been able to cobble together a functional version of the app.
This is a customized version of the smartwatch companion app for MTK smartwatches with a few improvements !
No spyware !
The original app had a lot of spyware / analytics in it and i did my best to try and remove all of it
(if you notice any please let me know !)
Better notifications !
more detailed notifications with more actionable information (like message text etc.) and notifications works with more apps !
can use standard notifications by enabling privacy mode, works exactly like the BTNotification app
Can use front camera for your smartwatch remote camera
just dial a call to the number 00*001 from your smartwatch or phone (the call is automatically blocked )
just call it again to switch camera to rear camera again.
Can open any HTML app / link on your smartwatch with the remote camera
just need to dial a call to the number 00*002 from your smartwatch or phone
call 00*003 to stop opening the app and switch to camera again.
[ by default this opens an analog watch, change the link in the app to open something else]
codes supported currently
switch camera = 00*001
open HTML mode = 00*002
camera mode =00*003
find my phone feature
the phone now vibrates and even if silent the phone will ring !
Release Notes
smarty V1.0.apk
changed minimum sdk version to 16 from 20
test it out and see if you like it !
the app requires permission to notification and accessibility service simply for allowing both types of notifications.
XDA:DevDB Information
smarty, App for all devices (see above for details)
Contributors
mohtaprashantrocks
Version Information
Status: Testing
Created 2018-04-14
Last Updated 2018-04-14
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i would love to try this on my phone which is a chinese import thru aliexpress (PPTV KING7) running android 5.01 lollipop but i get an error message at end of install saying app no installed
irtrin said:
It will be great because I frequently use snapchat on tablet.
Update: Unfortunately, it does not help. I cannot install this apk on tablet.
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B1ggles1 said:
i would love to try this on my phone which is a chinese import thru aliexpress (PPTV KING7) running android 5.01 lollipop but i get an error message at end of install saying app no installed
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I've added a new build which should solve the issue on both of your devices. :good:
Try this file : Smarty v0.1.ds.apk
mohtaprashantrocks said:
I've added a new build which should solve the issue on both of your devices. :good:
Try this file : Smarty v0.1.ds.apk
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Where do I find this file please?
You are a big. You are right, this version works on my tabet but option "find watch" doesn't work. Anyway, big thanks.
B1ggles1 said:
Where do I find this file please?
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it is attached in the downloads section of the project
irtrin said:
You are a big. You are right, this version works on my tabet but option "find watch" doesn't work. Anyway, big thanks.
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does the app show that the watch is not connected even if it is? if yes then try this, turn off bluetooth and click "restart service" in smarty app, that should automatically switch bluetooth on and try to connect to the smartwatch through the app.
:good:
Today, I checked this option again and does not works. I restarted application and bluetooth on my twice devices. It does not works. It is not bad for me because I do not use it. I only tested it and reported to you as appreciate your works. For me this is application is brilliant and works in 99%. Notifications works but for me the most imporant thing is that synchronization date and time works on dz09. It is really helpful. Thanks again.
irtrin said:
Today, I checked this option again and does not works. I restarted application and bluetooth on my twice devices. It does not works. It is not bad for me because I do not use it. I only tested it and reported to you as appreciate your works. For me this is application is brilliant and works in 99%. Notifications works but for me the most imporant thing is that synchronization date and time works on dz09. It is really helpful. Thanks again.
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have you tested the front camera mode or html mode?
there could be further development on those and we might get basic apps like Google Maps to display on our smartwatch!
I am glad that the app is helpful for you, but can you check and tell me if the "find watch" feature works in the original BTNotification app, in that app it is called "Looking Watch", because if that doesn't work then your watch doesn't support this feature and we might have to trick it into playing sound.
thanks!
Smarty on dz09 (clone?)
Hello,
the application seems to be great but most of the pages in html mode do not open/appear at all. Is it an issue about memory (clone watch has not enough of it? Can i delete application that does not work anyway, like fb or sleepmonitor?). Sometimes says camera launch failed or just shows a blue square. Some pages would appear but first the 'accept cookies' layer pops up so can't see what's behind. Sometimes the bare/empty background appears (ie flightradar24 a grey background without planes etc.)
Anyway thanks in advance and well done so far, hope to see improvement soon...
Regards, Gyuriatya
Gyuriatya said:
Hello,
the application seems to be great but most of the pages in html mode do not open/appear at all. Is it an issue about memory (clone watch has not enough of it? Can i delete application that does not work anyway, like fb or sleepmonitor?). Sometimes says camera launch failed or just shows a blue square. Some pages would appear but first the 'accept cookies' layer pops up so can't see what's behind. Sometimes the bare/empty background appears (ie flightradar24 a grey background without planes etc.)
Anyway thanks in advance and well done so far, hope to see improvement soon...
Regards, Gyuriatya
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you can get rid of the accept cookies prompt by accepting the cookies on your phone (in the smarty app itself), the web-page is loaded on the phone itself and streamed onto the watch hence there is no memory issue, but also there isn't really a way yet to control the web-page except the settings in the app itself , the biggest issue isn't memory but that the screen size is small to the point that many websites just don't support it well enough.
the feature is mostly intended to be used to develop our own simple web-apps that are designed with the screen-size limitations in mind,
however a few mobile versions of websites may work!
cheers!
Prashant
great app
would it be possible to have the list of applications for which to set up notifications? thank you so much
mohtaprashantrocks said:
so i decompiled the original BTNotification app and after a lot of cleaning up and debugging and reverse engineering their systems, i have finally been able to cobble together a functional version of the app.
This is a customized version of the smartwatch companion app for MTK smartwatches with a few improvements !
No spyware !
The original app had a lot of spyware / analytics in it and i did my best to try and remove all of it
(if you notice any please let me know !)
Better notifications !
The icon that comes with notifications now has black background instead of white , gives better look to watches with black UI
more detailed notifications with more actionable information (like message text etc.) and notifications works with more apps !
can use standard notifications by enabling privacy mode, works exactly like the BTNotification app
Can use front camera for your smartwatch remote camera
just dial a call to the number 00*001 from your smartwatch or phone (the call is automatically blocked )
just call it again to switch camera to rear camera again.
Can open any HTML app / link on your smartwatch with the remote camera
just need to dial a call to the number 00*002 from your smartwatch or phone
call 00*003 to stop opening the app and switch to camera again.
[ by default this opens an analog watch, change the link in the app to open something else]
codes supported currently
switch camera = 00*001
open HTML mode = 00*002
camera mode =00*003
find my phone feature
the phone now vibrates and even if silent the phone will ring !
Release Notes
smarty V1.0.apk
changed minimum sdk version to 16 from 20
Smarty v0.1.ds.apk
uses dual signature v1 and v2
try this if getting "app not installed" error
Missing Features
Can't block certain apps from sending notification yet, looking to add this in soon!
test it out and see if you like it !
the app requires permission to notification and accessibility service simply for allowing both types of notifications.
XDA:DevDB Information
smarty, App for all devices (see above for details)
Contributors
mohtaprashantrocks
Version Information
Status: Testing
Created 2018-04-14
Last Updated 2018-04-23
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Any updates on the all the "popup" full screen spam ads on the home screen of Oreo & Pie installs??? Any updates since your April build??
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ilovebillgates said:
Any updates on the all the "popup" full screen spam ads on the home screen of Oreo & Pie installs??? Any updates since your April build??
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I have put no ads in the app, and in my use of it have not experienced any either, could you check if there is some other application that may be responsible ?
And to the other posters, unfortunately I have not been able to work on the app any more since the last build and so the blocking certain apps feature isn't there yet