I’m trying to move away from a fitbit, once in a while I forget to charge it and I have to install the app and fork over all of my data to fitbit to set the time.

Anyone have any recommendations, I need something with a decent heart monitor, that’s really the only thing I care about.

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I like my Garmin gps watch, though they have gotten what i would consider too expensive…

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Does the Garmin app require location services to be turned to use like fitbit?

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it uses true gps from my understanding, not cell service triangulation

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Can you adjust the time on it without using an app?

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Location services have to be turned on in Android whenever you’re searching for Bluetooth devices.

This isn’t because they’re necessarily using your location but because scanning Bluetooth/wifi devices could be used to localise you.

As far as I can tell, Garmin does not use location on the phone. Weather updates come through the phone’s internet connection but only work based on the watch location.

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My phone has CalyxOS so I don’t need to

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So, I just checked under the app information in Android. The location permission was turned on. I disabled it, and started the app up and it seems to work fine.

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