1. Once you’ve settled on your preferred watch band, remove the clip and glue the watch body to the band. It may be necessary to cut into the rubber and expose metal to get the glue to bind well. This makes for a much sleeker device. See photo below. Without the phone’s clip, you’ll need … Continue reading »
Tutorial for Tasker and Pebble Using Augmented SmartWatch Pro
Here is what some are doing with Tasker and Augmented SmartWatch Pro Assumptions No knowledge of Tasker! Only that you have downloaded Tasker and Augmented SmartWatch Pro Note please install Augmented AFTER you install Tasker or reinstall the Augmented app after installing Tasker Info why @ http://tasker.dinglisch.net/invoketasks.html Predefined Tasks Tasks and Profiles are provided – all … Continue reading »
Pebble Re-connect and Disconnect – Enhanced features of Augmented SmartWatch Pro 4.2
The Pebble watch sometimes gets into a state where it does not show notifications. There are two symptoms (and perhaps at least two root causes): Symptom 1 – It appears to be “re-connecting” within the Pebble app but it never does recconnect until the Bluetooth feature on the Android is toggled (disabled then enabled). This … Continue reading »
My first 12 hours with the Pebble
Context – I have used the Sony, Metwatch, MotoACTV daily for the past 1.5 years and sometimes two (or more) watches at a time. At a glance and hands-free notification is the most important use case for a smart watch for me. Pebble Pros: looks very nice – sleeker in person Vibration is strong Screen … Continue reading »
Why Notifications in Augmented SmartWatch Pro are Different (Sony/Pebble/MetaWatch/MotoACTV)
Augmented SmartWatch Pro has been optimized over the past 8 months for notifications. Other apps will simply relay the information it receives via accessibility from applications. While this is fine for some apps, I have found that many key apps have some specific behaviour that make this a non-optimal user experience. Hence the following optimizations … Continue reading »
Progress of Augmented SmartWatch Pro and the Pebble
Version 3.8 is the first step in optimizing for the Pebble Google Now on the Pebble Location based weather on the Pebble: GMail – Sender, Subject and Body (Rooted Phone) Phone Battery Status on the Pebble User Reviews for Augmented SmartWatch Pro on the Pebble: “Instant value on the Pebble Instantly adds more value to … Continue reading »
Why Augmented SmartWatch Pro for the MetaWatch?
Augmented SmartWatch Pro runs on top of the MetaWatch Community Edition software and provides the following additional features: Unique widgets for Fitbit, Withings and Klout With Root support, can get every chat message in WhatsApp, Sender Subject and Preview of GMail and Exchange emails More information for your notifications (than is provided with Community Edition): … Continue reading »
Support for Fitbit in Augmented SmartWatch Pro – for the Pebble and Sony and Metawatch
Updated for Pebble – see Fitbit stairs and calories at bottom of notification: The newest Fitbbit (the Flex) was just announced for CES and it only has a LED display (5 indicators). Moreover it syncs directly with specific Androids (Galaxy III and Note 2). It doesn’t have a display to let you know the actual … Continue reading »
Augmented SmartWatch Pro (3.1) and MetaWatch Strata Progress
This is a general update for MetaWatch users as it appears that the latest MetaWatch Firmware does not work well with 3rd party apps (like Augmented SmartWatch Pro). I have not changed the code for Metawatch in quite some time and the APIs have not changed. I believe the issues are in the MetaWatch firmware … Continue reading »
Upcoming in Augmented SmartWatch Pro
Next Version: 4.9.8 Target Release Date: TBD Current Release: Version 4.9.7 Market Link Free Trial Version of 4.9.5: Link Pebble Users: Please set Augmented to the Preferred Music App in the Pebble App for extended features (Music control, SMS and Incoming responses, Tasker Task initiation) New in Version 4.9.7 Added optimized support for Touchdown emails (enabled by … Continue reading »
