For questions about devices that are controlled via a smartphone or tablet. Do not use this tag with or in place of the [smartphones] or [tablet] tags.
Questions tagged [smart-device]
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Wearable sleep aid
I struggle to wake up in the morning (who doesn't?) but I've had some success using sleep tracking apps on my phone that wake you up in the right cycle.
However, I don't like leaving my phone on the bed - I'm paranoid it's going to fall off - plus…
Azor Ahai -him-
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Wearable that will track sleep and heart rate
I'd like to find a wearable that can help track my sleep and heart rate. I'm definitely not interested in device that requires a subscription to use, or to collect/present some or all of my health data to me.
I looked into Withings' devices and they…
Harv
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kids smartwatch buying guidelines
The smartwatch market is absolutely saturated. I have no clue how to tell which products and brands are good or bad.
Presumably many of the brands are using the same underlying hardware and just providing their own branding and software.
Is there a…
Bruce Adams
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waterproof activity watch to wear 24/7 with pedometer, heart rate monitor, auto sync data and with GPS to track running parkour
I've never been interested in activity tracker, but I recently saw a Garmin watch that records your track and heart rate when you run and auto-sync on your computer when you get home and it got me interested. However, there is a lot of choices and…
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Smart Watch - record and playback audio without phone?
I'm looking for a smartwatch, that can record and playback audio, without a phone, as I don't have one.
I'd also prefer that it
have an app store, development kit available, e.g. ios, android wear, or tizen make sense
< $200
vibration…
Brad Parks
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Robot Vacuum for Stairs?
It's not clear whether this is in scope for this site or not, but after a recent back injury, I realized how nice it would be to have a robot that would vacuum my stairs (ideally floors too, but not necessarily). Dyson recently filed a patent for a…
James
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Recommend me a good high end smart band
I am owning i5 plus. I want something more fancy.
I am considering samsung gear and microsoft band.
Microsoft band's battery only last 2 days.
Samsung gear only works at samsung phone. Iphone watch only works at iPhone.
My i5 plus is very great.…
user4951
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