Cheap Chinese Amazfit Neo. Basically a fitness tracker with a Casio-like look.

The one advice is, use gadgetbridge (https://gadgetbridge.org/). Replaces the shitty bloated spyware vendor app with something that does not sell your sleep pattern to the highest bidder. Downside, of course, is that you lose features and not every watch is compatible (or in different states of compatibility)

Galaxy Watch 5

Daily.

I use the timer, alarm, weather, hiking (fitness), and…

One more thing… what is it(snaps fingers in thought)?.. OH! Tell time.

I have a Garmin Vivoactive 6, and I use it for the following:

• sleep quality tracking. It judges me in the morning.
• steps and calories burned so that I can justify eating or drinking something shitty.
• whether or not to pull out my phone and respond to a text message
• how far from the green I am

That’s… about it. Would love other ideas.

Pebble Time 2.

Mostly sleep and step counting. Media controls on occasion. Just got it so not had a chance to customize it much yet.

Coming from, in order: Garmin Vivoactive 5, 4, 3, 2, Pebble Time, Pebble OG.

Preferred the healthstats on the Garmin out of the box. Great indicator if I’m getting sick based on its measurements or if I’m not being as active as I should be.

Samsung watch 6.

Got it to monitor my heart which does not work on me for medical reasons though. It’s one of the cheapest but is still full featured (imo) but only with Samsung mobiles.

Really nice for managing notifications and using for media controls. A little fitness tracking.

Home assistant usage was great like until a year ago and now it simply doesn’t really work anymore.

I’ve had a few. I mostly use it to tell time, overview the weather and get notified about calls. I have a toddler that sleeps with me. I am also on-call for work half the time, so if I get called in the middle of the night it wakes me up so that I can sneak off to work a bit without waking the kid.

My pebble time had a great Google maps app for navigating. It was great. Nothing screams tourist like walking around with your phone to navigate.

I still have my Instinct 1. I’m terrible for accidentally destroying watches by mistake in my daily life, so much so that I had given up on watches all together for many years.

I’ve had this thing for like 5 years now and other than replacing the strap every now and then, it’s pretty much been bulletproof.

Edit: terrible for, not terrible at. I am an expert at destroying them.

I dont know if a MiBand9 really count as a smartwatch but i use it to trigger home assistant events either manually or automatically

On my old MiBand5 I could have an automatic alarm after falling asleep during the day, so I wouldn’t have too long naps, I miss this feature

I also use it to get the current time.

I have a Garmin Fenix 5 Plus. I track my activities whether it’s a long walk, a hike, or paddle. It helps when hiking because if I get a bit lost, I can look at the map to see the trails I’ve walked, or how fast I’ve paddled/hiked/etc. It also has an emergency function so if my heart rate suddenly spikes or if I quickly drop in height (like a cliff, though it has been triggered once when I climbed down a water fall), it’ll send an emergency message to my emergency contacts with coordinates.

I have it set to remind me to move every hour if I haven’t moved from my desk. This in addition to step counts.

Sleep tracking, though Garmin is/was notorious for poor sleep tracking, so I don’t really count on it too much.

Date and time. I also have a little clock on the bottom to tell me what time it is back home so I know when to not call.

I like seeing my fitness go up on the dial. Not so much the other way around.

I also use it for my morning wake up alarm. It vibrates on my wrist instead of an audible alarm to wake up the +1. He doesn’t have a smart watch, so I wake up every morning at stupid o’clock.

Badges. I love collecting the badges.