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Michael L Hicks

UNA and Pebble represent a new wave of open-source smartwatches, and I'm on board

The UNA Watch held in hand, off, while the person's other hand holds a repair tool being inserted into a watch slot to open it up.

Only a few weeks after preorders opened for the rebooted Pebble Core watches, Scottish indie brand UNA kickstarted "the world's first" repairable & upgradable GPS sports watch: the UNA Watch. And I'm basking in this sudden new trend of open-source watches as the big-name brands trend toward subscriptions.

The UNA Watch Kickstarter lists out its features: continuous heart rate, blood oxygen, steps, and floors climbed in normal settings, plus fitness features like HR zones, pace, laps, and (after launch) downloadable GPX routes. It has dual-frequency GPS and 10-day battery life.

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