• @Gordon I hope you accept this feature request proposal.

    I'm a bit surprised not to find a single mention of the swiss army knife of Android micro app maker tool that is Tasker in these forums! Now that Gordon is going to make a dedicated mobile app for the Bangle.js 2 the ability to easily integrate with Tasker is very real now and with very little effort in the application's tooling! I spoke with João Dias, maintainer of Tasker, and he said this is most of what is needed to be done: "[add the] Tasker plugin capabilities to the app he's already building (check here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48IVJgDtu6Y
    )". If you don't own Tasker for Android you should buy it. Best $4.50 you will ever spend! Apple people, sorry... wrong ecosystem!

    So what's so special about Tasker? Well, think of making your own app (script) to fill in for a missing feature on Android rather than waiting for downloading some untrustworthy app that wants access to your camera and mic. when it clearly shouldn't need that. Also, think about home automation or integration between hardware to software or hardware to hardware through your phone being the middleware. There's a lot of examples online of people doing stuff with Tasker. For those new to it though its best to view some of the more reasonable examples and feature pitches from the maintainer himself to get an idea of what it is and can do.

    Some specific examples of what might be possible with Bangle.js 2's mobile app supporting Tasker:

    1. Button for garage door opener (requires garage door hardware such as a microcontroller and existing home automation controller).
    2. Contact family or friends should your heart rate indicate a problem.
    3. Send you an alert when your watch battery is low and you're near your charger as a courtesy reminder.
    4. Send you a notification when your watch battery is charged fully or at the desired max level, say 80% if you want to extend battery life over the life of the watch.
    5. Swap out data like sounds or graphics based on conditions of the day or weather using Tasker to determine when/what to send from watch to phone or vice versa.
    6. On that same note, display simple graphs like stock market data in near real time.
    7. Rather than one time notification when a text or call comes in from a person of interest go into all-out nag mode and persistently try to get attention to the missed call/text until its at least read or seen.
    8. Use your watch as a controller for your home security PTZ camera.

    I bet if you can think it and its fairly reasonable it can be done with integration with Tasker.

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