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A free and cloudless replacement for your gadget vendors' closed source Android applications.

Gadgetbridge 0.21.3 has been released on F-Droid (0.21.4 is also ready and will appear on F-Droid after the build and indexing process has finished)

One day after we found out that the Amazfit Bip firmware 0.0.9.14 (included in Mifit 3.1.0) had …

Gadgetbridge 0.21.0 (and 0.21.1) have been released a a few days ago. So this blog post is a bit late.

Less then one month after our last version bump, we bumped again since we had the oppurtunity to add TWO new devices though pull request from …

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It has been brought to our attention that several websites provide APKs of Gadgetbridge instead of linking to the official release on F-Droid

This is happening a lot lately thanks to Gadgetbridge being able to flash custom firmwares to …

Gadgetbridge 0.20.0 (and 0.20.1) have been tagged and will be on f-droid soon.

We are very excited about the release, since we now officially support the Amazfit Bip. Except for workout and importing GPS data, nearly all features are already working.

We also like to mention …

This is a post-Mortem of the DMCA takedown notice that hit Gadgetbridge in June 2017, written by two core developers of the project.

First things first: We would like to thank all the people who sent us their support via mail, social networks, chat and other means.

As everyone does …

Today, Github finally reopened our repository including wiki, issues and all other content, since the 14 days waiting period, which started after they published our Counter Notice is over now.

We want to thank all the great people who supported us during the last five weeks!

The issue tracker is …

Just a quick update on our DMCA Case:

In response to the recent DMCA Takedown Notice, we filed a Counter Notice

You may have noticed that our github repository, including the issue tracker and wiki at github is currently not accessible.

This is because the developer of another app filed a DMCA request and github shut down the entire repository.

We're working on a solution, but it is hard to get …

Gadgetbridge is an Open Source Android app for interacting with smart watches, smart wristbands, and other gadgets.

Interacting means

• alerting about notifications by message display/vibration/LEDs for chat messages, mail, calendar events, weather, location, ...)
• handling responses
• tracking fitness data (activity, steps, distance, heart rate, calories, ...)
• tracking and visualizing your …

Gadgetbridge is an Open Source Android app for interacting with smart watches, smart wristbands, and other gadgets.

This post explains why we create this app and why you should consider using it.

Privacy

Gadgetbridge does not upload your personal data anywhere.

Other apps often require you to create an account …