flop_leash_973@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoApple says it spent three years trying to bring Apple Watch to Android - 9to5Mac9to5mac.comexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down112
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minus-squareakilou@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up83arrow-down3·2 years agoTotal bullshit Apple says that it determined an Apple Watch with Android support wasn’t doable because of technical limitations. As such, it scrapped the idea. What technical limitations? Smart watches that work with Android exist.
minus-squaredco@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63·2 years agoThe technical limitation of not running iOS I guess.
minus-squaretowerful@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52·2 years ago steps vs stepCount God, this fucking API is untennable. Im out!
minus-squarebloopernova@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 years agoWell, you see, first off you need a microservice to distinguish between those 2 types of step, then you need separate microservices to handle storing those values. Then you need a GraphQL database in a multi zone Kubernetes cluster as a backend… Ugh I feel dirty saying all that.
minus-squareresidentmarchant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-22 years agoThey put their best high school interns on it! What more could they do!?
minus-squarePantherina@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoLike Airdrop (using wifi) could never possibly work like normal Bluetooth sharing (using Bluetooth)
Total bullshit
What technical limitations? Smart watches that work with Android exist.
The technical limitation of not running iOS I guess.
God, this fucking API is untennable. Im out!
Well, you see, first off you need a microservice to distinguish between those 2 types of step, then you need separate microservices to handle storing those values. Then you need a GraphQL database in a multi zone Kubernetes cluster as a backend…
Ugh I feel dirty saying all that.
They put their best high school interns on it! What more could they do!?
Like Airdrop (using wifi) could never possibly work like normal Bluetooth sharing (using Bluetooth)