I made the switch to Kagi January last year.
I know it’s all just personal experience and everyone can have their own needs, but I was skeptical at first as well.
Almost a year and a half later I’ve got no complaints.
My searches feel like how Google felt years ago: mainly I never think about it. I search, find what I want and I’m off. It just works as I’d expect without the nonsense ads and AI Google has now.
Worth a free trial. See how it works for you.
Having used both, personally I highly preferred the Pebble over the Bangle JS.
Pebble was solid software, good designs and it all just worked simply and did what I needed. I also thought the Pebble Time Round was near perfect in design and execution. I’m not a fan of the geeky look of the normal pebble and bangle watches (or the apple watch look).
The Bangle was fun to dev for, and I love that it exists, but it all felt like a dev project. Not a finished product. Granted it was early on in the project so I’m sure it’s in a better place now.
They both have similar capabilities. I say go with whichever you think is going to fit what you need a smartwatch to do.
This was my exact experience as well.
I’ll keep an eye on it for sure and will most likely try to set it up again in another year or so. But right now, I have no time to fiddle to make things work.
I’m in the same boat. But I’m still using my steam controller right now. Really hope a V2 comes out sometime this year or next 🤞