They recently got whatapp and Google assistant for the non Samsung ones(I'm on a Fossil)

Fitness tracking varies from brand to brand, it'll never cover every feature that you want.

Me? I'm happy to get notifications, messaging and Spotify. Google assistant is fun, but not a deal breaker.

Thanks for this, though it seems no thing's going on there for now.

My commiserations re your TicWatch

I got lucky with my Fossil Gen 6

Ironically I stayed away from bands coz I don't need all the health thingy... Just maybe steps

This. Then mute on the home feed.

From xda, seems is possible

Gonna try this out. Hmm. Seem OK. No floating, no one handed mode, no pinyin input though. Good start.