{"id":1270,"date":"2025-09-24T21:47:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T17:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/you-can-now-upgrade-a-retro-casio-watch-with-bluetooth-step-tracking-and-games\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T21:47:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T17:47:28","slug":"you-can-now-upgrade-a-retro-casio-watch-with-bluetooth-step-tracking-and-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/you-can-now-upgrade-a-retro-casio-watch-with-bluetooth-step-tracking-and-games\/","title":{"rendered":"You can now upgrade a retro Casio watch with Bluetooth, step tracking, and games"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tThe Ollee Watch One makes several Casio digital watches smarter. | Image: Ollee Watch\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n

For the first time since it launched 36 years ago, the iconic Casio F-91W digital watch is getting some smart upgrades \u2014 but not from Casio. The Ollee Watch One<\/a> is a replacement mainboard for the Casio F-91W, A158W<\/a>, and several other watch models that can be installed without the need for a soldering iron or any electronics know-how aside from being able to remove a few screws and clips. It doesn\u2019t upgrade Casio\u2019s timepieces to the point where they\u2019re on-par with the Apple Watch, but it does add Bluetooth and app connectivity so the watch can set the time automatically, track step counts, play games, and be more personalized using an improved color-changing backlight.<\/p>\n

The DIY version of the Ollee Watch one, which requires you to already have one of six different supported Casio watch models (including the F-84W, A159W, A171W, and W-59) is available now for $54.99<\/a>. If you\u2019re not confident in tackling the upgrade yourself, which appears to take around six minutes<\/a>, the company also sells the Casio F-91W-1 and A158W-1 preinstalled with the upgrade for $99.99<\/a>, but it\u2019s currently sold out.<\/p>\n

The upgraded mainboard includes an accelerometer for step counting and\u00a0 an upgraded audio buzzer that will alert you when you\u2019ve reached a goal you set using an accompanying iOS and Android mobile app. The upgrade also adds a temperature sensor, an improved LED backlight that lets you adjust the color or use your watch as a flashlight, world time functionality, and the option to create five timer presets.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s no notifications, and while the Ollie Watch One does include alternate watch faces, it doesn\u2019t upgrade the basic segmented screen that Casio includes. That being said, even with those screen limitations you can play a simplified version of Blackjack<\/em> or a game called Ping<\/em> that has you controlling a paddle to keep a bouncing ball up in the air. Battery life isn\u2019t quite as impressive as the seven years Casio claims for an unmodified F91W-1<\/a>, but thanks to its use of Bluetooth low energy the upgrade kit only reduces battery life to about 10 months on a CR2016 battery.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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