From xda, seems is possible

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.

This. Then mute on the home feed.

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

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

Yep. Find any instance/server you can join. Then search for communities to subscribe to, from any other instances.

I’m all of 2 days old!