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[Citizen] Riiiver BZ7014 (JDM) (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by jack_fritz@alien.top to c/watches@style.land

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[–] jack_fritz@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately things are more complicated ....

Although the official Citizen Riiiver website says you can use your watch for many things via the ioT platform (what they called "iiideas"). Click here for their website. When I open the smartphone app on my phone and navigate to "iiidea" -> "Store", it is empty. I am not a programmer and won't be writing any custom apps. Therefore I cannot access the additional features of this watch.

I guess because it is a JDM watch, I cannot find the smartphone app on Google Play (dunno about Apple, Im not iphone user), and I have to google to find and download the APK from other websites (I used APKcombo). Maybe because of this regional block, the iiidea store cannot be accessed.

Do seriously consider this before buying the watch, you may just end up with a BT time sync watch.

[–] jack_fritz@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Citizen CS replied to my email - the watch app is region-specific and does not work outside Japan. Therefore no app is available outside Japan.