Dev uses Codex to hack a cheap smartwatch: reverse-engineer Bluetooth, flash custom firmware, wire iOS notifications
OpenAIDevs · x · 2026-11-09
A developer had Codex do a full hardware hack on a cheap giveaway smartwatch: analyzing Bluetooth protocols, reverse-engineering firmware/SDK, adjusting the display driver, flashing custom firmware, and hooking into iOS notifications with animated characters powered by Grok Bot, Muse, and dots. The watch was bricked at first, then revived entirely by the coding agent — 'apparently there's nothing it can't do.'
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