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  • k_rol@lemmy.ca
    9·
    23 hours ago

    I’d probably get one if it wasn’t American. Oh well, I don’t really need it.

  • MetalAirship@lemmy.world
    2·
    22 hours ago

    I’m hyped for this, I still use my Pebble Time 2 but it’s getting old and the battery doesn’t last nearly as long as it used to. I’ve tried other smart watches since then but none even compared. Personally I think Pebble has the perfect blend of features to make the perfect smartwatch for what I want to do with it. And the fact that the software is open source is really cool too. I hope the new hardware can still run my old watch faces and apps from before Pebble got shut down

  • podperson@lemm.ee
    2·
    23 hours ago

    Marketing department at Pebble is apparently familiar with social networks cause they seem to really be doing the rounds today (lemmy, hacker news, etc).

    • lka1988@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      23 hours ago

      This isn’t Pebble, Google owns that. This is Eric’s new company, Core Devices, the spiritual successor to Pebble.

      • podperson@lemm.ee
        2·
        22 hours ago

        Ah - you’re right (seems to be “pebble OS” but not Google hardware). It’s still all over my feeds today though.

        • lka1988@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          22 hours ago

          Yeah, Pebble watches have a pretty loyal fanbase (including myself), and the r/pebble subreddit has been active for years despite the fact that they’ve been defunct for almost a decade. Google open-sourced the OS in January, Eric made announcements about creating a new company to make new PebbleOS-based watches, then yesterday his website (link in this post) started a countdown.

          Now here we are.

          I’m going to wait and see how these new watches fare in terms of reliability. I wasn’t a fan of the Pebble 2 and it’s issues, but that’s supposedly been resolved. These new units use essentially the same design, but with better materials and reinforcements.