It’s been over a decade since we noticed a brand new Pebble smartwatch. Eric Migicovsky, Pebble’s former founder, mentioned Monday Google has launched the supply code of PebbleOS and adjusted its standing from proprietary to open supply, enabling fanatics to construct and develop new Pebble smartwatches.
Migicovsky mentioned he had initiated talks with Google to open-source PebbleOS. Migicovsky confirmed on his weblog that the model will make a comeback with a brand new smartwatch “with the identical specs and options as Pebble, although with some enjoyable new additions as effectively.”
I’m thrilled to share that Google has open-sourced the Pebble smartwatch firmware right now! https://t.co/LGbPZ1K4YM
— Liam McLoughlin (@Hexxeh) January 27, 2025
In response to Migicovsky, a small staff of engineers is engaged on a brand new Pebble smartwatch, though it would go by one other title, as Google nonetheless owns the rights to the title Pebble. The upcoming Pebble smartwatch is anticipated to have the identical specs because the final mannequin, and customers can now join updates by way of repebble.com concerning the smartwatch’s growth.
As of now, there isn’t a precise timeline for the launch or pricing of the upcoming Pebble smartwatch, however it’s anticipated to be less expensive than smartwatches from manufacturers like Apple and Samsung.
Though Pebble stopped promoting smartwatches again in 2016, many customers, together with Migicovsky, nonetheless put on a Pebble smartwatch. “I’ve tried each single sensible watch on the market, however none do it for me. Nobody makes a smartwatch with the core set of options I need,” mentioned Migicovsky.
He was speaking concerning the watches’ e-ink show, prolonged battery life, a easy and exquisite person expertise, buttons, and the power to hack or customise its software program. He additionally mentioned manufacturing a smartwatch like Pebble is far simpler nowadays, due to cheaper, extra succesful, and energy-efficient Bluetooth chips.
Pebble, an adjunct startup that started its journey on Kickstarter, was acquired by Fitbit after which by Google.
