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Leaving the Apple Ecosystem – Pebble Smartwatch

https://medi-nerd.com/2026/01/06/leaving-the-apple-ecosystem-pebble-smartwatch/

Pebble Round 2 wraca z zaświatów. 14 dni na baterii i ekran, który w końcu ma sens

Legendy podobno nie umierają, one tylko czekają na odpowiedni moment na restart. Eric Migicovsky, twórca kultowego Pebble, dotrzymał słowa.

Po tym, jak Google uwolniło kod źródłowy systemu, marka wraca do gry z modelem Pebble Round 2. To sentymentalna podróż do czasów, gdy smartwatche nie wymagały codziennego ładowania, ale tym razem w formie pozbawionej największej wady pierwowzoru.

Koniec z „oponami” wokół ekranu

Pamiętacie oryginalnego Pebble Time Round? Był uroczy i smukły, ale jego gigantyczne ramki wokół wyświetlacza stały się obiektem żartów. Nowość eliminuje ten kompromis. Debiutujący model wyposażono w bezramkowy, kolorowy ekran e-papierowy o przekątnej 1,3 cala. Zegarek zachował swoją charakterystyczną smukłość i trafi do sprzedaży w trzech eleganckich wykończeniach: matowej czerni, szczotkowanym srebrze oraz różowym złocie. To sprzęt dla tych, którzy chcą zegarka wyglądającego jak… zegarek, a nie jak miniaturowy smartfon przyklejony do nadgarstka.

Pebble Time Round

Dwa tygodnie wolności, ale bez sportowych ambicji

Największym atutem powracającej legendy jest czas pracy. Dzięki postępom w technologii Bluetooth, Pebble Round 2 wytrzymuje do dwóch tygodni na jednym ładowaniu. Całość działa pod kontrolą otwartoźródłowego PebbleOS i współpracuje zarówno z Androidem, jak i iOS. Migicovsky nie ukrywa jednak, że „ogrodzony ogród” Apple nadal stanowi problem – integracja z iPhone’em będzie ograniczona przez politykę giganta z Cupertino, który utrudnia życie niezależnym twórcom wearables.

Warto też wiedzieć, czego ten zegarek nie potrafi. To nie jest kombajn dla triathlonistów. Owszem, zmierzy kroki i sen, ale na pokładzie zabrakło pulsometru. To świadomy wybór – Pebble Round 2 ma być genialnym powiadamiaczem, a nie trenerem personalnym. Za tę podróż do przeszłości (z nowoczesnymi ulepszeniami) przyjdzie nam zapłacić 199 dolarów. Pre-ordery na stronie rePebble już ruszyły, a pierwsze egzemplarze trafią do klientów w maju.

Pomóż nam rozwijać iMagazine – ruszyło badanie czytelnictwa 2026

Pebble Round 2 smartwatch ships in May, available for pre-order now for $199

Last year Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky announced that he was bringing back Pebble smartwatches. And then his new company, Core Devices, managed to do just that, launching the Pebble 2 Duo and Pebble Time 2 smartwatches running an open source version of Pebble OS.

Now Core Devices is ready for Round 2. Literally. The Pebble Round 2 is available for pre-order today for $199, and it’s expected […]

Twórca Pebble wraca z nowym gadżetem. Index 01 to „zewnętrzna pamięć” na palcu

Eric Migicovsky, człowiek, który dekadę temu zrewolucjonizował rynek smartwatchy kultowym zegarkiem Pebble, prezentuje nowe urządzenie. Pebble Index 01 to nie kolejny śledzik zdrowia w stylu Oura Ring, ale dyskretny pierścień służący jednemu celowi: zapisywaniu myśli, zanim ulecą.

Koncepcja jest genialnie prosta. Index 01 to mały, stalowy pierścień wyposażony w mikrofon i fizyczny przycisk. Kiedy wpadasz na genialny pomysł, musisz coś zapamiętać lub dodać wpis do kalendarza, po prostu naciskasz przycisk i szepczesz do dłoni. Notatka trafia na telefon, gdzie jest lokalnie (bez chmury!) zamieniana na tekst i odpowiednio kategoryzowana przez AI.

Anty-gadżet

To, co wyróżnia Index 01 na tle konkurencji, to filozofia „mniej znaczy więcej”:

• Brak ładowania: pierścień działa na wbudowanej baterii przez lata (szacunkowo do 2 lat przy typowym użyciu). Gdy bateria padnie, odsyłasz go do recyklingu i kupujesz nowy.
• Prywatność: urządzenie nie nasłuchuje ciągle (tylko po wciśnięciu przycisku), a przetwarzanie danych odbywa się na telefonie użytkownika (on-device).
• Cena: w przedsprzedaży kosztuje 75 dolarów (później 99 USD) i, co najważniejsze, nie wymaga żadnej subskrypcji.

Dla kogo?

Migicovsky stworzył to urządzenie z myślą o sobie – by łapać ulotne myśli podczas jazdy na rowerze, zmywania naczyń czy zabawy z dziećmi, bez wyciągania telefonu. Index 01 współpracuje zarówno z iOS, jak i Androidem, jest wodoodporny i dostępny w trzech kolorach. Wysyłka ma ruszyć w marcu 2026 roku.

Co ciekawe, dla fanów dłubania w sofcie (do których zawsze celowało Pebble), pierścień jest w pełni konfigurowalny – można przypisać akcje do kliknięć, integrować go z Home Assistant czy własnymi serwerami.

It’s time, Pebble Time

Nie chcesz kamery na twarzy? Te inteligentne okulary stawiają na dyskrecję i sterowanie pierścieniem

#AIBezSubskrypcji #EricMigicovsky #gadżety #news #notatkiGłosowe #PebbleIndex01 #smartRing

Pebble Index 01 is a ring with a microphone, Bluetooth, and not much else

Almost a year ago I hopped on a video call with Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky who was excited to tell me about a few things he was working on, but which I couldn’t report about at the time. One was that he was bringing Pebble back from the dead. And his new company, Core Devices, has followed through on that.

Another thing he was really excited about was a ring he was wearing on his finger. […]

#EricMigicovsky #index01 #lifelogger #pebble #singleMemoryComputer #wearable

Read more: https://liliputing.com/pebble-index-01-is-a-ring-with-a-microphone-bluetooth-and-not-much-else/

How-To Geek: Pebble cuts through the noise and goes 100% open source. “There’s been a bit of drama in the Pebble community lately, but it seems we’re heading in the right direction. Today, Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky shared an update on the future of the Pebble Store—and it’s very good news.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/26/how-to-geek-pebble-cuts-through-the-noise-and-goes-100-open-source/

🥴 Ah yes, Pebble watches—a relic of the past stubbornly clinging to their #Kickstarter glory days. 🎉 Eric Migicovsky is back with an epic saga of Pebble #drama, as if anyone asked for another episode of tech soap opera. 🙄 Spoiler alert: It's still not 2009, and nobody cares about your link exchange program. 👏
https://ericmigi.com/blog/pebble-rebble-and-a-path-forward/ #PebbleWatch #TechSoapOpera #Nostalgia #EricMigicovsky #HackerNews #ngated

Throwing stones at Pebble: Rebble accuses Core Devices of stealing its work for new Pebble smartwatch services

The Pebble line of smartwatches is back. But in some ways it never really went away… because after Fitbit acquired Pebble in 2016 and stopped making Pebble-branded hardware, an independent team of developers got to work creating an open source software ecosystem that allowed existing watches to continue functioning.

For the past decade, the Rebble project has maintained an app store and […]

#coreDevices #ericMigicovsky #pebble #rebble #rebbleAlliance

Read more: https://liliputing.com/throwing-stones-at-pebble-rebble-accuses-core-devices-of-stealing-its-work-for-new-pebble-smartwatch-services/

Pebble Time 2 specs and design finalized ahead of the $225 smartwatch’s launch

The Pebble Time 2 is a smartwatch that some folks have been waiting nearly a decade for. And now it’s almost ready to start shipping. While the original company called Pebble shut down in 2016, founder Eric Migicovsky introduced a new company called Core Devices earlier this year, and announced that the first two devices would be smartwatches that pick up where the originals left off.

The […]

#EricMigicovsky #pebble #pebbleTime2 #smartwatch

Read more: https://liliputing.com/pebble-time-2-specs-and-design-finalized-ahead-of-the-225-smartwatchs-launch/

Pebble is really back: New Pebble-branded smartwatches are on the way

Earlier this year Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky announced that he was bringing Pebble back from the dead by launching a new company called Core Devices that would start by making two new PebbleOS smartwatches.

But while the watches would look a lot like classic Pebble devices, at the time there was one thing Migicovsky couldn’t legally do: use the Pebble brand. So the first Core Devices […]

#core2Duo #coreDevices #coreTime2 #EricMigicovsky #pebble #pebble2Duo #pebbleTime2 #repebble #smwartatch

Read more: https://liliputing.com/pebble-is-really-back-new-pebble-branded-smartwatches-are-on-the-way/

Upcoming Core Devices App Will Support Legacy Pebble Watches #app #coredevices #ericmigicovsky #pebble #smartwatches #support #wearables

https://www.lowyat.net/2025/355894/upcoming-core-devices-app-will-support-legacy-pebble-watches/

Core Devices is launching a PebbleOS beta, says the new smartphone app will work with old Pebble watches

Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky is bringing back the iconic smartwatch… kind of. Earlier this year he introduced a new company called Core Devices that’s working on two new watches running an open source version of PebbleOS. And now he says the first units are almost ready to ship to beta testers.

As part of that announcements, Migicovsky is seeking beta testers for the Core 2 Duo […]

#beta #core2Duo #core2Time #EricMigicovsky #pebble #pebbleos #smartwatch

Read more: https://liliputing.com/core-devices-is-launching-a-pebbleos-beta-says-the-new-smartphone-app-will-work-with-old-pebble-watches/

Lilbits: 3rd-party SteamOS devices, the new Pebble 2 smartwatch processor, and Sony is still making flagship phones with headphone jacks

Most modern smartphones have big screens, fast processors, and excellent cameras. One thing they don’t usually have? Headphone jacks. That’s a feature that’s still common on budget phones and some mid-range models, but most premium phone makers have gone all-in on wireless audio (or USB-C dongles).

Sony’s latest flagship bucks the trend. Not only does it have a headphone jack, but the Sony […]

#android #chuwi #chuwiGamebook #core2Duo #coreTime2 #EricMigicovsky #findHub #findMyDevice #gamingLaptop #google #lenogoLegionGoS #lilbits #m5stackTab5 #material3Expressive #materialDesign #mediatek #mediatekHelioG200 #onepluusPad2Pro #pebble #smartphones #sony #sonyuXperia1Vii #steamos #Valve

Read more: https://liliputing.com/lilbits-3rd-party-steamos-devices-the-new-pebble-2-smartwatch-processor-and-sony-is-still-making-flagship-phones-with-headphone-jacks/

Two new PebbleOS smartwatches go up for pre-order for the first time in nearly a decade

Pebble was an early innovator in the smartwatch space, but the company struggled to compete when bigger companies like Apple, Google, and many of the companies partnering with Google entered the space. So Pebble sold it assets to Fitbit in 2016 and basically shut down.

But Pebble’s watches still have a small but loyal fanbase thanks to their simple but useful features, affordable price tags, […]

"As you may have heard, last week Google published the source code for PebbleOS. This is a big deal! ... Now we’re hard at work on hardware and software development.

... Please don’t get your hopes up that the new watch will have X/Y/Z new feature. It’s going to be a Pebble and almost exactly as you remember it, except now with open source software that can you can modify and improve yourself."

#EricMigicovsky, founder of Pebble, 2025

https://ericmigi.com/blog/how-to-help-build-open-source-pebble-software/

#Pebble #PebbleOS #LiberatedCode

Lilbits: Open Source PebbleOS progress and ARM doesn’t plan to terminate Qualcomm’s license agreement (for now)

Windows laptops powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X chips began to hit the streets in 2024 and while they might not live up to all the promises from Qualcomm, Microsoft, and PC makers, they are the first ARM-powered Windows PCs with processors fast enough to rival chips from Intel, AMD, and Apple.

But the future of these chips has been in doubt for some time. The Oryon CPU cores at the heart […]

#android #arm #armVQualcomm #billetLabs #chips #EricMigicovsky #grf #lawsuit #lilbits #longevityGrf #nuvia #osUpdates #pebble #pebbleos #qualcomm #qualcommVArm #snapdragonX #steampunk #windowsTerminal

Read more: https://liliputing.com/lilbits-open-source-pebbleos-progress-and-arm-doesnt-plan-to-terminate-qualcomms-license-agreement-for-now/

Pebble rises from the grave: Google open sources PebbleOS and a the founder of Pebble is making a new watch

Google has a reputation for killing products. RIP Google Reader, Google Podcasts, Google Cardboard, and hundreds of other devices, apps, and services.

But in a surprising turn of events, a long-dead project is rising from the Google Graveyard. Google has open sourced (most of) the operating system that powered the Pebble smartwatch and Pebble founder Eric Migicosvky says he plans to launch a […]

#EricMigicovsky #fitbit #google #openSource #pebble #repebble #smartwatch

Read more: https://liliputing.com/pebble-rises-from-the-grave-google-open-sources-pebbleos-and-a-the-founder-of-pebble-is-making-a-new-watch/

WordPress owner acquires Beeper, giving it two chat apps to rule them all - Enlarge / Beeper's new apps are now available, without waitlist, across... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2015698 #cross-platform #ericmigicovsky #automattic #beepermini #messaging #wordpress #imessage #telegram #whatsapp #beeper #signal #apple #tech

This week, #Beeper CEO #EricMigicovsky joins us on the podcast to talk about the app, the fight with Apple, and the power of protocols.

@mmasnick
#Apple #Monopoly #Chat
https://soundcloud.com/techdirt/beeper-and-the-power-of-protocols

Apple appears to have blocked Beeper Mini’s iMessage app in less than a week - Enlarge / Beeper Mini's promises of "Blue bubbles" on Android seemed to... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1989830 #reverse-engineering #ericmigicovsky #beepermini #messaging #imessage #beeper #apple #tech #rcs #sms

Beeper Mini for Android sends and receives iMessages, no Mac server required - Enlarge / A Pixel 3, messaging a savvy iPhone owner, one with the kinds... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1988361 #ericmigicovsky #greenbubbles #bluebubbles #beepermini #encryption #imessages #imessage #beeper #apple #tech

This Week in Apps: TikTok viral hit breaks Spotify records, inauguration boosts news app installs, judge rules against Parler - Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS ... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/P6k6lSqkg2E/ #dataprotectioncommission #hanafinancialinvestment #durablecapitalpartners #fidelitymanagement #mobileapplications #amazonwebservices #microsoftwindows #operatingsystems #ericmigicovsky

Despite slowdowns, pandemic accelerates shifts in hardware manufacturing - The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t hit every factory in China at once.
The initial impact to China’s elect... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Pf4nvIIlDSw/ #ericmigicovsky #katewhitcomb #disrupt2020 #ycombinator #automation #robplayter #stevenyang #hardware #robotics #sonnyvu #health #anker #asia

VCs and startups consider HaaS model for consumer devices - I’ve been following consumer audio electronics company Nura with great interest for a few years now ... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Kjm6kTx41tM/ #hardware-as-a-service #subscriptionservices #techcrunchearlystage #consumerelectronics #marketingstrategy #consumerhardware #marketanalysis #businessmodels #ericmigicovsky #merchandising #duncanturner #extracrunch #smartphones #headphones #wearables #gadgets

Grab your ticket: Only one week to TC Sessions: Robotics + AI 2020 - It’s T-minus one week to the big day, March 3, when more than 1,000 startuppers will convene in San ... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/h5-wKMG0K-c/ #tcsessions:roboticsai2020 #artificialintelligence #zettaventurepartners #noahready-campbell #jocelyngoldfein #ericmigicovsky #generalpartner #builtrobotics #ycombinator #california #techcrunch #startups #farmwise #robotics #sanjose #disney #ceo

Five reasons you (really) don’t want to miss TechCrunch’s AI and Robotics show on March 3 - TechCrunch’s fourth Robotics and AI show is coming up on March 3 at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall. I... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/8fKJQw31sro/ #tcsessions:roboticsai2020 #toyotaresearchinstitute #artificialintelligence #maxartechnologies #lucycondakchian #ericmigicovsky #maxbajracharya #aaronjacobson #fredericmoll #jameskuffner #robconeybeer #uc-berkeley #amazon

72 hours left to save $150 on tickets to TC Sessions: Robotics + AI 2020 - We’re counting the days (35 to be precise) until TC Sessions: Robotics + AI 2020 takes place on Marc... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/bu0WFvGIqCA/ #tcsessions:roboticsai2020 #artificialintelligence #maxartechnologies #lucycondakchian #datacollective #ericmigicovsky #generalpartner #unitedstates #ycombinator #california #techcrunch #kellychen #startups #robotics #robot

Announcing the Agenda for Robotics & AI – March 3 at UC Berkeley - We’re bringing TC Sessions: Robotics + AI back to UC Berkeley on March 3, and we’re excited to annou... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/XRA5txSQUwg/ #tcsessions:roboticsai2020 #toyotaresearchinstitute #artificialintelligence #noahready-campbell #maxartechnologies #sriinternational #ericmigicovsky #uc-berkeley #ycombinator #ancadragan #techcrunch #kellychen #robotics #tyebrady #amazon #robot